Lee Wasserman
@lw-3.bsky.social
director, Rockefeller Family Fund
We work to mitigate climate catastrophe, improve our democracy, & narrow the economic divide. Quite busy.
We work to mitigate climate catastrophe, improve our democracy, & narrow the economic divide. Quite busy.
Oil industry & its captive allies in government go into anaphylactic shock when facing climate accountability. While communities pay financially & with their health, companies make record profits. Quite a business model. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/c...
Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Oil industry & its captive allies in government go into anaphylactic shock when facing climate accountability. While communities pay financially & with their health, companies make record profits. Quite a business model. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/c...
Academic freedom fighters are staying strong in the face of seek & destroy fossil allies. Thank you @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Academic freedom fighters are staying strong in the face of seek & destroy fossil allies. Thank you @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Guess this comes under the category “do what I say, not what I do.” www.exxonknews.org/p/abbott-say...
Abbott says megafloods are “just part of nature.” The fossil fuel industry disagrees.
One month before the Texas floods, gas industry representatives gathered to discuss how to protect themselves from worsening extreme weather.
www.exxonknews.org
July 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Guess this comes under the category “do what I say, not what I do.” www.exxonknews.org/p/abbott-say...
Lovely project & metaphor.
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen.
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
This would help our bees "
via I Love Bees
June 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Lovely project & metaphor.
An important moment in climate accountability — first wrongful death case against oil companies filed. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
An important moment in climate accountability — first wrongful death case against oil companies filed. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...
New breakthrough climate attribution study suggests that for heat alone, Chevron’s emissions, for example, are responsible for trillions in damages. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
New Study Could Bolster Climate Laws to Make Polluters Pay
Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific responsibility.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
New breakthrough climate attribution study suggests that for heat alone, Chevron’s emissions, for example, are responsible for trillions in damages. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/c...
White House doesn’t recognize Federalism when it comes to states trying to protect their citizens from the climate catastrophe many oil companies knew was coming decades ago. now--https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-energy-from-state-overreach/
April 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
White House doesn’t recognize Federalism when it comes to states trying to protect their citizens from the climate catastrophe many oil companies knew was coming decades ago. now--https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-energy-from-state-overreach/
Sometimes it seems the fossil fuel industry & their allies spend more time seeking & drilling climate advocates than oil & gas. Sad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target.
A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Sometimes it seems the fossil fuel industry & their allies spend more time seeking & drilling climate advocates than oil & gas. Sad.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/c...
"In his new book... the legal scholar @casssunstein.bsky.social cites one estimate that, since 1990, carbon from the world’s five largest emitters is responsible for $6 trillion in income loss around the world." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/o...
Opinion | What Are You Supposed to Do With Climate Numbers Like These?
A provocative new book asks what we owe one another in a heating world.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"In his new book... the legal scholar @casssunstein.bsky.social cites one estimate that, since 1990, carbon from the world’s five largest emitters is responsible for $6 trillion in income loss around the world." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/o...
You can learn more about NY's groundbreaking climate superfund act in this interview I did w/Capitol Press Room. Thank you Gov Hochul, @lizkrueger.bsky.social & @jeffreydinowitz81.bsky.social--this is what climate leadership looks like! capitolpressroom.org/2025/02/13/n...
Next steps for 'Climate Superfund Act' implementation
Feb. 13, 2025 - New York's groundbreaking law intended to make large polluters pay billions for climate resiliency projects is tied up in the courts, but we still wanted to consider what implementatio...
capitolpressroom.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You can learn more about NY's groundbreaking climate superfund act in this interview I did w/Capitol Press Room. Thank you Gov Hochul, @lizkrueger.bsky.social & @jeffreydinowitz81.bsky.social--this is what climate leadership looks like! capitolpressroom.org/2025/02/13/n...
The opportunities I had to engage with Cecile were always filled with light & possibilities. And she stood up to bullies who threatened those less powerful with grace & tenacity. What a legacy.
Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67
Ms. Richards oversaw the United States’ largest provider of reproductive health care and sex education from 2006 to 2018.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The opportunities I had to engage with Cecile were always filled with light & possibilities. And she stood up to bullies who threatened those less powerful with grace & tenacity. What a legacy.
Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
Cecile Richards, Former Planned Parenthood President, Dies at 67 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...
@govkathyhochul.bsky.social “I signed the Climate Change Superfund Act … and … big corporate polluters who should pay … instead of New York taxpayers. And every other state should follow our lead.”
Couldn't agree more!
Couldn't agree more!
January 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@govkathyhochul.bsky.social “I signed the Climate Change Superfund Act … and … big corporate polluters who should pay … instead of New York taxpayers. And every other state should follow our lead.”
Couldn't agree more!
Couldn't agree more!
"Oil company defendants advance a preemption-by-penumbra argument." It didn't fly for SCOTUS.
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Climate Tort Suits
Today the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Sunoco LP v. Honolulu and Shell PLC v. Honolulu, two petitions from oil companies seeking High Court
reason.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Oil company defendants advance a preemption-by-penumbra argument." It didn't fly for SCOTUS.
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
reason.com/volokh/2025/...
SCOTUS denies cert. On to discovery & accountability for the horrific damage these companies have knowingly caused. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...
Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
The Supreme Court is declining to hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change
abcnews.go.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
SCOTUS denies cert. On to discovery & accountability for the horrific damage these companies have knowingly caused. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...
Reposted by Lee Wasserman
A serious day-after-Christmas present in New York, where great activism means the Empire State will be sending the bill for climate damages off to Big Oil. The Climate Superfund Bill has been signed!!
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
A (successful) test of the state-by-state approach!
A day-after-Christmas present for the planet from Albany, New York
open.substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:14 PM
A serious day-after-Christmas present in New York, where great activism means the Empire State will be sending the bill for climate damages off to Big Oil. The Climate Superfund Bill has been signed!!
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
@govkathleenhochul.bsky.social is the first executive to answer the who-should-pay question decisively: climate polluters, not taxpayers.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:01 PM
@govkathleenhochul.bsky.social is the first executive to answer the who-should-pay question decisively: climate polluters, not taxpayers.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
Climate polluters paying for the damage they caused couldn’t be more fair. Excelsior! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Climate polluters paying for the damage they caused couldn’t be more fair. Excelsior! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
Smart guy...
Interesting! World's 9th richest man divested from fossil fuel stocks last year. "That’s a decision we made as we’ve gotten more involved in climate."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Steve Ballmer, the Non-Investing Guru of Investing
The former CEO’s unconventional and hugely profitable strategy: own a lot of Microsoft.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Smart guy...
It strikes me that the new admin throwing sand in the US auto industry’s gears as the Chinese companies speed away with global market share might not be the move, but maybe I’m missing something.
Chinese consumers want cheap, full-featured EVs and US companies simply don't know how to make them. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/b...
G.M.’s Ailing China Business Will Deal It a $5 Billion Blow
General Motors and other foreign automakers are selling fewer cars and losing lots of money in China, where domestic electric and hybrid cars have taken off.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:28 AM
It strikes me that the new admin throwing sand in the US auto industry’s gears as the Chinese companies speed away with global market share might not be the move, but maybe I’m missing something.
Once again, @doctorvive.bsky.social shoots & scores. Nothing but net.
I read this @arnabdatta.bsky.social OpEd as an apology for a vision of decarbonization that includes ongoing fossil-fuel production. Like all apologies for bad, unworkable climate ideas it misrepresents both the state of play & the costs of its own prescriptions.
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www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...
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Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
Climate purity is a recipe for failure.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Once again, @doctorvive.bsky.social shoots & scores. Nothing but net.
Maybe investing in community groups that serve & empower families & neighbors year round to improve lives & build true political power is a better social investment than this expensive, quadrennial circus. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...
Harris Staffers Went Rogue to Reach Black and Latino Voters in Philadelphia
Worried that the campaign was neglecting voters of color in Philadelphia and other battleground cities, organizers secretly gathered at a Dunkin’ Donuts and elsewhere to get out the vote.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Maybe investing in community groups that serve & empower families & neighbors year round to improve lives & build true political power is a better social investment than this expensive, quadrennial circus. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/u...
So many bread crumbs between oil company allies and climate advocates you could feed a flock of geese.
www.wsj.com/business/eit...
www.wsj.com/business/eit...
The Israeli Investigator Who Delivered Dirt on Exxon’s Enemies
Formerly a sleuth with the Manhattan DA’s office, Eitan Arusy is now caught up in a globe-spanning “hack-and-leak” probe.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:40 AM
So many bread crumbs between oil company allies and climate advocates you could feed a flock of geese.
www.wsj.com/business/eit...
www.wsj.com/business/eit...
Well deserved!
We're less than a week away from our live celebration of 2024 Schneider Award winner @leahstokes.bsky.social! There are still some tickets available, so make sure to snag yours now before we fill up 🎟️
Leah Stokes: 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication
Climate One is delighted to present the 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication to political scientist Leah Stokes.
www.climateone.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Well deserved!
The firm @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social hired was apparently involved in hacking us & advocates to avoid accountability for their decades of deception. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say
The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM
The firm @exxonmobiloil.bsky.social hired was apparently involved in hacking us & advocates to avoid accountability for their decades of deception. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
“I did that,” to quote President Obama in reference to record extraction of oil & gas. Yeah, you really did.
It would be awkward for someone who bragged about making the US the biggest fossil-fuel producer to acknowledge that part of his legacy is worsening climate change.
Obama’s “Our Oceans” on Netflix is amazing. Sure he talks about warming oceans, but doesn’t say what is causing it! What a missed science education opportunity. Sad.
November 26, 2024 at 2:02 PM
“I did that,” to quote President Obama in reference to record extraction of oil & gas. Yeah, you really did.