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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

Guardian: 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions

October 22, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

October 9. 2019 Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers by Matthew Taylor and Jonathan Watts “The great tragedy of the climate crisis is that seven and a half billion people must pay the price – … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Abu Dhabi National Oil, BHP Billiton, BP, carbon dioxide, Chevron, climate crisis, Coal India, ConocoPhillips, Exxon, Gazprom, Iraq National Oil, Kuwait Petroleum, methane, National Iranian Oil Co, Peabody Energy, Pemex, Petrobras, PetroChina, Petróleos de Venezuela, Richard Heede, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Sonatrach, Total

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