David Arkush
@darkush.bsky.social
Climate crisis at @publiccitizen.bsky.social. Former @rooseveltinstitute.bsky.social.
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Wonder why the East Coast is facing extreme heat?
Oil companies have known that fossil fuels would cause heatwaves like this. They ran their own climate models. The science was clear.
Instead of listening to it, they buried the truth.
Now, we’re the ones paying the price.
Oil companies have known that fossil fuels would cause heatwaves like this. They ran their own climate models. The science was clear.
Instead of listening to it, they buried the truth.
Now, we’re the ones paying the price.
June 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wonder why the East Coast is facing extreme heat?
Oil companies have known that fossil fuels would cause heatwaves like this. They ran their own climate models. The science was clear.
Instead of listening to it, they buried the truth.
Now, we’re the ones paying the price.
Oil companies have known that fossil fuels would cause heatwaves like this. They ran their own climate models. The science was clear.
Instead of listening to it, they buried the truth.
Now, we’re the ones paying the price.
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First, Toyota donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
Then, Trump's CFPB said they don't have to pay $40 million in customer refunds anymore.
And now, Trump's DOJ closed its investigation into allegations of Toyota bribery.
Our government is up for sale.
Then, Trump's CFPB said they don't have to pay $40 million in customer refunds anymore.
And now, Trump's DOJ closed its investigation into allegations of Toyota bribery.
Our government is up for sale.
June 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
First, Toyota donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.
Then, Trump's CFPB said they don't have to pay $40 million in customer refunds anymore.
And now, Trump's DOJ closed its investigation into allegations of Toyota bribery.
Our government is up for sale.
Then, Trump's CFPB said they don't have to pay $40 million in customer refunds anymore.
And now, Trump's DOJ closed its investigation into allegations of Toyota bribery.
Our government is up for sale.
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Big Oil has known for over 50 years that burning fossil fuels would cause "globally catastrophic harms."
Those are their own words.
And yet they kept burning.
Listen to David Arkush testify in front of Senate Judiciary on Big Oil's complicity in the climate crisis:
Those are their own words.
And yet they kept burning.
Listen to David Arkush testify in front of Senate Judiciary on Big Oil's complicity in the climate crisis:
June 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Big Oil has known for over 50 years that burning fossil fuels would cause "globally catastrophic harms."
Those are their own words.
And yet they kept burning.
Listen to David Arkush testify in front of Senate Judiciary on Big Oil's complicity in the climate crisis:
Those are their own words.
And yet they kept burning.
Listen to David Arkush testify in front of Senate Judiciary on Big Oil's complicity in the climate crisis:
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Big Oil "knew decades ago that burning fossil fuels would cause, in its own words, 'globally catastrophic' harm."
What did the industry do with that knowledge?
"It actively lied and deceived people," said @darkush.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social
The public deserves accountability!
What did the industry do with that knowledge?
"It actively lied and deceived people," said @darkush.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social
The public deserves accountability!
June 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Big Oil "knew decades ago that burning fossil fuels would cause, in its own words, 'globally catastrophic' harm."
What did the industry do with that knowledge?
"It actively lied and deceived people," said @darkush.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social
The public deserves accountability!
What did the industry do with that knowledge?
"It actively lied and deceived people," said @darkush.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social
The public deserves accountability!
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We are losing to China in a competition for the future.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
June 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We are losing to China in a competition for the future.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
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Starting at 2:30 pm - @darkush.bsky.social and @whitehouse.senate.gov take on climate deniers led by Sen. Ted Cruz in a hearing on the fossil-fuel industry and climate litigation
U.S. Energy Policy and Climate Litigation
Subcommittee hearing entitled “Enter the Dragon—China and the Left’s Lawfare Against American Energy Dominance.” Witnesses: David Arkush, director, climate prog...
hillheat.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Starting at 2:30 pm - @darkush.bsky.social and @whitehouse.senate.gov take on climate deniers led by Sen. Ted Cruz in a hearing on the fossil-fuel industry and climate litigation
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“There would be no question that we would hold them accountable if they caused other types of deaths. This is no different. They foresaw this, they did it anyway, and they hurt people,” said @darkush.bsky.social.
Daughter’s lawsuit aims to hold Big Oil accountable for mother’s death | Center for Climate Integrity
Julie Leon died during the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome, a deadly climate disaster that was fueled by Big Oil’s decades-long deception, lawsuit argues.
climateintegrity.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“There would be no question that we would hold them accountable if they caused other types of deaths. This is no different. They foresaw this, they did it anyway, and they hurt people,” said @darkush.bsky.social.
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Powell has been negligent on addressing climate-related financial risk for some time now. With Trump looming, Powell is ignoring risks and leading the Fed into further retreat.
www.citizen.org/news/from-wi...
www.citizen.org/news/from-wi...
From Wildfires to Wall Street, Powell’s Retreat on Climate Change Puts Economy at Risk
President Trump has no plans to address climate risks other than to bully federal agencies and private institutions into ignoring them, but this reckless approach does not preclude action by the Feder...
www.citizen.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Powell has been negligent on addressing climate-related financial risk for some time now. With Trump looming, Powell is ignoring risks and leading the Fed into further retreat.
www.citizen.org/news/from-wi...
www.citizen.org/news/from-wi...
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Couldn't be prouder to work with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social and @darkush.bsky.social on describing the crime that best captures Big Oil's conduct: causing or risking catastrophe. nyuelj.org/2025/01/caus...
Causing or Risking Climate Catastrophe – Environmental Law Journal
nyuelj.org
January 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Couldn't be prouder to work with @aaronregunberg.bsky.social and @darkush.bsky.social on describing the crime that best captures Big Oil's conduct: causing or risking catastrophe. nyuelj.org/2025/01/caus...
One of the top ten phrases of 2024: climate homicide.
grist.org/culture/aler...
from @gristnews.bsky.social
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from @gristnews.bsky.social
Alert fatigue: The phrase that defined our climate in 2024
From "carbon cowboys" to "snow loss cliff," these 10 terms captured the spirit of the hottest year yet.
grist.org
December 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
One of the top ten phrases of 2024: climate homicide.
grist.org/culture/aler...
from @gristnews.bsky.social
grist.org/culture/aler...
from @gristnews.bsky.social
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Property insurance looks a lot like health insurance: companies take increasingly higher profits while withdrawing coverage and offloading costs to more and more people.
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
December 10, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Property insurance looks a lot like health insurance: companies take increasingly higher profits while withdrawing coverage and offloading costs to more and more people.
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
We can turn it around. Here's how 👇
#WithinOurPower to #InsureOurFuture
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🚨 Maine just became the 9th U.S. state to sue Big Oil for climate deception!
Big Oil companies have lied for decades about the catastrophic harm they knew their products would cause.
Now it's time for accountability.
climateintegrity.org/news/view/ma...
Big Oil companies have lied for decades about the catastrophic harm they knew their products would cause.
Now it's time for accountability.
climateintegrity.org/news/view/ma...
November 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
🚨 Maine just became the 9th U.S. state to sue Big Oil for climate deception!
Big Oil companies have lied for decades about the catastrophic harm they knew their products would cause.
Now it's time for accountability.
climateintegrity.org/news/view/ma...
Big Oil companies have lied for decades about the catastrophic harm they knew their products would cause.
Now it's time for accountability.
climateintegrity.org/news/view/ma...
On Monday @senmarkey.bsky.social & Rep. Pressley wrote the Federal Reserve urging it to mitigate climate-related risk by requiring institutions it supervises to "submit and execute plans to align their activities with science-based climate targets, including reducing financed emissions." BFD!
September 22, 2023 at 12:55 PM
On Monday @senmarkey.bsky.social & Rep. Pressley wrote the Federal Reserve urging it to mitigate climate-related risk by requiring institutions it supervises to "submit and execute plans to align their activities with science-based climate targets, including reducing financed emissions." BFD!
It's good that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and Ricardo Lara
are acting to stabilize the CA insurance market.
It's bad that they're ignoring the root of the problem. They should require insurers to stop supporting fossil fuels.
If they don't stop the crisis at the root, it will keep coming back.
are acting to stabilize the CA insurance market.
It's bad that they're ignoring the root of the problem. They should require insurers to stop supporting fossil fuels.
If they don't stop the crisis at the root, it will keep coming back.
September 22, 2023 at 12:51 PM
It's good that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and Ricardo Lara
are acting to stabilize the CA insurance market.
It's bad that they're ignoring the root of the problem. They should require insurers to stop supporting fossil fuels.
If they don't stop the crisis at the root, it will keep coming back.
are acting to stabilize the CA insurance market.
It's bad that they're ignoring the root of the problem. They should require insurers to stop supporting fossil fuels.
If they don't stop the crisis at the root, it will keep coming back.
Insurers like are "screwing the public on climate change" -- abandoning homeowners over climate hams while continuing to insure and invest in fossil fuels. Great coverage from
@emorwee.bsky.social in Heated.
@emorwee.bsky.social in Heated.
September 15, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Insurers like are "screwing the public on climate change" -- abandoning homeowners over climate hams while continuing to insure and invest in fossil fuels. Great coverage from
@emorwee.bsky.social in Heated.
@emorwee.bsky.social in Heated.
I'm not going to call out this guy by name. But can anyone explain how someone who's not a troll could think "net zero by retirement" is clever?
September 1, 2023 at 10:10 PM
I'm not going to call out this guy by name. But can anyone explain how someone who's not a troll could think "net zero by retirement" is clever?
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The transition to clean energy is being driven by economics.
“There is an inexorable economic logic to this transition,” he said. And although the transition needs to go faster, “it provides massive momentum to have the economics on our side.”
“There is an inexorable economic logic to this transition,” he said. And although the transition needs to go faster, “it provides massive momentum to have the economics on our side.”
Chart: Renewables are on track to keep getting cheaper and cheaper
A new report says that ongoing improvements in solar and wind tech will keep driving steep cost declines that make them even more competitive against fossil fuels.
www.canarymedia.com
September 1, 2023 at 12:24 PM
The transition to clean energy is being driven by economics.
“There is an inexorable economic logic to this transition,” he said. And although the transition needs to go faster, “it provides massive momentum to have the economics on our side.”
“There is an inexorable economic logic to this transition,” he said. And although the transition needs to go faster, “it provides massive momentum to have the economics on our side.”
It's bad enough for @politico.com to run API ads. It should at least reject ones that are grossly misleading / nearly outright false. This "car ban" rhetoric is making its way to everyday people as "the EPA wants to ban your car and take it away." False and inflammatory -- and that's the point.
August 31, 2023 at 3:22 PM
It's bad enough for @politico.com to run API ads. It should at least reject ones that are grossly misleading / nearly outright false. This "car ban" rhetoric is making its way to everyday people as "the EPA wants to ban your car and take it away." False and inflammatory -- and that's the point.
Q: In this era, who holds a symposium called "Structural Shifts in the Global Economy" and fails to put climate change and the clean energy transition on the agenda?
A: The Federal Reserve, other central bankers, and top economists.
The absence of leadership is stunning.
A: The Federal Reserve, other central bankers, and top economists.
The absence of leadership is stunning.
August 25, 2023 at 9:17 PM
Q: In this era, who holds a symposium called "Structural Shifts in the Global Economy" and fails to put climate change and the clean energy transition on the agenda?
A: The Federal Reserve, other central bankers, and top economists.
The absence of leadership is stunning.
A: The Federal Reserve, other central bankers, and top economists.
The absence of leadership is stunning.
I have an op ed in the @sfchronicle.bsky.social today with Carly Fabian: Like a Bad Neighbor, State Farm Is Gone.
More tomorrow. It's late, and I'm on vacation!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/state-farm-california-insurance-18175993.php
More tomorrow. It's late, and I'm on vacation!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/state-farm-california-insurance-18175993.php
July 13, 2023 at 1:55 AM
I have an op ed in the @sfchronicle.bsky.social today with Carly Fabian: Like a Bad Neighbor, State Farm Is Gone.
More tomorrow. It's late, and I'm on vacation!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/state-farm-california-insurance-18175993.php
More tomorrow. It's late, and I'm on vacation!
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/state-farm-california-insurance-18175993.php