Congressional Republicans just introduced a new bill—and it’s everything the fossil fuel industry has ever wanted.

The Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026 would grant oil and gas companies complete legal immunity from climate legislation and litigation, including superfund laws and the dozens of lawsuits that have been levied against the industry. If they succeed, it will be impossible to hold Big Oil accountable for their climate damages, leaving them free to pollute and profit as communities foot the bill for climate-fueled disasters.

We wish we could say we were surprised—but we knew this would be likely if President Trump regained the White House.

Before Trump’s return to office, it’s safe to say the fossil fuel industry was feeling threatened. New York and Vermont had both passed superfund laws, state, local, and tribal governments were filing major lawsuits, and massive strides in attribution science were making the industry’s contributions to the climate crisis impossible to deny.

But then a fossil-fuel-friendly administration came along—and a liability shield for the industry became a distinct possibility.

Since then, they’ve lobbied with the explicit goal of stopping climate laws and lawsuits in their tracks. They appealed directly to the Trump administration, resulting in an executive order accusing states of overreach for implementing climate laws. They lobbied Republican attorneys general, 16 of whom encouraged the introduction of liability waiver legislation. And they even made inroads at the state level, helping pass several smaller immunity bills.

These victories are the industry’s way of building insurance as they wait for the Supreme Court to decide the fate of several active climate lawsuits. And while gaining legal immunity through Congress would be the ultimate guarantee, the industry seems to have forgotten one crucial thing.

A large, bipartisan majority of Americans oppose giving the fossil fuel industry immunity for climate damages.

Day in and day out, the American people are seeing extreme weather events ravage communities across the country—damages that the people most impacted are paying for. We’re seeing oil and gas companies bring in record profits while working families pay higher prices at the pump. And now, with the rollback of critical pollution regulations, we’ll see people get sicker and sicker.

We’re tired of our leaders putting Big Oil first. And we’re tired of seeing their profit come at our expense.

The fossil fuel industry and congressional Republicans know immunity is unpopular—and they’re counting on the public being too disheartened and overwhelmed by the news cycle to push back. That means it’s up to us to raise the decibel level and fight this immunity bill with everything we’ve got!

Join us!