Shilpi Chhotray
@shilpichhotray.bsky.social
Co-Founder @counterstream.bsky.social | Host of A People’s Climate @TheNation.com
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How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
www.thenation.com
‼️The climate story is being shaped by the very industries causing climate chaos.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
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These aren’t isolated NIMBY fights but a regional reckoning with a century of extraction. As heat and storms worsen, #Exxon still calls its #oil and petrochemical expansion “accelerating a just transition” —a claim verging on self-parody. share.google/9rj2v2CyzIQK... via @shilpichhotray.bsky.social
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
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November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
These aren’t isolated NIMBY fights but a regional reckoning with a century of extraction. As heat and storms worsen, #Exxon still calls its #oil and petrochemical expansion “accelerating a just transition” —a claim verging on self-parody. share.google/9rj2v2CyzIQK... via @shilpichhotray.bsky.social
A Texas shrimper just made ExxonMobil pause a $10 billion plastics project.
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A Texas shrimper just made ExxonMobil pause a $10 billion plastics project.
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
My new op-ed in @us.theguardian.com explores how Diane Wilson and her community used a local court challenge to pressure one of the world’s most powerful oil companies.
Palestinian seed saver and conservationist Vivien Sansour explains why environmental annihilation is a weapon of war — and why climate movements must speak clearly about genocide.
Hear the latest episode of A People's Climate for @thenation.com.
Hear the latest episode of A People's Climate for @thenation.com.
Seeds of Resistance, With Vivien Sansour
On A People's Climate: “If you want to support Palestine, get free.”
www.thenation.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Palestinian seed saver and conservationist Vivien Sansour explains why environmental annihilation is a weapon of war — and why climate movements must speak clearly about genocide.
Hear the latest episode of A People's Climate for @thenation.com.
Hear the latest episode of A People's Climate for @thenation.com.
Tennessee Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is taking on unchecked corporate power grabs: from Big Oil to Big Tech.
In S. Memphis, Musk’s xAI data centers are polluting the air, guzzling water, and undermining hard-won environmental protections.
Hear our timely conversation for @thenation.com
In S. Memphis, Musk’s xAI data centers are polluting the air, guzzling water, and undermining hard-won environmental protections.
Hear our timely conversation for @thenation.com
Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson
“No matter how many billions you have, you don't have enough to buy our lives.”
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tennessee Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social is taking on unchecked corporate power grabs: from Big Oil to Big Tech.
In S. Memphis, Musk’s xAI data centers are polluting the air, guzzling water, and undermining hard-won environmental protections.
Hear our timely conversation for @thenation.com
In S. Memphis, Musk’s xAI data centers are polluting the air, guzzling water, and undermining hard-won environmental protections.
Hear our timely conversation for @thenation.com
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This is cool: @shilpichhotray.bsky.social interviews @justinjpearson.bsky.social for her podcast "A People's Climate" talking about his work defending Memphis communities from oil companies and Elon Musk. Happy to have connected them. Check it out!
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Memphis vs. Musk, With Representative Justin J. Pearson
“No matter how many billions you have, you don't have enough to buy our lives.”
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is cool: @shilpichhotray.bsky.social interviews @justinjpearson.bsky.social for her podcast "A People's Climate" talking about his work defending Memphis communities from oil companies and Elon Musk. Happy to have connected them. Check it out!
@thenation.com @counterstream.bsky.social 1/
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Leah Penniman from Soil Fire Farm breaks down how land justice and reparations can drive policy, people power, and a movement to dismantle Big Ag.
🌾 We also trace the legacy of stolen land, wealth disparities, and the fight to build Black land commons on A People’s Climate for @thenation.com.
🌾 We also trace the legacy of stolen land, wealth disparities, and the fight to build Black land commons on A People’s Climate for @thenation.com.
All Revolution Is Based on Land, with Leah Penniman
On A People's Climate: What the soil can teach us in the fight for climate justice.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Leah Penniman from Soil Fire Farm breaks down how land justice and reparations can drive policy, people power, and a movement to dismantle Big Ag.
🌾 We also trace the legacy of stolen land, wealth disparities, and the fight to build Black land commons on A People’s Climate for @thenation.com.
🌾 We also trace the legacy of stolen land, wealth disparities, and the fight to build Black land commons on A People’s Climate for @thenation.com.
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Solving the climate crisis takes innovation and connection. 🌱
Hear Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman on A People’s Climate with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social exploring #food justice, land, and liberation.
By @counterstream.bsky.social
🎧 lnkd.in/esiN-9mC
#Land #Soil #Farming #Farms
Hear Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman on A People’s Climate with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social exploring #food justice, land, and liberation.
By @counterstream.bsky.social
🎧 lnkd.in/esiN-9mC
#Land #Soil #Farming #Farms
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Solving the climate crisis takes innovation and connection. 🌱
Hear Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman on A People’s Climate with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social exploring #food justice, land, and liberation.
By @counterstream.bsky.social
🎧 lnkd.in/esiN-9mC
#Land #Soil #Farming #Farms
Hear Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman on A People’s Climate with @shilpichhotray.bsky.social exploring #food justice, land, and liberation.
By @counterstream.bsky.social
🎧 lnkd.in/esiN-9mC
#Land #Soil #Farming #Farms
‼️The climate story is being shaped by the very industries causing climate chaos.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
‼️The climate story is being shaped by the very industries causing climate chaos.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
Edelman built the fossil fuel playbook and now it’s running comms for COP30. Meanwhile, frontline communities have a different story to tell.
My latest for @thenation.com.
The Klamath River runs through the heart of Yurok life. For decades, the community fought to free it — and in 2024, they won.
I spoke with Yurok Tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis about what it means to restore a river, a people, and a way of life in my latest conversation for @thenation.com.
I spoke with Yurok Tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis about what it means to restore a river, a people, and a way of life in my latest conversation for @thenation.com.
The Water Remembers, With Amy Bowers Cordalis
On A People's Climate: The largest dam removal in US history.
www.thenation.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Klamath River runs through the heart of Yurok life. For decades, the community fought to free it — and in 2024, they won.
I spoke with Yurok Tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis about what it means to restore a river, a people, and a way of life in my latest conversation for @thenation.com.
I spoke with Yurok Tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis about what it means to restore a river, a people, and a way of life in my latest conversation for @thenation.com.
In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, I chat with Nick Tilsen of @ndncollective.bsky.social about Indigenous sovereignty, #LandBack, & the power of collective organizing.
Nick's fight is deeply connected to the struggle for Palestinian freedom: rooted in resistance to occupation & erasure.
Nick's fight is deeply connected to the struggle for Palestinian freedom: rooted in resistance to occupation & erasure.
It’s Never a Strategy to Remain Quiet, With Nick Tilsen
On A People's Climate: A call for big, bad, bold courage.
www.thenation.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, I chat with Nick Tilsen of @ndncollective.bsky.social about Indigenous sovereignty, #LandBack, & the power of collective organizing.
Nick's fight is deeply connected to the struggle for Palestinian freedom: rooted in resistance to occupation & erasure.
Nick's fight is deeply connected to the struggle for Palestinian freedom: rooted in resistance to occupation & erasure.
ICE criminalizes survival.
In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors unpacks the science behind movements — and why the fight for abolition is inseparable from the fight for a livable planet.
narrativeedit.substack.com/p/patrisse-c...
In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors unpacks the science behind movements — and why the fight for abolition is inseparable from the fight for a livable planet.
narrativeedit.substack.com/p/patrisse-c...
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
ICE criminalizes survival.
In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors unpacks the science behind movements — and why the fight for abolition is inseparable from the fight for a livable planet.
narrativeedit.substack.com/p/patrisse-c...
In my latest conversation for @thenation.com, #BlackLivesMatter co-founder Patrisse Cullors unpacks the science behind movements — and why the fight for abolition is inseparable from the fight for a livable planet.
narrativeedit.substack.com/p/patrisse-c...
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Today, we’re revisiting a powerful story from Peace & Riot with @raniabatrice.bsky.social that explores the intersections of climate justice and Palestinian liberation.
Read the story here: tinyurl.com/palestine-cl...
Read the story here: tinyurl.com/palestine-cl...
Palestinian Land, Heritage, and Identity — Peace & Riot
As the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, Rania Batrice has blazed a life path as a voice for the silenced including the topics of gun violence, climate change, immigration, and women’s rights. Rania...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today, we’re revisiting a powerful story from Peace & Riot with @raniabatrice.bsky.social that explores the intersections of climate justice and Palestinian liberation.
Read the story here: tinyurl.com/palestine-cl...
Read the story here: tinyurl.com/palestine-cl...
Patrisse Cullors, artist, abolitionist, and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter talks about the science behind movements and what it takes to build solidarity across climate and racial justice in my latest conversation for @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/podcast/envi...
www.thenation.com/podcast/envi...
Mass Movements, With Patrisse Cullors
On Episode 2 of A People's Climate: This is when people-powered movements matter most.
www.thenation.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Patrisse Cullors, artist, abolitionist, and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter talks about the science behind movements and what it takes to build solidarity across climate and racial justice in my latest conversation for @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/podcast/envi...
www.thenation.com/podcast/envi...
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We’re listening to “A People’s Climate” by
our friends @counterstream.bsky.social which just launched last weekend👏
The show exposes the omissions in climate coverage while amplifying the voices of the people most harmed by ecological violence when we talk about climate change.
Listen ⤵️
our friends @counterstream.bsky.social which just launched last weekend👏
The show exposes the omissions in climate coverage while amplifying the voices of the people most harmed by ecological violence when we talk about climate change.
Listen ⤵️
September 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We’re listening to “A People’s Climate” by
our friends @counterstream.bsky.social which just launched last weekend👏
The show exposes the omissions in climate coverage while amplifying the voices of the people most harmed by ecological violence when we talk about climate change.
Listen ⤵️
our friends @counterstream.bsky.social which just launched last weekend👏
The show exposes the omissions in climate coverage while amplifying the voices of the people most harmed by ecological violence when we talk about climate change.
Listen ⤵️
The first episode of A People’s Climate for @thenation.com is here 🎙️
Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper took on the sixth largest chemical company in the world and won.
But her story goes far deeper: decades of organizing for prison reform, anti-war, and the fight for human dignity.
Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper took on the sixth largest chemical company in the world and won.
But her story goes far deeper: decades of organizing for prison reform, anti-war, and the fight for human dignity.
🎙️ Breaking Down Walls: Diane Wilson’s Relentless Fight for Justice
The first episode of A People’s Climate, a new podcast for The Nation, uncovers the radical history of one woman’s fight against corporate power, mass incarceration, and militarism
open.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The first episode of A People’s Climate for @thenation.com is here 🎙️
Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper took on the sixth largest chemical company in the world and won.
But her story goes far deeper: decades of organizing for prison reform, anti-war, and the fight for human dignity.
Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper took on the sixth largest chemical company in the world and won.
But her story goes far deeper: decades of organizing for prison reform, anti-war, and the fight for human dignity.
The climate crisis isn’t just about carbon.
It’s about democracy, power, and whose lives are treated as expendable
Read my op ed: The Climate Crisis Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them.
And learn more in A People’s Climate, @counterstream.bsky.social's new podcast with @thenation.com🎙️
It’s about democracy, power, and whose lives are treated as expendable
Read my op ed: The Climate Crisis Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them.
And learn more in A People’s Climate, @counterstream.bsky.social's new podcast with @thenation.com🎙️
The Climate Movement Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them.
The people most harmed by ecological violence are usually the least represented in the stories we consume about climate change. That’s why the podcast A People’s Climate exists.
www.thenation.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The climate crisis isn’t just about carbon.
It’s about democracy, power, and whose lives are treated as expendable
Read my op ed: The Climate Crisis Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them.
And learn more in A People’s Climate, @counterstream.bsky.social's new podcast with @thenation.com🎙️
It’s about democracy, power, and whose lives are treated as expendable
Read my op ed: The Climate Crisis Has Blind Spots. We’re Here to Expose Them.
And learn more in A People’s Climate, @counterstream.bsky.social's new podcast with @thenation.com🎙️
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Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/
September 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/
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@abc7news.bsky.social asked about climate blind spots. @shilpichhotray.bsky.social said the ‘A People’s Climate’ podcast “isn’t climate talk as usual”—it highlights environmental justice, inequities in climate systems, and links to racial justice solutions. slingshot.twdc.com/getfile.php?...
September 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@abc7news.bsky.social asked about climate blind spots. @shilpichhotray.bsky.social said the ‘A People’s Climate’ podcast “isn’t climate talk as usual”—it highlights environmental justice, inequities in climate systems, and links to racial justice solutions. slingshot.twdc.com/getfile.php?...
Joined Kari Hall on @nbcbayarea.com to talk about our new podcast "A People’s Climate" 🎙️ launching with @thenation.com.
First episode drops Sept 27 🔥
Learn more: www.counterstream.org/apc-podcast
First episode drops Sept 27 🔥
Learn more: www.counterstream.org/apc-podcast
How climate change affects people of color
Environmentalist and social justice advocate Shilpi Chhotray talks about how climate change affects people of color
www.nbcbayarea.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Joined Kari Hall on @nbcbayarea.com to talk about our new podcast "A People’s Climate" 🎙️ launching with @thenation.com.
First episode drops Sept 27 🔥
Learn more: www.counterstream.org/apc-podcast
First episode drops Sept 27 🔥
Learn more: www.counterstream.org/apc-podcast
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Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.
Displaced in Gaza
Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the ...
progressive.org
August 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.
The International Court of Justice can name climate obligations. Why won’t it confirm genocide? prismreports.org/2025/08/14/i...
Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to connect these fights, and for their fearless coverage of Gaza.
Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to connect these fights, and for their fearless coverage of Gaza.
ICJ can name climate obligations. Why won’t it confirm genocide?
The International Court of Justice’s silence on Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestinians reveals how international law fails the vulnerable
prismreports.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The International Court of Justice can name climate obligations. Why won’t it confirm genocide? prismreports.org/2025/08/14/i...
Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to connect these fights, and for their fearless coverage of Gaza.
Grateful to @prismreports.org for the space to connect these fights, and for their fearless coverage of Gaza.
🏭 In Louisiana, telling the truth about air pollution could cost you $1 million.
@descendantsproject.bsky.social
@descendantsproject.bsky.social
Pollution is legal. Reporting it carries a million dollar fine.
At the heart of a new lawsuit against Louisiana: a battle over narrative, public health, and the right to tell the truth.
narrativeedit.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🏭 In Louisiana, telling the truth about air pollution could cost you $1 million.
@descendantsproject.bsky.social
@descendantsproject.bsky.social
Our team is thrilled to be shortlisted for the International Women’s Podcast Awards in the category for “changing the world one moment at a time!”
Take a peek and listen our episode titled “Protest” with @candicefortin.bsky.social of @350.org hosted and created by yours truly. ✨🎙️
Take a peek and listen our episode titled “Protest” with @candicefortin.bsky.social of @350.org hosted and created by yours truly. ✨🎙️
2025 International Women's Podcast Awards - Shortlist 2025
2025 International Women's Podcast Awards - Shortlist 2025
ipwa.evessiocloud.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Our team is thrilled to be shortlisted for the International Women’s Podcast Awards in the category for “changing the world one moment at a time!”
Take a peek and listen our episode titled “Protest” with @candicefortin.bsky.social of @350.org hosted and created by yours truly. ✨🎙️
Take a peek and listen our episode titled “Protest” with @candicefortin.bsky.social of @350.org hosted and created by yours truly. ✨🎙️
Western legacy outlets have downplayed 18 months of genocide, softened the language of ethnic cleansing, and censored those reporting the truth.
This isn’t just media bias. It’s narrative control.
This isn’t just media bias. It’s narrative control.
I Don’t Trust Western Legacy Media. And Neither Should You.
Plus an explosive exposé on ICE from The Margin.
substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Western legacy outlets have downplayed 18 months of genocide, softened the language of ethnic cleansing, and censored those reporting the truth.
This isn’t just media bias. It’s narrative control.
This isn’t just media bias. It’s narrative control.
Cop City opened. But the resistance is far from over.
From Atlanta to Palestine, the logic is the same: surveillance, force, and control.
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @prismreports.org
From Atlanta to Palestine, the logic is the same: surveillance, force, and control.
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @prismreports.org
Cop City opened. Environmental racism isn’t random. It’s designed.
And why Critical Race Theory should be part of every climate agenda.
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Cop City opened. But the resistance is far from over.
From Atlanta to Palestine, the logic is the same: surveillance, force, and control.
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @prismreports.org
From Atlanta to Palestine, the logic is the same: surveillance, force, and control.
@stopcopcity.bsky.social @prismreports.org