Global industry campaign manager at @priceofoil | Board member at @greenpeace | Likes bikes, just transitions & renewable energy | he/him || Views my own
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David Tong retweeted
1/ The US–Israel war on Iran has once again put #EnergySecurity at the centre of geopolitical tensions. It is the third major shock to the global energy system this decade, exposing the vulnerabilities of fossil fuel-dependent economies.
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David Tong retweeted
Fuck you, @washingtonpost . Amal did not ‘die,’ she was deliberately targeted and murdered after receiving threats from the Israeli army. She was in touch with us, her colleagues, during this situation. We all know exactly what happened. Shame on you for intentionally diminishing the criminality of the actions of the Israeli army with this headline. Shame on all of you and your correspondents in Beirut.
I hope to see you on trial for your propaganda in my lifetime.
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David Tong retweeted
Here we go again - new Conservation Amendment Bill opens 60% of the DOC land for sale,intentionally includes the Hauraki Coromandel lands protected from mining /Tikapa Moana ( the gulf) only protecting afew island/ reserves - so if you love our area get ready to fight with us !
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Jun 9
The NZ government has decided not to tax people's electricity bills to pay for the uneconomic, dangerous, climate-cooking LNG terminal that no one except the fossil gas industry wants ...and now plans to charge electricity gentailers (who will pass on the cost to their customers)
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Jun 9
Seems less like a backdown and more like an attempt to hide a new tax in election year. rnz.co.nz/news/political/597…
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David Tong retweeted
🚨 A devastating new @BBCWorld investigation has obtained internal Shell documents revealing the company knowingly operated a major pipeline in Nigeria for years while it was causing widespread pollution. #ShellKnew
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David Tong retweeted
We now know that within the Prime Ministers Office there was a political lobbying pathway operating via the PM's Chief Policy Advisor's private email. Fonterra says it was told to send the lobbying docs via this pathway. It may still be operating via other staffers private email addresses.
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David Tong retweeted
May 31
“What really hurts them is the suburbs. We need to target them, flatten them and completely destroy them.”
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir called on the army to “flatten” Beirut's suburbs “to the ground”, a direct incitement to mass civilian destruction.
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May 30
Let's be blunt for a moment here: Taxing people's electricity use to subsidise an uneconomic LNG terminal is like taxing fruit and vegetables to subsidise a cigarette factory. rnz.co.nz/news/business/5967…
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David Tong retweeted
Unless leaders change course, fossil fuel investment will rise clean energy stagnate. Fossil fuel executives make billions from war suffering, while it's energy insecurity higher bills for us. Renewable energy is faster to build, cheaper more secure
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May 26
Big oil and gas companies are war profiteers. As people die, they make bank.
Read full >> oilchange.org/blogs/big-oils…
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May 26
Our governments can intervene. Polling shows that taxing these windfall war profits and taking back these companies' dirty conflict cash is hugely popular in several wealthy headquarters nations. australiainstitute.org.au/po…
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May 26
Governments can step in to tax, regulate, and even end these war profiteers and climate arsonists.
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May 26
Lawyers confirm New Zealand's current govt plans to subsidise an LNG terminal (by taxing your power bill) subsidise new oil & gas exploration risks breaches of ACCTS & NZ's free trade deals with the UK EU, and may compromise our COFFIS membership. newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/26/ln…
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May 25
Make it make sense: New Zealand’s government plans to tax regular New Zealanders’ electricity bills to pay for an uneconomic gas import terminal AND plans to subsidise loans for big businesses to transition away from gas.
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David Tong retweeted
May 24
The climate law the Government introduced to stop people suing large emitters is near-identical to a written suggestion from two large emitters. But the Government says it has no record of any such note.
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David Tong retweeted
🚨🚨BREAKING: Texas community leaders are in Tokyo to file a first-of-a-kind series of coordinated complaints against the Japanese financial institutions that backed Freeport LNG, a dangerous, polluting liquified natural gas (LNG) project near their homes. 🚨🚨
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