Emily Sanders
@emdashsanders.bsky.social
Covering fossil fuel disinfo & climate accountability for ExxonKnews, a reporting project of the Center for Climate Integrity. read/subscribe at exxonknews.org. signal: @emilysanders.84
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· Dec 18
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
www.exxonknews.org
Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Two big attacks on climate accountability lawsuits made the news last week -- and both were pushed by the Republican Attorneys General Association.
Connecting the dots to some of RAGA's biggest funders: the same major oil industry players facing those lawsuits.
www.exxonknews.org/p/the-top-co...
Connecting the dots to some of RAGA's biggest funders: the same major oil industry players facing those lawsuits.
www.exxonknews.org/p/the-top-co...
The top cops working to shield Big Oil from the law
Oil-funded attorneys general are making progress in their attempts to quash climate lawsuits.
www.exxonknews.org
February 19, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Two big attacks on climate accountability lawsuits made the news last week -- and both were pushed by the Republican Attorneys General Association.
Connecting the dots to some of RAGA's biggest funders: the same major oil industry players facing those lawsuits.
www.exxonknews.org/p/the-top-co...
Connecting the dots to some of RAGA's biggest funders: the same major oil industry players facing those lawsuits.
www.exxonknews.org/p/the-top-co...
Exxon can continue its defamation case against California's AG, which legal experts told me last year was a "classic SLAPP suit" meant to silence opponents.
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Exxon can continue its defamation case against California's AG, which legal experts told me last year was a "classic SLAPP suit" meant to silence opponents.
Reposted by Emily Sanders
Last month, the American Petroleum Institute said a top priority would be to stop state climate laws and lawsuits this year.
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Last month, the American Petroleum Institute said a top priority would be to stop state climate laws and lawsuits this year.
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
As the US govt proclaims that greenhouse gases don't harm human health, I'm remembering my trip to Port Arthur, TX for a @beyondplastics.bsky.social briefing. Oil refineries, petrochemical facilities, & children's playgrounds side by side. Insane rates of asthma and cancer. Absolutely ghoulish
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
As the US govt proclaims that greenhouse gases don't harm human health, I'm remembering my trip to Port Arthur, TX for a @beyondplastics.bsky.social briefing. Oil refineries, petrochemical facilities, & children's playgrounds side by side. Insane rates of asthma and cancer. Absolutely ghoulish
Last month, the American Petroleum Institute said a top priority would be to stop state climate laws and lawsuits this year.
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Last month, the American Petroleum Institute said a top priority would be to stop state climate laws and lawsuits this year.
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
Now, a member of Congress who got $58k from the industry in 2024 is crafting legislation to "tackle" both. www.opensecrets.org/members-of-c... h/t @eenews.bsky.social
Reposted by Emily Sanders
The oil industry is 🩴🩴-ing & 🧇-ing on endangerment—despite putting the reversal in motion almost 20 years ago.
@juliakane.bsky.social & I explain why in HEATED. Spoiler: industry is spooked—not about our health, about their $$$.
heated.world/p/trump-is-w... > @fieldnotes.co + @emorwee.bsky.social
@juliakane.bsky.social & I explain why in HEATED. Spoiler: industry is spooked—not about our health, about their $$$.
heated.world/p/trump-is-w... > @fieldnotes.co + @emorwee.bsky.social
Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.
For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.
heated.world
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The oil industry is 🩴🩴-ing & 🧇-ing on endangerment—despite putting the reversal in motion almost 20 years ago.
@juliakane.bsky.social & I explain why in HEATED. Spoiler: industry is spooked—not about our health, about their $$$.
heated.world/p/trump-is-w... > @fieldnotes.co + @emorwee.bsky.social
@juliakane.bsky.social & I explain why in HEATED. Spoiler: industry is spooked—not about our health, about their $$$.
heated.world/p/trump-is-w... > @fieldnotes.co + @emorwee.bsky.social
Reposted by Emily Sanders
Exxon, Mastercard & Deloitte are spending million$ to promote events supporting Trump and his MAGA-themed birthday party.
@juddlegum.bsky.social has the details:
popular.info/p/major-corp...
@juddlegum.bsky.social has the details:
popular.info/p/major-corp...
Major corporations bankroll "America First" propaganda
Mastercard, Deloitte, and ExxonMobil are spending millions to promote events supporting Trump and his divisive political agenda.
popular.info
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Exxon, Mastercard & Deloitte are spending million$ to promote events supporting Trump and his MAGA-themed birthday party.
@juddlegum.bsky.social has the details:
popular.info/p/major-corp...
@juddlegum.bsky.social has the details:
popular.info/p/major-corp...
Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
Longtime Exxon lawyers retreat from oil company’s climate cases
Attorneys from the law firm Paul, Weiss are no longer representing the oil company in at least four lawsuits that ask the fossil fuel industry to pay for
www.eenews.net
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Exxon is dropping law firm Paul Weiss, whose chair just resigned after his ties to Epstein were exposed, from representing the company in at least four climate lawsuits.
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
The firm also cut a deal with the Trump administration last year: www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-law...
Reposted by Emily Sanders
NEW: New companies like Anduril are funding the Kennedy Center since Trump's takeover, while others like Chevron are newly disclosing their donations with Trump as the "honoree." readsludge.com/2026/02/09/c...
Companies ‘Honor’ Trump With Kennedy Center Donations
From defense to oil to tech, new companies are supporting the Kennedy Center since Trump’s takeover while others are revising their disclosure practices to explicitly honor the president.
readsludge.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
NEW: New companies like Anduril are funding the Kennedy Center since Trump's takeover, while others like Chevron are newly disclosing their donations with Trump as the "honoree." readsludge.com/2026/02/09/c...
Reposted by Emily Sanders
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Reposted by Emily Sanders
for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
These are the high schoolers taking a stand against ICE: ‘You can’t let despair take over’
Thousands of students across the US have been walking out of their schools to protest ICE in their communities
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
for my latest @us.theguardian.com talked to teens leading and joining anti-ICE walkouts from TX to MD to WI.
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
one NYC teen: "I feel scared [of ICE] every day... But I’m not going to let that stop me, because bravery is just the positive way to say you’re scared, and I’d rather be brave than scared."
As @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social predicted... Exxon just wants to go in on its own terms.
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
As @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social predicted... Exxon just wants to go in on its own terms.
Update: Brad Karp resigns as Paul Weiss chairman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
February 5, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Update: Brad Karp resigns as Paul Weiss chairman www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
Super helpful perspective here on the rising normalization of attacks on protest globally, and what the spectrum of those attacks looks like
It's hard to feel like anything but punching Nazis matters right now, so we @drilledmedia.bsky.social have been busy connecting the dots between climate and everything we're seeing around the world. Today: repression of protest w/ @berglundoscar.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkbF...
How the Backlash to Climate Protest Laid the Groundwork for What's Happening in U.S. Cities Today
YouTube video by Drilled
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Super helpful perspective here on the rising normalization of attacks on protest globally, and what the spectrum of those attacks looks like
Reposted by Emily Sanders
I'm told the catastrophic Washington Post layoffs today include at least 14 climate journalists. Totally gutting. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm told the catastrophic Washington Post layoffs today include at least 14 climate journalists. Totally gutting. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Reposted by Emily Sanders
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future
In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.
www.levernews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠
Reposted by Emily Sanders
🚨 NEW: Michigan says Big Oil didn’t just lie about climate change, but illegally teamed up to kill electric vehicles and clean energy for decades. A literal “capture-and-kill” strategy.
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
🚨 NEW: Michigan says Big Oil didn’t just lie about climate change, but illegally teamed up to kill electric vehicles and clean energy for decades. A literal “capture-and-kill” strategy.
lots of key points worth remembering in this @emorwee.bsky.social piece, which lays out how the fossil fuel industry helped create the conditions for today's authoritarian crackdown on protestors
Actually, I do know how to do this
In retrospect, paying attention to polluters may be one of the best ways to understand what’s currently happening in the United States.
heated.world
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
lots of key points worth remembering in this @emorwee.bsky.social piece, which lays out how the fossil fuel industry helped create the conditions for today's authoritarian crackdown on protestors
Reposted by Emily Sanders
Woody Allen and climate denier Bjorn Lomborg meet up with Jeffrey Epstein...
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
This one is interesting...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Woody Allen and climate denier Bjorn Lomborg meet up with Jeffrey Epstein...
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
Late billionaire climate denial funder & oil businessman David Koch making multiple appearances in the files, lots through his apparent friendship w/ publicist Peggy Siegal, who had befriended & helped Epstein reenter society.
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Late billionaire climate denial funder & oil businessman David Koch making multiple appearances in the files, lots through his apparent friendship w/ publicist Peggy Siegal, who had befriended & helped Epstein reenter society.
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
Reposted by Emily Sanders
📍 NEW 📍 Using Trump's international chaos, U.S. Big Oil takes the fight overseas: Leaked docs show the American Petroleum Institute targeting Europe’s toughest climate law. Read the latest collaboration between DeSmog and ExxonKnews. buff.ly/ZizCFf3 #EmilySanders
Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
www.desmog.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
📍 NEW 📍 Using Trump's international chaos, U.S. Big Oil takes the fight overseas: Leaked docs show the American Petroleum Institute targeting Europe’s toughest climate law. Read the latest collaboration between DeSmog and ExxonKnews. buff.ly/ZizCFf3 #EmilySanders
Epstein in a text to Steve Bannon: former Exxon CEO (& then Secretary of State under Trump) Rex Tillerson was "dumb as a rock and lazy as hell"
February 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Epstein in a text to Steve Bannon: former Exxon CEO (& then Secretary of State under Trump) Rex Tillerson was "dumb as a rock and lazy as hell"
This is the law firm that defends Exxon against climate deception lawsuits, and also that infamously cut a deal with Trump last year
February 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This is the law firm that defends Exxon against climate deception lawsuits, and also that infamously cut a deal with Trump last year
Michigan's new lawsuit accuses oil companies of engaging in a decades-long conspiracy to block the development of clean energy and EVs and ensure that fossil fuels dominated the market.
The state is now the 1st to bring a climate case against Big Oil w/ antitrust claims
The state is now the 1st to bring a climate case against Big Oil w/ antitrust claims
America’s auto state is suing Big Oil
The Trump administration failed to stop Michigan’s new antitrust lawsuit against oil companies.
www.exxonknews.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Michigan's new lawsuit accuses oil companies of engaging in a decades-long conspiracy to block the development of clean energy and EVs and ensure that fossil fuels dominated the market.
The state is now the 1st to bring a climate case against Big Oil w/ antitrust claims
The state is now the 1st to bring a climate case against Big Oil w/ antitrust claims
Reposted by Emily Sanders
Top U.S. oil lobby API targets landmark EU climate law, policy document shows
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
Really great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
Really great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social
Top U.S. oil lobby API targets landmark EU climate law, policy document shows
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
www.exxonknews.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Top U.S. oil lobby API targets landmark EU climate law, policy document shows
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
Really great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social
www.exxonknews.org/p/top-us-oil...
Really great reporting from @emdashsanders.bsky.social