Big Oil’s Climate Crisis Denial Goes On

The Climate Crisis: Ignored By Trump, Greenwashed by Big Oil

Frederick Hewett, October 22, 2019 (WBUR/NPR Massachusetts)

“…[Climate change will not be on the agenda of next June’s] 2020 meeting of the G7 nations…[This announcement from the White House] was just the latest in a series of disheartening developments related to the climate and the world's energy future…In the Democratic presidential contenders' most recent debate — moderated by CNN and the New York Times — the panel did not deign to pose a single question on the climate crisis…[This failure implicitly attenuated] the public's perception of the issue's urgency and importance…[More bad news came when Shell Oil CEO Ben van Beurden recently] voiced his commitment to the corporation's shareholders to grow its core business in fossil fuels in the coming decades…

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By 2025, Shell expects to develop 35 new oil and gas fields…[Shell sees itself] heroically fulfilling the needs of a world starved for energy…[instead of like] the tobacco industry, which profits from the sale of addictive carcinogens because there's a market for them…[Leaders of multinational oil and gas companies, including Chevron, BP, Total and Suncor] acknowledge the need to reduce carbon emissions…[and the need for] more investment in renewable energy…[but] are doing all they can to sustain their high-profit status quo, and protecting the climate is an afterthought, at best…” click here for more

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