energy industry
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For Earth Day, Houston Public Media Is Promoting… Chevron?
One might not associate “public media” with “carrying water for the oil and gas industry,” but it’s 2022, and anything can happen. On Wednesday, Houston Public Radio, which encompasses the city’s NPR affiliate as well as its public broadcasting network, unveiled a series it produced with oil giant Chevron on the energy transition — and,…
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West Virginia Starts New Fake Culture War Against Blackrock
West Virginia won’t use BlackRock’s investment funds any longer as part of its banking transactions, positioning itself as defending poor, defenseless American fossil fuel companies. The boycott is based on BlackRock’s recent public statements on climate — but ignores the realities of where the financial giant is actually putting its money.
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U.S. Republicans Slobbered All Over Themselves to Apologise to Big Oil CEOs
Republicans and fossil fuel interests have a, shall we say, cosy relationship. But that relationship went from snuggly to downright NSFW on Thursday at a hearing ostensibly about fossil fuel misinformation.
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Chevron CEO: ‘Let Them Plant Trees’
In an interview with CNBC that aired Wednesday, Mike Wirth, the CEO of Chevron, said that it would not invest in renewable energy, instead allowing its shareholders to use money earned from the company and “let them plant trees.” Glad he came right out and said it!