Biden and Big Oil Had a Truce. Now, It’s Collapsing.
www.nytimes.com
Companies were enjoying record profits. But the president’s decision to pause permits for gas export terminals has whipped up industry support, and donations, for Donald Trump.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9745434

This comes after Trump promised the oil executives he’d end all decarbonization efforts in exchange for a billion dollars, and made it possible for Trump to start outraising Biden for the first time

If you’re reading this, and you’re an American, it’s on you to actually be a counterweight to this. That means:

  • Make sure you’re registered to vote — you’ll need to register for the first time if you turned 18, and will need to update yours if you moved, changed name, or simply had your registration purged by Republican officials
  • Volunteer. Phone banking and such are help, but if you’re able to, travel to volunteer in-person and talk to people.
  • Donate. Give what’s ok for you, not more. If you’re well-off enough to show up for an in-person fundraiser and tell officials why you’re donating, that’s amazing.
  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    21·
    6 months ago

    I’ve been around campaigns. It’s still a real slog.

    What he’s been doing has been cutting US need to use fossil fuels. Here’s what we expect from the Inflation Reduction Act:

    The result is that the US is exporting a big chunk of oil, instead of burning it. Not all that we need, but a part of what it takes to end it extraction and use, and something Trump would never have gotten us to.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      6 months ago

      Again, were talking about production, you keeping being up emissions.

      How do you still think those are the same things?

      We’ve legitimately had this discussion a dozen times now…

      And that’s not even what’s happening, the actual line of emissions goes up when Bident took office, starts predicting at 2021, and they were immediately wrong…

      https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/climate/us-carbon-emissions-2022.html

      Look at your graph. It predicts a massive decrease. And instead we actually saw further increase…

      It’s literally and factually wrong.

      What do you think it proves?

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
        21·
        6 months ago

        The bill passed in late 2021. Less than 1/10 of the money it allocates for decarbonization has been spent yet. Key provisions didn’t even kick in until this year.

        So no, you can’t judge its impact by what happened in the months immediately after passage. Particularly when US emissions started dropping again in 2023: