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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 23h

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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Reclaim Finance @reclaimfinance.org · 16d

🔴 BREAKING: Big banks poured over 2× more into fossil fuels than sustainable energy between 2021–2024!

Our new report Banking on Business as Usual offers the first full comparison of global fossil vs. sustainable power finance.

Read the 3 key findings below⤵️

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:

🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026

Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference

#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...

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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · 16d

This weekend we marched for our children’s future, for a fairer safer world 🌍✨

We marched to demand a just transition as we move away from fossil fuels, where workers are protected, renewable industries are supported, and no one is left behind.

@makethempay.bsky.social #MakeThemPay

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 19d

🔥 TODAY - WE TAKE TO THE STREETS TO MAKE THEM PAY🔥

We can't wait to see everyone out in their thousands on the streets today to demand the billionaires and polluters responsible for breaking Britain are made to pay to fix it ✊

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Platform @platform1983.bsky.social · 20d

🚨New survey finds oil & gas workers want decisive action from the UK government, Scottish government and industry to support the transition – but they aren’t getting it.

Here’s what workers want: 🧵

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2547...

'North Sea workers urge government to do more on creating good renewable energy jobs'

Rosie Hampton is oil and gas campaigns manager at Friends of the Earth Scotland responds to a new study of over 400 North Sea oil and gas workers…

www.heraldscotland.com

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 21d

BREAKING: 🎶 Flash mob takes over King’s Cross Station in a protest against climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.

Rosebank’s future is undecided. But together, we can stop it.

@climatechoirs.bsky.social have used their voices - will you use yours? 📣

Join us 👉 bit.ly/rosebankchoir

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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · 21d

🎻 Early this morning we paid a visit to fossil fuel mega insurer Lloyd’s of London, as its private investors gathered for their autumn conference.

Wealthy private investors can push the corporation to enable the green energy transition, delivering a brighter future for all our kids. 🌍

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 23d

🚨He’s done it! 🙌 700 miles from Scotland to London.
Andrew walked it to fight Rosebank, the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field.

His walk is done, but the fight isn’t. Take action to #StopRosebank. Link in bio.

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · 28d

BREAKING🚨: A landmark study links the emissions of just 14 oil companies to dozens of deadly heatwaves worldwide. Exxon & Aramco’s emissions alone drove 50+ extreme events once thought impossible. These aren’t accidents, they’re decisions that cost lives and destroy communities.

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Climate Justice Coalition @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social · 28d

London, Saturday 20 September.

Let us know you're marching here: makethempay.org.uk/march-with-us/

Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · 28d

Billionaires, polluters, oligarchs. We're taking to the streets on Saturday 20 September to Make Them Pay.

March with us.

www.youtube.com/shorts/Bdk_r...

It's time to make billionaires pay!

YouTube video by Climate Justice Coalition

www.youtube.com

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · 27d

Dale Vince’s latest bright idea — giving even more subsidies to oil and gas giants and "optimising" production — is about as sensible as his plan to mass produce gas from grass.
Let's discuss!

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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · Sep 5

BREAKING: Activists are at the #USOpen to call out one of its major sponsors – Chubb – and demand it stop insuring Freeport LNG, a toxic fossil fuel project threatening our climate, and the health & safety of local communities.

📸: Erik McGregor
@stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social @planetoverprofit.org

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Stop the Money Pipeline @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're outside of the US Open because their sponsor Chubb is insuring methane terminals that hurt people and planet.
Chubb: it's match point and the ball is in your court. 🎾 🎾

Listen to communities and stop insuring Freeport LNG NOW! #ChubbAtTheOpen #USopen
@planetoverprofit.org @ran.org

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Sep 6

BREAKING🚨: People across the UK are showing up to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank.

Rosebank is the UK’s biggest undeveloped oil field, & it’s a bad deal for all of us.

Scenes from London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Aberdeen

Take digital action now👉 www.stopcambo.org.uk/doa-digital

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Insure Our Future Global @insureourfuture.bsky.social · Sep 3

⚡ Renewable energy insurance grew 9% annually while fossil fuel insurance declined 2%.

The market is speaking loud and clear, but we need DOUBLE the growth rate to meet climate goals.

Insurers: the renewable energy boom needs you!

#InsureOurFuture

global.insure-our-future.com/2025-renewab...

Brief: Renewables Gallop as Fossil Fuels Stall - Insure Our Future Global

Renewables Gallop as Fossil Fuels Stall reveals a race to insure the fast-growing renewable energy market. The energy transition is underway, even as the fossil fuel market size remains more than thre...

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Tessa Khan @tessakhan.bsky.social · Aug 31

This would be laughable if it wasn't so serious: yet again, the Tories are claiming that we can get "all our oil and gas" from the North Sea and that we should be doing even more to support the industry to extract.

There are several reasons why we should treat this with maximum scepticism:

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Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD @ploya.bsky.social · Aug 24

🚨 OUT NOW! Our new @science.org study led by @kohrathefog.bsky.social is the first to comprehensively quantify the health impacts of and inequities in outdoor air pollution exposure across all stages of the US oil and gas lifecycle: extraction ➡️ transport/storage ➡️ refining/processing ➡️ end-use. 🧵

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Stop Rosebank @stopcambo.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 BREAKING: Ithaca Energy has just announced it made $1.1 billion in the first half of 2025

A big chunk of this will likely flow to its majority owner, Delek Group, an Israeli energy giant known to operate in illegal settlements in Palestine and provide fuel to the IDF.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Aug 25

“We will still keep fighting and speaking up to do everything we can to stop these projects, because our community doesn't want these projects,” said Bekah Hinojosa. “I mean, for us, it’s about continuing to exist here.” bit.ly/3HGtMc4

Trump-fueled LNG boom has fenceline Gulf Coast communities on edge

Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production accelerates here, feeding demand from Europe and Asia

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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · Aug 22

We already have the tools to make our air safe to breathe!

Join us as we demand stronger action from our politicians:

🗓️: Thursday, 11 September
📍: Horseferry Playground, London SW1P 3GE
⏰: 10am

See you there with our giant inhaler!

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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · Aug 1

US lobbyists want to flood Europe with LNG. After this week’s $750bn EU-US deal, Politico reveals a decade-long push to lock in US gas. Its next target? The EU Methane Regulation - our strongest tool to curb LNG climate damage.

www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Europe learned to love American gas. This is how Trump wrecks it.

Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming “aste…

www.politico.eu

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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · Jul 30

We have been SO inspired by the Lionesses’ epic Euro 2025 victory 🎉

They showed the most incredible grit. Caring for and respecting each other from start to finish.

We have a motto at Mothers Rise Up: don’t mess with a Lioness.

So thank you Lionesses, you’ve given us a boost to keep going.

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨BREAKING!🚨

30+ of the world's leading economists have written a letter backing calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich.

Among those backing the call are the internationally renowned Thomas Piketty, José Antonio Ocampo, Jayati Ghosh, and Ha-Joon Chang.

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Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists

PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others

www.theguardian.com

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Jul 28

This is not new law! It’s the world's highest court, the International Court of Justice, #ICJ reaffirming that existing climate commitments are legally binding and must be enforced.

That’s real #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ in action.

#ClimateICJAO #AOLetsGO #ClimateJustice #ActonClimate

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