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DoomsdaysCW

'When #BigOil Says Jump, Republicans Ask How High?' #GOP Sends #ClimateKilling Bill to #Trump'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 #FossilFuel 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 #Trump.

"#BigOil - 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.

"#Methane 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. #MahyarSorour, #SierraClub'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 #polluters #accountable 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.'"

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#BigOilAndGas #USPol #ClimateCatastrophe #MakePollutersPay

Common Dreams · 'When Big Oil Says Jump, Republicans Ask How High?' GOP Sends Climate-Killing Bill to Trump's Desk | Common DreamsClimate advocates argue congressional Republicans are endangering the planet and public health by sending a bill to repeal the Methane Emissions Reduction Program to President Donald Trump's desk.
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Greenpeace International

How on Earth is it normal that billionaires grow richer every second while millions struggle to afford food, housing and survive climate disasters?

Inequality is out of control because our system rewards wealth with more wealth. This isn’t just unfair—it’s a feedback loop driving us toward collapse.

The ultra-rich and big polluters must pay.

(Facts and figures from Oxfam International’s 2022 Carbon Inequality Kills report.)

The ultra rich trying to justify all the suffering, destruction and death that comes with how they got rich. The entire world right now ...
Billionaires generate more CO2 emissions in 90 minutes than the average person does in their entire lifetime.
#TaxTheSuperRich#MakePollutersPay#FightInequality
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Kerry

#California Senator Menjivar & Assembly Member Addis have officially introduced the #PollutersPay Climate Superfund Act!
If lawmakers don’t act, California taxpayers will continue to be stuck with enormous cleanup bills for the climate destruction Big Oil helped create. Oil CEOs got rich, and now they want YOU to pay for the damage their pollution has caused.

📢 Tell CA lawmakers: MAKE POLLUTERS PAY. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca

A color photograph showing the burned remains of residential structures. At the top of the image is a receipt: Wildfire cleanup $$,$$$,$$$,$$$ Public health costs $$,$$$,$$$,$$$ Environmental damage $$,$$$,$$$,$$$ Property damage $$,$$$,$$$,$$$ Total cost of climate-driven LA fires: $250,000,000,000.00+ Slogan: The public shouldn't be stuck with this bill...support the Climate Superfund Bill
#SB684#AB1243#MakePollutersPay
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1. Neu-Kelte 🌻💙💛🌻

We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please!🙏
#TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #cooltheclimate #CapitalismKills
juancole.com/2025/01/tundra-st

Informed Comment · The Worst News from 2024: CO2 Went up again, as Tundra starts to Emit CarbonAnn Arbor (Informed Comment) - The wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo made 2024 a hard year to bear for anyone following them, and unfortunately it was all too easy to spend the year doom scrolling through the horrid video feeds that testified to humanity's inhumanity. The fate of the whole earth -- of its trillions of life forms, including billions of humans -- also took a turn for the worse. The World Meteorological Organization projected total global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2024 to be 41.6 billion tons. Some 37.4 billion
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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖

and to disgorge all of the profits obtained while acting unlawfully — a remedy that #Exxon tried and failed to get dismissed at the early stage of the #litigation.

#Vermont is now on track to enter the discovery phase, during which the State can obtain additional evidence of #BigOil ’s #climate lies that could be presented to a jury at trial.

It's time for accountability. It's time to #MakePollutersPay

By Center for Climate Integrity

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E&E News by POLITICO · Vermont secures win over oil industry in climate caseA state court rejected an effort to dismiss Vermont's claims that companies misled consumers about the dangers of burning fossil fuels.
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