Emily Sanders

🚨A lawmaker in Louisiana just intro'd a bill that would shield oil companies from climate lawsuits.

Similar bills have moved forward in OK and UT. A member of Congress said she's drafting a bill.

API said this was a top priority.

www.eenews.net/articles/lou...
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I interviewed @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social after Trump attacked Venezuela about the role of fossil fuels and the companies that profit from them during war -- her insights are more relevant every day. Give her a read and a follow

Big Oil & Gas will always do its best to make sure that it benefits from war, but they're usually not quite so literal about it.

"VG & Cheniere Seek to Expand LNG Exports to Leverage War Pricing."

marcellusdrilling.com/2026/03/vg-c...

Scientists are speaking out on the erasure of a climate chapter from a judicial reference manual after it was opposed by a group of Republican attorneys general.

Reminder: the AGs were all members of RAGA, which is funded by the same oil companies facing climate lawsuits

SCOTUS will hear Exxon’s effort to crush climate lawsuits Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.

SCOTUS has never taken up Big Oil's arguments to kill climate lawsuits before. What changed?

For one, Alito didn't recuse himself, despite big $$ ties to oil companies that are defendants in many similar cases that would most likely be affected by a ruling here. And despite recusing in the past.

Sam Alito has an oil money problem 30 percent of Alito’s individual stock portfolio is directly tied to fossil fuels.

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a major climate case against fossil fuel companies

Alito has not recused himself, despite owning nearly $200,000 in fossil fuel stocks—including in Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips, which are being sued in cases that would be directly affected by a SCOTUS ruling

SCOTUS will hear Exxon’s effort to crush climate lawsuits Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.

SCOTUS will hear Exxon’s latest bid to crush climate lawsuits, with Justice Alito participating despite owning fossil fuel stocks that could be affected by the outcome.

Learn more via @emdashsanders.bsky.social's piece for ExxonKnews

Supreme Court Will Hear Exxon’s Effort to Crush Climate Lawsuits Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.

🚨 NEW 🚨 The Supreme Court finally granted oil companies' request to weigh in on whether climate accountability lawsuits are preempted by federal law. What's different now? For one, Justice Alito didn't recuse himself, despite owning stock in some companies. 👉

Read more about the history of RAGA's coordinated efforts and why this context matters in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's primer here: drilled.media/news/RAGA

The top cops working to shield Big Oil from the law Oil-funded attorneys general are making progress in their attempts to quash climate lawsuits.

Last week I wrote about RAGA's efforts to kill the cases -- this is all part of the same oil-funded network, and the ultimate goal is to escape liability and accountability for as long as possible.

If you ask @thelisagraves.bsky.social, it's "no coincidence" SCOTUS took this case considering all the ways it's "captured with the help of carbon cash."

From Leonard Leo to Koch & others, this is part of a much larger attack on the cases, orchestrated by the same oil interests tied to the court.

SCOTUS will hear Exxon’s effort to crush climate lawsuits Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.

SCOTUS has never taken up Big Oil's arguments to kill climate lawsuits before. What changed?

For one, Alito didn't recuse himself, despite big $$ ties to oil companies that are defendants in many similar cases that would most likely be affected by a ruling here. And despite recusing in the past.

And RAGA is at it again. After successfully getting a federal agency to remove the climate science chapter from a reference manual for judges, now they're demanding the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine take it off their website.

The top cops working to shield Big Oil from the law Oil-funded attorneys general are making progress in their attempts to quash climate lawsuits.

Two big attacks on climate accountability lawsuits made the news last week -- and both were pushed by the Republican Attorneys General Association.

Connecting the dots to some of RAGA's biggest funders: the same major oil industry players facing those lawsuits.

www.exxonknews.org/p/the-top-co...

The top cops working to shield Big Oil from the law Oil-funded attorneys general are making progress in their attempts to quash climate lawsuits.

In 2024, the Republican Attorneys General Association received $125k from ExxonMobil; $250k from the American Petroleum Institute; and $250k from Koch Industries, all of whom are defendants in climate lawsuits.. - @emdashsanders.bsky.social

The top cops working to shield Big Oil from the law Oil-funded attorneys general are making progress in their attempts to quash climate lawsuits.

Two big attacks on climate accountability lawsuits made the news last week -- and both were pushed by the Republican Attorneys General Association.

Connecting the dots to some of RAGA's biggest funders: the same major oil industry players facing those lawsuits.

www.exxonknews.org/p/the-top-co...

Exxon can continue its defamation case against California's AG, which legal experts told me last year was a "classic SLAPP suit" meant to silence opponents.

Last month, the American Petroleum Institute said a top priority would be to stop state climate laws and lawsuits this year.

Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social

As the US govt proclaims that greenhouse gases don't harm human health, I'm remembering my trip to Port Arthur, TX for a @beyondplastics.bsky.social briefing. Oil refineries, petrochemical facilities, & children's playgrounds side by side. Insane rates of asthma and cancer. Absolutely ghoulish

This pro-fossil fuel advocacy group is celebrating the yet-to-be seen bill on X. Its director is the former strategic communications director for Koch Institute.

Koch is a defendant in one such lawsuit the bill is meant to thwart -- a case brought by Minnesota, which recently got closer to trial

Last month, the American Petroleum Institute said a top priority would be to stop state climate laws and lawsuits this year.

Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social

Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it. For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.

The oil industry is 🩴🩴-ing & 🧇-ing on endangerment—despite putting the reversal in motion almost 20 years ago.

@juliakane.bsky.social & I explain why in HEATED. Spoiler: industry is spooked—not about our health, about their $$$.

heated.world/p/trump-is-w... > @fieldnotes.co + @emorwee.bsky.social

Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.

Exxon, Mastercard & Deloitte are spending million$ to promote events supporting Trump and his MAGA-themed birthday party.

@juddlegum.bsky.social has the details:

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Longtime Exxon lawyers retreat from oil company’s climate cases Attorneys from the law firm Paul, Weiss are no longer representing the oil company in at least four lawsuits that ask the fossil fuel industry to pay for

Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.

The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...

Companies ‘Honor’ Trump With Kennedy Center Donations From defense to oil to tech, new companies are supporting the Kennedy Center since Trump’s takeover while others are revising their disclosure practices to explicitly honor the president.

NEW: New companies like Anduril are funding the Kennedy Center since Trump's takeover, while others like Chevron are newly disclosing their donations with Trump as the "honoree." readsludge.com/2026/02/09/c...

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’ Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities

for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.

one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."

As @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social predicted... Exxon just wants to go in on its own terms.

Update: Brad Karp resigns as Paul Weiss chairman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

“If the international of spotlight is on you, that’s a level of protection. It makes the repression more costly”