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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 13h
#EndFossilFuels before they End Us.
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Fossilflation: how fossil fuels are driving today’s cost‑of‑living crisis - Greenpeace International
We are not just in a “cost‑of‑living crisis”. Across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, fossil‑fuel price shocks are driving a new phase of inflation known as fossilflation, pushing up energy, foo...
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#CCS is a failed technology, that despite 50yrs of lavish public subsidy never reached the required targets for carbon capture or cost to make it viable. #BlueHydrogen, which is made from fossil gas, depends on highly functional CCS, which doesn't exist. oilchange.org/publications...
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Groninger museum, the last in NL still accepting fossil sponsorship, was built with fossil money in 1994. The donation was a calculated manoeuvre from the industry to deflect from the gas-quakes they knew would result from their extraction. Literally a big colourful distraction from fossil harm.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As artists and cultural workers, we find it a responsibility to purge our own sector of ways for the fossil fuel industry to launder their image. After 10yrs of interventions across NL, starting w the Van Gogh, Groningen is now the last major museum still accepting fossil sponsorship in the country.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It’s astounding this isn’t the only thing people are talking about. It shows how much power mainstream news, who are blacking out the climate element of this El Niño, still holds. #ClimateCrisis
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We charged our batteries on Saturday at deGroningse Onderstroom - taking our climate pillows out for a breath of fresh air, to celebrate community and artistic freedom in the thriving Groninger alt culture scene. Giant thanks to #deGroningseOnderstroom for the warm welcome! ❤️‍🔥 🙏
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fossil funded Groninger Museum decided It's Party Time!.. with 4 major openings on one weekend, its choice was for celebration, oblivious to a summer of extreme heat, drought, and fires. But repressed realities can lead to bad dreams, and in this case, summoned an ironic Wake-Up Call from us.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Urban Disobedience Toolkit! Cool documentary screening coming up on 13th October at Cinema Politica Groningen (NL). Entrance is free. Frida - one of the founding members of our collective - will join the after-talk. Check the link for more details. cinemapolitica.org @cinemapolitica.bsky.social
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Urban Disobedience Toolkit - Cinema Politica
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FFC's art intervention against fossil sponsorship at the Groninger Museum took up themes from both their opening weekend, and Frances Stark’s book - The Architect and the Housewife, which loans its title to a new exhibition. Stark’s work explores gendered divisions and power dynamics in art and life
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Images from our art intervention at fossil sponsored Groninger Museum. Cupcakes with ARTWASHING? - NO THANKS! were given out. Soon after, sad party whistles disrupted a panel discussion on 'Building the Future' - then floating pillows of climate dream angst were released in various rooms.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FFCNL makes art disruptions at musea that accept fossil sponsorship, shaming them for their complicity, and demanding divestment. On the 20th of Sept a Groningen Museum panel discussion on "Building the Future", was brought to a halt with sad party whistles, pointing to a world already in flames.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great new site just launched - from Emily Sanders of Exxon News and longtime investigative climate reporter Rebecca Leber. Check them out ! @emdashsanders.bsky.social @rebleber.bsky.social pointsourcenews.org bsky.app/profile/clim...
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Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I review the huge number of all-time heat records set in August: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/eart...
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Earth just had its hottest August on record » Yale Climate Connections
The intensifying super El Niño, combined with global warming, is favored to make 2026 the hottest year on record, with 2027 expected to be even hotter.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
🚨 Europe’s latest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction — and a pass to keep on polluting. The project in the Netherlands risks funneling millions in public money into speculative technologies rather than real decarbonization. Our reaction: bit.ly/4hds290 🧵👇1/4
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Opening of Europe's largest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction - CIEL
CIEL experts warn that the opening Europe's largest carbon capture project, risks using billions in taxpayers’ money to fund a dangerous distraction that delays climate action.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The whole world knows we have to Stop Burning Fossil Fuel, or we Suicide As A Species. So what does the Fossil Fuel Industry do? Pretends to make renewable energy. Convinces gullible people to spread their Hydrogen Myth. In the Netherlands this now includes the King 🤦‍♂️, and the Groninger Museum.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In honor of the new UN climate report, which spreads the entirely unsubstantiated myth that we can remove and sequester enough carbon from the atmosphere to cool the whole planet down again, here’s a paper that looks empirically at one component of this myth. And it’s not pretty. #EndFossilFuels
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This very neatly sums it up. CCS is a CON. So called "low-carbon" blue hydrogen, dependent on high functioning CCS, is an Expensive Joke - on the taxpayer, and all life on earth.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 26/08/2026
Sorry for shouting but... THE ENTIRE POINT OF CCS IS TO ENABLE MORE FOSSIL FUEL USE. That it captures jack shit doesn't matter. All fossil fuel interests need to do is claim that the emissions their extraction produces will be removed from the atmosphere. At some point. Somehow.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The carbon lobby has pursued a 3 step strategy around H2 since the hype began; 1- convince govt's to embrace H2 as ‘clean’ fuel of the future; get subsidies 2- get support for 'low-carbon' blue H2; dispute regulations 3- get govt's to accept any kind of H2; 'cos blue and green are $$$
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
More than 90% of hydrogen is fossil fuel based. Not green. Not renewable. Hydrogen is the industry’s plan to keep selling gas, by masquerading as renewable energy advocates. It’s A Fake Solution. Designed to lock fossil hydrogen into our future energy system under the guise of ‘progress’.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
👏 Bravo! @cultureunstained.bsky.social - one (giant omnicidal) fossil sponsor less there at London Science Museum! 💪🎉 Now all eyes on ADANI The museum's reputation is so badly tarnished by fossil sponsorship that schools have pledged to boycott visits. R U listening? @groningermuseum.bsky.social
theguardian.com
London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership
Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
👏 Bravo! @cultureunstained.bsky.social - one (giant omnicidal) fossil sponsor less there at London Science Museum! 💪🎉 Now all eyes on ADANI The museum's reputation is so badly tarnished by fossil sponsorship that schools have pledged to boycott visits. R U listening? @groningermuseum.bsky.social
theguardian.com
London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership
Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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Paasha Mahdavi @paashamahdavi.com · 27/08/2026
👉 Wanna know what the worst energy policy in the world is? In an op-ed for @science.org, @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I talk about the dangers of fossil fuel subsidies during a once-in-a-generation opportunity to accelerate the transition away from oil and gas. www.science.org/eprint/8VEX5...
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The worst energy policy in the world
The Iran war could serve as a turning point in accelerating the global transition away from fossil fuels: Every additional day that oil and gas prices are high and future supplies are uncertain, wind ...
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
“Climate whiplash” - lurching from bone-dry to soaked to the bone. Pleading for water half the year, then terrified of its power the other half. This is not “climate change” as it used to be shown on official graphs, running on smooth lines pointing upwards; this is breakdown.
theguardian.com
From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty
This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabort...
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“This has the potential to completely reshape ecosystems that coastal communities rely on for food and income, and drive damaging extreme weather on land too.” - Claire Bergin, climate analysis researcher
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Hydrogen is a Fake Solution. #CCS is a tactic to extend fossil fuel use. They've already admitted there will be hardly any green hydrogen, now they're backing away from so called "low-carbon" blue. Now that the subsidies have been cemented for the infrastructure, it will soon be "grey-all-the-way" 🤮
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11/08/2026
To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Mongabay interviewed nine Indigenous leaders from around the world about climate solutions. Their message is clear: bottom-up strategies rooted in local realities work, while top-down models often fail. By @latoyaabulu.bsky.social.
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‘This is what’s working’: Indigenous leaders on environment solutions in their communities
Eriberto throws his head back with a laugh and shakes it as he tills his plot of land in the Peruvian Amazon, near the Cordillera Azul National Park in central Peru. “That does not work here,” he…
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The same company driving the "low carbon" hydrogen hype in NL and the EU, is suing about having to make it "low carbon" They lie like Donald Trump. They think we're dumb with a B. But we won't fall for it #FossilHydrogenIsAFakeSolution
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#FollowTheScience - There's no time left for little steps. Find your courage. Find a way to contribute to systemic action. e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
#ExtremeHeat #ClimateBreakdown sound on
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Climate change exacerbates already existing geographic and socioeconomic vulnerabilities - especially in low and middle-income countries, and especially for Women and LGBTQI+ people.
sciencespo.fr
Women on the Frontlines: The Unequal Health Impact of Climate Change and the Urgent Need for Gender-Inclusive Climate Policies
By Gabriela PENA
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“It’s time to make oil giants pay up to repair the climate breakdown they’re driving. Think how many fire and flood defences we could build, or how many solar panels we could install, if big oil paid their fair share in taxes.” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fossil Hydrogen with Carbon Capture is a Fossil Fairytale that the Gas Industry tells gullible people like @groningermuseum.bsky.social The reason theres so little CCS is because it's wildly expensive. They've been trying for decades, it doesn't scale. www.carbonbrief.org/qa-does-the-...
A giant blue-grey square representing annual CO2 emissions, enclosing a tiny flea sized square representing how much of that CO2 is captured and stored.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There's been growing recognition, in recent years, of the mental health benefits of spending time in nature But I'm not sure it's quite the same when all you can see are signs of nature dying
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"The #climate we live in today is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetimes because of ongoing fossil fuel emissions."
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As climate breakdown accelerates we see the usual suspects supercharging their fascist rhetoric with divide and conquer tactics. We abhor any attempt to marginalise vulnerable groups, who always suffer first and worst when systems collapse. #StandTogether 4 #GenderEquality & #HumanRights #Amnesty
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Rahmstorf: “Some people think we can wait and, when it gets too bad, then we reduce emissions People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse.”
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Three firefighters died in Greece on Wednesday.
A firefighter dragging a hose with trees burning behind him, and a SHELL oil logo on fire bottom right - redrawn to say HELL.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Climate change is the defining issue of our age. While nations search for complex technological solutions, one of the most effective climate solutions lies in empowering Indigenous people.
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Indigenous women already have the climate solutions
Three emerging feminist leaders have a vision for real climate action — and it starts with centering the voices of youth, women and Indigenous people.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We're approaching the point where humanity will be unable to arrest the severity of the earth's response to our catastrophic levels of fossil fuel pollution. Yet still some cultural institutions continue to accept sponsorship in exchange for sanitising the image of the industry. It's simply immoral.
Extreme fire and smoke filling the sky over a beach near Bordeaux. Photography: Maximilien Lamy_AFP_Getty Images
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Europe is engulfed by apocalyptic wildfires, communities in Asia reel from devastating floods, the UK battles through drought and more dangerous heat - These aren’t anomalies, they’re the defining story of the fossil fuel age. Shell takes the profits, the rest of us pick up the catastrophic bill.
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Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices
Environmentalists renew calls for windfall tax to support households after Q2 earnings rise to almost $10bn
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Climate Injustice IS Gender Injustice. Marginalised communities will always suffer first and worst in extreme weather events.
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LGBTQ+ Leaders Are Fighting for Recognition in Climate Policy
LGBTQ+ groups in the United States and elsewhere are seeking to bring queer voices to the table at COP31 and beyond.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The cynical act of @groningermuseum.bsky.social boosting their fossil sponsor's Artwash narrative as Europe burns, is morally bankrupt. FYI: Fossil Hydrogen is a False Solution, and anyone who does their homework will realise as much. #FossilHydrogenFakeSolution #EndFossilSponsorship
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
At this point, the question is: what are we protecting? Fossil fuel assets or the rest of the world’s infrastructure?
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is delay and distract strategy from the gas industry. Particularly around the false solution of so called "low carbon" blue hydrogen. Important investigative research has laid the facts bare. Great work from ProPublica and Drilled. Carbon Captured - Beyond Denial.
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How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As temperature records tumble across the EU, the Groninger Museum is still boosting its fossil sponsor artwash: claiming these gas companies care about climate because they’re building a hydrogen network. Reality: MOST of that H2 will be fossil based = a climate impact even worse than fossil gas..
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Fossil Free Culture NL @fossilfreeculture.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Climate change exacerbates already existing geographic and socioeconomic vulnerabilities - especially in low and middle-income countries, and especially for Women and LGBTQI+ people.
sciencespo.fr
Women on the Frontlines: The Unequal Health Impact of Climate Change and the Urgent Need for Gender-Inclusive Climate Policies
By Gabriela PENA
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Dr. Stephanie Roe @stephanieroe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wow, almost 1C hotter than prior El Niños 😵😣 Bracing for more heatwaves on land and sea, fires, coral reef bleaching, and flash floods to come. Resilience and adaptive capacity will be severely strained.
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