This is terrifying.

Not the headline... I'm familiar with the science. No, what's terrifying is how far I had to dig through my news notifications to find this story.

What's terrifying is that this headline is not #trending on every social media platform.

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Equitrans just got a $1M fine for its gross negligence in 2022. Equitrans is facing criminal charges for a house explosion that burned a family. Our gov't greenlit Equitrans-backed MVP to run a methane gas pipeline across steep slopes. More by Denali Sai Nalamalapu. powhr.org/equitrans-fine…

Equitrans got a $1M fine for its gross negligence in 2022. Equitrans is facing criminal charges for a house explosion that burned a family. US FERC greHOW MUCH MORE RBC need to go into your client? If I were you, I'd ask for my money back. Dallas Goldtooth

Hydrogen is a false solution for addressing #climatecatastrophe !

Learn why & join with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network to fend off the Mach2 Hydrogen Hub: delawareriverkeeper.org/ongoing-issues…

ALL the most carbon-polluting countries are 'doing everything we can' to address climate change except phasing out fossil fuels, ending #overconsumption (especially by the richest), or changing business as usual.

These pictures sum up where that puts us:

'participants inferred that there was a greater risk to human welfare from this phenomenon when the information was provided by a scientist who had been involved in disruptive activism.'

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Stellar reporting from Emily Atkin & Arielle Samuelson exposing Big Oil's 'pay to play' strategy to capture state AGs and, in turn, the US legal system.

Important to understand rn as GOP AGs & Big Oil allies urge #SCOTUS to kill Honolulu's climate suit 🧑‍⚖️

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NEW STUDY: Air pollution from flaring and venting operations cause 710 deaths each year, 73,000 asthma exacerbations in kids, and > $7.4 billion in health damages.

Louder: Flaring and venting kill two people a day. Human sacrifices for fossil fuels. insideclimatenews.org/news/20032024/…

'Community members living near the Mountain Valley Pipeline have long questioned the narrowness of the estimated blast zone and it’s urgent for PHMSA to reevaluate those estimates.”

Make no mistake: there is only one way to possibly save coral reefs. Only one. And it is to end fossil fuels. This is also the only way we can ultimately save ourselves.

Happening now: 100+ people have turned out to hear Dominion Energy spout claims about the proposed #MoriahEnergyCenter . Community members have yellow #NoMEC signs and buttons because they’re not taking any questions from community members.

The American Gas Association is using money from your gas bills to support misinformation campaigns and fan the flames of the climate crisis. Your bills shouldn’t have to rise while the temperatures do—that’s why I joined Hot & Toxic powered by Gas Leaks today to call out this issue.

HAPPENING NOW!! Grandparents Ted and Jane are blockading Honeysuckle Rd on Poor Mtn in VA with a large wooden possum, preventing Mountain Valley Pipeline construction. Join a support rally at the site of the blockade! #NoMVP

Another anti-Mountain Valley Pipeline action, from Appalachians Against Pipelines:
Ted Glick (74) and Jane Califf (83) have locked themselves to a large wooden possum, blocking MVP's access to the pipeline easement, a work yard, and 2 access roads.

Sulphur Louisiana water today 4/9/24. If only all the industry here actually paid taxes and cared about the community. This is unacceptable. #EnvironmentalProtection #environmentaljustice Michael Regan, U.S. EPA @EPA

“The climate crisis is a human rights crisis, and states have human rights obligations to act urgently and effectively and in line with the best available science to prevent further devastation and harm to people and the environment.”
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Thank legislators standing up to the Chesterfield gas plant vaipl.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/petiti…

The Government Accountability Office has uncovered dangerous pitfalls in the federal pipeline safety agency’s ability to adequately ensure safety of methane gas pipelines like MVP. 🧵

Hope you can join us!

Image: VT Appalachian Studies logo
“No Research on a Dead Planet”: Preserving the Socio-Ecological Conditions for Academia
with Dr. Aaron Thierry
Drawing of hands holding the earth.
April 24 | 12:15-1:30pm ET | Zoom
Register: tinyurl.com/57e6sv4y

This is backward.

Governor Glenn Youngkin's suggested change is lowering the limit for any Dominion customer bill increase to $1.40. Floor amendments from Delegate Candi Mundon King had the limit at $1.75.

Check out the second to last line of the 3/25 and 4/8 versions.

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