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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 20h

Join us tonight (Oct. 7) 6 ET/3 PT for our monthly general meeting. Guest speaker: Kevin Young, author of Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from movements that won. Register here: thirdact.org/actions-lab/...

Actions Lab General Meeting

Actions Lab Oct. 7 Agenda Welcome new members! Actions Lab Updates Highlights of Sept. 19 Petrostate Tour Remarks and discussion with Kevin Young, author of Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from...

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Diana E @bluedee.bsky.social · 3d

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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 3d

Pop quiz: how much are annual fossil fuel subsidies in the US?

A: there are no subsidies
B: Nobody knows
C: $10 b
D: $ 35 b
(Answer below)

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

As Trump + the GOP shut down the gov't to avoid funding healthcare for working families, a reminder of what they ARE willing to fund:

💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies
💸$625M in new giveaways to coal

Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O

Oil Change Response to Anticipated Government Shutdown - Oil Change International

Ahead of a U.S. government shutdown, Collin Rees said: “Trump and Republicans are showing they work for billionaires and fossil fuel CEOs, not working people.”

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 5d

-Days after publicly denying the existence of fossil fuel subsidies, Trump's top energy official, former fracking exec. Chris Wright, awarded $625M in new subsidies to coal. Oh, and he ordered Dept. of Energy staff to stop using the word "subsidies" to try to pull the wool over the public's eyes.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 5d

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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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 4d

Brought to you by the #PetroState

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

As Trump + the GOP shut down the gov't to avoid funding healthcare for working families, a reminder of what they ARE willing to fund:

💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies
💸$625M in new giveaways to coal

Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O

Oil Change Response to Anticipated Government Shutdown - Oil Change International

Ahead of a U.S. government shutdown, Collin Rees said: “Trump and Republicans are showing they work for billionaires and fossil fuel CEOs, not working people.”

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Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos @anamariafortexas.com · 5d

🕊️ Today, we take time to recognize the principle of non–violent resistance, championed by civil rights leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Even when subjected to brutal and oppressive conditions, they did not waver from their paths. #InternationalDayofNonviolence #HD102

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 7d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 8d

OK billionaires, here's your chance to put your filthy money where your filthy mouth is! Rush to invest in... coal? LOL

Jake Bolster @jakebolster.bsky.social · 8d

My coverage of today's announcements on coal from the Interior Department, EPA, and DOE is below.

As one source put it: "There is no such thing as clean coal."

insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry - Inside Climate News

The administration is opening millions of additional acres of public land to mining while slashing royalty rates and environmental regulations for coal. Environmentalists warn of skyrocketing costs an...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 8d

Good headline correction. It’s not just Europeans of course, we Americans are far worse.

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 8d

Remember these two handy - and terrifying — facts from @climatedad.bsky.social

Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · Aug 31

The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years.

CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.

But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures.

Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

Join Third Act Actions Lab's Oct. 7 General Meeting to hear Kevin Young, author of "Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements that Won." Sign up here: thirdact.org/actions-lab/...

Actions Lab General Meeting

Actions Lab Oct. 7 Agenda Welcome new members! Actions Lab Updates Highlights of Sept. 19 Petrostate Tour Remarks and discussion with Kevin Young, author of Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

Inspired to read more? Order Kevin Young's Abolishing Fossil Fuels from PM Press: pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won

Kevin A. Young Climate destruction is a problem of political power.

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

"Fortunately, the success of today's climate movement does not require the same level of courage and sacrifice that the enslaved rebels or Union soldiers displayed. However, the demise of fossil fuels will likewise be initiated by the actions of a minority."

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

"Us abolition shows how a minority acting upon its own moral and material interests can accelerate the decline of a parasitic elete sector, by forcing that sector into confrontation with other elite sectors...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

"These non-electoral disruptions spilled over into the electoral realm...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

"The most essential abolitionist activity occurred outside the realm of elections and lobbying...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 10d

"Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements that Won" has a fascinating and inspiring chapter on lessons from the Abolitionist Movement and the Civil War. Quotes follow.

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 10d

Interesting new video from Paul Warburg about Ukraine’s long term war strategy and how it is paying off. Worth watching - the impact on global emissions is huge: the complete dismantling of Russian fossil fuel infrastructure is part of the strategy.

Russia's New Crisis Could Be Their Worst One Yet

YouTube video by Paul Warburg

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 12d

Gus Speth is an inspiration to us all. Delighted to know he was part of #SunDay!

Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 16d

Gus Speth, one of America's greatest environmental heroes (founder NRDC, head of the UN Dev Program, Jimmy Carter's chair of the Council on Enviro Quality), out for Sun Day on the bridge across the Connecticut River at Hanover NH

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Save Ohio Parks @saveohioparks.bsky.social · 14d

Ohioans learned about cheap, reliable solar power at @thirdactorg.bsky.social Sun Day events all across Ohio.

Solar is cheaper & reliable; there's no need to frack Ohio state parks and public lands for gas and oil!

@kentksmith.bsky.social @berniemoreno.bsky.social @peopleoverpetro.bsky.social

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 12d

"Now, more than ever, his body of work should inspire and motivate us all."

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 13d

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Actions Lab General Meeting

Actions Lab Oct. 7 Agenda Welcome new members! Actions Lab Updates Highlights of Sept. 19 Petrostate Tour Remarks and discussion with Kevin Young, author of Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from...

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Third Act Actions Lab @thirdactactionslab.bsky.social · 13d

Minor quibble with the framing: diversity of approaches makes sense because none of us know what will work. That's why we created Actions Lab! Sign up to join us here: thirdact.org/actions-lab/

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Lawrence MacDonald @climateboomer.bsky.social · 13d

Excellent overview of the current state of the #climate movement from Zach Colman @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

‘We are not winning’: Greens look for new spark under Trump 2.0

Environmental groups that have watched President Donald Trump shred their climate victories are beset by internal divides, slumping fund-raising and a debate on how to fight back.

www.politico.com

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