🧵In all the talk about ways to pressure Putin by kicking Russian oil imports, we almost never hear about the simplest thing of all. It’s not ramp up more production or build new fossil fuel infrastructure, but something we can do right now: *consume less oil and gas.*
@Chase@jpmorgan@BlackRock Companies like BP are walking away from a 20 percent stake in a Russian oil major, tell me, what investment cannot be abandoned if it is premised on the destruction of a habitable planet?
“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when a breathe of air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.” - Alanis Obomsawin, an Abenaki 70 odd miles north of Montreal
MUST WATCH: @GavinNewsom campaigned on a promise to lead the fight for single payer health care - then insurers funneled huge money to him & his party, and now California Dems just killed single-payer legislation in their Dem-controlled legislature.
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At least 50 lovers of our public forests braved the wind chill in Burlington today for a march of the trees. More photos soon. Thanks to everyone who came out today!
Why on earth would @POTUS nominate @gibsondunn partner Jennifer Rearden to be a federal judge?
She has worked to target @SDonziger and help Chevron evade accountability for dumping toxic waste in Ecuador. For good measure, she also defended discriminating against people with HIV
"Despite climate emergency, the United States, Canada, and Norway 'pumping more oil than ever'". These are "three countries who like to see themselves as climate leaders".
As always - the gap between their words and actions never fails to deliver...
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BREAKING: Outraged to learn that Biden has named @Chevron lawyer Jennifer Rearden to be a federal judge. She was paid millions at @gibsondunn to help jail me, attack Indigenous peoples, and cover up a massive oil spill in the Amazon.
Biden must align with Planet Earth. Corrupt.
"We estimate that $2.5 trillion is enough to lift 2.3 billion people out of poverty, create enough vaccines for the whole world, & deliver universal health care and social protection for all the citizens of low and lower middle-income countries - an estimated 3.6 billion people"
Beating a dead horse here but the Biden administration putting a gas executive in charge of the State Department's international energy policy should probably be a bigger scandal
Losses from the Marshall Fire in Colorado are expected to exceed $1 billion, while many homeowners remain underinsured.
Reeling from the devastating fire, families now have to start over in an already competitive housing market.
#ClimateCrisis
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12/30/21: ABC World News Tonight did not mention climate today. Its first segment was about wildfires in CO, flash floods in CA, and upcoming tornadoes in the South during a holiday period it called "historic" for its extreme weather.
New Year's Resolution:
Turn off CNN, turn on @commondreams
Turn off MSNBC, turn on @dailyposter
Turn off CNBC, turn on @MorePerfectUS
Turn off NBC, turn on @BadFaithPod
Turn off ABC, turn on Krystal Kyle & Friends
Turn off corporate think tanks, turn on @PplPolicyProj
Peace
Happy New Year's Eve! Friendly reminder that @Sen_JoeManchin voted for an annual $778bil. military budget which is 4x what #BBBA would be annually. Manchin DOES NOT care about debt or inflation. Protecting our planet during a #ClimateCrisis is not his priority. #LobbyforClimate