Big Oil just gifted us a lump of coal
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Big Oil just gifted us a lump of coal

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Watching Republicans ignore climate change while the planet cooks is like being trapped in the backseat of a car, windows rolled up and locked, with a chain-smoking uncle. The U.S. special envoy for climate change, John Kerry, called the pact “the most important decision since the Paris agreement.” The UN describes the agreement as “the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era by laying the for a swift, just and equitable transition, underpinned by deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance.” Others see a glass half empty. GOP-led states double down on climate misinformation NASA scientists — far and away the most highly respected scientists in the world — have confirmed that the causal link between burning fossil fuels and climate change has evolved from “theory” to “established fact.” They report, “It is undeniable that human activities have produced the atmospheric gasses that have trapped more of the sun’s energy in the earth system. Ron DeSantis’ Florida, you’re also probably a pedophile “groomer.” Fossil fuel interests promote climate disinformation Energy companies’ spending on federal elections nearly quadrupled following the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed them to spend unlimited funds to directly support or oppose political candidates. DeSantis, having received millions in fossil fuel contributions, dismisses climate change as “ left wing stuff.” Project 2025 and Republicans’ goal to end clean energy Parts of the planet are fast becoming uninhabitable.

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