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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Our October #PolluterOfTheMonth: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)

In July alone, satellites caught multiple methane plumes blasting into the sky from Oxy wells in TX & 5 pollution events from their wells in CO since the start of 2025.

See the full receipts at BigGasPolluters.org

Artwork: Amy Ross

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 8d

Here, we see methane emissions escape from an inefficient enclosed flare at a well site in Sandoval County, NM, owned by a subsidiary of Enduring Resources, our September #PolluteroftheMonth.

Read more about this bad actor operator: bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...

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MiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 15d

PRESS RELEASE: Xinka Leaders Call on Canada to Respect Self-determination over Canadian-owned mine

“We are calling on Canadian authorities to publicly express support for our right to self-determination and our decision to deny consent for the Escobal mine”

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Xinka Leaders Call on Canada to Respect their Self-Determination over a Canadian-owned Mine in Guatemala | Mining Watch Canada

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 15d

September's #PolluterOfTheMonth operates >1,000 wells on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land, many in a region known as the "Checkerboard," where regulatory jurisdiction can change quickly.

This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements.

🔗 bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 15d

September's #PolluterOfTheMonth operates >1,000 wells on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land, many in a region known as the "Checkerboard," where regulatory jurisdiction can change quickly.

This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements. https://bit.ly/3VEP257

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 20d

Indigenous Peoples lead the fight for a just energy transition.
Hear frontline voices from Myanmar to the Amazon during #ClimateWeekNYC.
📅 Sept 23 | 10:30 am - noon ET
📍 In-Person, NYC + Online
RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/justtransitioncw
#JustTransition #IndigenousRights

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 21d

The Xinka People demand that Pan American Silver permanently close the Escobal mine. It threatens their environment, water, language, culture, and territory. Tell the CEO of Pan American Silver to respect their decision.
🔗 bit.ly/xinkapeoples...

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 22d

Why is Enduring Resources our #PolluterOfTheMonth?

- > $600k Clean Air Act violation fines
- ~200k mcf of methane gas lost to venting in NM alone
- At least 3 methane plumes visible from space
- 17 pollution events since Apr 2025, 6 within 1 mile of schools

➡️ & learn more: https://bit.ly/3VEP257

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 22d

Philly‼️ IKYMI 📣

Dozens of protesters rallied in Love Park last Tuesday to demand the EPA continue regulating greenhouse gases.

Read more: metrophiladelphia.com/environmenta...

Environmental groups speak out as Trump admin targets climate regulations – Metro Philadelphia

Environmental advocates on Tuesday urged Philadelphians to make their voices heard on a Trump administration proposal to repeal a key ruling underpinning much

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 23d

Without the EPA’s Endangerment Finding, the U.S. loses a key method for controlling pollution from vehicles – which has led to more fuel efficiency & a lower cost at the pump.

Don’t let Trump’s “Polluters First Agenda” harm your health and your wallet.

bit.ly/Stop-Climate...

Stop Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan

Trump's Climate Chaos Plan would repeal the Endangerment Finding—the backbone of U.S. climate protections—and erase limits on greenhouse gases. We demand that Trump & EPA's Lee Zeldin protect the End...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 23d

Two-thirds of Texans want stronger methane rules—and last week, Texans made their voices heard. Around 2,000 Texans sent a message to TCEQ to release a draft rule to #cutmethane. Because all communities deserve cleaner air.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/cEZ7BRb...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 27d

Oil & gas operates dangerously close to PA homes, schools, hospitals, and waterways. Science confirms: this activity harms health & environment.

Join Protective Buffers PA on Wed, Sept 24th at 7pm to find out how you can join the movement!

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Safeguard Our Backyards: Join the Campaign for Health-Based Protective Buffers from Fracking · Zoom · Luma

The Marcellus shale industry has been allowed to drill dangerously close to Pennsylvania homes, schools, hospitals, and waterways for years, and dozens of…

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Philly - don’t let Trump’s “Polluters First Agenda” harm your health and your wallet.

Join us for a rally at Love Park TOMORROW, Tues. Sept. 9 at noon to tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and keep polluters in check.

RSVP: bit.ly/Beat-The-Hea...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 4

“If you make a mess, you clean it up.”

New Mexican ranchers & farmers like Don and Jane Schreiber live by this rule. Oil & gas corporations must too. Stronger bonding rules mean polluters not the public, pay for cleanup.

📰 bit.ly/NMGreenChile...

#Accountability #ProtectNM

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Stand up to Trump’s “Climate Chaos” plan! Join us for a rally at Love Park on Tues. Sept. 9 at noon. Let's tell the EPA to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and protect us from dangerous pollution in Philly and beyond.

Register for the rally: bit.ly/Beat-The-Hea...

Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 4

You’re invited to join People of Red Mountain, a committee of traditional knowledge keepers and descendants of the Fort McDermitt Paiute, Shoshone and Bannock Tribes, in Nevada on September 12 & 13.

Learn more at peopleofredmountain.com.

5th annual commemoration of Peehee Mu'Huh Massacres - camping at Nipple Rock in the McDermitt Caldera - Sept 12 - 13, 2025

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 3

Inequities in environmental exposure are well-documented; the Navajo Nation is no exception.

The Frack Off Greater Chaco Coalition fights to protect the "ancient and cultural landscape" & its communities from the oil & gas industry.

Learn more: www.frackoffchaco.org/our-coaltion

Our Coaltion - Frack Off Greater Chaco

Frack Off Greater Chaco is a collaborative effort between Indigenous community leaders, Native groups, nonprofits, and public lands and water protectors across the southwest and the country working to...

www.frackoffchaco.org

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Sep 3

More air pollution. More heat-related illnesses. More deadly extreme weather. This is our future if the Trump admin carries out its #ClimateChaosPlan.

Tell the EPA: the Endangerment Finding must remain.

bit.ly/Stop-Climate...

Stop Trump’s Climate Chaos Plan

Trump's Climate Chaos Plan would repeal the Endangerment Finding—the backbone of U.S. climate protections—and erase limits on greenhouse gases. We demand that Trump & EPA's Lee Zeldin protect the End...

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 28

"At this point, we know more than enough [about climate change] to justify unprecedented action, but as the data continues to improve, policies flowing from it have lagged far behind."

🔗 prospect.org/environment/...

Trump Is Blinding the Government to Methane Pollution. But Others Are Still Watching.

‘If people could see this with their bare eyes, none of this would be happening.’

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 27

Jagersfontein Lerumo Justice Forum & the CSOs Tailings Working Group are calling for truth, justice & accountability as five people have been charged in connection with the fatal Jagersfontein dam collapse in South Africa. bit.ly/4lLcEje

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jagersfontein Lerumo Justice Forum and CSOs Tailings Working Group Joint Statement

3rd Anniversary of the Jagersfontein Tailings Dam Disaster: A Call for Truth, Justice, and Accountability The SAPS news alert that five men, aged 34 to 80, have been charged in connection with the …

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 20

On Obi Island in Indonesia, residents in Kawasi Village, the ancestral land of the Tobelo Galela Indigenous People, are calling for action from Harita Nickel. 🔗➡️ bit.ly/kawasirights

image of a waterfront village. text reads an international call to respect the rights of residents of Kawasi Village

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉 We’re celebrating this appeals court victory for water and people in Norway! 🔗 bit.ly/4lx4FWO

🌊 #DitchOceanDumping #GoodNews #Mining

📸 Luka Tomac

Vant mot staten

Naturvernforbundet og Natur og Ungdom har vunnet mot staten. Tillatelsen til dumping av gruveavfall i Førdefjorden er kjent ugyldig.

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Trump ideology ignores science. That puts the oil and gas industry in a bind. Why? They’ve got to stay “relevant in a world where they’re producing a product that’s pushing us toward extinction.” And the rest of the world knows we must #cutmethane.

Read the article: bit.ly/ExxonKnewsMe...

With methane rules on the chopping block, where does Big Oil stand?

The Trump EPA could do away with methane regulations that major oil companies and their trade associations have strategically claimed to support.

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 13

VIRTUAL TOWNHALL TONIGHT! After strong community opposition, Alterra Energy has withdrawn its proposal for a plastics burning facility in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania. Join community members and advocates to hear more!

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Community Townhall - Alterra Energy’s Impacts to Sugarloaf and Akron · Luma

The Luzerne County Community Action Coalition has partnered with People Over Polymers Akron, Save Our Susquehanna, and Physicians for Social Responsibility PA…

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Trump EPA just announced delaying national rules to #cutmethane for oil & gas. It's a perverse gift to the #fossilfuel industry & and marks a dangerous step backward in the fight for clean air and a livable planet.

Our Statement -> earthworks.org/releases/epa...

EPA Methane Rules delayed, Trump & Zeldin Let Polluters off the Hook - Earthworks

Background: On July 29th, 2025, the EPA formally announced a rule extending the deadline for compliance for national methane standards for new and

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Jul 26

The South African Human Rights Commission will participate in Reform and Resistance in the Shadow of a Disaster, the 2nd Annual CSOs Tailings Conference Workshop, July 28-30 in Johannesburg, South Africa, hosted by the CSOs Tailings Working Group. 🔗 bit.ly/4feXEbY

Media Advisory: 2nd Annual CSOs Tailings Conference 28th – 30th July 2025

Attention: Editors and Reporters Friday, 25 July 2025 The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will participate in the 2nd Annual CSOs Tailings Conference Workshop from 28 to 30 July, host…

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