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@fieldnotes.co found that the oil & gas industry is behind a CCS bill currently moving through the state legislature in Ohio.
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
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The New Wild West: The Oil & Gas Industry’s Push for Carbon Capture and Storage in Ohio
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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
@fieldnotes.co found that the oil & gas industry is behind a CCS bill currently moving through the state legislature in Ohio.
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
Last night I presented our research on a webinar with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Check it out!
Tune in tonight at 6pm ET to catch our very own @juliakane.bsky.social talk shop with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Be there or be square.
Be there or be square.
"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
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On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tune in tonight at 6pm ET to catch our very own @juliakane.bsky.social talk shop with @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social.
Be there or be square.
Be there or be square.
"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The New Wild West": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Push for Carbon Capture & Storage in Ohio
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
Sign up here: bit.ly/new-wild-west
On Thurs. Nov. 6 at 6 PM ET, join @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, @ohiorivvalleyinst.bsky.social, and @fieldnotes.co for a webinar and Q&A on CCS in Ohio.
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What do Big Oil and Big Soda have in common?
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
Big Soda Wants to Turn MAGA Against MAHA. Here’s How the Oil & Gas…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What do Big Oil and Big Soda have in common?
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
"The very short answer: Plastics and the petrochemicals they are made from," finds a new investigation by @theguardian.com and @fieldnotes.co.
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MAGA vs MAHA, brought to you by Coke & Pepsi—and a GOP network of paid influencers, shadowy pollsters, and well-connected money men.🥤🥸💰
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MAGA vs MAHA, brought to you by Coke & Pepsi—and a GOP network of paid influencers, shadowy pollsters, and well-connected money men.🥤🥸💰
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A new investigation by me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
🚨A new investigation from @fieldnotes.co + @us.theguardian.com finds that major US soda & snack companies are waging a coordinated campaign to pit Trump’s MAGA against RFK’s MAHA—all in a bid to protect their bottom lines. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨A new investigation from @fieldnotes.co + @us.theguardian.com finds that major US soda & snack companies are waging a coordinated campaign to pit Trump’s MAGA against RFK’s MAHA—all in a bid to protect their bottom lines. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🚨New from me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com → Revealed: The network of GOP hired guns behind Big Soda’s bid to turn MAGA against MAHA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚨New from me & @fieldnotes.co in @theguardian.com → Revealed: The network of GOP hired guns behind Big Soda’s bid to turn MAGA against MAHA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The processed food industry is beating back RFK jr-aligned nutrition policies with the help of Trump’s political machine. Big soda mobilized lobbyists, paid influencer campaigns and pink slime outlets to stop food dye and soda limits in states like Arizona. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside the Republican network behind big soda’s bid to pit Maga against Maha
A Guardian investigation finds the US soda and snack-food industries, threatened by RFK Jr’s movement to change Americans’ eating habits, have turned to a group of well-connected strategists, shadowy ...
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The processed food industry is beating back RFK jr-aligned nutrition policies with the help of Trump’s political machine. Big soda mobilized lobbyists, paid influencer campaigns and pink slime outlets to stop food dye and soda limits in states like Arizona. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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At #ClimateWeekNYC, CCI Political Director Iyla Shornstein (@iylas.bsky.social) joined a panel of experts at Columbia University to discuss the state of fossil fuel accountability.
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
At #ClimateWeekNYC, CCI Political Director Iyla Shornstein (@iylas.bsky.social) joined a panel of experts at Columbia University to discuss the state of fossil fuel accountability.
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
Here are some highlights from that discussion 🧵
Be sure to check out this panel happening today if you are attending #ClimateWeekNYC! Our own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social will be there along with these other incredible voices - don't miss it!
Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Be sure to check out this panel happening today if you are attending #ClimateWeekNYC! Our own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social will be there along with these other incredible voices - don't miss it!
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Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wednesday at #ClimateWeekNYC: "Fossil Fuel Accountability in the Trump Era"
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
Moderated by NPR's @michaelcopley1.bsky.social and
featuring @iylas.bsky.social, Kelly Mitchell of @fieldnotes.co, former congressional investigator Aria Kovalovich, and Ben Franta of Oxford Sustainable Law Programme.
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"Over 40 months — from May 2021 to September 2024 — oil companies applied for more than 12,000 flaring and venting permits, while the Railroad Commission rejected just 53 of them, a 99.6% approval rate, according to the data."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Over 40 months — from May 2021 to September 2024 — oil companies applied for more than 12,000 flaring and venting permits, while the Railroad Commission rejected just 53 of them, a 99.6% approval rate, according to the data."
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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This is awesome work and such an important story.
Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is awesome work and such an important story.
Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
www.propublica.org
September 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Bombshell reporting by @propublica.org & @insideclimatenews.org describes massive flaring and venting from Texas oil wells, discrediting the oil & gas industry’s claim that natural gas and LNG are “clean” energy. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
🚨 from Argus Media: @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social ends its membership with AXPC b/c of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regs.
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
Exxon blames oil group exit on climate principles | Latest Market News
ExxonMobil says it has ended its membership with the US oil lobbying group American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC) because of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regulations, though oil industry leaders with knowledge of AXPC's advocacy question that justification.
www.argusmedia.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🚨 from Argus Media: @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social ends its membership with AXPC b/c of the group's "aggressive" opposition to environmental regs.
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
This comes after @washingtonpost.com reported on internal docs obtained by @fieldnotes.co exposing AXPC 's efforts.
www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
Great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social highlighting the hypocrisy from the oil & gas industry around methane rules. Industry has publicly claimed to support the rules while working behind-the-scenes to weaken measures that would hold them accountable. www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...
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.
www.exxonknews.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social highlighting the hypocrisy from the oil & gas industry around methane rules. Industry has publicly claimed to support the rules while working behind-the-scenes to weaken measures that would hold them accountable. www.exxonknews.org/p/with-metha...
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Great work by @kmkowalski.bsky.social & @canarymedia.com on this story showing just how much the O&G industry is running the show in Ohio on CCS. They wrote the bill, wined + dined sponsors, lined up witnesses, etc—even by lobbying standards, this one stands out.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill
Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.
www.canarymedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Great work by @kmkowalski.bsky.social & @canarymedia.com on this story showing just how much the O&G industry is running the show in Ohio on CCS. They wrote the bill, wined + dined sponsors, lined up witnesses, etc—even by lobbying standards, this one stands out.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
A new investigation by @kmkowalski.bsky.social and @canarymedia.com, with documents obtained by Fieldnotes, reveals a coordinated effort by oil lobbyists to write and introduce carbon capture and storage legislation. www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill
Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.
www.canarymedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A new investigation by @kmkowalski.bsky.social and @canarymedia.com, with documents obtained by Fieldnotes, reveals a coordinated effort by oil lobbyists to write and introduce carbon capture and storage legislation. www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
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Carbon capture is touted as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions driving human-caused climate change. But public records shared by @fieldnotes.co show oil & gas interests are in the driver's seat shaping Ohio's HB 170.
@canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
@canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
In Ohio, oil and gas industry is steering new carbon capture bill
Newly obtained public records show that the industry has worked hard to ensure the legislation prioritizes their interests over climate change concerns.
www.canarymedia.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Carbon capture is touted as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions driving human-caused climate change. But public records shared by @fieldnotes.co show oil & gas interests are in the driver's seat shaping Ohio's HB 170.
@canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
@canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
"Changing the AMT for oil producers was a pillar of AXPC’s internal plan for dismantling Biden-era climate policies, which was disclosed by The Washington Post in October."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senate GOP seeks to reward oil drillers amid deep cuts to wind and solar
The Senate version of President Donald Trump’s tax-cutting bill slashes green energy tax credits but contains generous subsidies for petroleum companies that use captured carbon dioxide in oil product...
www.washingtonpost.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Changing the AMT for oil producers was a pillar of AXPC’s internal plan for dismantling Biden-era climate policies, which was disclosed by The Washington Post in October."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Big Oil encouraged Republicans to nuke the filibuster to get this done.
Here’s API’s Mike Sommers telling Sen. Thune, “We would highly encourage you to look at [the California rule] as an option for the CRA. And we believe that you can do it,” in January: youtu.be/sqtLs3YJ1CU?...
Here’s API’s Mike Sommers telling Sen. Thune, “We would highly encourage you to look at [the California rule] as an option for the CRA. And we believe that you can do it,” in January: youtu.be/sqtLs3YJ1CU?...
May 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Big Oil encouraged Republicans to nuke the filibuster to get this done.
Here’s API’s Mike Sommers telling Sen. Thune, “We would highly encourage you to look at [the California rule] as an option for the CRA. And we believe that you can do it,” in January: youtu.be/sqtLs3YJ1CU?...
Here’s API’s Mike Sommers telling Sen. Thune, “We would highly encourage you to look at [the California rule] as an option for the CRA. And we believe that you can do it,” in January: youtu.be/sqtLs3YJ1CU?...
Our very own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social is on @marketplace.org's podcast #HowWeSurvive with @amyscott.bsky.social to discuss all things ESG - from the rise of investing to the backlash against it. You can find the first episode here: www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
Check it out!
Check it out!
The God Box
The religious roots of climate-conscious investing.
www.marketplace.org
April 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our very own @kellyemitchell.bsky.social is on @marketplace.org's podcast #HowWeSurvive with @amyscott.bsky.social to discuss all things ESG - from the rise of investing to the backlash against it. You can find the first episode here: www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
Check it out!
Check it out!
"Fieldnotes found she had systematically concealed public records during her previous time at the Interior, concealing information about her extensive interactions with oil and gas executives." grist.org/accountabili... @loisparshley.bsky.social @gristnews.bsky.social
Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
grist.org
April 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Fieldnotes found she had systematically concealed public records during her previous time at the Interior, concealing information about her extensive interactions with oil and gas executives." grist.org/accountabili... @loisparshley.bsky.social @gristnews.bsky.social
Nice find by our friends over at documented.net!
It comes after the investigative group Documented on Tuesday released a 2021 letter in which Sgamma wrote that she was “disgusted” by Trump “spreading misinformation” about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
Trump’s pick to oversee public lands withdraws after criticism of Jan. 6 riot surfaces
Kathleen Sgamma, Trump’s Bureau of Land Management nominee, wrote in 2021 that she was “disgusted” by the Jan. 6 attack, an investigative group had just disclosed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Nice find by our friends over at documented.net!
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“Doug the Diva” Burgum used a U.S. Park Police helicopter to avoid a 30-40 min drive to Air Force One.
Interior said the helo was necessary bc Burgum “was slated to staff POTUS for a trip over the Gulf of America.”
That trip over the “Gulf of America”? It was to the Super Bowl.
Interior said the helo was necessary bc Burgum “was slated to staff POTUS for a trip over the Gulf of America.”
That trip over the “Gulf of America”? It was to the Super Bowl.
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM