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Republican AGs turn their offices into taxpayer-funded law firms for Big Oil; and Big Oil lawyers write executive orders for Trump. Big Oil = Republican Party = Big Oil.
‘A little bold and gross’: Oil industry writes executive orders for Trump to sign
The effort stems from the industry’s skepticism that the Trump campaign will be able to focus on energy issues as election day draws closer.
www.politico.com
Who knew? I went to the 80th D-Day anniversary at the French Embassy and met D-Day veteran Steve Melnikoff of Woonsocket, and Woonsocket High and URI!! Wow.
Out of over a thousand scenarios that have been run, there are only a dozen or so that put us on a reasonable pathway to climate safety. They almost all put us over the 1.5 degree safety limit for a while.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature
Every scenario that gets us on a path to climate safety requires putting a price/penalty on carbon and other GHG emissions, so we have to quit dawdling on that. Every scenario requires CO2 clawback, so carbon capture technologies, particularly direct air capture, are essential.
