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More and more people are noticing. In Texas, concern is at 92% as they get bombed by floods, hail, and wildfires.
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...and the costs keep rising.
CCI’s report, “How Big Oil is Fueling the Insurance Crisis — And Why State Policymakers Should Act,” outlines how legislators can help shift the financial burden of climate change away from the public and onto the Big Oil companies that are fueling these disasters:
The bill for the climate crisis is coming due — and right now, everyday Americans are being forced to pay it.
👉 $250B+ in damages from the 2025 wildfires in Los Angeles;
👉 $18B+ in damages from the 2025 flash floods in Texas;
👉 $5B+ in damages from the 2023 wildfires in Maui...
CCI's study, "Pennsylvania’s Looming Climate Cost Crisis," found that Pittsburgh would have to spend $520 million by 2040 to adapt to the demands of climate change.
Read on to explore the true costs of climate change on municipal governments across the state: 👇👇👇
Big Oil is stealing our summers. 😠
Meanwhile, the costs to protect communities from heatwaves and other extreme weather events keeps rising.
States have an opportunity to flip the script. Check out CCI's latest report to find out how:👇👇👇
06.08.2025 19:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Extreme weather disasters are driving up home insurance rates for millions of Americans.
CCI's latest report explains how state and local policymakers can push for a fairer system — one in which the fossil fuel companies most responsible for the climate crisis pay their fair share.
Taxpayers deserve their day in court against Big Oil, says William Piermattei, Dir. of the Enviro Law Program @law.umaryland.edu
"Taxpayers should not have to bear the entire burden of climate change costs while fossil fuel companies bear none despite reaping immense profits creating this burden."
Exxon sold carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a climate solution — but new tax credits passed by Congress will direct public funds for CCS toward more oil extraction with less regulation.
Emily Sanders breaks down the five things you need to know for ExxonKnews.
“It's further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social @climateintegrity.org
New evidence shows DuPont knew 50 years ago recycling "not feasible"
Learn more about New Jersey's climate deception lawsuit against Big Oil 👇
05.08.2025 17:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reminder: New Jersey is also suing Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell and other Big Oil companies to make them pay for their campaign "to peddle climate misinformation" that "brought about [devastating] climate change impacts to the State of New Jersey."
No industry should be above the law.
NEW: The president of one of the world's largest plastics producers acknowledged in 1974 that recycling plastic was "not feasible."
It's “further proof that the plastics industry has been actively deceiving the public for decades about the recyclability of plastics” says @davisallen.bsky.social.
At a time when science denial is everywhere, this former 3M chemist wants people to know how companies manufacture scientific doubt.
We spoke about what she's been up to since blowing the whistle for @fastlerner.bsky.social's incredible reporting on 3M last year www.exxonknews.org/p/a-3m-whist...
Fossil fuel pollution is warming the atmosphere and supercharging deadly wildfires, floods, and storms that are causing billions of dollars in economic damage.
Meanwhile, fossil fuel companies are raking in billions of dollars a day — and paying nothing. 😡
Learn more about how Big Oil and the plastics industry have deceived the public about plastic recycling by exploring our reports, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling" and "The Fraud of Advanced Recycling" 🔽
04.08.2025 13:37 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
"For decades, we were told that the problem of plastic could be solved by recycling, though those in the industry knew it wasn’t true and probably would never be."
04.08.2025 13:35 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
D.C. doesn’t get final say on its budget — Congress does.
And this year, slipped at the end of a proposal from House Republicans, is an addition that could have big consequences for D.C’s ability to hold Big Oil accountable for lying to the public about the safety of their products.
Read more: 👇
The District of Columbia’s lawsuit against Big Oil is under attack. 🚨🚨🚨
It’s all part of a bigger play by the fossil fuel industry to secure special legal protections from climate accountability lawsuits.
Honolulu’s case against Big Oil is based on readily available evidence showing the industry’s climate deception, experts say.
In one filing, @naomioreskes.bsky.social highlights the “vast discrepancies” in Big Oil's internal and external communication, including deception that's “ongoing today.”
"Access to the courts is a tool in our toolbox, and we're simply saying 'don't take this away from counties'," said County Commissioner Brigid Shea of Travis County, Texas, the resolution’s lead sponsor.
31.07.2025 17:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0As local governments struggle to respond to increasingly devastating and costly climate disasters, Big Oil is lobbying Congress to escape accountability.
Find out why the National Association of Counties opposes efforts to give "companies immunity from lawsuits over damages and costs.” 👇
Big Oil is now promoting so-called “advanced recycling" as a solution for plastic waste, despite knowing its inherent technical and real world limitations.
Check out our latest investigative report, "The Fraud of Advanced Recycling," to explore the full scale of Big Oil's deception:👇
"As long as I’ve been alive, Big Oil and the plastics industry have pushed the narrative that recycling can solve the plastic waste crisis, all while knowing that actual recycling rates would never come close to matching the volume of plastic produced," writes CCI's Chelsea Linsley.
30.07.2025 14:29 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
No industry should be above the law, especially one as powerful and harmful as Big Oil.
29.07.2025 21:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Honolulu is closer than ever to putting Big Oil companies on trial for their climate lies.
“The fossil fuel industry and its allies and surrogates created an organized campaign to foster and sustain doubt about anthropogenic global warming and prevent meaningful action.” @naomioreskes.bsky.social
“The fossil fuel industry and its allies are trying to kill any and all lawsuits that would hold Big Oil companies accountable for their climate lies and the damage they’ve caused — and this assault on D.C.’s ability to enforce its own consumer protection laws is part of their playbook.”
28.07.2025 20:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The District of Columbia is suing Big Oil companies to hold them accountable for deceiving consumers about how fossil fuels harm the climate.
Now Congress wants to block D.C. from using any funds to enforce its consumer protection laws “against oil and gas companies for environmental claims.” 😡
