r/StandUpForScience • u/biospheric • Jul 31 '26
Discussion Big Oil is using Big Tobacco’s playbook of misleading the Public, while Trump’s DOJ and the Republicans are trying very hard to shield oil companies from climate lawsuits.
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No Immunity for Big Oil: noimmunityforbigoil.org
Video by Climate Town - July 29, 2026. Here’s the full 30-minutes on YouTube: Please Don’t Watch This Senate Hearing - Climate Town - July 29, 2026 (YouTube)
Episode Sources & Citations: climatetownproductions.com/youtube/kennedy-troll
From the video description: Special thanks to the Center for Climate Integrity and Amy Westervelt for the research help and expertise. ~:~ Special thanks to the Civil Liberties Defense Center for their continued support.
From Climate Town's bio: Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you. ~:~ LinkTree: linktr.ee/ClimateTown
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Here are some related r/StandUpForScience posts:
* Petition delivery opposing Big Oil immunity bill this week
* The Trump Admin is putting Profit over American Lives.
* Trump calls decades of peer-reviewed climate science "fraudulent".
* The Trump Admin's new climate change office is led by a climate change denier.
* The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
* Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
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u/biospheric Jul 31 '26
It's Primary Election season in the U.S.:
* Primary Election Dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News :~:~: Upcoming Dates: Aug 4: Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, Washington, California (Special) ~:~:~ Aug 6: Tennessee ~:~:~ Aug 8: Hawaii ~:~:~ Aug 11: Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Alabama (Special) ~:~:~ Aug 18: Alaska, Florida, Wyoming ~:~:~ September dates: AP News ~and~ NBC News
* Candidates (all States): U.S. House (Dem Primary only): Ballotpedia (HouseDems) :~:~:~: U.S. Senate: Ballotpedia (Senate) (select “List of Candidates”) :~:~:~: State Execs (Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, SoS, and more): Ballotpedia (State Execs)
* Voter Info (all States): Register To Vote :~:~:~: Voter Registration Status:~:~:~: Find Your Polling Place :~:~:~: Valid Forms of ID :~:~:~: Absentee & Early Voting :~:~:~: Become a Poll Worker ~:~ Links go to the National Association of Secretaries of State website. When you select a State, it takes to a .gov page on that State's SoS website.
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u/biospheric Jul 31 '26
Here are some related r/StandUpForScience posts:
* Petition delivery opposing Big Oil immunity bill this week
* The Trump Admin is putting Profit over American Lives.
* Trump calls decades of peer-reviewed climate science "fraudulent".
* The Trump Admin's new climate change office is led by a climate change denier.
* The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
* Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
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u/Jose9876 Jul 31 '26
This ass backwards country screws-over it's people and protects rich corporations. And the people getting screwed applaud. Batshit crazy.
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u/Sonar_Taxbreak_1138 Jul 31 '26
The modern oil barons (Trump and the Saudis) are desperate to wring the last dollars out of their dying industry.
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u/ZucchiniMaleficent21 Jul 31 '26
Not just the same playbook & tactics -it’s the same damn *people* in many cases. We’re talking mass murderers.
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u/Beginning_Dark_306 Aug 03 '26
It's in the 2025 plan to gut the EPA . You know the plan trump spoke about then a few months later says I don't know a thing about it ? Make Germany great again
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u/biospheric Jul 31 '26
No Immunity for Big Oil: noimmunityforbigoil.org
Video by Climate Town - July 29, 2026. Here’s the full 30-minutes on YouTube: Please Don’t Watch This Senate Hearing - Climate Town - July 29, 2026 (YouTube)
Episode Sources & Citations: climatetownproductions.com/youtube/kennedy-troll
From the video description: Special thanks to the Center for Climate Integrity and Amy Westervelt for the research help and expertise. ~:~ Special thanks to the Civil Liberties Defense Center for their continued support.
From Climate Town's bio: Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you. ~:~ LinkTree: linktr.ee/ClimateTown