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Laurie van der Burg

@laurievdburg.bsky.social
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@oilchange.bsky.social‬ campaigner working to support a just transition off of fossil fuels. Previously #KlimaatzaakShell @milieudefensie & research @ODIclimate.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 24/09/2026
1/ As Nepal’s PM @shahbalen.bsky.social speaks at the UN General Assembly, 160+ organisations support his calls for a rapid, well-financed response to the glacial flood disaster in Nepal. Here’s why 🧵👇 @gcdcj.bsky.social @asianpeoplesmvt, Desis Rising Up & Moving 📸 @canclimateaction.bsky.social
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 23/09/2026
🚨 NY’s Nepali community + representatives of frontline communities around the world rallied outside the UN headquarters for Climate Week. Our demand: Global North countries must pay reparations for the Global South countries at highest risk from climate disasters.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 24/09/2026
NEW REPORT: TotalEnergies’ LNG into Europe risks European security, affordability, and climate goals.
Cover of the report titled "Total Insecurity: How TotalEnergies LNG Trade Puts France and Europe at Risk", showing an LNG tanker
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 03/09/2026
New DATA 🚨 "Behind the Barrel: The Oil Traders Fueling Israel’s Genocide", reveals how two little-known private companies – Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO – have risen as important traders of crude oil to Israel since it began its genocide against Palestinians. oilchange.org/publications...
Report Cover. Behind the Barrel: The Oil Traders Fueling Israel's Genocide. An oil barrel spills into the Mediterranean Sea, filling the outline of Israel with oil, while Palestine is covered in flames. An oil tanker floats into Israel on the oil slick. September 2026. Oil Change International and SOMO logos.Chart showing Vitol and Heritage's volumes of crude oil shipped to Israel over time.
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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Breaking: two companies are helping supply the oil that fuels Israel’s ongoing military aggression against Palestine.🚨 This is happening despite mounting legal findings of violations of international law by Israel. ⛔ Stop oil shipment to Israel now! Read our analysis: www.somo.nl/behind-the-b...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 05/08/2026
Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
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Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 06/08/2026
Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
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Report: German taxpayers’ money backed new gas drilling in the Amazon, despite pledging to stop funding fossil fuels abroad
Berlin approved the export guarantee on the basis that the rig would replace older equipment, but researchers say it opened a new field instead.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 05/08/2026
📢 1/ New research released today by Oil Change Intl., ‘Broken Promises, Dirty Deals: Germany’s Fossil Fuel Finance Abroad and its Destructive Consequences’, uncovers how Germany is breaking its promise to stop using public money to fund fossil fuel projects overseas. ➡️ oilchange.org/news/uncover...
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Uncovered: German finance backs Amazon gas expansion, defying its own policy - Oil Change International
New research, ‘Broken Promises, Dirty Deals: Germany’s Fossil Fuel Finance Abroad and its Destructive Consequences’ (in Englisgh and German), conducted by Oil
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 28/07/2026
📣 Our new report finds that the Trump admin’s energy + AI “dominance” policies + hostility to renewables will make it even harder for working families to afford their energy bills. Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.
Line graph comparing projected nominal average Henry Hub natural gas prices from EIA and Rystad Energy against a 2% inflation baseline from 2025 to 2040.
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Laurie van der Burg @laurievdburg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEW: Our first-ever dataset shows national development banks (NDBs) could unlock at least $28 billion/year for renewable energy by shifting finance away from fossil fuels. Why does this matter you say? 🧵⬇️
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 02/12/2025
🚨ICYMI: The UK and Dutch govts will no longer finance the controversial Mozambique LNG project, which is a huge win for people and planet! Read @reuters.com story: www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Britain, Netherlands withdraw $2.2 billion backing for Total-led Mozambique LNG
Britain and the Netherlands are withdrawing a combined $2.2 billion in support for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG project, they said separately on Monday, after both hired firms to probe human r...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 01/12/2025
HUGE WIN: UK Government pulls $1.15bn in support for the controversial Mozambique LNG project - putting pressure on the Dutch Govt to pull out too. @financialtimes.com story: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...
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UK to withdraw financing for Total’s Mozambique LNG project
Energy chief has warned he is ready to ‘exercise all my contractual rights’ if governments do not stand by contracts
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 25/11/2025
#COP30 Rich countries are derailing the transition away from fossil fuels by clinging to failed private finance schemes. Blended finance isn’t working. Public funding is the only path forward. Must-read via @devex: www.devex.com/news/opinion...
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Devex Dish: The world has a plan to stop land degradation
The view from the U.N. desertification summit on land degradation and how to build a career in agrifood systems.
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ActionAid EU @actionaideu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
At #COP30 the EU poses as champion of a #fossilfuel fuel phase-out. But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South. That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery. 👇Thread👇
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two men are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying " and by demagoguery you mean "
ALT: two men are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying " and by demagoguery you mean "
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 21/11/2025
8/ 📢 New op-ed from the Asian People’s Movement on Debt and Development's Lidy Nacpil & @esbast.bsky.social: At #COP30, public finance is the key to a fair fossil fuel phaseout. No more excuses. Rich countries must pay their fair share. 🔗 www.commondreams.org/opinion/cop3...
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At COP30, Progress on Public Finance Is Critical for a Fair Fossil Fuel Phaseout | Common Dreams
As ministers arrive in Belém for the final COP30 sprint, the world must move from words to action: That means ending fossil fuel expansion and unlocking the public finance needed to build a fair, fast...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 20/11/2025
It's crunch time at #COP30 and we want to remind Global North governments of the obligations they keep trying to escape. 🛑We reject their false finance schemes, and demand the public, grant-based finance our communities deserve. #PayUp #ClimateFinance
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 20/11/2025
🚨BREAKING: International Finance Corporation @ifcorg.bsky.social, Asia Development Bank & International Bank for Reconstruction and Development put on notice over fossil fuel finance even as govts at #COP30 discuss a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap. Details ➡️ www.globalcapital.com/article/2flx...
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Law scholars shine spotlight on MDBs’ climate loopholes
First-of-its-kind opinion lays out World Bank, ADB and shareholders’ obligations under international law
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Laurie van der Burg @laurievdburg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
@cop30brazil.bsky.social President do Lago was just quoted @theguardian.com: for a fossil fuel phaseout "you don’t need public money from developed countries". This is false & risks fuelling tensions in the talks where developing countries facing debt crises underline that public finance is key.
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Bronwen Tucker @bronwentucker.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 In the final days of #COP30, we need to be very clear: 📣A just transition away from fossil fuels needs public money, and rich countries need to pay their fair share 📣 The COP30 presidency risks derailing the entire negotiations by saying otherwise. oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
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Oil Change International response to COP30 Presidency claims we don’t need public money for the energy transition - Oil Change International
Bronwen Tucker, Public Finance lead at Oil Change International, said: “It’s distressing to hear the COP30 Presidency say we don’t need more public funding for the energy transition.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 18/11/2025
#COP30 ends 3yrs of talks to align 💸 flows with climate goals (Article 2.1c). But 💰 is still going to fossil fuels. Will COP30 be the turning point? ➡️State of play by @oilchange.bsky.social @re-course.org @eurodadnews.bsky.social @boellus.bsky.social @caneurope.org: www.linkedin.com/pulse/aligni...
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Aligning financial flows - all talk, little action?
COP30 concludes three years of dialogue on one of the Paris Agreement’s core goals: aligning financial flows with climate and development goals (Article 2.1(c)).
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 18/11/2025
BREAKING: While the UK Government grandstands about climate change at #COP30, a fossil fuel megaproject it is considering taxpayer support for is hit by a new crisis: www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...
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Single View Press
Here you find ECCHR’s press contact and current press releases.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 17/11/2025
🚨Korea has just joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance at #COP30 - a late but welcome step. However, Korea is yet to take any serious action on oil and gas and continues to provide huge taxpayer-backed finance for international fossil fuel projects. Read our reactive: oilchange.org/news/korea-j...
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Korea Joins Powering Past Coal Alliance at COP30 - Oil Change International
17 November, Belém – Today, the Powering Past Coal Alliance announced that the Republic of Korea is joining the initiative as a new member, with Kim Sung-hwan, Minister of Climate…
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/11/2025
📣 BREAKING At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks. Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu... A 🧵
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 07/11/2025
5/ Read our policymakers briefing, with @350.org and @ciel.org @obsclima.bsky.social, to find out about the concrete opportunities to advance a fast, fair and funded fossil fuel phase-out @COP30 & learn what we mean when we say this COP must close with a BAM 💥: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 07/11/2025
1/ At COP28 governments agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. Two years later, fossil fuel production is rising & energy transition finance is falling short. Leaders at @COP30 must now turn promises into action. This is how: oilchange.org/wp-content/u...
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Laurie van der Burg @laurievdburg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
EU tentatively agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. ​ Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price. ​ 👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund... #MakeRichPollutersPay
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 04/11/2025
Revealed❗Money meant to help poor countries tackle the climate crisis is lining the pockets of billionaires. Luxury carmakers, telecoms giants & a firm building gas-fired power are getting UK climate aid via @britishintinv.bsky.social ➡️ Full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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UK climate aid is lining the pockets of billionaires
Company trusted with doling out government’s climate finance has invested it in luxury car makers and fossil fuel companies
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 21/10/2025
1/ 📢 Research released today by @Oil Change International and @clientearth.bsky.social, ‘Wasting Public Money’, reveals how Germany is breaking its 2021 promise to stop using public money to fund fossil fuel projects overseas. ➡️ oilchange.org/news/german-...
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German Government ‘Wasting Public Money’ With Promise-Breaking Fossil Fuel Finance - Oil Change International
Research released today by Oil Change International and ClientEarth, Wasting Public Money, reveals how Germany is at risk of watering down a 2021 pledge to end taxpayer-backed financing of fossil fuel...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 14/10/2025
"Fossil fuel companies are the biggest cause of the climate crisis, and their political power is the biggest barrier to solving it,” Oil Change Int'l's research director Kelly Trout told @emdashsanders.bsky.social. bit.ly/3L8Zzna
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Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’
New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
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Laurie van der Burg @laurievdburg.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
⏰ The deadline for applications for my maternity cover is coming up fast ➡️ Next Monday 20 October.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 15/10/2025
The only “green” thing about the #COP30 Circle of Finance Ministers’ report is how much it recycles failed ideas. Gov must stop dodging responsibility: end fossil fuel handouts, tax the rich, cancel unjust debt, + fund a just transition. oilchange.org/news/ministe... #ClimateFinance
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Ministers Recycle Failed Initiatives On Climate Finance - Oil Change International
Today, the COP30 climate summit’s Circle of Finance Ministers, led by Brazilian finance minister Fernando Haddad, released a draft report laying out measures to increase climate finance to developing…
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 10/10/2025
The EU wants to be seen as a climate finance leader, but this is more self-praise rather than progress. It is falling short of ending its fossil fuel subsidies or contributing its fair share to global climate finance. #COP30 #JustEnergyTransition #ClimateFinance oilchange.org/news/eu-mini...
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EU Ministers Undercut Fossil Fuel Phaseout Leadership with Weak Finance Position Before COP30 - Oil Change International
Today, EU Finance ministers approved the EU Council Conclusions on Climate Finance ahead of COP30. In response, Laurie van der Burg, Public Finance Manager at Oil Change International, said: “The EU…
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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 10/10/2025
EU Finance Minister's decisions on #climatefinance today give a muddled message. Private finance isn’t delivering. The EU must scale up public finance, phase out fossil fuel subsidies & back polluter-pays taxes. 🔗 Our reaction: caneurope.org/climate-finance-position-the-emperor-has-no-clothes
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Press Release: EU Climate Finance Position, The Emperor Has No Clothes
CAN Europe warns that today’s decisions by EU Finance Ministers fall far short of what is needed to unlock global progress on a number of fronts at COP30.
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Laurie van der Burg @laurievdburg.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I'm going on maternity leave in Jan 🤰 and I am looking for a cover! If you want to join @oilchange.bsky.social to help end fossil fuel finance & increase support for a just transition, do apply! Climate litigation experience is a plus. oilchange.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/... Please share!
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Senior Adviser - Global Public Finance (January - June 2026)
Job Opening: Senior Adviser - Global Public Finance (January - June 2026) at Oil Change International in Oil Change International.
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350.org @350.org · 02/10/2025
A new report released by @oilchange.bsky.social, @iisd.org and @foeus.bsky.social reveals that an international alliance to shift public finance away from fossil fuels is working. Why? International public finance for #FossilFuels was slashed by up to 78% in 2024 ✅ tinyurl.com/35a3h67r
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Green energy pact has curbed fossil fuel funding
Public funding for international fossil fuel deals fell by up to 78% last year across a coalition of 35 countries, though members of the group, including Germany and the United States, approved new projects, research by a group of NGOs showed on Tuesday.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/09/2025
Great coverage by @reuters.com of our NEW report showing that among CETP countries, there's a 78% drop in public finance for fossil fuels, or between $11.3 billion and $16.3 billion, compared with 2019-2021 levels, before the agreement was signed. Read more ➡️ www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Green energy pact has curbed fossil fuel funding
Public funding for international fossil fuel deals fell by up to 78% last year across a coalition of 35 countries, though members of the group, including Germany and the United States, approved new projects, research by a group of NGOs showed on Tuesday.
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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We recommend CETP members should: 💪 Strengthen implementation of fossil fuel finance restrictions 🤝 Commit to a USD 42 billion annual collective clean energy finance target by 2026 (see report for how we calculate this)
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/09/2025
CETP members should: 💪 Strengthen fossil finance restrictions 🤝 Agree a USD 42 billion annual collective clean energy finance target by 2026 ✅ Deliver public clean energy finance on fair terms ❌ End subsidies and approvals for new domestic oil and gas projects
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/09/2025
While the CETP has driven a historic reduction in fossil financing, progress on clean energy finance is far slower. Less than 1/5 of the funds shifted from fossil fuels were redirected to clean energy, and the clean energy finance isn’t reaching countries who need it most.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/09/2025
There's still work to do. Some countries (Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the U.S, before it left the CETP) —approved USD 10.9 billion in fossil fuel finance in 2023-2024, in violation of the commitment.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/09/2025
NEW: Our new research shows public finance for fossil fuels from @CETP_Sec countries has dropped 78% in 2024 compared to 2019-21 - a drop of $11.3–16.3 billion/yr! This shows that CETP is working - an example of international action to tackle fossil finance! Read ➡️ oilchange.org/publications...
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Holding course, missing speed - Oil Change International
This report finds that CETP members cut fossil fuel finance by up to 78% but need to rapidly scale up finance for renewables.
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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I'm writing today to share some (rare) good climate news! New research released today by @energy.iisd.org @oilchange.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social shows that members of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership have cut their international public finance for fossil fuels by up to 78%.
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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines: 🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026 Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference #FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
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Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...
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Bronwen Tucker @bronwentucker.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Billionaire & fossil fuel company wealth keeps rising and so does THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE CAN TAKE BACK TO DO GOOD THINGS WITH IT 🦾 Since we first did this calculation last year the total has risen 24% (from $5.3 tn) (!!) @priceofoil.bsky.social #DrawtheLine #TaxtheRich #FundOurFuture
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 22/09/2025
🚨New research🚨Rich countries can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action by ending fossil fuels handouts, making polluters pay, defunding wars, taxing the super rich. There’s no shortage of $$ for action. It’s just in the wrong hands. #FixtheFinance ➡️ Read more: oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/
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We Can Pay For It - Oil Change International
We Can Pay for It factsheet shows rich counties can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 22/09/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Governments plan to produce over 2x the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C, says the new #ProductionGap Report. Read the report here: productiongap.org 🧵 youtu.be/k7PkESU_1r4
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Production Gap Report 2025
The 2025 Production Gap Report assesses governments’ planned and projected production of coal, oil, and gas against global levels consistent with the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal. Watch our…
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Corporate Accountability @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚨 BREAKING NEWS Ahead of #COP30, people power moves UNFCCC to take next steps to address industry interference. Non-governments must publicly disclose funding and if they are fully aligned with the #UNFCCC. No more writing the rules of climate action. #KickBigPollutersOut
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RELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action | Kick Big Polluters Out
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Welfare for an industry that makes hundreds of billions in profits and ravages the climate is civilizational self-harm. End it now. Gift link to my @opinion.bloomberg.com column about the new study from @collinrees.bsky.social & @oilchange.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The US Is Giving Away $35 Billion a Year to Cook the Planet
Fossil-fuel producers should be taxed to defray the cost of climate change, not be given even larger subsidies.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 09/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Our *new research* finds that the U.S. federal government gives the fossil fuel industry a whopping $35 BILLION of handouts every single year, even as working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries, and utilities. oilchange.org/paying-for-c...
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Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International
Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…
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