Home insurance is in crisis, and Big Oil's lies are to blame.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Home insurance is in crisis, and Big Oil's lies are to blame.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"We’re never going to bend the curve of ever-rising insurance costs without addressing the core driver of higher prices: the worsening climate disasters that Big Oil knowingly made a reality," explains CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
Big Oil companies are pushing Congress to give them legal immunity. Why?
“The only reason you’d want immunity is if you’ve done something wrong,” explains CCI’s President Richard Wiles.
“The only reason you’d want immunity is if you’ve done something wrong,” explains CCI’s President Richard Wiles.
May 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Big Oil companies are pushing Congress to give them legal immunity. Why?
“The only reason you’d want immunity is if you’ve done something wrong,” explains CCI’s President Richard Wiles.
“The only reason you’d want immunity is if you’ve done something wrong,” explains CCI’s President Richard Wiles.
On Saturday, our community and the world lost Dr. Sarah Knuth, one of the foremost thinkers on energy, climate, and just transitions. She was the driving intellectual force behind so much of CCI’s research. We will miss her desperately.
July 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
On Saturday, our community and the world lost Dr. Sarah Knuth, one of the foremost thinkers on energy, climate, and just transitions. She was the driving intellectual force behind so much of CCI’s research. We will miss her desperately.
In 1998, API — Big Oil's largest trade association — declared that “victory will be achieved when average citizens ‘understand’ (recognize) uncertainties in climate science.”
CCI's Kert Davies explains why the "Victory Memo" is now considered one of the ugliest documents in climate denial history.
CCI's Kert Davies explains why the "Victory Memo" is now considered one of the ugliest documents in climate denial history.
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
In 1998, API — Big Oil's largest trade association — declared that “victory will be achieved when average citizens ‘understand’ (recognize) uncertainties in climate science.”
CCI's Kert Davies explains why the "Victory Memo" is now considered one of the ugliest documents in climate denial history.
CCI's Kert Davies explains why the "Victory Memo" is now considered one of the ugliest documents in climate denial history.
4/ The Charter Cities Institute’s (CCI) 2019 Annual Report says that Founders Fund (co-founded by Peter Thiel) hosted CCI’s Summit & that the 1517 Fund (co-founded by Thiel ally Michael Gibson) hosted Mark Lutter on its podcast.” chartercitiesinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
4/ The Charter Cities Institute’s (CCI) 2019 Annual Report says that Founders Fund (co-founded by Peter Thiel) hosted CCI’s Summit & that the 1517 Fund (co-founded by Thiel ally Michael Gibson) hosted Mark Lutter on its podcast.” chartercitiesinstitute.org/wp-content/u...
1. Because the public's economic gloom seems to focus on prices and isn't as well-captured in CCI's employment-centered methodology
2. I can't access the more detailed datasets from CCI about things like prices to compare to UMich
2. I can't access the more detailed datasets from CCI about things like prices to compare to UMich
September 28, 2026 at 11:19 PM
1. Because the public's economic gloom seems to focus on prices and isn't as well-captured in CCI's employment-centered methodology
2. I can't access the more detailed datasets from CCI about things like prices to compare to UMich
2. I can't access the more detailed datasets from CCI about things like prices to compare to UMich
Just because a plastic cup claims to be made of "recycled" content doesn’t mean that it is. 🤯
CCI’s Jordan McNamara explains how Big Oil is using accounting tricks to make it look like recycling is addressing our plastic pollution crisis — when in reality, it’s not.
CCI’s Jordan McNamara explains how Big Oil is using accounting tricks to make it look like recycling is addressing our plastic pollution crisis — when in reality, it’s not.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just because a plastic cup claims to be made of "recycled" content doesn’t mean that it is. 🤯
CCI’s Jordan McNamara explains how Big Oil is using accounting tricks to make it look like recycling is addressing our plastic pollution crisis — when in reality, it’s not.
CCI’s Jordan McNamara explains how Big Oil is using accounting tricks to make it look like recycling is addressing our plastic pollution crisis — when in reality, it’s not.
Must read: @markgongloff.bsky.social explains why our investigation exposing how Big Oil & Gas pushed the fraud of "clean" natural gas "is more relevant than ever as lawsuits proliferate."
“This is the most consequential deception campaign in the history of mankind,” CCI's Richard Wiles said.
“This is the most consequential deception campaign in the history of mankind,” CCI's Richard Wiles said.
Little by little, it’s getting increasingly easier to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their lies and harms
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Big Oil’s Legal Defenses Just Took Two Big Hits
A fun thing about police procedurals and courtroom dramas is that you can watch all the pieces come together to solve a mystery or win a case in about the time it takes to finish a bag of popcorn. In ...
www.bloomberg.com
July 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Must read: @markgongloff.bsky.social explains why our investigation exposing how Big Oil & Gas pushed the fraud of "clean" natural gas "is more relevant than ever as lawsuits proliferate."
“This is the most consequential deception campaign in the history of mankind,” CCI's Richard Wiles said.
“This is the most consequential deception campaign in the history of mankind,” CCI's Richard Wiles said.
we have the power to improve the lives of working class people through tangible policies that lower costs, protect workers, reduce emissions and pollution, and increase our resilience to climate disasters. CCI’s framework lays that out:
🚨🚨 Today, we’re launching “Stop Greed Build Green,” a strategic framework and agenda to confront the affordability crisis and the climate crisis together by putting working people in charge of the economy and the climate transition. (1/10)
Stop Greed, Build Green | Climate and Community Institute
A new framework to put the working class in charge of climate and economic transformation.
stopgreedbuildgreen.org
April 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
we have the power to improve the lives of working class people through tangible policies that lower costs, protect workers, reduce emissions and pollution, and increase our resilience to climate disasters. CCI’s framework lays that out:
Big Oil and the plastics industry are deceptively marketing "advanced recycling" as a solution — even as industry insiders point out its limitations.
CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social spoke to CBS News about his recent investigative report, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling."
CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social spoke to CBS News about his recent investigative report, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling."
May 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Big Oil and the plastics industry are deceptively marketing "advanced recycling" as a solution — even as industry insiders point out its limitations.
CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social spoke to CBS News about his recent investigative report, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling."
CCI's @davisallen.bsky.social spoke to CBS News about his recent investigative report, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling."
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September 29, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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♪♫ YOUNG MAN! It's simple to treat your frown, I say ♪♫
♫♪ YOUNG MAN! Go see the great clown, I say ♫♪
♫♪ Pag! Li! A! Cci's! In Town! ♫♪
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Trumpian state capitalism is designed to benefit oligarchs and empire, not the public. CCI's @triofrancos.bsky.social examines this through the prism of critical minerals with @iliasalami.bsky.social for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
June 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Trumpian state capitalism is designed to benefit oligarchs and empire, not the public. CCI's @triofrancos.bsky.social examines this through the prism of critical minerals with @iliasalami.bsky.social for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...
Big Oil's political allies are attempting to discredit the dozens of climate lawsuits facing the industry.
"If judges are led to believe that the cases are somehow too political, or that climate science is sketchy," they'll be less likely to rule against Big Oil, said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
"If judges are led to believe that the cases are somehow too political, or that climate science is sketchy," they'll be less likely to rule against Big Oil, said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Big Oil's political allies are attempting to discredit the dozens of climate lawsuits facing the industry.
"If judges are led to believe that the cases are somehow too political, or that climate science is sketchy," they'll be less likely to rule against Big Oil, said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
"If judges are led to believe that the cases are somehow too political, or that climate science is sketchy," they'll be less likely to rule against Big Oil, said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
Hail stones are expected get up to 75% BIGGER in the next few decades. 🤯
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hail stones are expected get up to 75% BIGGER in the next few decades. 🤯
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
Worsening hail storms are already being observed in places like the Midwest, where home insurance premiums have skyrocketed in recent years. CCI's @kellysanks.bsky.social explains why Big Oil should help foot the bill.
Think natural gas is "clean"? Think again.
For decades, the oil and gas industry has perpetuated the fraud that natural gas is a climate solution, despite knowing that it's a major source of planet-warming methane emissions.
CCI's latest report exposes that deception:👇
For decades, the oil and gas industry has perpetuated the fraud that natural gas is a climate solution, despite knowing that it's a major source of planet-warming methane emissions.
CCI's latest report exposes that deception:👇
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
climateintegrity.org
July 22, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Think natural gas is "clean"? Think again.
For decades, the oil and gas industry has perpetuated the fraud that natural gas is a climate solution, despite knowing that it's a major source of planet-warming methane emissions.
CCI's latest report exposes that deception:👇
For decades, the oil and gas industry has perpetuated the fraud that natural gas is a climate solution, despite knowing that it's a major source of planet-warming methane emissions.
CCI's latest report exposes that deception:👇
I'm glad to see that Rohit Malhotra, the founder of Atlanta's Center for Civic Innovation, is running for Atlanta City Council President!
His only opponent in that race, at least for now, is current Councilmember Marci Overstreet.
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His only opponent in that race, at least for now, is current Councilmember Marci Overstreet.
saportareport.com/ccis-rohit-m...
CCI’s Rohit Malhotra announces run for Atlanta City Council president - SaportaReport
Read CCI’s Rohit Malhotra announces run for Atlanta City Council president by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.
saportareport.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I'm glad to see that Rohit Malhotra, the founder of Atlanta's Center for Civic Innovation, is running for Atlanta City Council President!
His only opponent in that race, at least for now, is current Councilmember Marci Overstreet.
saportareport.com/ccis-rohit-m...
His only opponent in that race, at least for now, is current Councilmember Marci Overstreet.
saportareport.com/ccis-rohit-m...
We all deserve to know when we’re being lied to.
CCI’s Charlotte Marcil explains how BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell sold false climate promises for 25 years — and how to identify Big Oil's most common lies, one by one.
CCI’s Charlotte Marcil explains how BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell sold false climate promises for 25 years — and how to identify Big Oil's most common lies, one by one.
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We all deserve to know when we’re being lied to.
CCI’s Charlotte Marcil explains how BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell sold false climate promises for 25 years — and how to identify Big Oil's most common lies, one by one.
CCI’s Charlotte Marcil explains how BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell sold false climate promises for 25 years — and how to identify Big Oil's most common lies, one by one.
People are growing worried about the plastic pollution problem — and that’s worrying Big Oil and the plastics industry.
In the words of one industry consultant, Big Oil has an “[u]rgent need for success stories.”
But will they ever come? CCI’s @davisallen.bsky.social explains.
In the words of one industry consultant, Big Oil has an “[u]rgent need for success stories.”
But will they ever come? CCI’s @davisallen.bsky.social explains.
May 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
People are growing worried about the plastic pollution problem — and that’s worrying Big Oil and the plastics industry.
In the words of one industry consultant, Big Oil has an “[u]rgent need for success stories.”
But will they ever come? CCI’s @davisallen.bsky.social explains.
In the words of one industry consultant, Big Oil has an “[u]rgent need for success stories.”
But will they ever come? CCI’s @davisallen.bsky.social explains.
People can’t afford home insurance, and Big Oil is to blame.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters
Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
People can’t afford home insurance, and Big Oil is to blame.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
Big Oil is turning to its political allies in a desperate bid to escape accountability.
“It’s a nonstop effort by the oil and gas industry to somehow get a get-out-of-jail-free card,” said CCI’s Richard Wiles.
They knew their fossil fuel business harms communities. They lied. They need to pay.
“It’s a nonstop effort by the oil and gas industry to somehow get a get-out-of-jail-free card,” said CCI’s Richard Wiles.
They knew their fossil fuel business harms communities. They lied. They need to pay.
Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Big Oil is turning to its political allies in a desperate bid to escape accountability.
“It’s a nonstop effort by the oil and gas industry to somehow get a get-out-of-jail-free card,” said CCI’s Richard Wiles.
They knew their fossil fuel business harms communities. They lied. They need to pay.
“It’s a nonstop effort by the oil and gas industry to somehow get a get-out-of-jail-free card,” said CCI’s Richard Wiles.
They knew their fossil fuel business harms communities. They lied. They need to pay.
Big Oil lied and is desperate to bury the evidence.
"It's not surprising to see an armada of dark money groups and corporate interests connected to the fossil fuel industry flood the court with reasons why communities shouldn’t have their day in court," said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
"It's not surprising to see an armada of dark money groups and corporate interests connected to the fossil fuel industry flood the court with reasons why communities shouldn’t have their day in court," said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
Oil industry allies swarm Supreme Court to shield companies from climate suits
More than two dozen groups urged the justices to stop states, cities and counties from suing to force fossil fuel producers to pay for climate change.
www.eenews.net
May 28, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Big Oil lied and is desperate to bury the evidence.
"It's not surprising to see an armada of dark money groups and corporate interests connected to the fossil fuel industry flood the court with reasons why communities shouldn’t have their day in court," said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
"It's not surprising to see an armada of dark money groups and corporate interests connected to the fossil fuel industry flood the court with reasons why communities shouldn’t have their day in court," said CCI's @kertdavies.bsky.social.
Big Oil is desperate to escape trials over their climate deception, so "it's not surprising to see an armada of dark money groups and corporate interests connected to the fossil fuel industry flood the court with reasons why communities shouldn’t have their day in court," CCI's Kert Davies said.
Oil industry allies swarm Supreme Court to shield companies from climate suits
More than two dozen groups urged the justices to stop states, cities and counties from suing to force fossil fuel producers to pay for climate change.
www.eenews.net
May 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Big Oil is desperate to escape trials over their climate deception, so "it's not surprising to see an armada of dark money groups and corporate interests connected to the fossil fuel industry flood the court with reasons why communities shouldn’t have their day in court," CCI's Kert Davies said.
Read CCI’s policy experts in this @thenation.com piece by @sarahlazare.bsky.social on why the US spending trillions not on mitigation or reducing emissions, but expanding the military and its resource grabs is bad climate policy that will worsen the climate crisis. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
March 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Read CCI’s policy experts in this @thenation.com piece by @sarahlazare.bsky.social on why the US spending trillions not on mitigation or reducing emissions, but expanding the military and its resource grabs is bad climate policy that will worsen the climate crisis. www.thenation.com/article/envi...