My cup overflows with anger toward these lying, deceiving, murderous, oil and gas companies. So this morning, I did something I've never done before in hopes the people coming home from their long weekends in Tofino and Ucluelet get the message.
Check out our newest story in the @soljourno Story Tracker, " “We Are Suffering”: Despite Steps Taken, Gas Flaring Still Threatens Livelihoods in Niger Delta" by Ekpali Saint:
As air conditioning demand skyrocketed during the June #heatwave, so did available #solar and #wind energy. But the state's unreliable grid couldn't handle the full load available, wasting precious power.
The ferry I am currently on has just passed the #PenguinsFPSO a floating storage and production operations vessel that, #Shell assures us here, "is an attractive opportunity with a competitive forward looking price".
NEW: Nigeria has reduced its gas flaring by a third since 2019. But that is a function of reduced oil production levels, not of any regulatory success.
Ekpali Saint speaks to Niger Delta residents who are bearing the brunt of environmental health impacts:
"Some 50 #OilAndGas companies worldwide have pledged to shore up leaky #methane systems by 2030, a move that could rapidly reduce #emissions of the potent gas and forestall some #ClimateChange effects — if the companies live up to their word.
The Environmental Defense Fund and the International Energy Agency — have signed on to track the effort and use satellite technology to provide additional accountability measures."
"The data is from the Global Oil and Gas Exit List (#Gogel), a public database on the activities of more than 1,600 companies representing 95% of global production. The data shows that almost all companies are ignoring warnings from #climate scientists that new #OilAndGas fields cannot be developed if global temperature rise is to be kept to the internationally agreed 1.5C limit."
But the spectre of #StrandedAssets hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles.
The oil companies knew about climate change in the 1970s. See article in the link.
Canada is burning. My daughter, newborn & husband fled with fire 400m from their home in a city.
Tinder dry forests fuel fire due to climate heating. And political idiots and greedy arsonist oil & gas friends say we have to "adapt".
The picture is their Kelowna, BC, Canada neighbourhood.
UK Conservative lawmaker quits, criticizes government's climate plans
"The [Sunak] government aims to pass a new bill guaranteeing annual licencing rounds for #OilAndGas exploration in the North Sea.
#Skidmore said that as the energy minister who signed Britain's net zero pledge into law in 2019, he could not vote for a bill that promotes the production of new oil and gas."
“Climate change poses an additional challenge by fundamentally shifting #wildfire risk, fire behavior, and the trajectory of postfire recovery in ways that current fire behavior models … are not designed to meet.”
ExxonMobil Knew that they were killing us. They did not give a shit.
I just looked up this paper 'Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections' - because I saw some idiot make the claim that 'you can't predict climate'.
Oil giant Shell warns cutting production 'dangerous' (www.bbc.co.uk)
I don't know about you but I'm sure glad the chief exec of Shell cares about our futures.......