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Learn more and endorse the treaty as an individual or organization at their website! fossilfueltreaty.org/home

The best way to support a #sustainable, livable future for all people on our planet is to rapidly decrease our use of fossil fuels like oil, coal, & gas, and we need to start now. You can help support this global effort by signing the #FossilFuelNonProliferationTreaty

This treaty has already been endorsed by the nations of Vanuatu and Tuvalu, two islands on the front lines of sea level rise, focuses on non-proliferation, a fair phase-out, & a just transition. Let’s step up to support vulnerable communities on the front lines of climate change.

However, major climate agreements from UN meetings in Paris and Egypt have not mentioned oil, gas, or coal. We need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to keep nations of the world accountable for phasing out fossil fuels

The #UN have used treaties before to make global agreements on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, stopping use of chemicals that were creating a hole in the ozone layer, and creating #climate agreements

Research: Anti-fossil fuel norms. Green, 2018.

Shifting global perspectives have increased recent opposition to #fossilfuel use, leading to climate-focused legislation such as bans on #gasfracking and new #coalmines. This trend suggests that a new normal, called #antifossilfuelnorms is being made

These new norms build on the #ParisAgreement framework, promising new approaches to #climategovernance. Basically, the more we continue to educate our communities on #climatechange, the more we will actively see positive changes in our political worlds!

Increased consumer demand directly increases fossil fuel usage, making the consumer a #climatechange enabler

#Capitalism is an economic system in which privately owned businesses provide goods and services to consumers. In order to maximize profits, businesses rely on cheap, energy-dense #fossilfuels like coal, oil, and gas

You never know when you might inspire someone to care about the ocean as much as you do! (: Petition: act.oceana.org/page/135281/pe…

Want to make real life changes in our country’s approach to #offshoredrilling? use your voice to speak up for what you believe in! Get involved in politics, call your local legislator, sign petitions, & have those tough conversations with friends, family, & even strangers

Research: Integrated Environmental Impact and Predictive Analytics Framework for #OffshoreDrilling Discharges and Benthic Ecosystem Integrity. Alvarez, 2026. aimjournals.com/index.php/ijng…

#OffshoreOilDrilling releases #pollutants into the ocean, such as drilling fluid, drill cuttings, trace metals, displaced sediments, and produced water (very salty water trapped underground)

This would ideally prevent #ReactiveMitigation (AKA, waiting until something goes horribly wrong) by promoting proactive, data-informed management decisions that prevent terrible ecodisasters such as oil spills and benthic coral die-offs

To better protect benthic ecosystems (and other #MarineEcosystems), predictive science should be included in risk analysis and other models, which would enable regulators to make informed decisions about offshore oil

These spread into the surrounding water column during drilling, where they negatively impact#BenthicEcosystem stability by decreasing #biodiversity and interrupting #BiogeochemicalCycling

REPLY TO TWEET: Source: response.restoration.noaa.gov/deepwater-hori…

When looking at effects of #OffshoreDrilling on the marine environment, we have to take into account the devastating effects of #OilSpills. #DeepwaterHorizon, an 87-day spill, released ~134M gal. of oil into the #GulfofMexico. That’s roughly 203 Olympic-size swimming pools!!!!

Local #GulfCommunities that depend on the gulf for their sources of income and food were also heavily impacted, and gulf #fisheries were closed for up to a year after the spill occurred, and still conduct long-term #monitoring to ensure their catch is safe for consumption

Marine life suffered; dolphins had reproductive failure and poor health, #DeepSeaCorals near the wellhead were smothered, resulting in lasting damage that will take decades to regrow, and oil is still being found in gulf sediments and #marshes years and years after the spill