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In two weeks, the biggest oiligarchs in the world will gather once again in Houston for a massive industry conference called CERA Week. This annual event brings together the CEOs of the biggest fossil fuel companies with the most powerful politicians in the world – including multiple energy ministers, prime ministers, and several members of Trump’s fossil fueled fascist cabinet.

They are coming to CERA week to plan bigger profits, pollution, and the utter destruction of our climate and communities. But we have a surprise for those oiligarchs: We are coming to CERA week too.

I know it's a big ask but will you join us in Houston to confront the fossil fuel billionaires wrecking our future?

We've all seen it: Fossil fueled fascist billionaires — we call them Oiligarchs — have captured our government at the highest level.

From Trump's Secretary of Energy – Chris Wright, a former fracking CEO who calls climate change "hype"; To his Secretary of the Interior – Doug Bergum a longtime backer of the Dakota Access Pipeline who is personally invested in the fossil fuel and pipeline companies he’s supposed to regulate. Even Elon Musk and the tech bros are in on the action, with AI and Data centers demanding an endless supply of electricity on demand, and increasingly partnering with the same bad companies (like Chevron) to get it from fracked gas.

The impacts are all around us: higher prices, devastating climate chaos, pollution, and the increasingly stupid and autocratic movement to eliminate all of our federal government (the good, the bad, and the bureaucratic alike) with for-profit chatbots.

That's why we are coming together on March 9th & 10th in Houston, TX to Resist CERA Week. We will take action to demonstrate our opposition to the oil and gas CEOs profiting from our destruction and build power together through movement-building training, workshops, and events. There are roles and events for everyone.

Join us in Houston to confront this gathering of oil and gas CEOs and build power for a better future. If you want a rundown of events and what to expect, or you need help with travel, housing an other details, check out our blog post for more information. Or, if you can't make it but want to share the action with others, this toolkit has resources to help you recruit people for a hub, book buses, and more.

See you soon,

Drew & the 198 methods to bring down the oiligarchs crew

Sources:

1. https://www.198methods.org/2025/02/09/just-say-no-to-oiligarchs/
2. https://www.198methods.org/tag/boycott-chevron/
3. https://www.futuregenerations.earth/
4. https://climaterevival.org/

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