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BREAKING: Federal Bill Would Put Big Oil Above the Law | Center for Climate Integrity Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give Fossil Fuel Companies Immunity from Any Laws or Lawsuits Seeking to Hold them Accountable for their Role in the Climate Crisis

Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.

climateintegrity.org/news/view/br...

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A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite

"Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite," write Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope of @coveringclimatenow.org

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Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor: Are We Entering “End Times Fascism”?
Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor: Are We Entering “End Times Fascism”? YouTube video by Laura Flanders & Friends

While watching YouTube isn't often a productive use of time, the @lauraflanders.org interview of @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social provides a degree of clarity for our current situation that's hard to come by.
#technoFascism
#XR-US

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Price of Eggs by Carsie Blanton and The Burning Hell
Price of Eggs by Carsie Blanton and The Burning Hell YouTube video by Carsie Blanton

Not exactly a theme song, but definitely hits the mark! #XR-US

2 weeks ago 1 3 2 0
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SF Joins Worldwide "No Kings Day" Repudiation of Trump Crimes Trump blasted by unions, environmentalists, medical workers, peace groups, religious groups, LGBTQ, academics, lawyers, women, political groups, nudists, patriots and many who don't usually join protests. Billionaires not so much.

SF Joins Worldwide "No Kings Day" Repudiation of Trump Crimes

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XRSFBay Street Theater team at No Kings 2026, San Francisco
XRSFBay Street Theater team at No Kings 2026, San Francisco YouTube video by Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area

Save the Frogs! Save the People! Fascism runs on fossil fuels! #NoKings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghsi...

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Springsteen & Tom Morello, 30/01/26, protest concert at First Avenue, Minneapolis
Springsteen & Tom Morello, 30/01/26, protest concert at First Avenue, Minneapolis YouTube video by Strickwerker

Music for Rebellion!

2 months ago 11 1 0 0
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XRUS Open House for New Activists - Saturday, February 21, 2026 XRUS Open Houses are designed for people new to XR or to climate activism, but current members of XRUS chapters are also warmly welcome. This is a 60 minute meeting, though members of XRUS will stay ...

Join our bi-monthly open meeting to learn about Extinction Rebellion's work in the US!

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Exxon's Own Models Predicted Global Warming--It Ignored Them Scientists working for the oil giant Exxon in the 1970s and 1980s estimated temperature increases with remarkable accuracy. Those findings could now be used as evidence in climate litigation

Warm air masses in the atmosphere rise upward, causing cooler air from neighboring areas, sometimes from the arctic, to rush in. This is how atmospheric heat powers storms. In other words, global warming causes colder, more intense winter storms. www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxo...

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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

There destruction of humanity is being led by surprisingly few ̶m̶u̶r̶d̶e̶r̶e̶r̶s̶ public and state-owned companies:

"Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier."

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Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become 1 They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...

Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....

3 months ago 2180 675 17 46

hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.

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We condemn the illegal invasion of Venezuela, and we condemn the fossil fuel corruption that led us here. Young people — once again — are the ones that oil billionaires will feed into the meatgrinder of an unjust, imperialist war.

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"Stealing Oil is a War Crime" sign in front of "Public Market" sign at the anti-war really Seattle's Pike Place.

"Stealing Oil is a War Crime" sign in front of "Public Market" sign at the anti-war really Seattle's Pike Place.

Standing with @veteransforpeace.bsky.social and #SeattleAgainstWar to demand the release of President Maduro and freedom for the people of #Venezuela.

3 months ago 3 3 0 0

Help the people resist unbridled emissions from generators powering billionaires' AI projects! #XR

4 months ago 3 2 0 0

T-Mobile doesn't care about customers, or about how its business dealings affect our future.
#boycottTMobile
tmobileboycott.org

5 months ago 33 18 2 0

And the protesters broke through!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzCF...

5 months ago 5 3 0 0
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Death by a Thousand Cuts By Aaron Glaser

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Check out our most recent article and subscribe to our Substack!

5 months ago 5 2 0 0
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Defending Democracy Starts With Your Phone Plan: Why I Cut Ties With T-Mobile | Common Dreams ​The most effective way to resist the authoritarian takeover of our democracy is to make it clear to companies partnering with authoritarians that there will always be consequences for such business r...

Our big #BoycottTMobile weekend kicks off November 14th, but several customers have already dropped T-Mobile! Tony A. of the @teslatakedown.com movement cut ties with T-Mobile ––refusing to support corporations who cave to authoritarianism. www.commondreams.org/opinion/boyc...

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XR's Lamentors from 4 chapters joined other climate activists from around the country for an action Mourning the EPA and the devastation caused by Director Zeldin's destructive policies.
#ExtinctionRebellion @xrglobal.bsky.social @xr-dc.bsky.social

7 months ago 5 1 0 0
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Wells Fargo - you can't hide! WF HQ in San Francisco is shut down - every entrance blockaded by indigenous leaders from Standing Rock, Palestinian organizers, and allies.

WF must stop financing Big Oil, pipelines, genocide in Gaza, & Trump's agenda. #stopbillionaires

@oilgasaction.bsky.social

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PRESS RELEASE: Amazon Sustainability Report Hides Gas & Coal Empire Powering Company’s AI Ambitions PRESS RELEASE July 16, 2025 Contact: hello@amazonclimatejustice.org Amazon Sustainability Report Hides Gas & Coal Empire Powering Company’s AI Ambitions Nearly three-quarters of Amazon’s data cente...

Today Amazon released its “Sustainability” report. Predictably, what it leaves out is vastly more important than what it says.

Amazon is building a dirty energy empire, spending literally hundreds of billions on data centers that will rely primarily on new fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Talk of the Town | Parke Wilde
Talk of the Town | Parke Wilde YouTube video by Arlington Community Media Inc.

Enjoy XR Boston rebel @parkewilde.bsky.social of flyingless.org fame on "Talk of the Town," chatting about his relationship to civil disobedience, opportunities for private jet reform, and why he gave up flying for life! #NoMorePrivateJets #ClimateEmergency
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeD5...

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The BDS movement calls on supporters worldwide to join Anti-Chevron Day on Wednesday, May 21, just one week before Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting (AGM).

Be a part of Anti-Chevron Day on May 21 by peacefully disrupting business as usual.

Find resources & toolkits, here ➡️ loom.ly/R_GwmEU

11 months ago 111 66 4 3
D O G S At U-Village: a DOGE parody
D O G S At U-Village: a DOGE parody YouTube video by Troublemakers

Some creative #streetTheater by @troublemakers.bsky.social at @teslatakedown.com in #Seattle last weekend. Happy to see some #humor!
youtu.be/zCuSjs3qCkE

11 months ago 4 3 0 1
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BREAKING: MASSIVE win in NYC.

Our movement's direct action and pressure campaign targeting Comptroller Brad Lander has WORKED.

NYC Pension funds, totaling $285 BILLION, will now be pushed to DROP money managers like BlackRock that do not meet aggressive climate criteria.

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Musk may think that a self-driving Swasticab will turn around the fortunes of #Tesla, but who in their right mind would heil one of those?! Getting ready for some tall tales from #Musk in the earnings call, this evening!

11 months ago 3 2 0 0
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Reflecting on the performance by the Mourners at the April 5th #HandsOf rally in #DC: very grateful for the work of @xr-dc.bsky.social and CurrentNoise (www.instagram.com/current.noise/)!

1 year ago 9 3 0 0
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Billionaires thank Mass Port Authority for more private jets! TikTok video by Extinction Rebellion Boston

XR Boston disrupted a @massport.bsky.social board meeting to thank them for catering to the ultra wealthy by expanding private jet capacity at Hanscom Field! Billionaires need luxury flights, and when our planet becomes unlivable, we'll flee to Mars without you!
www.tiktok.com/@xrboston/vi...

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In Sacramento this morning for the hearing of the California Make Polluters Pay Superfund bill. @sfbaypsr.bsky.social @oilgasaction.bsky.social @lastchancealliance.bsky.social

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