"Global heating makes every heatwave more intense and more likely, and rising global temperatures kill one person a minute around the world." Meanwhile, the 8 major oil companies are raking in $700,000 a minute They are literally profiting at the expense of human lives

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21h ago

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis That’s $700,000 a minute Iran conflict windfall over 3 months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage Story by Jillian Ambrose and me www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Not only has there been a massive drop in environmental enforcement under the Trump DOJ, but they're also arguing in court that public interest groups can't sue to enforce these laws theconversation.com/trump-admini...

Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws

For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.

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Inside Climate News@insideclimatenews.org · last wk.

Trump officials say enforcing environmental laws is still a priority at DOJ, but former attorneys say enforcement has collapsed.

In June, the BLM quietly approved the Townsite Data Center project in Boulder City, Nevada - the first data center approval on public lands Environmental advocates warn it sets a dangerous precedent, & @biologicaldiversity.org & @sierraclub.org are challenging it www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump...

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Build Data Centers on Public Lands

The latest was supposed to be a solar project. Now, in a “bait and switch,” it’s set to power AI

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The part of the DOJ that describes itself as the nation's "largest environmental law firm" and that's charged w/ enforcing environmental laws has dropped the word "environment" from its name 🤦 www.oneearthnow.org/p/trump-just...

Trump Justice Department’s Environment Division Rebrands Itself as the “Energy” Division

The move signals that the DOJ is prioritizing an agenda of “unleashing” fossil fuels over protecting public health and the environment.

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ICYMI, Trump DOJ's environment division is now going by the name Energy & Natural Resources Division, working to advance Trump's "energy dominance" agenda But as one former ENRD attorney said, "[DOJ's] job is not to promote fossil fuel. It’s to enforce laws" insideclimatenews.org/news/2807202...

DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Has Collapsed in the Second Trump Administration, Former Attorneys Say - Inside Climate News

The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division recently changed its name to the Energy and Natural Resources Division and added “unleashing American energy” to its mission.

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The DOJ has named a former ExxonMobil attorney as the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s senior counsel, intervened on behalf of polluters and gone on offense for the fossil fuel industry, suing states over their climate policies and efforts to hold oil companies accountable.

DOJ’s Environmental Enforcement Arm Has Been Captured by Industry, Critics Say

Instead of enforcing environmental laws, it’s suing states over their efforts to hold oil companies accountable.

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The fossil fuel industry is killing coral reefs A 1988 internal Shell report discussed potential impacts of rising CO2 levels in oceans, noting that "dissolution of shells and corals and...massive deaths of [marine] organisms...is therefore not unrealistic" www.oneearthnow.org/p/fossil-fue...

Fossil Fueled Climate Crisis is Driving Mass Coral Bleaching

Widespread bleaching of coral reefs would not have occurred absent human-caused warming, and Big Oil knew about the risks to coral reefs in the 1980s, new research finds.

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As Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...

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🆕 I spoke w/ half a dozen former attorneys at DOJ's environment division, newly renamed as the "energy" division, about the significant changes there under Trump 2.0 - incl. an attorney exodus, involuntary reassignments of section chiefs, the recent name change, & the massive drop in enforcement

Inside Climate News@insideclimatenews.org · last wk.

Trump officials say enforcing environmental laws is still a priority at DOJ, but former attorneys say enforcement has collapsed.

“2026 is just the beginning,” Professor Rockström added. “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptation.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...

Summer of Heat, Fires and Storms Is a Reckoning for Europe on Climate

The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.

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🆕 I spoke w/ half a dozen former attorneys at DOJ's environment division, newly renamed as the "energy" division, about the significant changes there under Trump 2.0 - incl. an attorney exodus, involuntary reassignments of section chiefs, the recent name change, & the massive drop in enforcement

Inside Climate News@insideclimatenews.org · last wk.

Trump officials say enforcing environmental laws is still a priority at DOJ, but former attorneys say enforcement has collapsed.

UPDATE - TotalEnergies has said it will appeal the ruling, arguing that climate change "does not fall within the scope of the duty of vigilance law" Total also claims it has no control over its customers' emissions (Scope 3) - ignoring how #BigOil actively shapes demand for its products

Dana Drugmand@danad1012.bsky.social · last mo.

Paris court orders TotalEnergies to account for its scope 3 emissions "As Europe swelters under another deadly heatwave, the French court has sent a strong message: fossil fuel companies will be held accountable" said @ecchr.bsky.social's Clara Gonzales insideclimatenews.org/news/2606202...

"Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires" by @danad1012.bsky.social for @sierramagazine.bsky.social: www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump...

Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires

It’s part of an ongoing pattern of disinformation spreading in response to climate-fueled extreme weather

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Claims that wildfires can be prevented simply by forest thinning or raking up debris are not only inaccurate, they are also part of a broader pattern of disinformation in response to climate-fueled extremes That disinformation deflects from the real issue: rapidly warming climate.

Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires

It’s part of an ongoing pattern of disinformation spreading in response to climate-fueled extreme weather

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A new study from researchers @climatecentral.org confirms that climate change is responsible for mass, global-scale bleaching of coral reefs And #BigOilKnew about the potential risks of their products on coral reefs decades ago, Oxford researchers say www.oneearthnow.org/p/fossil-fue...

Fossil Fueled Climate Crisis is Driving Mass Coral Bleaching

Widespread bleaching of coral reefs would not have occurred absent human-caused warming, and Big Oil knew about the risks to coral reefs in the 1980s, new research finds.

oneearthnow.org

When the accordion hands start going, you know he's lying or making shit up - even he said he doesn't know if that's true or not

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump is now ranting and raving about "windmills" and how you can't bury them because they "poison the ground"

Yup 💯 Watch this space. The fight over climate accountability is definitely heating up grist.org/accountabili...

As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters 'panic mode'

With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.

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Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

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One year ago today, the ICJ issued its historic climate change advisory opinion. The AO explicitly called out fossil fuels Failure to protect the climate system, incl. through fossil fuel activities, may be an "internationally wrongful act", the court said www.oneearthnow.org/p/boosting-f...

Boosting Fossil Fuels May Violate International Law, World’s Top Court Rules

The International Court of Justice said countries supporting fossil fuel subsidies, exploration licenses, production and consumption could be committing internationally wrongful acts.

oneearthnow.org

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." 👏👏

Center for Climate Integrity@climateintegrity.org · 2w ago

NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.

As the GOP seeks to punish Canada for the climate-intensified smoke, they are also pushing to shield #BigOil from liability But public demands for climate accountability are sharpening, w/ the latest bout of extreme weather making the crisis impossible to ignore www.oneearthnow.org/p/as-smoke-h...

As Smoke, Heat Waves and Floods Hit the U.S., the Battle Over Climate Accountability Intensifies

A new National Academies’ climate report could help bolster lawsuits against Big Oil. But Republicans in Congress want to shut these suits down.

oneearthnow.org

This is why the industry & its political allies are attacking this science & new report The #BigOil immunity bill in Congress claims that extreme event attribution "lacks scientific credibility." House bill now has 20 co-sponsors (incl. 4 new ones just this week) 👀 www.barrons.com/news/new-sci...

New Science Report Could Boost Climate Suits Against Oil Giants

Climate lawsuits seeking massive damages from fossil fuel companies increasingly hinge on the question: how reliably can scientists pin specific extreme weather to human-caused climate change?

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This is why the industry & its political allies are attacking this science & new report The #BigOil immunity bill in Congress claims that extreme event attribution "lacks scientific credibility." House bill now has 20 co-sponsors (incl. 4 new ones just this week) 👀 www.barrons.com/news/new-sci...

New Science Report Could Boost Climate Suits Against Oil Giants

Climate lawsuits seeking massive damages from fossil fuel companies increasingly hinge on the question: how reliably can scientists pin specific extreme weather to human-caused climate change?

barrons.com

Australians impacted by extreme heat, flooding, bushfires & other climate impacts have filed a landmark complaint w/ the UN Human Rights Committee against Australia over its fossil fuel exports The US faces a similar human rights complaint from youth activists www.oneearthnow.org/p/australia-...

Australia Hit with UN Human Rights Complaint Over Ongoing Support for Coal and Gas Exports

Ten Australians argue the government is violating international human rights law. Meanwhile, the US government is facing a similar complaint from youth climate activists.

oneearthnow.org

UPDATE: This first-of-its-kind wrongful death case is moving forward after a state court denied oil companies' motions to dismiss this week 🧵 (1/3)

Dana Drugmand@danad1012.bsky.social · last yr.

"This latest case—the first filed on behalf of an individual climate victim—is another step toward accountability," said @climateintegrity.org's Richard Wiles www.climateinthecourts.com/big-oil-face...

Four Ugandan farmers are suing the UK-registered company building the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, set to be the longest heated oil pipeline in the world and a major carbon bomb More here, from Climate in the Courts 👇 #climatelitigation www.climateinthecourts.com/ugandan-farm...

Ugandan Farmers File Lawsuit In The UK Seeking To Stop East African Crude Oil Pipeline

A landmark lawsuit was filed this week in the UK that aims to block the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline from becoming operational. The case, brought by four Ugandan farmers adversely imp...

climateinthecourts.com

The White House has reconstituted the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which tracks climate change and produces the National Climate Assessment. The Trump version will focus on "positive" climate effects and be used to protect fossil fuel companies from lawsuits. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Four Ugandan farmers are suing the UK-registered company building the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, set to be the longest heated oil pipeline in the world and a major carbon bomb More here, from Climate in the Courts 👇 #climatelitigation www.climateinthecourts.com/ugandan-farm...

Ugandan Farmers File Lawsuit In The UK Seeking To Stop East African Crude Oil Pipeline

A landmark lawsuit was filed this week in the UK that aims to block the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline from becoming operational. The case, brought by four Ugandan farmers adversely imp...

climateinthecourts.com

It's been one year since flash flooding in Texas led to tragic loss of life and damage to multiple business and residential structures. Now, a survey based on a sample of 258 adults directly impacted by the floods shows that more than half of survivors feel abandoned by their government.

After the Deadly Floods In Texas, Many Surveyed Survivors Feel Left Behind

Many say the government has left them to recover on their own

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