As home insurance premiums spike in the wake of extreme weather disasters, Big Oil corporations are pocketing record profits and paying nothing. The public should not be forced to foot the bill for the industry's deception.

Shell and other oil companies were aware DECADES AGO of extensive, global methane pollution caused by their operations. Instead of addressing this problem, the industry worked to position natural gas as "clean" and transform it from a marginal fuel into a driving force of the energy sector. 🫨

“We learned as children that if you make a mess, you clean it up,” says Tracey Stephens of @greenfaith.bsky.social. “It’s kindergarten 101.” Big Oil corporations have lied for decades about their role in fueling catastrophic climate change and must be held accountable for the harm they've caused.

The New York Times reports that our latest investigation — "The Fraud of 'Clean' Natural Gas" — "casts a harsh light on how the oil and gas industry has previously communicated the role of natural gas in global warming." They knew. They lied. And they must be held accountable.

"The Fraud of 'Clean' Natural Gas" is the first investigation to trace how the gas industry responded to its methane pollution problem with decades of deception. Read the findings from @rebeccajohn.bsky.social @rebleber.bsky.social @davisallen.bsky.social 👇 climateintegrity.org/uploads/medi...

Big Oil lied for decades about the climate harms of its products. Now they're asking Congress for legal immunity. Any corporation that's "knowingly harming society should be held accountable,” says Erica Solove of @weathersurvivors.bsky.social. “I don’t think anyone should be above the law.”

135k+ signatures delivered. 🙌 @govjayinslee.bsky.social and representatives of the nationwide "No Immunity for Big Oil" campaign recently met with @corybooker.com, @raskin.house.gov, and other congressional leaders urging them to reject legislative proposals to put Big Oil above the law.

CASE UPDATE: The first-ever U.S. lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster will proceed toward discovery and trial after a Washington State court rejected the companies’ joint motions to dismiss and strike the case.

Whenever we post about holding Big Oil accountable for the climate crisis, we'll inevitably get comments saying climate change is “a lie” or that we can't “live one day without fossil fuels.” Probably no one leaving these comments realizes they’re repeating Big Oil’s talking points word for word. 😑

As wildfires continue to rage across the West, let’s not forget that Big Oil companies predicted decades ago that their products would fuel these disasters. Instead of warning the public, they chose to bury the science, spread climate denial, and to delay the transition to cleaner energy sources.

Members of Congress are speaking out against a federal proposal to put Big Oil above the law. These bills would shield "corporations while leaving the rest of us vulnerable to the disastrous climate, health and environmental ramifications that would follow," said @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social. 👏

What do Governors JB Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, and Tim Walz have in common? 🤔 They’re all urging Congress to defend states’ rights and reject Big Oil’s bid for sweeping legal immunity.

135k+ signatures delivered. 🙌 Yesterday @govjayinslee.bsky.social and representatives from the nationwide "No Immunity for Big Oil" campaign delivered over 135k signatures to congressional leaders urging them to reject proposals to put Big Oil above the law. Thank you for making your voice heard!

Just as the world was starting to take climate change seriously, Exxon took notice—and launched the biggest climate deception campaign the world has ever seen. 🫨 #ExxonKnew

Big Oil gets hundreds of billions per year in "pollute-for-free subsidies," says @whitehouse.senate.gov. Now the fossil fuel industry is asking for an even bigger handout: "to operate outside the civil law, free of consequences."

Big Oil should not be above the law. "Granting immunity to oil and gas companies is immoral and would further harm people across the country who are already burdened by surging electricity bills, higher property insurance, and unaffordable health care costs," said @repbonamici.bsky.social.

They say that time spent fishing is time well spent. We’re pretty sure that billionaire Big Oil investor Paul Singer, who flew out his friend Justice Samuel Alito to go fishing in Alaska, would agree with that. 🙄

Big Oil corporations are terrified of juries seeing the evidence of their deception. They're "terrified of having to face their own record," explains @govjayinslee.bsky.social. Feelings aside, communities deserve to be heard — and juries deserve to hear them.

"Big Oil's decades of deception have kept us hooked on fossil fuels, and now the American people are paying for it through $1 trillion a year in climate damages," said @jayapal.house.gov. Our ability to hold Big Oil accountable must be protected.

NEW: @dataforprogress.org finds voters overwhelmingly oppose giving oil and gas corporations immunity from climate lawsuits. 73% of Democrats, 71% of Independents, and 53% of Republicans agree that Big Oil should not be above the law.

A first-of-its-kind study shows that making Big Oil corporations pay their fair share of the damages from worsening climate disasters could save New Yorkers money and inject billions of dollars into the state’s economy. 💰

Big Oil companies are pushing Congress to give them legal immunity. Why? “The only reason you’d want immunity is if you’ve done something wrong,” explains CCI’s President Richard Wiles.

Our ability to hold Big Oil companies accountable for breaking the law is under attack. Communities across the country are fighting back. ✊

Big Oil wants legal immunity. Congress must not give in. “Americans deserve not to be lied to by big corporations,” said @govjayinslee.bsky.social. “We should have no kings in the White House and no kings saying they’re above the law.”

The American public deserves the right to hold corporations accountable when they lie, especially when those lies cause harm. Thank you @mikelevin.org for opposing Big Oil's dangerous bid for legal immunity! 👏

Feeling the heat this week? Exxon's own scientists predicted the severity of global warming decades ago. 😑

Serious question: Why is the Trump administration fighting so hard to help Big Oil escape the courtroom?

Big Oil is asking Congress to shield them from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for fueling the climate crisis. Congress must reject this request. "We shouldn’t be shielding Big Oil—we should be shielding communities from climate harms," said @edmarkey.bsky.social.

Chicago is known for its wind. But now climate change is bringing more extreme heat, flooding, and massive fluctuations in Lake Michigan's water levels—changes that are overwhelming the city. These damages have already cost the city billions, and Chicago now wants Big Oil to help pay the bill.

🚨BREAKING: Trump's Department of Justice is suing Minnesota to stop its consumer fraud lawsuit against Exxon, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute from going forward. If Big Oil corporations have done nothing wrong, why are they so terrified of facing a jury?