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This Is What Big Oil Is Actually Doing

August 7, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Behind All the Talk, This Is What Big Oil Is Actually Doing Aug. 7, 2023 New York Times In reading a few arguments about the pace of the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, some are saying that “we can’t afford this” and, as in the article above, people won’t buy it.  I’m getting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Finanace, Obituaries, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: Big Oil, BP, clean energy, climate crisis, Earth Day, energy companies, Exxon Mobil, fossil fuel, I.E.A., International Energy Agency, net-zero emissions, Shell, supermajors, transition

Joe Manchin – The Democrat blocking progressive change is beholden to big oil.

July 20, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Democrat blocking progressive change is beholden to big oil. Surprised? The Guardian – Alex Kotch 20-JUL-2021 Joe Manchin owns millions of dollars in coal stock, founded an energy firm and Exxon lobbyists brag about their access to him. Republicans fund raise on his behalf

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: Big Oil, coal, conflict-of-interest, Edison Electric Institute, Enersystems, ethics, Exxon, filibuster, Joe Manchin, lobbyists, Republicans, West Virginia

Big Oil Finally Runs Out of Gas

May 14, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Over at the New York Review of Books Daily, Bill McKibbon writes about the how big oil is losing its “big”. Read it here, from May 12, 2020. A study published this week in the journal Nature by economists at the Beijing Institute of Technology calculated that while investments to reduce greenhouse gases in line … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Berkshire Hathaway, Big Oil, Exxon, fossil fuel industry, greenhouse gases, JPMorgan Chase, Lee Raymond, renewable energy

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