Center for Climate Integrity

“Cities, states, and counties should maintain the right to go to court to seek redress of grievances. There should not be a special carve-out for fossil fuel companies.” 💯 Portland, Oregon, is the latest community to say NO IMMUNITY FOR BIG OIL!

🚨"Internal memos among company scientists and executives obtained by The Times reveal that for at least half a century, the plastics industry has been aware of and concerned about the potential for microplastic contamination in the human body."

The destruction from this historic El Niño will lead to a lot of finger pointing and blame. Your beloved Exxon family just wants to make sure you blame the right people.

“I know this wasn’t just bad luck,” said Rasheed Ali, whose family lost their home in the 2025 Eaton Fire. “I know that back in the 80s, years before we bought our home, Exxon’s own scientists issued an internal memo that the effects of their petroleum products could be catastrophic.”

You or someone you know probably believes misinformation about natural gas; polling shows HALF of likely voters think it’s a clean fuel. We made this episode to try and debunk some of that misinformation, but also to explore the decades-long propaganda campaign fueling it. Pls like/share!

Rasheed Ali lost the home he shared with his wife, Gayle Nicholls-Ali, for more than 30 years in the Eaton Fire. “Does it seem fair that the oil corporations that helped cause the fire pay nothing? When the survivors and Californians have already paid so much?”

Was great going on Heated's podcast with @emorwee.bsky.social & @tracywholf.bsky.social to unpack why smart people believe that natural gas is a climate solution and the long campaign that got us there. heated.world/p/why-smart-...

extremely good @emorwee.bsky.social / @rebleber.bsky.social piece here, on the REALLY REALLY WILD number of ppl who think that gas is a "clean" fuel - that didn't just happen, the industry made it happen! heated.world/p/why-smart-...

"So how does a country begin to rid itself of a century’s worth of oil and gas propaganda? It might start with understanding that none of this was predestined, as much as it might feel like it." An important @grist.org deep dive on Big Oil's campaign to push the U.S. toward a "petroculture"👇

Middlesex County is suing Exxon, Shell, and other Big Oil companies for lying about the harms of their fossil fuel products and to make them pay for the growing costs of extreme weather events. The county joins similar climate accountability lawsuits from Hoboken and the state of New Jersey. 👏

We're entering an age of heat storms, and Big Oil is to blame. The industry knew decades ago that burning fossil fuels could drive "globally catastrophic" climate change. Instead of taking steps to save lives, it spent billions spreading climate denial and blocking the clean energy transition.

🚨 "A Washington state judge has set a February 2028 trial date in two Native American tribes' cases accusing Exxon, Chevron and other petroleum giants of a decades-long campaign to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels." Big Oil knew and lied. Now it's time to hold them accountable.

Voters agree: Big Oil should not be above the law.

"The biggest right that Americans have is access to the courtroom to hold people accountable," said @govjayinslee.bsky.social. "And that right should stand." Big Oil knew their products would fuel catastrophic climate change, but lied. Communities deserve their day in court to seek accountability.

Big Oil companies have "known for decades that their fossil fuel products would cause climate catastrophe," said CCI's Corey Riday-White. But instead of warning the public, they "launched the most consequential corporate deception campaign in history" to bury the science and block climate action.

A new @dataforprogress.org poll finds that 75% of likely voters — including more than two-thirds of Republican voters — “oppose legal immunity for oil and gas companies, shielding them from being held accountable for climate disaster damages.”

"This testimony also offers a glimpse of what climate lawsuits can uncover if they are allowed to proceed. Indeed, it is exactly the kind of evidence that Exxon and other Big Oil companies are trying desperately to make sure never comes to light."

“Climate change stopped being an abstraction for us the moment the Marshall Fire entered our neighborhood,” said Tawnya Somauroo, who lost her home in the fire and co-founded Marshall Together to push for insurance reform. “After everything we’ve been through, we deserve our day in court.”

"Prosecutors with the Justice Department have charged him with overseeing an operation that aimed to discredit American environmentalists, allegedly on behalf of a huge oil company." "Mr. Forlit’s lawyers have identified the oil company described in the allegations as Exxon Mobil."

“Big Oil knew for decades that continued fossil fuel use would alter the climate, leading to disasters like the Marshall Fire,” said Tawnya Somauroo, who lost her home in the fire. “They marketed the lie that individuals could stop climate change through personal accountability. It can’t."

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Big Oil's arguments to escape trial in Boulder, Colorado's climate deception lawsuit. “To the people of Boulder: Science and justice are on your side,” said Gretchen Goldman, President and CEO of @ucs.org.

“Fossil fuel companies knew the damage they were doing. They spent decades denying it,” said Daryl McCool, a Marshall Fire survivor who lived in Superior for nearly 30 years. “We must hold them accountable before it's too late for more families, more neighbors, and more communities.”

“I’m not a lawyer, I’m a fire survivor,” said Jenny Singer-Rupp, a Marshall Fire survivor who lost everything in the fire. “I know the costs of a disaster don’t disappear when the flames are out.” “Let the evidence be heard, let survivors have their day in court. We deserve accountability."

“I believe my state has a right and duty to protect my health and hold corporations like Suncor responsible for the damage they've caused,” said Alina Miranda, who lost her home and pets in the Marshall Fire. “The Supreme Court should not take away the ability of my local government to protect me.”

"The Marshall Fire left lasting scars on our community and shattered my sense of safety,” said Madison Schink, who still experiences anxiety after the fire and now lives near a Suncor refinery. “There’s no doubt in my mind that Big Oil has fundamentally altered how I experience everyday life.”

“Before there’s a case number, there’s a life that matters,” said Zaire Calvin, who lost his sister, Evelyn McClendon, in the Eaton Fire. “We can build another house. We can’t bring back my sister’s life.” From Altadena to Boulder, communities deserve their day in court to hold Big Oil accountable.

Big Oil executives think they’re above the law – and we should all be madder than hell about it. @climateintegrity.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0510202...

"Boulder is asking who should pay for the damage: Families and taxpayers alone, or the companies responsible," said Zaire Calvin, a lifelong Altadena resident who lost both his home and his sister, Evelyn McClendon, in the Eaton Fire. "I understand the human weight behind that question."

"It's been hotter. It's been drier. Our river for the first time in anybody's memory: puddles," said Deirdre Macnab, a cattle rancher from Colorado. "There is no food. It is very frightening." Big Oil has lied about the climate harms of its products for decades and must be held accountable.

“I am one of the ranchers that are bankrupted out of the cattle business,” said Dr. Kathryn Bedell, a Colorado rancher of 27 years. "There’s no forage for the cattle, there’s no water to grow feed, and it’s too hot and dry to keep them any longer. So, I’m done."

new story from me and @emdashsanders.bsky.social: Attorneys for oil companies tried to convince SCOTUS that climate lawsuits should be stopped. Their arguments could reach into state-level cases against powerful industries beyond just oil and gas. pointsourcenews.org/boulder-exxo...

“We’re not asking for a whole lot. We’re asking for you to do the right thing and help us rebuild our communities.” Oil corporations are contributing to the extreme weather that’s hurting all of us. Isn’t it only right that they pay their fair share? @climateintegrity.org #peoplevbigoil

There should be consequences for lying to the public. Big Oil did it systematically for decades and they’re pushing for a “get out of jail free” card to avoid having to admit that in front of a jury.

New blog from Laura Peterson publishes emails obtained through an open records request and reveals that some groups involved in the disinformation campaign at the heart of Boulder’s climate accountability lawsuit are shopping legislation to shield the fossil fuel industry from liability.

🚨The Massachusetts Attorney General has new evidence of Exxon's climate deception, including a deposition with an Exxon scientist who agreed the company's algae biofuel claims were misleading. “They are really scared of the public finding out about this reality,” said @aaronregunberg.bsky.social

Survivors of climate-fueled wildfires urged the Supreme Court to let Boulder’s Big Oil lawsuit go forward. “It is profoundly unfair that oil companies keep the profits while me and my neighbors are left with the losses … After everything my community has been through, we deserve our day in court.”

“They Knew, They Lied”: Fire survivors bring their fight to the Supreme Court’s steps. As justices weighed the merits of Boulder’s case against Big Oil, those who lost everything want accountability.

"All Boulder is trying to do is get oil companies to help pay for the costs of their allegedly vast deception around the causes of climate change—still needing to be determined in court."

“Boulder’s case is about holding corporations accountable for deceptive conduct, and the people of Boulder should have their day in court to present the evidence of Exxon and Suncor’s deception.”

"...it’s no wonder the fossil fuel industry appears desperate to avoid ... the courtroom. A long, well-documented history of deception about how much they knew about the harms that the burning of their products causes to people and the planet only adds to their vulnerability." 💯💯💯

“Of those justices hearing the first case of the new term, several appeared outwardly skeptical of whether the case was properly before the justices and a majority appeared uninterested in the most broad constitutional argument the companies put forth against allowing the litigation.”

Big Oil Knew. #peoplevbigoil

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Suncor v. Boulder — a case that could decide whether communities can put Big Oil companies on trial for deceiving the public about the climate harms of fossil fuels. We're in front of the Court to send a message: Stand with communities, not Big Oil.