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Climate Justice Alliance @cjaourpower.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do you care about clean air and clean water? Don’t want AI data centers in your backyard? Do you want access to outdoor spaces that are safe for your kids to play in? Then take action against dirty permitting reform! win.newmode.net/climatejusti...
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‼️ Today, the Senate unveiled a permitting reform bill that would make it easier for fossil fuel + tech companies to steamroll community opposition to their polluting, climate-wrecking projects. This bill would benefit Big Tech and Big Oil, not working families.
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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 · 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 · 23/09/2026
At the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action, Australian PM Albanese @albomp.bsky.social spoke about climate threats facing Pacific nations while leaving out that Australia continues to produce + export the coal + gas that fuel those threats. Read: oilchange.org/news/in-resp...
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In response to Australian PM at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action - Oil Change International
In response to remarks by Australian Prime Minister Albanese, at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Action and the Just Transition, Oil Change International
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 23/09/2026
1/ Trump's proposed diesel export ban is a short-sighted “America First” response to a global crisis his reckless war helped create. 🧵👇
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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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Drew Hudson @wealsoherdcats.com · 23/09/2026
Out front of the United Nations to demand a just transition. We demand a future. Pay up, phase out! With @oilchange.org @cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social @ips-dc.org &more friends!
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 22/09/2026
📣📣 Tomorrow! As world leaders gather at the UN to discuss climate action, join frontline activists, campaigners, + members of NYC's Nepali diaspora to demand immediate action on climate reparations and a full, fast, and fair transition away from fossil fuels. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/we-de...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 16/09/2026
From Belém to Antalya, people’s movements rise up to end dirty energy + win a global just transition to a fossil-free future Join the Global Week of Action Online Rally: 📅 September 17 ⏰ 11 AM GMT 🔗 bit.ly/FossilFreeOnlineRally #FossilFreeFuture #JustTransitionNow @canclimateaction.bsky.social
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 17/02/2026
A House rep is working on a bill to shield Big Oil from climate accountability lawsuits. This dangerous proposal would ❌ bar courthouse doors for communities 💰 stick taxpayers with the bill for climate damages 😡 bail out polluters from paying for the mess they made 📣 No immunity for Big Oil! 📣
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Big Oil immunity bill in the works, House Representative announces | Center for Climate Integrity
Following a year of Big Oil lobbying, U.S. House Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) is crafting legislation to “tackle” climate accountability laws and lawsuits.
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Fieldnotes @fieldnotes.co · 10/09/2026
Join Fieldnotes and @climateintegrity.org on 9/16 for a media briefing previewing what we uncovered investigating the oil & gas industry’s efforts to gut methane regs during the second Trump admin. tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 14/09/2026
In May, Freeport, TX community leaders traveled to Tokyo to confront the Japanese financiers of a risky, polluting liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in their town. NEW research from @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social confirms what residents have said: Freeport LNG is a disaster. 👉 bit.ly/4Ab92PZ
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Terminal Failure: Freeport LNG’s chronic problems, pollution and safety violations - Oilfield Witness
Oilfield Witness is sharing the findings of our deep-dive into Freeport LNG’s compliance practices. Earlier this year, Oilfield Witness spent a month in Freeport, documenting large emissions on a regu...
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵THREAD - 1🧵 Oilfield Witness's Terminal Failure report on Freeport LNG is live. This report is based on a full month of OGI recordings of FLNG's facilities and analysis of thousands of pages of regulatory compliance documents. Check it out here: oilfieldwitness.org/research/ter...
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Terminal Failure: Freeport LNG’s chronic problems, pollution and safety violations - Oilfield Witness
Oilfield Witness is sharing the findings of our deep-dive into Freeport LNG’s compliance practices. Earlier this year, Oilfield Witness spent a month in Freeport, documenting large emissions on a regu...
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Cathy Cowan Becker @ccbecker271.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's a good start. Do the right thing, JBIC!
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
True climate action requires cutting emissions at the source and reducing our dependence on fossil-based fertilizers — not subsidizing ongoing pollution under the guise of green transition. 🔗 For further insights, read our full analysis of the project: bit.ly/3Tdp9vA 4/4
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Europe’s largest carbon capture project is not a Climate win. It's a dangerous distraction - Center for International Environmental Law
Europe's largest carbon capture project locks in fossil fertilizers, wastes public funds, and delays real climate solutions and energy resilience.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
Ammonia — the key ingredient in synthetic nitrogen fertilizers — is made from fossil gas in an energy-intensive process. Adding CCS demands more energy to run the capture process, deepening vulnerability to gas price shocks while doing nothing to fix widespread nitrogen pollution. 3/4
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026
Carbon capture and storage (#CCS) is a false climate solution. It fails to deliver promised capture rates, relies heavily on public subsidies, and distracts critical resources from cutting emissions at the source. 2/4
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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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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 08/09/2026
Miliband promised accountability for what’s happened in Gaza. That must include corporations fueling Israel’s genocide. Vitol supplied ~14 million barrels of crude to Israel Oct 2023-June 2026. The UK Govt must investigate + act. --> Read our statement: oilchange.org/news/reactiv...
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 08/09/2026
In May, community leaders from Freeport, TX confronted the Japanese financiers of a dirty, risky liquified natural gas (LNG) project. 💥✊Now, one of the project’s biggest backers, JBIC, is launching an investigation into the Freeport LNG project. bit.ly/4cuO70b
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Japan Bank for International Cooperation Launches Investigation of Freeport LNG Following Community Complaints - Oil Change International
Manning Rollerson, Founder and Director, Freeport Haven Project: “I've traveled to Tokyo twice to meet Japanese financiers and tell them, face to face, what
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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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Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The science is clear: Overshooting 1.5 is Armageddon for the Pacific. 🚨📣 As Pacific leaders gather in Palau, a new UNEP report highlights the existential threat facing island nations. With sea-level rise threatening fisheries and GDP, the need for a just transition grows even more urgent.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 30/08/2026
1/5 BREAKING: Trump says the United States will take majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. His aggression against Venezuela was always about securing power, profits, and fossil fuels. 🧵
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 29/08/2026
The fossil-fueled climate crisis is heating our planet, melting glaciers, & destabilizing entire regions & communities. People who have contributed least to global emissions are being forced to bear its deadliest consequences. #Nepal #Tibet #NepalFlood oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...
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Oil Change International statement on the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet - Oil Change International
Catastrophic flooding has killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, with many more still missing. Entire villages have been destroyed, homes and
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 28/08/2026
1/ Catastrophic flooding has killed hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet, with many more still missing. 🧵
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 27/08/2026
This proposed policy is anti-science, nor does it make economic sense. To reduce fossil fuel import dependency and accelerate Germany’s transition to the reliable and affordable renewables that will boost the economy, Germany should strengthen, not weaken its policy. ➡️ oilchange.org/news/germany...
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Germany Continues to Breach International Climate Pledge, Increasing Outlier Status  - Oil Change International
The German government is set to further distance itself from international norms and jeopardize energy security and affordability, releasing a draft policy
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 25/08/2026
Trump's war on Iran has claimed thousands of lives and driven up the cost of living for millions of working people. Meanwhile, Big Oil cashes in. bit.ly/3UlZjWC
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Big Oil Is Seeing Windfall Profits as Trump’s War on Iran Drives Up Prices
Amid the destabilization and devastation caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, oil executives are raking in billions.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 25/08/2026
AI data centers + the Trump admin's push to export more liquified natural gas are rapidly driving up gas demand. That's causing working families' energy costs to soar. The question isn't whether we can afford to transition to clean, renewable energy. The question is whether we can afford not to.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 20/08/2026
We collaborated with our pals at @350.org on this blog post about how the Trump admin's energy + AI "dominance" policies make life more expensive for all of us. TLDR: If your bills are too damn high, blame the administration that keeps us hooked on expensive, polluting fossil fuels. bit.ly/3SMi0SS
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Out of Pocket: The real cost of fossil fuels (and AI) on our household bills
How Trump’s AI and fossil fuel agenda will make life even more expensive
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thank you! Shamelessly linking my article if people want to read more. I’ve also reached out to the major tech companies making AI tools for big oil to get their response.
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AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought
A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 14/08/2026
#$65 billion That’s the windfall profit so far for the oil industry thanks to the Iran war, according to a new analysis. Read @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest substack "Fun with Numbers" billmckibben.substack.com/p/fun-with-n...
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A datacenter is an oil well, and other insights
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 06/08/2026
The best way to protect people from rising energy costs? Transition away from expensive, polluting fossil fuels to clean, affordable renewable energy. ☀️🌎 gasoutlook.com/analysis/as-...
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As reserves deplete, U.S. natural gas costs could rise to meet LNG demand - Gas Outlook
Demand for gas is rising in the U.S., largely due to data centres and LNG exports. But with cheap acreage exhausted, gas prices will need to rise in the years to come
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A new report from @oilchange.org argues that US natural gas prices will rise over the next decade as low-cost reserves deplete and LNG/data centers need more supply. Interestingly, industry analysts and gas executives themselves say something similar gasoutlook.com/analysis/as-...
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As reserves deplete, U.S. natural gas costs could rise to meet LNG demand - Gas Outlook
Demand for gas is rising in the U.S., largely due to data centres and LNG exports. But with cheap acreage exhausted, gas prices will need to rise in the years to come
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 06/08/2026
🧵 Weakening the rules and deepening gas-import dependency would leave Germany "less secure, less competitive, and less credible on the world stage." "Germany 🇩🇪 needs to close all the gas loopholes, and to check every export deal against the 1.5C climate limit." ➡️ euobserver.com/231440/germa...
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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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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“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.” @patrickgaley.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
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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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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 04/08/2026
Trump to families struggling with higher gas and electricity bills after helping Big Oil rake in record profits: cnb.cx/4clpSBk
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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Rainforest Action Network @ran.org · 02/08/2026
AI data centers take up a lot of energy & that increasing energy demand means higher gas prices. A new report by @oilchange.org reveals Trump's quest for both "energy dominance" & "AI dominance" could push gas prices 80% higher than the previous decade over the next 15 years. bit.ly/4w1zZlL
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Report Shows How Trump's Fossil Fuel Agenda Is 'Making Everyone's Lives More Expensive' | Common Dreams
Between 2026 and 2040, the average wholesale price of liquid natural gas could be 80% higher than during the past decade, thanks to Trump's acceleration of exports and the construction of gas-powered AI data centers.
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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LNG exports + AI = rising prices
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The End of Cheap Gas
Trump’s energy and AI agendas are pushing U.S. gas production to its limits. Unless we change course, the energy affordability crisis will only get worse.
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Emily Satterwhite @mountainsfalling.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New Oil Change report: Trump admin’s energy + AI “dominance” policies + hostility to renewables = higher bills
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Highly recommended for anyone who wants to better understand the impact of LNG exports and data centers on gas prices (and thus utility bills). Key detail: gas production gets much more expensive once it (inevitably) moves to Haynesville shale.
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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 29/07/2026
📣 @oilchange.org releases findings that Trump admin’s energy + AI dominance policies + hostility to renewables will make it 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.
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Pay, Baby, Pay: Why Trump's Energy & AI Dominance Agenda Means Higher Bills For Everyone
Trump's energy and AI agenda could DOUBLE wholesale gas prices over the next decade, outpacing inflation and driving up energy bills.
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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 29/07/2026
1/6 🚨 NEW REPORT by @amnesty.org & partners, Nigeria: Lifting the Lid, exposes how Shell knew its pipelines were unsafe & allowed environmental damage to continue. Then it sold up to avoid $10.9bn in costs to decommission and clean up assets.
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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"We talk regularly about Big Oil, but it would probably make more sense to at least occasionally refer to it as Big Gas," writes @billmckibben.bsky.social in this vivid description of the natural / fossil / methane gas deception that draws on our new report from @climateintegrity.org
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Trump's...energy policy, and what it's going to cost us all
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Cathy Cowan Becker @ccbecker271.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This should be common sense. Solar, wind, and batteries are by far the most affordable and cleanest forms of energy. But these projects lock in dirty fossil fuels for decades that are more expensive every year. The oil and gas industry gets rich at the expense of our health, wallets, and the planet.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Big Gas versus a Living Planet--the latest data open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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Trump's...energy policy, and what it's going to cost us all
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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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