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✅ Legislative sleight of hand and a handful of friendly congressmen.
✅ A secret deal with the world’s largest pesticide makers.
✅ A bespoke trade group fronted by global soda and snack giants.
Our latest investigation into Exxon's 'advanced recycling' campaign has it all.
✅ A secret deal with the world’s largest pesticide makers.
✅ A bespoke trade group fronted by global soda and snack giants.
Our latest investigation into Exxon's 'advanced recycling' campaign has it all.
Exxon’s ‘Advanced’ Deception Revealed
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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September 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
✅ Legislative sleight of hand and a handful of friendly congressmen.
✅ A secret deal with the world’s largest pesticide makers.
✅ A bespoke trade group fronted by global soda and snack giants.
Our latest investigation into Exxon's 'advanced recycling' campaign has it all.
✅ A secret deal with the world’s largest pesticide makers.
✅ A bespoke trade group fronted by global soda and snack giants.
Our latest investigation into Exxon's 'advanced recycling' campaign has it all.
ICYMI 👇
Join Fieldnotes and @climateintegrity.org on 9/16 for a media briefing previewing what we uncovered investigating the oil & gas industry’s efforts to gut methane regs during the second Trump admin. tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
September 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
ICYMI 👇
NEW: Exxon really doesn’t want you to know it’s behind the “advanced recycling” bill working its way through Congress. fieldnotes.substack.com/p/exxons-adv...
Exxon’s ‘Advanced’ Deception Revealed
Confidential docs show Exxon is waging a campaign of misdirection to weaken rules on its hazardous ‘advanced recycling’ business. The oil giant’s congressional allies don’t want to talk about it.
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September 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Exxon really doesn’t want you to know it’s behind the “advanced recycling” bill working its way through Congress. fieldnotes.substack.com/p/exxons-adv...
To learn more about the oil & gas industry’s decades-long campaign to deflect regulations and how corporations are currently working behind-the-scenes with the Trump admin to gut the rules, tune into our briefing with @climateintegrity.org next week.
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September 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
To learn more about the oil & gas industry’s decades-long campaign to deflect regulations and how corporations are currently working behind-the-scenes with the Trump admin to gut the rules, tune into our briefing with @climateintegrity.org next week.
tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
Join Fieldnotes and @climateintegrity.org on 9/16 for a media briefing previewing what we uncovered investigating the oil & gas industry’s efforts to gut methane regs during the second Trump admin. tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
September 10, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Join Fieldnotes and @climateintegrity.org on 9/16 for a media briefing previewing what we uncovered investigating the oil & gas industry’s efforts to gut methane regs during the second Trump admin. tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
The oil & gas industry wants the Trump admin to maintain the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program but hollow out methane reporting requirements, allowing corporations to continue undercounting the climate pollutant.
@rsanta.bsky.social reports for @nsarchive.bsky.social and @desmog.com bit.ly/4geZ5Ic
@rsanta.bsky.social reports for @nsarchive.bsky.social and @desmog.com bit.ly/4geZ5Ic
Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.
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August 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The oil & gas industry wants the Trump admin to maintain the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program but hollow out methane reporting requirements, allowing corporations to continue undercounting the climate pollutant.
@rsanta.bsky.social reports for @nsarchive.bsky.social and @desmog.com bit.ly/4geZ5Ic
@rsanta.bsky.social reports for @nsarchive.bsky.social and @desmog.com bit.ly/4geZ5Ic
Fracking wastewater - which can be ☢️ radioactive ☢️ - is migrating to the surface in Marietta, OH, leading to growing concerns due to the close proximity of injection wells to the city's aquifer. Must read from @quinnglabicki.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Fracking wastewater - which can be ☢️ radioactive ☢️ - is migrating to the surface in Marietta, OH, leading to growing concerns due to the close proximity of injection wells to the city's aquifer. Must read from @quinnglabicki.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
NEW: Kate Yoder @grist.org on Exxon and the oil & gas industry entering 'panic mode' as climate lawsuits creep towards trial. https://bit.ly/44HwMgf
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters 'panic mode'
With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.
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July 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM
NEW: Kate Yoder @grist.org on Exxon and the oil & gas industry entering 'panic mode' as climate lawsuits creep towards trial. https://bit.ly/44HwMgf
Read the extended version of our investigation into Harold Hamm and the Council for a Secure America here. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
(Art by Barbara Gibson)
(Art by Barbara Gibson)
July 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Read the extended version of our investigation into Harold Hamm and the Council for a Secure America here. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
(Art by Barbara Gibson)
(Art by Barbara Gibson)
"It's all relative" 🤔
Quite a statement from Harold Hamm, fracking billionaire and Trump megadonor.
Learn more here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Learn more here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
July 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"It's all relative" 🤔
IN THE TANK: Harold Hamm downplayed the risks of war in Iran for years. He was wrong, but now stands to profit from the energy crisis the war set off. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
July 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
IN THE TANK: Harold Hamm downplayed the risks of war in Iran for years. He was wrong, but now stands to profit from the energy crisis the war set off. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
NEW: Fieldnotes' @joshvoorhees.bsky.social reveals how Trump megadonor & fracking magnate Harold Hamm spent years downplaying the risks of war w/ Iran in a new investigation w/ @us.theguardian.com. Hamm now stands to profit from the energy crisis the war has triggered. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
Trump’s ‘Original Oil Guy’ Spent Years Dismissing the Risks of a War…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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July 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
NEW: Fieldnotes' @joshvoorhees.bsky.social reveals how Trump megadonor & fracking magnate Harold Hamm spent years downplaying the risks of war w/ Iran in a new investigation w/ @us.theguardian.com. Hamm now stands to profit from the energy crisis the war has triggered. fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
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Small #FOIA win: @fieldnotes.co obtained EPA HQ visitor logs that have more info than the logs publicly available on EPA’s website.
You can check out the logs here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
You can check out the logs here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
EPA HQ Visitor Logs (Jan. - Oct. 2025) - results of FOIA appeal
www.documentcloud.org
June 24, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Small #FOIA win: @fieldnotes.co obtained EPA HQ visitor logs that have more info than the logs publicly available on EPA’s website.
You can check out the logs here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
You can check out the logs here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Billionaire donor with highly polluting business gets special favors from Trump admin. This basic story is repeating itself hundreds of times over, in every corner of policy. It will be all but impossible to undo or reverse them all -- it's difficult to even *track* them.
Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.
Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very...
www.propublica.org
June 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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@alexcuadros.bsky.social's new investigation for @propublica.org is fantastic.
It's got everything:
➡️ On-the-ground reporting from the oilfield!
➡️ Behind-the-scenes industry mtgs w/ admin officials!
➡️ FOIA records from @fieldnotes.co! 😆
Take some time to read the whole thing—it's well worth it!
It's got everything:
➡️ On-the-ground reporting from the oilfield!
➡️ Behind-the-scenes industry mtgs w/ admin officials!
➡️ FOIA records from @fieldnotes.co! 😆
Take some time to read the whole thing—it's well worth it!
Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.
Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very...
www.propublica.org
June 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
@alexcuadros.bsky.social's new investigation for @propublica.org is fantastic.
It's got everything:
➡️ On-the-ground reporting from the oilfield!
➡️ Behind-the-scenes industry mtgs w/ admin officials!
➡️ FOIA records from @fieldnotes.co! 😆
Take some time to read the whole thing—it's well worth it!
It's got everything:
➡️ On-the-ground reporting from the oilfield!
➡️ Behind-the-scenes industry mtgs w/ admin officials!
➡️ FOIA records from @fieldnotes.co! 😆
Take some time to read the whole thing—it's well worth it!
NEW: A @propublica.org investigation—featuring records obtained by @fieldnotes.co—reveals EPA is about to wipe out methane regulations on stripper wells. This will especially benefit billionaire Trump backer Jeffery Hildebrand, who owns one of the most polluting oil & gas companies in the country.
Trump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.
Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very...
www.propublica.org
June 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
NEW: A @propublica.org investigation—featuring records obtained by @fieldnotes.co—reveals EPA is about to wipe out methane regulations on stripper wells. This will especially benefit billionaire Trump backer Jeffery Hildebrand, who owns one of the most polluting oil & gas companies in the country.
A new report co-authored with @publiccitizen.bsky.social shines light on the first Trump admin's DOI Secretary David Bernhardt, a long-time lobbyist for oil & gas, mining, and big ag interests, and the stronghold he still has on the department. Read it here: www.citizen.org/article/retu...
Return of the Corporate Swamp Monster: Former Interior Secretary Exerts Influence Over Agency - Public Citizen
www.citizen.org
June 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A new report co-authored with @publiccitizen.bsky.social shines light on the first Trump admin's DOI Secretary David Bernhardt, a long-time lobbyist for oil & gas, mining, and big ag interests, and the stronghold he still has on the department. Read it here: www.citizen.org/article/retu...
New @houstonchronicle.com story explores the growing push to reuse "produced water" from oilfields for data center cooling — a proposal that supporters say could help address both Texas' water shortages and the oil industry's mounting wastewater disposal problem.
June 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
New @houstonchronicle.com story explores the growing push to reuse "produced water" from oilfields for data center cooling — a proposal that supporters say could help address both Texas' water shortages and the oil industry's mounting wastewater disposal problem.
New @houstonchronicle.com story explores the growing push to reuse "produced water" from oilfields for data center cooling — a proposal that supporters say could help address both Texas' water shortages and the oil industry's mounting wastewater disposal problem.
June 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
New @houstonchronicle.com story explores the growing push to reuse "produced water" from oilfields for data center cooling — a proposal that supporters say could help address both Texas' water shortages and the oil industry's mounting wastewater disposal problem.
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Public Domain + @fieldnotes.co's investigation was written up in the POLITICO Influence newsletter yesterday:
May 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Public Domain + @fieldnotes.co's investigation was written up in the POLITICO Influence newsletter yesterday:
🚨New from Public Domain + Fieldnotes: When fracking billionaire Harold Hamm’s company, Continental, wanted to drill in Wyoming, it handed federal officials a “roadmap” for how to get around a court injunction blocking new permits and issue them anyway. 🧵:
www.publicdomain.media/p/emails-sho...
www.publicdomain.media/p/emails-sho...
Emails Show How Interior Dept Delivered New Drilling Permits for Burgum's Billionaire Ally
Oil and gas giant Continental Resources wanted the Bureau of Land Management to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The agency obliged.
www.publicdomain.media
May 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🚨New from Public Domain + Fieldnotes: When fracking billionaire Harold Hamm’s company, Continental, wanted to drill in Wyoming, it handed federal officials a “roadmap” for how to get around a court injunction blocking new permits and issue them anyway. 🧵:
www.publicdomain.media/p/emails-sho...
www.publicdomain.media/p/emails-sho...
🚨New from Fieldnotes and Public Domain: Emails show that Harold Hamm’s Continental wanted the Bureau of Land Management to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The agency obliged. www.publicdomain.media/p/emails-sho...
Emails Show How Interior Dept Delivered New Drilling Permits for Burgum's Billionaire Ally
Oil and gas giant Continental Resources wanted the Bureau of Land Management to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The agency obliged.
www.publicdomain.media
May 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🚨New from Fieldnotes and Public Domain: Emails show that Harold Hamm’s Continental wanted the Bureau of Land Management to sign off on new wells in Wyoming, despite a court injunction there. The agency obliged. www.publicdomain.media/p/emails-sho...
Aaron Szabo, the official leading EPA efforts to weaken methane rules, once helped write the oil industry's arguments against said rules. Emails show he's now working closely with industry groups to gut federal climate policy. That's textbook regulatory capture. @propublica.org: bit.ly/4m1DxkG
April 1, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Aaron Szabo, the official leading EPA efforts to weaken methane rules, once helped write the oil industry's arguments against said rules. Emails show he's now working closely with industry groups to gut federal climate policy. That's textbook regulatory capture. @propublica.org: bit.ly/4m1DxkG
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Big Soda and Big Oil want us hooked on plastic.
Together, they're working in lockstep to stop "any cap on plastics production," and make sure that efforts to meaningfully address the plastic pollution crisis fail.
@joshvoorhees.bsky.social of @fieldnotes.co and
@davisallen.bsky.social explain.
Together, they're working in lockstep to stop "any cap on plastics production," and make sure that efforts to meaningfully address the plastic pollution crisis fail.
@joshvoorhees.bsky.social of @fieldnotes.co and
@davisallen.bsky.social explain.
March 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Big Soda and Big Oil want us hooked on plastic.
Together, they're working in lockstep to stop "any cap on plastics production," and make sure that efforts to meaningfully address the plastic pollution crisis fail.
@joshvoorhees.bsky.social of @fieldnotes.co and
@davisallen.bsky.social explain.
Together, they're working in lockstep to stop "any cap on plastics production," and make sure that efforts to meaningfully address the plastic pollution crisis fail.
@joshvoorhees.bsky.social of @fieldnotes.co and
@davisallen.bsky.social explain.
🚨There’s been a lot going on, so you may have missed the @politico.com investigation based on Fieldnotes research revealing how an obscure non-profit w/ deep ties to the far right, oil & gas corps, and the Trump admin is helping to stamp out the foundation of climate policy. bit.ly/3PzH11z 🧵
E&E News: This dark money group targeted Biden environmental rules. Now its members do it for Trump.
The group’s rapid rise has served as proof of concept for how wealthy benefactors can help rewrite federal environmental rules in their favor.
bit.ly
March 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🚨There’s been a lot going on, so you may have missed the @politico.com investigation based on Fieldnotes research revealing how an obscure non-profit w/ deep ties to the far right, oil & gas corps, and the Trump admin is helping to stamp out the foundation of climate policy. bit.ly/3PzH11z 🧵