our plan to win!
building a movement to protect the people and the planet!
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Organizing across different races and backgrounds is how we build power and win. It is crucial for Black, migrant, and working class communities to unite and build our power together in order to end the destructive forces that have been extracting from our planet and our people for centuries. From frontline groups leading the fight against toxic gas terminals in the gulf south to community organizers stopping pipelines from carving up New England, we partner with working class communities and communities of color across the country.
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Mass protests will play a critical role in the fight to end big oil. In 2025 we organized the Make Billionaires Pay March where tens of thousands took to the streets to demand leaders at every level of government confront the billionaires class. In 2023 we helped organize the March to End Fossil Fuels which turned 75,000 people to the streets of New York City demanding we end the era of oil billionaires. In the months following President Biden paused all permits for toxic gas terminals, delivering a critical victory to the most impacted communities across the gulf south. Showing the scale of our movement makes it harder for dirty politicians to evade the will of the people and turn the heat up on Big Oil Billionaires that are prioritizing profits over human life. They are also critical moments for us to grow our movement by bringing new people into community organizing efforts and local campaigns.
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In order to win significant political change, our movements need to engage in nonviolent resistance. We know we can rise up to meet the moment, just like our ancestors did for the civil rights and immigrant movements. In 2023, we organized a wave of nonviolent civil disobedience demanding an end to fossil fuels that culminated in hundreds of people being arrested outside the Federal Reserve Building. That was just the beginning. Just 6 months later, alongside partners, we launched the Summer of Heat: a sustained campaign of civil disobedience on Wall Street. We shut down the headquarters of financial institutions and rallied at the homes of corporate leaders demanding big banks stop funding fossil fuels. Over 700 people were arrested that summer. We will continue to scale our actions and leverage the power of peaceful non-cooperation to kill big oil. Climate Defenders are ready to engage in nonviolent direct action to bring down big oil billionaires.
Together we have the power to defeat big Oil!
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From Big Oil billionaires to Tech Billionaires, the Ultra rich are killing our planet for profit, investing in coal, oil, and gas that makes them even richer, while we’re choking on wildfire smoke, losing our homes to floods, and trying to survive sweltering heat waves because of the climate chaos they created. That’s why we are fighting to end government handouts for Big Oil, tax the ultra rich and fund the programs we deserve—food, health care, housing and a just transition.
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While CEOs and big oil exploit workers and wreck the climate, politicians demonize immigrants to divide us. Billionaires, NOT IMMIGRANTS OR THE POOR, are the reason we are living paycheck to paycheck. Big oil billionaires are also the reason many of us are breathing toxic air or that we are constantly threatened by climate disasters. We live in the richest country that has ever existed in history. We have everything we need in this country to breathe clean air, have healthcare for all, create good jobs, and have a liveable and affordable future for our families.
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Big Oil has known they were causing the climate crisis since the 70s. They’ve spent billions of dollars to deceive the public and shift the blame to individuals. The climate crisis is caused by an elite few: big oil, wall street, and dirty politicians. We’re exposing their greed and corruption and holding them accountable for the damage they cause.
our truths
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We must dismantle the coal, oil and gas industries in order to clear the way for a livable future with clean air, safe water and good jobs. An economic system run by and for the people, where our families have everything they need to thrive.
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Climate Defenders organizes with the communities that have been disproportionately impacted by environmental injustice, acknowledging their strength and ancestral wisdom that guides us on this journey. By lifting up their voices, we expose the true costs of reliance on oil, coal, and gas; and build a livable and affordable future for our families.
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We challenge the status quo and disrupt the destructive forces that have plagued our planet. Through using our right to protest and organizing people into the streets, we embody the power of unity, demanding good-paying jobs, clean air, drinkable water, public transportation, affordable housing, and safe, thriving communities.
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The US is one of the richest countries on earth, but our wealth is concentrated in a few individuals and wealthy corporations. In order to build the clean, renewable infrastructure we need, we must make billionaires polluters pay for the damage they’ve caused and shift resources toward building the clean and equitable future we need to survive and thrive.
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As we work to dismantle the oil, coal, and gas industries that are ruining our communities, we must also work towards building a new equitable economy. This new economy must guarantee a clean healthy environment, safe and secure housing, healthcare, and safety for everyone.