
David Arkush
@david_arkush
Climate crisis + finreg @Public_Citizen, @rooseveltinst. Views are my own, except the ones that aren't.
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23-07-2008 21:37:50
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Hey all — this is MASSIVE. We’re building the case for criminal prosecution of Big Oil brick by brick. Here is the first “prosecution memo” that lays out the case for filing, and winning, criminal charges for “reckless endangerment.” The law is clear. Barriers are only political.


Big news! New York officials want Big Oil to be criminally prosecuted. The crime: reckless endangerment - knowingly engaging in conduct that risks injuring or killing someone. Sounds right. Memo from Public Citizen & Fair and Just Prosecution. 𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗 has the scoop theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o…

Lock up any flammable liquids before clicking because this interview is 🔥🔥🔥 Aaron Regunberg discusses a new Public Citizen analysis on prosecuting Big Oil for reckless endangerment on Spectrum News NY1. ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…

Kamala Harris ran away from climate. But climate is one of Dems' best opportunities to tell stories that, like Trump's, have clear villains and center the way elites (like Big Oil CEOs) are hurting working class people. It's time for climate populism. newrepublic.com/article/188679…

Couldn't be prouder to work with Aaron Regunberg and David Arkush on describing the crime that best captures Big Oil's conduct: causing or risking catastrophe. nyuelj.org/2025/01/causin…


Over 7,500 Public Citizen members just called on Toyota USA to stop funding climate deniers and stop lobbying against climate action. We just delivered the petitions to Toyota's DC lobbying office. More info here: citizen.org/news/public-ci…






Sheldon Whitehouse asked Ted Cruz if he would allow David Arkush to answer a question he was asked Cruz: "You're welcome to sing, you can recite poetry in iambic pentameter, you can blow a kazoo, you can do whatever you wish."

Sheldon Whitehouse Ted Cruz David Arkush btw i wrote about the case for climate homicide: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…


So great to see David Arkush call Ted Cruz on his bullshit!

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:

