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Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🍉Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/half-of-worlds-co2-emissions-come-from-36-fossil-fuel-firms-study-shows?CMP=GTUK_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/half-of-worlds-co2-emissions-come-from-36-fossil-fuel-firms-study-shows?CMP=GTUK_email</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polluters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FossilFuelDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuelDependency</a>

DoomsdaysCW'When <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOil</a> Says Jump, Republicans Ask How High?' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> Sends <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateKilling</a> Bill to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s Desk"It's a sorry testament to the influence of Big Oil on Capitol Hill that one of the top priorities of Congress is a blatant handout to the worst actors in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuel</a> industry," said one critic. Jessica Corbett, Feb 28, 2025"Climate advocates are blasting congressional Republicans this week for their latest gift to fossil fuel industry: sending a resolution to kill the federal Methane Emissions Reduction Program to the desk of U.S. President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOil</a> - backed Trump is expected to sign the Congressional Review Act resolution, which senators passed along party lines on Thursday. That followed a Wednesday vote in the House of Representatives, where Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Vincente Gonzalez (Texas), Adam Gray (Calif.), Kristen Donald Rivet (Mich.), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) supported the measure alongside all Republicans present except Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Methane</a> has more than 80 times as much warming power as carbon dioxide during its first two decades in the atmosphere. The pollution program was established by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last November. The Associated Press reported Thursday that 'most major oil and gas companies do not release enough methane to trigger the fee, which is $900 per ton, an amount that would increase to $1,500 by 2026.'"The GOP resolution will end the program, but not the mandate from the 2022 law. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahyarSorour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MahyarSorour</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SierraClub</a>'s director of beyond fossil fuels policy, declared that 'this attack on EPA's implementation of the methane waste emissions charge is short-sighted and harmful. It remains a legal requirement for EPA to hold the biggest methane <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/accountable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accountable</a> for their negligence.'"'Forcing the agency to implement the charge some other way after conducting a thorough, well-researched process is as wasteful of taxpayer resources as these oil and gas operators are wasteful of harmful methane,' Sorour argued. "'Technology to monitor and stop leaks is readily available and easy to implement, so only wasteful, careless corporations will face a fee for excessive methane pollution. Despite this setback, Sierra Club will not stop fighting to make polluters pay for their egregious actions.'" <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/methane-fee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/methane-fee</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCatastrophe</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MakePollutersPay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MakePollutersPay</a>

DoomsdaysCWJust proving that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s administration is TOXIC!Trump <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> withdrawal of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PFAS</a> effluent limits is setback for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EWG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EWG</a> warnsWASHINGTON – "On Tuesday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a pending Biden administration plan that would have protected public health from the chemical manufacturing sector by setting discharge limits on the toxic '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeverChemicals</a>' known as PFAS."The Trump administration pulled the proposal from White House review – the last step before the agency could release the plan publicly and seek comment on it. The decision is a significant setback for efforts to address the growing public health crisis caused by industrial PFAS pollution of the water supply. "Coupled with President Donald Trump’s executive order placing a freeze on any new federal regulations, the withdrawal prompts significant concerns from environmental and public health advocates about the future of PFAS regulation and whether tackling the PFAS contamination crisis will be an administration priority.The following is a statement from Melanie Benesh, vice president for government affairs at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalWorkingGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalWorkingGroup</a>:"Yesterday’s action by the Trump administration to withdraw the long-awaited proposal on PFAS effluent limits is a devastating setback in the fight to protect our communities from toxic 'forever chemicals.'"This move not only delays establishing critical federal standards but also sends a dangerous message giving polluters a green light to continue poisoning our water and communities without fear of consequence. "It’s an unconscionable betrayal of the public’s health in favor of corporate interests, and it underscores this administration’s troubling shift in policy which threatens to roll back any progress to protect our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> and hold <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluters</a> accountable."PFAS contamination is already a public health crisis. The science is clear: PFAS are toxic at even the smallest levels, and they have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, immune suppression and developmental harm. Communities across the country, especially those near PFAS-manufacturing facilities, have lived with the devastating consequences of this pollution for decades."State regulators have waited for the federal government to lead on this issue so they can incorporate effective monitoring and treatment requirements into their discharge permits. Without federal limits, those efforts remain stalled."The Trump administration’s refusal to act now puts even more lives at risk, leaving American communities to fend for themselves as polluters continue their unchecked discharges of toxic PFAS into our water."<a href="https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/01/trump-epa-withdrawal-pfas-effluent-limits-setback-public-health-ewg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/01/trump-epa-withdrawal-pfas-effluent-limits-setback-public-health-ewg</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PFASContamination</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDamage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManMadeDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ManMadeDisasters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AFFF</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OceansAreLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFASPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PFASPollution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirefightingFoam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirefightingFoam</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PFOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PFOS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/3M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3M</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeverChemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeverChemicals</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigChemical</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateInterests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corporatocracy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumptyDumpty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumptyDumpty</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhenIdiotsRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhenIdiotsRule</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

ValueTruth<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluters</a> Follow the dirty Koch $$$...Charles Koch’s network launches $20m campaign backing Trump tax breaksRevealed: fossil fuel billionaire’s Americans for Prosperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/koch-americans-for-prosperity-trump-tax-breaks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/koch-americans-for-prosperity-trump-tax-breaks</a>

Caroline LucasRT by <a href="https://respublicae.eu/@CarolineLucas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CarolineLucas</a>: ⏰ HEADS UP! ⏰ Time is running out to try & stop the govt passing a law that will force us to bailout failing water companies.😡Pls sign & share @sascampaigns <a href="https://respublicae.eu/tags/BanTheBailouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BanTheBailouts</a> petition TODAY & make govt prioritise the public, not the <a href="https://respublicae.eu/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluters</a>. ⬇️⬇️<a href="https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/our-water-quality-campaigns/ban-the-bailouts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/our-water-quality-campaigns/ban-the-bailouts/</a> --- <a href="https://nitter.privacydev.net/RiverActionUK/status/1879511201174192258#m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nitter.privacydev.net/RiverActionUK/status/1879511201174192258#m</a>

Joseph Lim :mastodon:Give us clean air, not hot air "is e <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> taking tis issue seriously enough? The answer is a resounding NO. To effectively tackle <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airpollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airpollution</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parliament</a> needs to pass the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CleanAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CleanAir</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bill</a>.. got scant attention fr previous admins of Prayut C & Srettha Thavisin. Clean Air Act wld impose a financial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/penalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#penalty</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluters</a>.. Paetongtarn needs to introduce a zero-burning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policy</a> to tackle <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PM25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PM25</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> rather than leave e public w a lot of hot air" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BangkokSmog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BangkokSmog</a> 😷🇹🇭 <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2937496/give-us-clean-air-not-hot-air" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2937496/give-us-clean-air-not-hot-air</a>

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