No Immunity for Big Oil: Protect Oregon’s Right to Hold Polluters Accountable Big Oil is lobbying Congress for total legal immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis. If successful, a legal shield for polluters would...

🚨 MAJOR update on #NoImmunityForBigOil 🚨

On Friday, Republicans introduced the bill we've been anxiously awaiting: one that would give Big Oil legal immunity from *any* laws or lawsuits that hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis.

Take action 👉 bit.ly/NoImmunityOR

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Advocates Reject Zenith Energy Investigation in Letter Delivered to Mayor’s Office - Portland Mercury Local environmental advocates remain frustrated with Mayor Keith Wilson over his handling of Zenith Energy, saying he has not kept his promise to revoke the Houston-based fossil fuel company’s land us...

"Zenith failed to pay franchise fees on time in 2018, defied state orders to practice for an oil spill in 2019, engaged in 'flagrant violations' of a state air permit in 2021, and violated city lobbying code in 2022, as determined by the Auditor’s Office."

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Advocates Reject Zenith Energy Investigation in Letter Delivered to Mayor’s Office - Portland Mercury Local environmental advocates remain frustrated with Mayor Keith Wilson over his handling of Zenith Energy, saying he has not kept his promise to revoke the Houston-based fossil fuel company’s land us...

“If you think that you can pull a fast one on the environmental community, you know, you must be new here, because that’s just not how things work in this town,” @councilorgreen.bsky.social said.

Community groups reject Portland’s Zenith Energy investigation as fatally flawed | Breach Collective Advocates delivered a letter directly to Mayor Wilson calling the franchise agreement probe a case of “mayoral neglect” and demanding the independent investigation the public was promised. Today, al...

Portland investigated Zenith Energy for misconduct. Who did they put in charge of the investigation? The same city staff accused of misconduct. 🤔

To no one's surprise, Zenith was cleared. Today, we hand-delivered letter to Mayor Wilson formally rejecting the investigation.

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If you don't want Big Oil to get a free pass, take action right now to oppose total legal immunity for the fossil fuel industry.

📨 Write your Congress members: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-i...

📝 Add your organization to the sign on letter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Have you sent emails to our Senators yet, urging them oppose any legislation that would grant immunity to the fossil fuel industry?
No?
Do it now!!
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How Energize Bend creates meaning, community, and joy in local climate work | Breach Collective A guest story from Energize Bend Coalition Coordinator Brennan Breen. The Energize Bend Coalition is one of Breach Collective’s close allies. Together, we are working to transition away from f...

"Right now, climate work is hard – and scary. What helps is joy-forward, relational organizing. Fighting well-funded systems of harm is rarely fun, but it’s more bearable when you’re not doing it alone."

Read more from Energize Bend Coalition Coordinator Brennan Breen in this guest piece 👇

We're excited about this!

Oregon pushes new homes to install heat pumps over ACs In a state where energy costs have risen sharply, newly adopted rules will boost adoption of the clean heating and cooling appliances.

We're delivering affordability and resilience one step at a time.

1/ Trump’s illegal war with Iran has already taken a devastating human toll. It could also mean higher energy bills worldwide, while fossil fuel companies, traders and investors get rich.

Read our deep dive 🧵👇:

Oregon mandates heat pumps in new housing The update to the state’s residential energy code could save residents of housing built after the change an average of $125 a month in energy costs, an analysis found.

"New housing in Oregon must be built with energy-efficient heat pumps instead of ducted air conditioning following an update to the state’s residential energy code." www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/heat-pu... via Ryan Kushner 🔌💡

Eugene groups propose climate tax to mirror Portland’s On Monday, a coalition of Eugene-based environmental groups announced the launch of a campaign to create the Eugene Clean Energy Fund.

“By making billion-dollar companies pay their fair share, we can increase resilience, develop comprehensive energy efficiency programs, support local businesses, create good clean energy jobs, and more.”
– Aya Cockram, Breach Oregon Energy Transition Organizer

#ECEF @eugenecleanenergy.bsky.social

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.

A California agency received 20k AI-generated comments opposing heat pump rules. Staff called a sample to verify—several said they never sent comments. Raises serious questions about the opposition campaign that helped kill the clean air standards, that would've prevented 1000s of premature deaths.

A climate lawsuit is heading to the Supreme Court, meanwhile Big Oil is lobbying Congress for TOTAL LEGAL IMMUNITY from ALL climate law + lawsuits.

Oregon leaders must stand up for our right to hold polluters accountable for climate chaos.

TAKE ACTION NOW against Immunity for Big Oil👇

Urge Congress to Oppose Immunity for Big Oil Communities and states across the country are taking legal and legislative action to hold major oil and gas companies accountable for their role in the climate crisis and make them pay for the damages...

And if you represent an organization or are an elected official, add your name to this sign on letter! ✍️

Tell Congress NOT to Let Polluters Off The Hook for Climate Damage Big Oil is trying to get Congress to give them blanket immunity for their climate crimes. As climate disasters like floods, fires, and hurricanes intensify, our communities are paying billions to dea...

You can also sign the national petition to tell Congress not to let polluters off the hook for climate damage! 📝

No Immunity for Big Oil: Protect Oregon’s Right to Hold Polluters Accountable Big Oil is lobbying Congress for total legal immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis. If successful, a legal shield for polluters would...

🚨 Big Oil is lobbying Congress for total legal immunity from any climate laws or lawsuits.

In Oregon, federal immunity for Big Oil would stop critical accountability efforts like MultCo v. Exxon + the Climate Superfund in their tracks.

Urge Oregon's members of Congress to say #NoImmunity! 👇

Lawmakers revive plan to charge polluters for extreme weather damages The bill would establish a climate disaster fund, allowing the state to recoup the costs of responding to wildfires, droughts and heat domes.

On a day when the Trump EPA abandons science completely and denies the suffering of Americans from wildfire, floods, extreme freezes, and water shortages, driven by climate change, I'm proud to be an Oregonian. #ORleg

Who Isn’t a Domestic Terrorist: 19th Prairieland Defendant Should Concern Us All — Protect the Protest “We cannot take lightly the federal government's expansive repression and persecution of anti-ICE and anti-fascist activism. On July 4, 2025, community members gathered at the Prairieland ICE Detentio...

"We cannot take lightly the federal government's expansive repression and persecution of anti-ICE and anti-fascist activism." - @nlg.org's Director of Defense Xavier T. de Janon

Read Protect the Protest coalition member National Lawyers Guild's full statement on the PtP website 👇 #ProtectTheProtest

Another win for pro-Palestinian protesters to add to the list!

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Utilities Asked for a Lot More Money From Ratepayers Last Year A new PowerLines report puts the total requested increases at $31 billion — more than double the number from 2024.

U.S. electric and gas utilities requested nearly $31 billion in rate increases last year, more than double what they asked for the year before:
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UO Just Secretly Increased Fossil Fuel Emissions The University of Oregon was already the LARGEST single source of green house gas emissions in all of Eugene- and they just INCREASED their emissions by 65%. STOP THE BOILER PILOT PROGRAM! Why take ...

🚨 UO just increased campus fossil fuel emissions by 65% — despite climate commitments at the state, city, and university level.

We’re calling on the University of Oregon to stop the boiler pilot program and electrify now.

👉 Take action: actionnetwork.org/letters/uo-j...

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Coalition Statement on ICE Killings — Protect the Protest The Protect The Protest Coalition grieves the killings of Keith Porter, Renee Good, and Alex Pretti, the shootings in Portland, and the ongoing deaths of people in ICE custody. These are not isolated...

As a coalition, Protect the Protest demands systems that prioritize life over punishment, compassion over cruelty, and justice over silence.

An attack on one of us is an attack on us all.

We won’t let state violence paralyze us or this movement. We rise and we are stronger together.

🚨 Big Oil wants to take away your right to sue fossil fuel companies for the harm they cause.

No matter your politics, we should all agree that no industry should be above the law.

Say it with us: 📣 NO IMMUNITY FOR BIG OIL 📣

Clean Energy Leadership Institute 2026//Instituto de Liderazgo en Energía Limpia 2026 Many Eugenians are increasingly and disproportionately affected by the rising cost of utility bills, indoor and outdoor air pollution from fossil fuels and wildfires, and the broader harms of climate ...

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