Doug Norlen

Doug Norlen

@dougba.bsky.social

Veteran environmental organizer specializing in public and private finance campaigns at policy and project levels. Otherwise, I'd rather be outdoors. "Don't just follow the money, chase it down and beat it with a stick"

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Friends of the Earth U.S. (Action)
@foeus.bsky.social

There are legal procedures and processes in place to ensure the U.S. Export-Import Bank does not waste taxpayer dollars on risky projects plagued by violent insurgencies. Yet EXIM Bank – like the rest of the Trump admin – believes that it can operate outside the law. www.eenews.net/articles/gre...

eenews.netGreens challenge Trump’s $4.7B loan for Mozambique LNG projectThe project’s opponents argue the Export-Import Bank lacked a quorum to approve the loan and failed to consider environmental or security risks.
Doug Norlen
@dougba.bsky.social

Half the desulphurization units don't work on the US EXIM Bank financed Kusile coal plant in South Africa. The Centre for Environmental Rights estimates this will result in 670 excess deaths, 3,000 asthma emergency room visits, and 1,400 pre-term births. mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/...

mybroadband.co.zaBad news for repairs at major Eskom power stationBetween March and June 2025, Eskom will have to make do without some of the Kusile units that contributed significantly to the end of load-shedding.

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Paddy McCully
@paddymccully.bsky.social

Another great post by @reddmonitor.bsky.social showing the tight web of links between pro-offsetting conservationists, big finance & big polluters: a timber company owned by a bank founded by a Conservation Int'l board member is selling Microsoft offsets from covering savanna with eucalypts

reddmonitor.substack.comBig Tech’s false solution to ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions? You guessed it, carbon credits“It’s problematic to trade forest carbon for fossil fuel emissions.”

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Carbon Tracker Initiative
@carbontracker.bsky.social

"An October analysis from U.K.-based Carbon Tracker found global markets for #LNG are likely to be oversupplied by the end of the decade, and B.C. LNG production is expected to ramp up at precisely the same time global production plateaus"

buff.lyLNG exports will cost consumers and the climate: U.S. Department of EnergyIf the U.S. allows its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to grow, unrestrained, there will be significant costs to both consumers and the climate, according to a new government report.
Doug Norlen
@dougba.bsky.social

"In the coming years...[G]overnments could face hundreds of billions of dollars in ISDS claims over phaseouts of oil, gas and coal projects, according to one estimate. Disputes over wind and solar projects are sure to rise, too. "

Climate Desk@climatedesk.org

A.K.A. "How to Buy a Piece of a Lawsuit and Impoverish a Country" Investor-state dispute settlement allows foreign companies to sue governments for billions of dollars, even when companies run afoul of environmental protections. Wall Street is profiting. @insideclimatenews.org investigates:

insideclimatenews.orgHow Wall Street Gets Rich Off Lawsuits Against GovernmentsInvestors buying into claims against governments are winning huge payouts. Developing nations, and the environment, are losing big.
Doug Norlen
@dougba.bsky.social

This winter there are at least two migratory burrowing owls in the "protected" NE corner of Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. One is rather reclusive, while this one comes out most evenings. She/he doesn't seem to be bothered by the squirrel.

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John Kostyack
@kostyack.bsky.social

Paul Atkins, nominated today to serve as SEC chair, was a key voice (along with the Chamber, API and others) for the "materiality" loophole in the climate risk disclosure rule. corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2022/07/01/t...

corpgov.law.harvard.eduThe Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rule: A Comment from Former SEC Chairmen and CommissionersThis post is based on a comment letter submitted to the SEC regarding the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rule by Chairman Richard C. Breeden, Chairman ...
John Kostyack@kostyack.bsky.social

The SEC was shown how fossil fuel companies & others were abusing the materiality screen to withhold critical information from investors. It acknowledged this in a proposal that jettisoned materiality for more prescriptive requirements. But the final rule reverted to the broken materiality approach.

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Antonia Juhasz
@antoniajuhasz.bsky.social

Tomorrow, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will begin historic hearings on the legal obligations of governments under international law for #climate action. #Vanuatu is leading a group of states and NGOs seeking the #ICJ opinion. blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechang...

blogs.law.columbia.eduThe ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: What Happens Now? - Climate Law BlogClimate change litigation has finally reached the world’s highest court. On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the Inte...
Doug Norlen
@dougba.bsky.social

Some kind soul apparently knit these to welcome the migratory burrowing owls. Typically, less than a handful spend the winter in this corner of Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. It's too soon to know what this year's count will be, but last year, sadly, it was zero. Bring back the #owls!

Doug Norlen
@dougba.bsky.social

Some kind soul apparently knit these to welcome the migratory burrowing owls. Typically, less than a handful spend the winter in this corner of Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. It's too soon to know what this year's count will be, but last year, sadly, it was zero. Bring back the #owls!

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Friends of the Earth U.S. (Action)
@foeus.bsky.social

Today we joined our Indigenous allies Apib to file a complaint against BlackRock — the world's largest asset manager — for directly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses through its investments in big agribusiness www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comBlackRock accused of contributing to climate and human rights abusesOECD complaint alleges top firm has increased investments in companies implicated in environmental devastation

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