I think this time around the resistance will be local.

We’ll march and protest, but even more important, we’ll get to work protecting our neighbors and working together to keep making progress on the issues that matter most.

Here’s what we can do on climate 🧵 The key task, even under a Harris administration, was always going to be accelerating the buildout of clean energy to replace fossil fuels.

Imagine a movement of millions of Americans getting to work on that mission.

No point spinning it: this is the worst possible outcome on climate.

But what happens next is also up to us.

We know Trump will do everything he can to push fossil fuels and slow clean energy. Our job is to fight back. First and foremost, that means standing with everyone on the frontlines.

Black, brown, Indigenous communities: they're all far more likely to be facing new fossil fuel facilities, pollution, and other environmental injustices. Let's be in solidarity with each other.

This is for anyone who cares about the climate and is thinking about voting for Jill Stein or RFK Jr. or sitting this election out.

I get your frustration, but I'm asking you: please don't.

Here's why voting for Harris is the best move 🧵 I hear the argument: the Democrats aren't doing enough on climate, Kamala supports fracking, so I'm going to "send a signal" by voting for Stein, RFK or staying home.

I feel you...I mean, I've organized protests and gotten arrested pushing Dems to do more on climate.

FEMA is out of money and we’re not even close to investing what we need to in resiliency, so unless you want to leave places like Tampa, Asheville and everywhere else hit with climate disasters in ruins, we need a way to raise the cash. 🧵 Right now, that’s going to come out of public funds that could be used for schools and healthcare, or directly from your tax dollars.

Meanwhile, the fossil fuel companies, who knew the ongoing use of their product would lead to catastrophic climate impacts…

We don’t have to just sit back and watch our communities get wrecked by climate disaster.

At #MakePollutersPay, we’re building a nationwide movement to hold Big Oil accountable for the damage they’ve done.

Join us: makepolluterspay.net This year, we’ve already seen Vermont pass the first ever Climate Superfund bill that will make polluters pay for climate damages. theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

One of the biggest fights on climate in the country is going down in New York right now and not that many people know about it.

Here's the deal: we're just one signature away from striking a major blow against Big Oil... Back in June, the New York Legislature *passed* a bill that would #MakePollutersPay for climate damages.

The bill would raise $75 billion ($3b a year for 25 years) by making the world's largest oil companies pay into a "climate superfund." wsj.com/articles/new-y…

You thought Project 2025 was just a threat after the election? It's actually happening *right now.*

The fossil fuel industry's favorite Senators, Manchin and Barrasso, just put forward a plan to fast track fossil fuel projects. Here's the deal 🧵 Remember, one of Project 2025's big things on climate is to strip the ability of federal agencies to take climate considerations into account when they decide on major new policies or infrastructure projects.

I think the most exciting thing on climate about Kamala Harris is that she is perfectly positioned to prosecute the case against Big Oil.

The fossil fuel industry has raked in massive profits for decades by lying about climate. We need a President who will make them pay. 🧵 Harris has exactly the right background. When she was California AG, her office supported the investigation into Exxon's lies. Harris even said on the campaign trail that she'd "sued" Exxon, which wasn't quite right, but hey, now's her chance.

The stuff in Project 2025 on climate and fossil fuels is even worse than you would imagine. As Michael Mann said, this would be “game over for climate progress.” If you care about a livable future, it’s worth understanding what’s in this radical right blueprint. Buckle up. First, you’ve got to understand that Project 2025 comes straight out of the well-oiled climate denial machine. It was put together by right-wing think tanks funded by the likes of ExxonMobil and the Koch Brothers. Big Oil’s fingerprints are all over this.

Californians, you've got a chance to pass the first #MakePollutersPay Climate Superfund bill in the country, but we're going to need your help.

Here's a quick thread on how you can help make Big Oil pay their fair share for climate impacts! Here's the deal: @SenatorMenjivar has introduced a bill, SB1497, that would make big oil companies pay into a "climate superfund" that would help pay the costs of climate disasters.

This could generate BILLIONS to help pay for climate damages. sd20.senate.ca.gov/news/protectin…

Our movement waged an epic campaign to #StopLNG and the pressure worked!

Today Biden announced a pause on all new approvals, saying "We will heed the calls of young people and frontline communities."

Here's how we won 🧵 Six months ago, our movement came together with a clear focus: elevate CP2 and stopping all other LNG facilities as a national priority.

Today, we helped deliver one of the largest actions on fossil fuels any administration has ever taken. nytimes.com/2024/01/25/cli…

Tomorrow, President Biden is giving a big speech on extreme heat and the climate crisis.

It's the perfect opportunity to declare a climate emergency and use the full power of the presidency to implement the IRA and drive forward clean energy.

Here's why --> 🧵 The climate crisis is an existential threat that demands urgent action. We are already seeing the impacts - wildfires, droughts, flooding - and it will only get worse without bold leadership.

Passing the Inflation Reduction Act was a *BIG* start, but it's not nearly enough.

We haven’t found the smoking gun yet, but it sure as hell looks like ExxonMobil was involved in a massive hacking operation to silence their critics (including me).

The Wall Street Journal tells the wild story in this bombshell of a piece. wsj.com/articles/massi… Prosecutors haven’t yet found a clear line connecting Exxon to the hacking operation, but it’s really the only plausible explanation for why a hacker-for-hire would come after us and leak an email that was at the center of Exxon’s legal strategy on #ExxonKnew.

How bad is @HKStrategies, the firm that is running communications for the UN Climate Talks #COP27?

Let's look at just one of their (many) greenwashing campaigns for Big Oil giant @Shell.

Grab a cup of coffee (literally) 🧵 Here again is the story in @openDemocracy that broke the news that the Egyptian government has hired @HKStrategies to run communications for the #COP27 climate talks starting in 2 weeks. opendemocracy.net/en/cop27-hillk…

BREAKING: The PR firm hired by Egypt for COP27 is none other than Hill+Knowlton, who worked with Big Tobacco and currently runs the “Oil & Gas Climate Initiative,” an industry front group.

This is as dirty as it gets. opendemocracy.net/en/cop27-hillk… @HKStrategies needs to either drop their fossil fuel clients or COP27 should drop them.

They’ve got clear conflicts of interest and shouldn’t be allowed to be helping run the climate talks.

WOW! In his General Assembly speech, the UN Secretary General just *blasted* fossil fuel industry enablers -- calling out the PR and advertising industry for the first time!

“Our world is addicted to fossil fuels. It’s time for an intervention."

Here's an excerpt 🧵 “Our world is addicted to fossil fuels. It’s time for an intervention.

We need to hold fossil fuel companies and their enablers to account.

This is a *HUGE* freaking deal: Congress has obtained documents that show Big Oil companies actively lying about their climate commitments and coordinating to downplay their support for the Paris Agreement.

That's fraud.

A quick 🧵
nytimes.com/2022/09/14/cli… There are so many wild parts to this article it's hard to track all of them.

First, a revelation that Exxon pressed an industry trade group to remove any mention of the Paris Agreement from a policy document. Exxon says it supports Paris -- but clearly not.

The GOP permitting bill that Sen. Capito just introduced is a dumpster fire of climate denial and industry giveaways that will only deepen our dependence on the fossil fuels that are destroying our climate.

Let's go through this burning trash heap 🧵epw.senate.gov/public/index.c… You know anything that starts with "Codifies the Trump Administration's...." is going to be a disaster.

In this case, the GOP is trying to follow through on Trump's attempts to gut the National Environmental Protection Act, the "magna carta" of environmental law.

Get ready for a BIG week of Big Oil accountability in Washington, with Democrats going after the industry's lawsuits, lies, and obscene profits.

First up, on Tuesday, Natural Resources is hosting a hearing on PR agencies that spread disinformation on behalf of Big Oil. PR and Ad agencies play a *huge* role in blocking climate action and this hearing will shine a major spotlight on the industry.

Over at @cleancreatives, we could hardly be more excited. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Let’s talk about the massive fossil fuel giveaways in the IRA and how we can fight back against them.

Manchin may have us in a hostage situation right now, but that doesn’t mean the climate movement should stay silent about what’s happening here.

A 🧵 The deal that Manchin struck with Schumer is loaded up with tens of billions of dollars of fossil fuel industry handouts that aim to slow the transition to clean energy and keep us reliant on expensive & polluting coal, oil and gas.

We aren’t going to be able to maintain the political support to transition to clean energy if Big Oil can always jack up prices, screw over consumers, and successfully blame climate policies for it.

A quick 🧵 on how I think we can deal with this 1. We need to be clear that Big Oil is to blame for high gas prices. They got us into this mess, they’re lobbying against solutions, and they’re making massive profits at our expense. Politicians have to be confident enough to point the finger at Big Oil.