#Senate#Democrats opened an investigation on Thurs into #Trump’s meeting w/ #oil & #gas execs last month to determine whether Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” [#bribe ] when he asked for $1B for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House & delete #POTUS#Biden’s #climate#regulations.
The findings from Oil Change International wouldn't come as a surprise to many.
They reveal a stark disconnect between the climate plans of the 8 largest US and European-based international oil & gas producers, and the global goal of limiting warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
The strategies of US firms Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil were found to be ‘grossly insufficient’ across all evaluated criteria.
We're thankful for Jamie Raskin's leadership, but #BigOil won't be held responsible for their egregious anti- #climate activity, unless Dems win a majority in the HSE, & hold the Sen. & presidency:
The top Dem lawmaker on the House oversight panel has sought information from nine oil companies about a media report about "quid pro quo propositions" made by Trump. In letters to CEOs of companies including: Exxon, Chevron & Chesapeake.
No? Well that's what not voting for #Biden will get us.
"The U.S. oil industry is drawing up ready-to-sign executive orders for Donald Trump aimed at pushing natural gas exports, cutting drilling costs and increasing offshore oil leases in case he wins a second term."
Biden is far, far from perfect. But he has done a remarkable job on the #ClimateChange front, all of which gets dismantled if Trump is elected.
MSM isn't sounding the alarm about the dangerous consequences of #climatechange. The "truth is so obscure in these times, we cannot know it', bc the #BigOil lobby is powerful & well funded.
The Asian/SE Asian heat wave is now being called the
"most extreme climate event in history." It's still spring but hundreds of Ms of people across South & SE Asia have already faced scorching hot temps -setting records & even claiming lives💔-expected to get much worse.
Auf https://jetztabstimmen.com zur Kategorie “Der Grüne Blogger für Umwelt & Nachhaltigkeit” scrollen und "DerKlimablog" auswählen. Teilen nicht vergessen!
Inbox: The DOJ proposes a consent decree with Koch subsidiary Flint Hills Resources for their Christmas Eve 2022 oil spill at Ingleside, TX. Flint Hills will pay $989,212.80 in Oil Pollution Act and Clean Water Act fines.
[D] In den Kommentaren mancher Klimaaktivisten macht sich hässlicher Zynismus angesichts der jüngsten Überschwemmungen in #Dubai breit: "#BigOil hat es verdient." Wie billig!
[E] In the comments of some climate activists, ugly cynicism is spreading in view of the floods in #Dubai: "#BigOil deserves it! How cheap!
#Dubai hat gerade mit den Folgen der #Klimakatastrophe zu kämpfen. Vielleicht lernen dabei jetzt ein paar Menschen etwas über das Prinzip von Ursache und Wirkung.
"Carbon Tracker’s Paris Alignment Scorecard reads like a lunatic gang of young druggies flunking out of high school. Letter grades run from A to H with each #oil🛢️company failing ❌. The highest ranking was a lowly D" https://buff.ly/4aS2AQw#BigOil
🌱 Scientists Discover the Villains Destroying the Planet | @futurism
「 About a third are investor-owned oil companies like the US-based ExxonMobil and Chevron, and England's BP. State-owned energy corporations like Saudi Aramco and Russia's Gazprom make up another 36 percent, and nation-state producers, such as those in China and Russia, comprise the final 31 percent 」
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Global action on climate change could generate upward of $340 billion in legal claims from oil and gas investors.
When the companies involved are foreign, legal claims may be brought to international arbitration in a process known as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The IPCC has recently acknowledged that ISDS cases could lead to states refraining from, or delaying, measures to phase out fossil fuels.
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#BigOil is already being sued in civil court for hiding information about the dangers of fossil fuels, which they've known about for decades.
A new proposal soon to be published in the Harvard Law Review argues we should up the ante and take these companies to criminal court as well. Everything from racketeering, reckless endangerment and even homicide may be on the table.