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Oliver Milman @olliemilman.bsky.social · 11h

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 6d

"As we see in the actions of the Trump administration, the U.S. government tilts the playing field in favor of oil and gas," Guenther said. "Their mantra is that fossil energy is
'affordable' energy, but the price of fossil fuels is subsidized by the public and their costs externalized on to the public. In fact, once it's installed, clean energy is the cheapest energy in human history — without subsidies."

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 1d

The fossil fuel industry is suddenly concerned about Trump trying to withdraw permits for wind projects because they fear a future admin could do the same to oil projects. Might have been worth thinking about before...

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 5d

The top energy official for the U.S. government — which will now provide more than $34 billion a year to the fossil fuel industry — is claiming there are no oil and gas subsidies.

DOE officials are banned from using the words "Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies”.

www.exxonknews.org/p/the-fossil...

The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief

Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.

www.exxonknews.org

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 13d

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens

Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

thelensnola.org

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Truthout @truthout.org · 6d

A California bill awaiting Newsom’s signature would set a pathway to eliminate the state’s trailblazing moratorium on pipelines used to transport carbon dioxide. The fossil fuel industry lobbied to shape the legislation, which could allow pipelines to be built without strict distance requirements.

California Bill Could Set Dangerous Precedent Around Carbon Dioxide Pipelines

If industry continues to dictate the terms of legislation, more communities could see such pipelines in their backyards.

truthout.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 5d

The top energy official for the U.S. government — which will now provide more than $34 billion a year to the fossil fuel industry — is claiming there are no oil and gas subsidies.

DOE officials are banned from using the words "Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies”.

www.exxonknews.org/p/the-fossil...

The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief

Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.

www.exxonknews.org

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent new piece from @emdashsanders.bsky.social on why the Trump admin is so keen to deny the existence of fossil fuel subsidies, featuring @whitehouse.senate.gov, @doctorvive.bsky.social, and @collinrees.bsky.social.

www.exxonknews.org/p/the-fossil...

The fossil fuel subsidy denier-in-chief

Fossil fuel companies are getting propped up with billions in tax dollars, but the U.S. energy secretary claims otherwise.

www.exxonknews.org

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 7d

Cuomo is bought by oil & gas, real estate, wall street... all the big polluters.👎

As Gov, Cuomo tried to override NYC Local Law 97, the world's most-important city-level climate/jobs law. 😡

Guess who helped stop him then? Initials are Z-M 😀

www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/09/30/c...

Chevron Director Pumps $1 Million Into Pro-Cuomo Super PAC - EXPOSEDbyCMD

Oil industry heir John Hess, the longtime former CEO of Hess Corporation and current director at Chevron, is tied for the second largest donor to Fix the City, a super PAC backing former New York Gove...

www.exposedbycmd.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 8d

“We are very untrusting of the oil and gas industry to carry this out safely, because they’ve already had their infrastructure leaking for so many years."

The Lever @levernews.com · 8d

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines. www.levernews.com/a-climate-le...

A Climate Leader Could Put Big Oil’s Risky Pipelines Next To Homes, Wildlife

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines.

www.levernews.com

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Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust.bsky.social · 8d

“With federal safety rules on carbon dioxide pipelines eliminated and no replacements in sight, it will be up to states to keep communities safe, said Caram of Pipeline Safety Trust.”

www.exxonknews.org/p/california...

California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

www.exxonknews.org

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Victoria Bogdan Tejeda @vbogg.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent piece by @emdashsanders.bsky.social for
@levernews.com

California set to unleash CO2 pipelines for CCS, thanks in part to fossil fuel lobbyists:

California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

www.exxonknews.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 8d

“We are very untrusting of the oil and gas industry to carry this out safely, because they’ve already had their infrastructure leaking for so many years."

The Lever @levernews.com · 8d

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines. www.levernews.com/a-climate-le...

A Climate Leader Could Put Big Oil’s Risky Pipelines Next To Homes, Wildlife

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines.

www.levernews.com

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 8d

California is setting a path to lift its moratorium on CO2 pipelines with new safety regs. But the state won't set a distance requirement protecting communities, which oil lobbyists opposed.

Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com

www.exxonknews.org/p/california...

California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

www.exxonknews.org

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The Lever @levernews.com · 8d

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines. www.levernews.com/a-climate-le...

A Climate Leader Could Put Big Oil’s Risky Pipelines Next To Homes, Wildlife

California risks setting a dangerous precedent as states struggle to protect people from the oil industry’s buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines.

www.levernews.com

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 8d

California is setting a path to lift its moratorium on CO2 pipelines with new safety regs. But the state won't set a distance requirement protecting communities, which oil lobbyists opposed.

Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com

www.exxonknews.org/p/california...

California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

www.exxonknews.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 9d

also throwback to gas industry reps preparing for extreme weather a month before the Texas floods 🫣 it's as if they've been doing this for decades www.exxonknews.org/p/abbott-say...

Abbott says megafloods are “just part of nature.” The fossil fuel industry disagrees.

One month before the Texas floods, gas industry representatives gathered to discuss how to protect themselves from worsening extreme weather.

www.exxonknews.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 9d

"We also hope this recognition will prompt a reexamination of the role of advocacy in journalism at this pivotal moment in American history, when First Amendment freedoms and the very existence of democracy and the rule of law are under severe threat." 👏

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 9d

"We see his reporting, and his advocacy on behalf of people who are being savaged by an overheating Earth, as fitting squarely into the arc of history representing the best of what journalism can do."

@coveringclimatenow.org on @billmckibben.bsky.social

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Newsrooms Can Learn From Bill McKibben's Climate Journalism

Some traditional journalists complain that McKibben is an advocate — the same criticism Woodward and Bernstein faced during Watergate.

www.rollingstone.com

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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 20d

Excellent reporting from Bloomberg on the produced water problem in the Permian Basin and the Railroad Commission's recalcitrant response.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Texas Oil Boom Leaves a Toxic Legacy of Its Own Making

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a cornerstone of global markets

www.bloomberg.com

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder as Maui is once again on fire that the state and county are suing oil majors for covering up the dangers of burning fossil fuels, including re: wildfires.

“Anybody who’s tracking the general evolution of climate science knows that this was what was predicted."

truthout.org/articles/haw...

Hawai’i Isn’t Backing Down From Its Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Climate Crisis

Facing record-breaking fires and floods, and Trump attacks, the state alleges a “decades-long campaign of deception.”…

truthout.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 15d

Here's a piece I wrote two years ago when St Gobain was headline sponsor of Climate Week. Docs show the company downplayed the risks of the toxic PFOA chemicals they were dumping into communities' water.

They're still a "gold partner" this year www.exxonknews.org/p/climate-we...

Climate Week NYC’s headline partner is a notorious polluter

“Saint-Gobain sponsoring New York City’s Climate Week is a bit like a rat sponsoring city sanitation,” said one professor.

www.exxonknews.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 16d

"God forbid that any explosion would happen — we would be a little wiped-out town.”

www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-ris...

Exxon’s risky CO₂ pipeline passes far too close to homes and businesses, Louisiana residents say

Experts and advocates decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

www.exxonknews.org

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Pipeline Safety Trust @pstrust.bsky.social · 20d

After that incident, advocates and pipeline safety experts pushed for updated regulations for carbon dioxide pipelines from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens

Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

thelensnola.org

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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 20d

For @thelensnola.bsky.social, @delaneynolan.bsky.social and I dove deep into a CO2 pipeline Exxon wants to build right near communities in St James Parish, La, for carbon capture.

A CO2 rupture can be lethal, and federal safety regs have been pulled by Trump thelensnola.org/2025/09/18/i...

In St. James Parish, Exxon plans to lay carbon pipeline alarmingly close to homes, businesses | The Lens

Experts and residents decry hazards to people and lack of regulations, transparency

thelensnola.org

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