January 30, 2026 Resist! Above photo: Hartford Courant. From a Whisper to a Murmur to a Chorus. Communities are rallying during this week’s Make Polluters Pay Week of Action. This week, people across the country are gathering to demand that the oil and gas industry clean up the mess it made by helping to pay for the costs of climate change. And boy, is there a mess. We’re deep in the middle of a climate crisis—one that is predominantly caused by the burning of fossil fuels.