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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 ExxonMobil has been lobbying relentlessly to take down the EU’s CSDDD.

Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships

⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.

www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/

How Big Oil kills sustainability and climate legislation - SOMO

Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakthro...

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · 8d

Who wrote the Trump administration's sham climate report? Learn more in my latest blog about the record of #climatedisinformation, scientific contrarianism and ties to the #fossilfuel industry of the so-called “Climate Working Group” report authors. #climatedeception blog.ucs.org/kathy-mulvey...

Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation

This month, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed comments and submitted a letter signed by more than 1,000 scientists opposing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposal to rescin...

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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · 14d

TOMORROW: Last chance to sign up for our #ClimateWeekNYC webinar on holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Featuring scientists, community leaders & legal experts from @ucs.org, @climateintegrity.org, Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub & Lekeh Development Foundation.
#MakePollutersPay

Danger Season & Decades of Deceit: Why We Must Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable

Join a virtual discussion on the critical strategy in the fight for climate justice and a livable planet: holding the fossil fuel industry accountable. Thursday, September 25, 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 28d

Ironically, litigation intended to intimidate the finance sector out of climate-conscious investing may end up "outlining the coal companies’ decades-long efforts to obstruct the energy transition," writes UCS's Pallavi Phartiyal.

Read the blog, originally published in @thehill.com.

President Trump’s Climate Crackdown Will Backfire as Lawsuits Expose Coal’s Dark Secrets

Environmentalists have long suspected that the true depth of fossil fuel industry interference in addressing climate change goes far deeper than what has been reported.

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · Aug 13

My @ucs.org colleague @carlonimbus.bsky.social unpacks the #fossilfuel industry disinformation tactics underpinning the Trump administration's destructive proposal to rescind a cornerstone of US #climate policy blog.ucs.org/carlos-marti...

Trump Admin Uses Fossil Fuel Industry Deception Tactics to Undermine Climate Science

By stacking the authorship with long-time contrarians, the DOE didn't assemble a scientific review; it curated a climate denial echo chamber.

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The Protect the Protest coalition @protecttheprotest.bsky.social · Aug 4

SLAPPs are how those in power try to shut down protest + dissent: through lawsuits meant to drain resources + scare communities into silence. This is an especially dangerous tactic at times like these when resistance is crucial.

Watch + share 👇 from #ProtectTheProtest coalition member EarthRights.

Protect the Protest

YouTube video by EarthRights International

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Jul 29

Today, the EPA released a proposal that would gut the 2009 Endangerment Finding. “These actions by Lee Zeldin are anti-science and backed by the fossil fuel industry, said Chitra Kumar, Managing Director, UCS Climate & Energy campaign.

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · Jul 24

Great new blog by my @ucs.org colleague Laura Peterson calculating handouts to the oil and gas industry in the reckless and inhumane federal budget bill - blog.ucs.org/laura-peters...

President Trump’s Handouts to Fossil Fuel Industry Will Cost Public $80 Billion Over Next Decade

US taxpayers are facing double jeopardy thanks to a reckless and inhumane budget bill that hands billions of dollars to the oil and gas industry as it worsens the impact of climate change

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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · Jul 22

📢 On July 23, the International Court of Justice will issue its advisory opinion on the responsibilities of states to address climate change and their obligations under international law, including those related to human rights. #ClimateICJAO #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · Jul 15

From my op-ed @thehill.com: Big Oil “companies cannot be trusted to do the right thing…Our elected representatives must stand strong against liability waivers and preserve the rights of states and communities to make polluters pay.” #ClimateAccountability #DecadesofDeceit thehill.com/opinion/ener...

Big Oil has been lying to us for decades: Don’t let it off the hook

Blatant attempts to grant polluters nationwide immunity show just how far some officials will go to deny communities their day in court.

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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congrats to Lekeh Development Foundation on the third annual Niger Delta Climate Change Conference! UCS was proud to support this important gathering of leaders and community members to address the convergence of climate change, environmental degradation & social justice in the Niger Delta region.

Flyer for a conference reading "Lekeh Development Foundation: Niger Delta Climate Change Conference" There are images of 9 speakers, including Friday Nbani (Executive Director, LEKEH Development Foundation), Rev. Nnimmo Bassey (Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation), Emem Okon (Executive Director, Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre), Ken Henshaw (Executive Director, We the People), Celestine Akpbari (Team Lead, People's Advancement Centre), Prof. Ibiba Worika (Secretary to the Rivers State Government), Mrs. Ibironke Olubamise (The National Coordinator for Global Facility Environment Small Grant Programme), Prof. Abubakar Muazu (Amnesty International Nigeria), Chief Constance Meju (Journalist and Gender/Human Rights Activist). July 7-12, 2025, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. At the bottom of the flyer are logos of sponsor organizations.

A woman speaks into a microphone at a podium. The caption reads "Niger Delta Climate Change Conference 2025. Day Two: General Assembly on the Negative Impacts of Climate Change."

A woman speaks into a microphone with her fist raised. She is flanked by a man and a woman who also have their fists raised. All three are wearing bright yellow t-shirts reading Niger Delta Climate Change Conference. The woman on the right carries a sign reading "Demand for Increase in Investment of Renewable Energy." Behind them is a crowd of people marching in the street.

A panel of five people sits on the stage. Behind them is a banner reading "Lekeh Development Foundation. High-level engagement with Africa CSOs, government officials, women leaders, church leaders and traditional rulers." The caption reads "Day one: High level engagement towards climate justice."

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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · Jul 7

Delta Merner, lead scientist at the Science Hub for Climate Litigation @ucs.org, said, "This opinion should be a clarion call for transnational fossil fuel companies that have deceived the public for decades about the risks of their products. The era of accountability is here." #AOLetsGO

'Highly Inspiring' Court Ruling Affirms Nations' Legal Duty to Combat Climate Emergency | Common Dreams

"While the United States and some other major polluters have chosen to ignore climate science, the rest of the international community is advancing protections," said one observer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Jul 3

In a democracy, government employees can voice respectful dissent to their leadership. But today, EPA leadership retaliated against its own employees for expressing disagreement w/ the admin’s actions & policy directions. Punishing gov't employees for this expression is an alarming development. 🧵

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Jun 30

The Senate Reconciliation Bill text is jaw-droppingly bad. A last-minute excise tax on wind and solar projects would further crush the industry & removing penalties against automakers for violating vehicle efficiency standards is a huge give-away to Big Oil, costing drivers $23B more at the pump!

Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · Jun 25

This is the first week of summer and we’re already seeing dangerous extreme heat waves across much of the country, with most of central and Eastern United States above 90 or even 100F. This extreme weather is made more common and more severe by climate change.

What We’re Watching: Coming Historic Heat Plus Acute Risks Could Make Rest of June a Hot Mess

Expected extreme heat in US was made more likely by climate change.

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · Jun 30

Read the full report to the UN Human Rights Council on the imperative of defossilizing economies here #FossilFuelPhaseout www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

A/HRC/59/42: The imperative of defossilizing our economies - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change

The present report clarifies States’ international human rights obligations and businesses’ responsibilities to phase out fossil fuels and related subsidies within the current decade. The interlinked,...

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · Jun 30

“The fossil fuel playbook has undermined the protection of all human rights that are negatively impacted by climate change for over six decades” -- report of Elise Morgera, UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms

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Ben Cushing @bmcushing.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣👋 New paper from @sierraclub.org out today! It's been a long time in the making.

It challenges conventional sustainable investing and urges asset owners to confront climate change as a systemic threat to the global economy and long-term portfolios.

👉 Full paper: www.sierraclub.org/systemic-cli...

Cover of paper from the Sierra Club titled "The Long Term Will Be Decided Now: Why Climate Risk Demands System-Level Action from Investors" (June 2025)

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · Jun 12

Dr. Delta Merner @ucs.org explains how a German court dismissed a lawsuit by Peruvian farmer & mountain guide Saúl Luciano Lliuya, but affirmed that major contributors to global warming can, in principle, face liability under civil law for contributions to climate change blog.ucs.org/delta-merner...

Court Affirms Legal Responsibility of Polluters in Climate Case

The ruling in Lliuya v. RWE shows that courts are increasingly willing to listen to climate scientists, accept probabilistic modeling, and treat emissions data as credible evidence of harm.

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · May 28

Delta Merner @ucs.org on this critical climate accountability precedent: The court "recognized that companies may be held legally responsible for climate damages tied to their emissions. The ruling confirmed that climate science can provide a basis for legal liability..." www.ucs.org/about/news/r...

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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · May 22

As climate damages mount, dozens of cities, counties & states are taking the fossil fuel industry to court in a wave of tobacco-style litigation

A new report from @ucs.org examines the evidence behind these lawsuits, as Big Oil fights to evade accountability

www.oneearthnow.org/p/big-oil-de...

Big Oil Deceived the Public for Decades About Climate Harms, But Accountability Remains Elusive

With the Trump administration backsliding on climate action, holding oil companies accountable for worsening the climate crisis is “more important than ever,” a new report argues.

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · May 23

New blog from my @ucsclimate.bsky.social colleague Kate Cell shows how the fossil fuel industry is using the American Energy Institute as a front in seeking a free pass for climate devastation blog.ucs.org/kate-cell/ho...

How the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Pursuing a Liability Waiver

Suppose you were the CEO of a fossil fuel company that had engaged in what the latest UCS report calls “decades of deceit” about global warming. In the 1960s, your own company’s scientists “correctly ...

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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · May 19

🎧 In the latest Damages episode from @drilledmedia.bsky.social, @kathymulvey.bsky.social breaks down the new @ucs.org report, "Decades of Deceit," uncovering how fossil fuel companies spent decades obstructing climate policy through misinformation.

Listen here: buff.ly/5lfreSV

Damages: New Evidence and an Update on U.S. Climate Cases

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · May 14

“This report puts together, in one place, a powerful body of evidence about what the fossil fuel corporations knew—and when—about the climate impacts of their products, and what they did in spite of what they knew,” said report author @kathymulvey.bsky.social.

How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change - Inside Climate News

A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their p...

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Kathy Mulvey @kathymulvey.bsky.social · May 14

I'm proud to be part of the team behind this comprehensive and important new report! #DecadesOfDeceit

Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · May 14

1/7 Check out a new UCS report, "Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages." Drawing on dozens of internal industry documents, it provides a decades-long review of the fossil fuel industry's campaign of disinformation and delay on climate action:

Decades of Deceit

Why the case against the major fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages is so strong.

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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · May 1

“It’s important for the full facts of the case to be aired … so that those who were behind the operation can be brought into the light and potentially brought to justice,” says Kathy Mulvey, Union of Concerned Scientists
@kathymulvey.bsky.social @desmog.com

Breaking: Alleged Exxon Hacker-for-Hire Loses Extradition Fight In London Court

LONDON, UK — An Israeli private investigator wanted by U.S. law enforcement for allegedly orchestrating an illegal “hacking-for-hire” operation on behalf of oil and gas major ExxonMobil can be extradi...

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