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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

Great climate news: the UK’s publicly-backed export credit agency, UKEF, is withdrawing $1.15b in support for a hugely damaging gas project in Mozambique:

www.ft.com/content/b2ea...

A massive congratulations to the
@evergreenunion.bsky.social team, who ratified their union contract this morning!

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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The 2025 edition of the #ProductionGapReport by @sei.org et al. is out now! As Christiana Figueres eloquently put in the foreword: The clarity from the #ICJ Advisory Opinion that fossil fuel production and exploration could violate international law must translate into action as we head for #COP30.

Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.

SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:

A photo of labor activist Chris Smalls, talking into a mic

A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me:

“Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”

The ICJ is a legendarily conservative legal body. Drawing on @drnajimagi.bsky.social 's live mega-thread last night hear are a few of the jaw-dropping moments for me in the Climate Change Advisory Opinion.

1. Licensing of new fossil fuel projects may be wrongful & expose states to int'l litigation

Legitimately huge from the ICJ just now: “Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions including through fossil fuel production, fossil fuel consumption,...

Senate GOP tax bill could crush wind and solar power, advocates say A Republican plan heading to a vote in the Senate would quickly end incentives for clean energy and impose new taxes on some wind and solar projects, while boosting production of coal used to make ste...

Severe heat waves are baking multiple continents. But right now, Republicans in Congress are keeping up their delusional rebuke of climate science. The GOP's mega bill could derail America's wind and solar industry and expand oil and gas drilling. Our take in @apnews.com

apnews.com/article/sena...

Analysis: Senate GOP’s Updated Megabill is Still a Disaster for Affordability, Jobs, and Clean Energy The updated Senate text is a chilling attack on affordable energy bills, jobs, public health, and a liveable climate. Here's what the so-called Big Beautiful Bill consists of, and why it's anything bu...

Won't mince words here: Senate Republicans just released a dumpster fire of a bill. @evergreenaction.bsky.social analyzed how the GOP's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will torch our planet, poison frontline communities, raise energy bills & kill jobs. Read our latest: evergreenaction.com/blog/senate-...

Rapid Analysis: Senate GOP’s Clean Energy Repeal and What It Means for Bill Costs, Jobs, and Our Planet The House bill was an affront to Americans struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Now, the Senate has released its similarly disastrous proposal.

Well, buckle up: Senate EPW just released a portion of the disastrous megabill. The upshot? It would raise energy bills & destroy jobs—simply to pad the pockets of billionaires and fossil fuel execs w/ huge tax cuts. Our analysis from @evergreenaction.bsky.social evergreenaction.com/blog/senate-...

Colorado oil and gas companies have pumped at least 30m lbs of secret chemicals into the ground over the past 18 months without making legally required disclosures, according to a new analysis.

Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...

staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...

We read the GOP's budget reconciliation bill text.

3 cups of coffee later, we wrote this analysis to explain what this bill means for our pocketbooks, health & planet.

Simply put? The GOP is trying to take money out of everyday people’s pockets to give tax breaks to billionaires.

Exclusive | Oil Companies Seek Trump’s Help to Thwart Climate Lawsuits, Superfund Laws The fossil-fuel industry wants to avoid the financial penalties that tobacco companies faced and is asking for the president’s protection against climate-related risks and new state laws.

NEW: Oil lobbyists are trying to get Congress and Trump to give them legal immunity against climate lawsuits.

They know they're responsible for billions of dollars in damage and countless lives lost — so they are buy themselves out of liability. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports and roadways.

The Biden admin started leveling the playing field for communities hit hardest by pollution—ensuring they weren’t locked out of investments to clean up our environment. Trump wants to slam the door and throw away the key. apnews.com/article/clim...

DOE Studies Conclude LNG Exports Harm Consumers, Climate, and Communities DOE just released a long-awaited study showing the devastating harms of America’s LNG exports. We explain the three main harms outlined in the study and what DOE and the Biden administration should do...

Don't be fooled by Trump's "lowering energy cost" rhetoric in the coming days.

The incoming administration's dangerous plans to double down on more LNG exports will increase consumer costs.

Read about the U.S. Dept of Energy's LNG studies in my latest blog for @evergreenaction.bsky.social.

This is the climate crisis. Presented to you by the American Petroleum Institute.

(Politico, Jan. 13, 2025)

More Than 120,000 Americans Urge President Biden to Deny Dangerous LNG Export Applications Over 120,000 people nationwide are calling on President Biden to reject these dangerous mega projects, safeguard vulnerable communities, and lock in critical progress for the climate.

NEW: Over 120k Americans are calling upon the Department of Energy to deny dangerous LNG export approvals.

They join over a half MILLION who raised their voices in Oct. Our press statement w/ @roishetta.bsky.social, @cleanaircouncil.bsky.social, Fossil Free Media & @evergreenaction.bsky.social.

The Democrats finally come clean on gas It's a decade late, but far better than never

The Biden administration issues strong report showing that LNG exports are a bad idea--and in the process the Democrats come clean for the first time about the dangers of natural gas.
A big deal, even though Trump looms.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

A searing fact from DOE's new LNG studies:

If U.S. LNG exports grow beyond the current authorized levels, the direct climate pollution would be 1.5 gigatons of CO2 equivalent annually. That's just over 25% of U.S. annual greenhouse gas emissions today.

One QUARTER. Ooft.

‘Unfettered’ Gas Exports Would Harm U.S. Economy, Energy Secretary Warns Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable.”

I'm not here—I'm on vacation!—but I must pop in to say: the DOE letter calling increased methane gas exports “neither sustainable nor advisable" is a VERY, VERY BIG DEAL.

This is the first time a Dem administration has come out against expanding a fossil fuel!

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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/c...

On climate change: "in every scenario, increases in LNG exports would lead to increases in global net emissions"

Evergreen: New DOE Analysis Confirms LNG Exports Come At An Unacceptable Cost The Department of Energy’s analysis makes it clear that President Biden should reject all pending LNG export authorizations.

This is huge. The U.S. Department of Energy has published studies showing what we've long known: More LNG exports will harm frontline communities, raise energy costs for American households, and ⬆️ global net climate pollution.

Read my press statement for @evergreenaction.bsky.social

Mr. President, the Planet Can't Afford Expanded LNG Exports | Opinion When future generations look back on President Joe Biden's leadership, it will be his commitment to tackling the climate crisis that defines his legacy.

Powerful: @rephuffman.bsky.social and @marietouss1.bsky.social urge Biden to stop LNG expansion.

"Biden has a final, urgent responsibility to take bold action to preserve climate progress. LNG export [expansion] is not only economically reckless but scientifically indefensible."

Special Hour of Action with Evergreen Collaborative's Mattea Mrkusic · Zoom · Luma Special event: Join us for a special hour of action with an expert guest from Evergreen! This December, we have a narrow window of opportunity to finalize key…

This Friday, I'm chatting with @theclimatevote.bsky.social crew about how new gas projects are, well, a truly terrible idea for climate, health, and frontline communities.

Join us to learn how Biden can reject approvals for dirty liquefied "natural" gas (LNG) export terminals. RSVP: lu.ma/h5i25xl1

NEW: Fracking for LNG pollutes Pennsylvania communities while raising energy bills—so over 70 PA leaders just urged
President Biden & Secretary Granholm to prioritize public health, environmental justice, & the economy and #StopLNG

The Most Important Action President Biden Can Take on Climate Before Trump Takes Office To cement his strong climate legacy and protect hard-won progress from a second Trump presidency, President Biden must focus his final months working with DOE to conclusively determine LNG is not in t...

President Biden has a tiny window -- two months -- to seal his climate legacy. With time ticking, the Biden administration must do everything in its power to stop dangerous LNG export expansion.

Evergreen Action's latest blog explains how:

www.evergreenaction.com/blog/the-mos...