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Huge investigation out today helmed by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social revealing just how long ago industry knew gas would destroy the climate -- with tons of new details showing how they hid the facts and worked to promote gas as "clean." 👏👏

In case you missed it: Exxon's executive counsel is leaving the company to join the U.S. DOJ's newly renamed Energy & Natural Resources division, which lists blocking climate lawsuits against oil and gas majors as a priority. 🫠🫠

E&E News: Exxon lawyer to join DOJ energy divisionRobert Levy, executive counsel at the oil company, will retire from his role and join the federal government later this month.subscriber.politicopro.com

California just finalized rules for CCS pipelines without distance requirements from communities. Oil companies just have to avoid building near them "as far as practicable" and, if they can't, provide regulators with "vapor dispersion" analyses & training for 1st responders. What could go wrong

"fossil fuel companies launched sophisticated public relations campaigns to muddy the waters, creating authoritative-looking reports designed to mimic official government science while downplaying the catastrophic threat to marine ecosystems like coral reefs."

Big Oil knew it was destroying coral reefsFossil fuel companies knew since at least the 1980s that their products would decimate coral reefs, new research shows.theconfluence.news

after walking 212 miles across Spain I am back! and have returned to a Signal lapse since my computer & phone went out of sync -- if you messaged me there over the past month, please resend 🫥 and send any stories I should see from the past month my way!

Some exciting news: this is the end of ExxonKnews on Substack, but I’ll be launching a new and expanded climate accountability reporting project from Ghost later this year. I'll be offline for the next month, but will check signal/email when I'm back --stay in touch. Much more to come!

The future of this reporting projectIt’s the end of the ExxonKnews era and the beginning of something new.www.exxonknews.org

The chemical lobby is still fighting a NY plastic reduction law because it excludes "chemical recycling," or melting down waste and supposedly turning it into new plastic. The highly polluting tech has mostly failed to work as promised, but it sure does help if you want to keep selling plastic

New York Plastics Law Advances Amid Debate Over ‘Chemical Recycling’ - Inside Climate NewsEnvironmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back.insideclimatenews.org

"How can the Democrats expect to win back the confidence of voters without demonstrating a fighting spirit? And who better to fight than the corporations—from Big Oil to Big Tech—that the Trump administration is allowing to reshape the American landscape and economy without public input or consent?"

New Zealand is moving to shield companies from being taken to court for climate harms. The push to immunize corporations from climate liability is growing globally. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

New Zealand plans law change to stop private climate lawsuitsNew ‌Zealand's government said on Tuesday it would change climate legislation to prevent courts from finding companies liable in private cases for climate change-related harm caused by greenhouse gas ...www.reuters.com

ever-accurate these days 🥲 "Two Emilys—Sanders, at ExxonKnews and Atkin at Heated—have grim accounts..." @emorwee.bsky.social thank you for the highlight @billmckibben.bsky.social!! billmckibben.substack.com/p/uncanny-sp...

Uncanny SpeedIn both directionsbillmckibben.substack.com

Two months later: "The European Commission is considering giving fossil fuel companies leeway to avoid penalties under new rules governing the emissions of methane" www.politico.eu/article/eu-f...

The Trump admin is suing Minnesota for trying to enforce its consumer protection law against Exxon, Koch, and the American Petroleum Institute. Almost exactly 2 years ago, Trump promised oil execs favors in exchange for campaign donations

The Trump administration comes to Big Oil’s rescue in MinnesotaThe DOJ is taking “unprecedented” measures to fight the fossil fuel industry’s legal battles.www.exxonknews.org

PSA: if you have been trying to reach me last week or this week on my work #, my phone is out of commission, but will be back next week! otherwise, find me by email or signal chat