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27 Oct, 13 tweets, 5 min read
Can we talk for a second about all the incredible climate activism happening right now?

We often say "it takes everyone to change everything" and everyone is turning up.

This thread is just a sampling...add in more!
The fossil fuel divestment movement just celebrated an enormous milestone: over 1485 institutions with assets over $39 Trillion have committed to divest from fossil fuels!
A major divestment win came just this week: after a long push from activists in the Netherlands, Europe's largest pension fund divested from fossil fuels!
The @HungerStr1ke crew is bringing moral clarity to the climate fight in Washington, D.C., putting their health and safety on the line for climate justice.
Just a couple weeks ago, #PeopleVsFossilFuels brought thousands of frontline fossil fuel fighters to the White House. Over 650 people were arrested -- and that's just the beginning! desmog.com/2021/10/18/arr…
On Friday, the Youth Climate Finance Alliance is leading a worldwide day of action targeting @Chase Bank and other financiers of fossil fuels. It's a big escalation in the fight to stop the money pipeline!
Indigenous peoples and their allies are leading the fight against major fossil fuel projects, including the ongoing struggle to stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Huge climate strikes continue around the world as the youth movement keeps growing and growing. Check out this photo from a recent strike in India!
The fight for energy justice is going strong in countries like South Africa! Love to see my former colleagues at @350 supporting this incredible activism.
The push for "fossil free culture" is also growing! Together we can stop Big Oil from using our museums and other cultural institutions to try and maintain their social license.
Big mobilizations are planned around #COP26 in Glasgow, including a big youth climate strike on November 5. Especially inspiring to see is the solidarity with striking workers -- labor justice is climate justice!
There is *so much more* going on, from local fights against fossil fuel projects, to the daily work of environmental defenders across the Global South, to everyone working to build solutions in their communities. If you're part of the climate fight, you aren't alone!
Ok...back to work! ;)

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27 Oct
Here are some of the questions I think Congress should ask the #SlipperySix oil executives at this historic Big Oil hearing tomorrow:

1. Do you admit your company lied to the American people about the climate crisis? oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
2. Mr. Woods, there's clear evidence that Exxon scientists knew that your product was driving the climate crisis as early as the 1970s. Will you finally come clean and admit that your company then went on to lie about the problem? #SlipperySix insideclimatenews.org/project/exxon-…
3. Mr. Lawler -- BP famously rebranded itself as Beyond Petroleum, but then kept producing oil and spilling it in the Gulf of Mexico. You've now rebranded yourself again as a green company. Are you intentionally engaging in greenwashing? #SlipperySix independent.co.uk/news/business/…
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31 Aug 20
Let's talk about the politics of fracking.

The press has bought into (arguably created?) this narrative that if Dems say anything about regulating or banning fracking, it will kill them in places like PA.

New polling out today & past experience shows otherwise.

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This whole "fracking will sink Dems" narrative has been around a while, but it was crystalized this January with this piece in the NYT and a painful Daily episode that made out fracking opponents as pot-smoking hippies (kid you not, just listen) nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/…
The story--and most "fracking will sink Dems" coverage--is in the "Hillbilly Elegy" tradition that colored a lot of 2016 election autopsies.

And I mean colored: the genre depends on lifting up older, white, male voters as the "key demographic" Dems need to win.
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4 Aug 20
BP just announced what some are calling a “radical” and “transformative” plan to cut its oil and gas production and invest in clean energy.

Is an oil major finally getting serious about climate?

Let’s take a look 🧵
cnn.com/2020/08/04/bus…
First, the announcement: BP says it is cutting oil and gas production by about 40% by 2030, while its refining output will decline about 30%.

This is a BIG deal.

It’s the first time an oil major has admitted it needs to slash production to meet its climate goals.
Why is it so important to slash production? Because it's the only way we can meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement as this report shows.

Up until today, no oil major had pledged to do so. That’s a breakthrough. productiongap.org/2019report/
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30 Jul 20
Ok...I know news about the Federal Reserve isn’t exactly viral twitter content, but this is IMPORTANT.

Under the guise of the Corona-19 bailout, the Fed is pumping *BILLIONS* into the fossil fuel industry.

Here's a 🧵on how your money is fueling the climate crisis.
Today, 69 orgs call on the Fed to end its purchase of fossil fuel debt.

The Fed must stop leveraging public money to purchase debt from the firms exacerbating the climate crisis. #StopTheMoneyPipeline #PeopleNotPolluters priceofoil.org/2020/07/30/fed…
There are some BIG names who signed onto the letter: @LCVoters, @OxfamAmerica, @SierraClub, @sunrisemvmt and more.

Why the interest? Because money fuels the climate crisis and the Fed is setting up one of the biggest money pipelines to fossil fuels.
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6 May 20
Ok, let me rant for a minute here.

It is inexcusable (and just bad politics) that Democrats aren’t doing a stronger push for clean energy jobs and a green recovery as a response to COVID-19.

I mean, the ads write themselves.
Over 100,000 clean energy workers lost their jobs in March -- that's twice as many as in oil and gas.

Mitch McConnell is out there denigrating these workers, saying it's all a "green dream," while real families are suffering.

Dems should be standing up as their champions.
A vast majority of voters support a green recovery and investments in clean energy.

They know that we can build back cleaner, healthier and stronger -- using our response to this crisis to help solve the ongoing climate emergency. dataforprogress.org/blog/3/24/vote…
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30 Apr 20
Mnuchin and Trump could announce a plan to bailout Big Oil as early as tomorrow.

In this latest press release from Stop the Money Pipeline (@StopMoneyPipe) we list 8 reasons why that’s a no good, terrible, messed up idea.

Thread —> stopthemoneypipeline.com/mnuchin-big-oi…
1. The Trump Administration still hasn’t delivered for American families:

Nearly 25 million Americans are out of work. The administration needs to spend more time helping people and less time prioritizing the needs of oil company CEOs.
2. Oil companies are in a crisis of their own making:

Oil and gas companies entered the coronavirus crisis over leveraged and saddled with massive debts. The industry’s profitability and share of the economy had already tanked. They got themselves into this mess.
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