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Rodrigo Brandão

@rodrigobrandao.bsky.social

Director of Communications at Climate Rights International. Committed to social change, and engaged with art and nonfiction cinema in the U.S. and Brazil. Previously, I was director of comms at The Intercept and Kino Lorber.

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Climate Rights International@climaterights.bsky.social · 3w ago

New CRI Report! The European Commission's decision to exclude leather from the EU Deforestation Regulation is a setback. But this exclusion isn’t final — and even if it goes through, European companies sourcing leather from places like Brazil are not off the hook. 🧵

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Tax Private Jets@taxprivatejets.org · 3w ago

New data: Private jet carbon emissions in Dallas and Atlanta 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 *𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱* during the World Cup semifinals. 3,560 takeoffs and landings. 11.78 kilotons of *excess* carbon, above the 5-year average for those cities. Tax private jets. 🟥🛩️ taxprivatejets.org

Rodrigo Brandão@rodrigobrandao.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's a thread about a recently published letter by 50+ environmental organizations urging U.S. grocery chains to stop selling avocados linked to deforestation. For more, read CRI's "Unholy Guacamole" report. cri.org/reports/unho...

Unholy Guacamole: Deforestation, Water Capture, and Violence Behind Mexico’s Avocado Exports to the U.S. and Other Major Markets

The report presents extensive new evidence linking major importers and supermarkets to this environmental destruction.

cri.org

Climate Rights International@climaterights.bsky.social · last mo.

This week, 50+ environmental and food groups urged the largest U.S. grocery chains to stop selling avocados linked to deforestation. The ask is concrete. They should only source from packinghouses with PFA certification through Guardián Forestal's monitoring system. 🧵

Rodrigo Brandão@rodrigobrandao.bsky.social · last mo.

If you're in London for #ClimateWeek and concerned about the right to protest, make sure to attend this stellar panel discussion co-hosted by @hrc.org and @climaterights.bsky.social

Climate Rights International@climaterights.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us at London Climate Action Week for a discussion on climate action, protest rights, and the criminalization of dissent in the UK, Europe, and the United States. Register here: luma.com/gkybf1kd 📅 June 26, 10:30 am–12 pm 📍 Doughty Street Chambers, London #LCAW2026 @hrw.org

Climate Rights International@climaterights.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Brazilian film MANAS opens this weekend at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social — and two CRI colleagues moderate the Q&As with director Marianna Brennand. Fri 5/22: @sarahlsax.bsky.social (sold out, standby line) Sat 5/23: @rodrigobrandao.bsky.social — tickets available filmforum.org/film/manas

Film Forum · MANAS

MANAS Opens Friday, May 22

filmforum.org

Sarah Sax@sarahlsax.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Honored to be leading a Q&A with director Marianna Brennand about her new film "Manas," a devastating but necessary story about the sexual exploitation of girls in the Amazon. Protecting young women from abuse is a human rights issue. It's time we treated it like one. filmforum.org/events/event...

Sarah Sax@sarahlsax.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Amazing analysis on predatory lending (and borrowing) and the shitstorm that happens when housing (a basic human right) is financialized. One part. disturbing outcome: Israeli pension bonds tied to illegal settlemens in Palestine being linked to rent-stabilized housing in New York

The Baffler@thebaffler.com · 3mo ago

New York’s rent-regulated housing stock isn’t just crumbling—it’s straining under millions of dollars of debt. Francis Northwood wades into the financial quagmire to find out how this came to be.

Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 3mo ago

With US average gasoline prices at $4.63 per gallon, it now costs about 3.7 times more to drive a mile in a gasoline car than in an electric car. Gasoline: $4.63 per gallon / 28 miles per gallon = 16.5 c per mile Electric: 15 c per kWh * 0.3 kWh per mile = 4.5 c per mile

Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 3mo ago

Oil and gas companies have made some $50 billion in windfall profit since Trump started the Iran war. These profits come mainly from higher gasoline and diesel prices most people pay and go mainly to the owners and major shareholders of oil and gas companies, who are already very rich.

Graph of the US average gasoline price over the last year. Gasoline prices are fairly stable around $3.25 per gallon from May 2025 through February 2026, but spike around March 1, when the Iran war began, and continue rising to $4.63 per gallon today - 42% higher than they were this time last year.
Rodrigo Brandão@rodrigobrandao.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sarah Sax's new analysis @sarahlsax.bsky.social explains why Americans shouldn't let their government pressure the EU to weaken its methane regulations. If the Trump Administration succeeds, it could sever "a chain of accountability that might lessen the invisible gas polluting much of Texas’s air."

Climate Rights International@climaterights.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The European Union Methane Regulation, which requires oil and gas importing companies in the EU to monitor methane emissions across their supply chains, is at risk of being weakened. Here's why the US has demanded an exemption for American LNG. climaterightsinternational.substack.com/p/why-we-sho...

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last yr.

The Pentagon just announced a no-bid contract that will be awarded to Palantir for "the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the field of geospatial intelligence." This means Palantir will have unprecedented access to maps, satellite imagery, GPS data, and more.

Purge Palantir@purgepalantir.bsky.social · last yr.

And don't forget that Epstein invested $40M in Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures (an investment now worth $170M): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions

nytimes.com

Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · last yr.

New bombshell from my investigators on Epstein's sex trafficking operation: the Trump administration has an Epstein file detailing 4,725 wire transfers and almost $1.1 billion flowing through just one of his banks. Hundreds of millions more through others.