BP Retreats on Its Climate Goals
As noted in the Washington Post, BP is scaling back its climate goals and deepening its investments in oil and gas, casting new doubts on big oil companies’ promises to embrace clean energy. This may or may not be related to the fact that their profits have more than doubled since 2021.
At this point, does anyone believe there is any real sincerity in their slogan “Beyond Petroleum?”
Someone noted recently that Big Oil has gone “insular.” They’ve realized that they are completely unworthy of the public trust, and that they are detested by those of us who are working to achieve environmental sustainability. We’ve reached the moment at which they no longer see any benefit from trying to reverse this situation.
If there is hope here, and there is, it will come, as the sages have suggested, not from destroying the old but by making the old obsolete, in this case with the electrification of the energy and transportation sectors.
The grandchildren of today’s oil executives will need to deal with the fact that their ancestors did their damnedest to get rich by rendering this planet uninhabitable.
Two points to be made here:
I was stunned to see presidential hopeful Nikki Haley appearing on a Fox News broadcast. Is this a good look for someone who wants to be taken as a serious candidate to lead our nation in the post-Trump era?
So true. If you happen to be at a place in your life that it makes sense to open your own business and you need to hire employees, let the meme here be your watchword.
Comedy laureate Andy Borowitz says it all here, but this time with a bit of philosophy on top.
The late senator from Alaska Mike Gravel left us with this note about fear.
Many Americans agree with the author of the meme here.
American entrepreneur and Trump apologist Vivek Ramaswamy
From Mary Trump, the former president’s niece.
While it’s true that most of the world is making only meager progress towards their climate/environment goals, certain localities are doing much better than others.
