“This is bigger than all the biggest crises combined, and therefore huge,” he said in an exclusive Guardian interview. “I still cannot understand that the world was so blindsided, that the global economy can be held hostage to a 50km strait.”

Wasn’t the world just one easily bribed dumbass. Change gonna come though never forget #maga and their enablers funders and supporters #climatecrisis #cleanenergy #electrifyeverything #exxonknew #petrostate #project2025 #iranwar

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/a-new-climate-democracy-is-taking-on-the-petrostates/

A new climate democracy is taking on the petrostates

Nearly 60 countries gathered in Santa Marta to chart a path away from fossil fuels—even as oil shocks tighten their grip on the global economy.

Mother Jones
Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science

As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.

ProPublica

We got left behind in the minerals race because the first #trump administration let #china run the table. More #maga meant tripling down on old energy, we are left in a hole being a #petrostate in an #electrostate world and Trump won’t stop digging

Is Trump the last great “fuck you” from the #boomers #oldandintheway We’ve wasted so much time, treasure and respect, for what? #climatecollapse #exxonknew #gop #ford #gm

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/electricity-dominance-fossil-fuels-renewables-growth/

The “age of electricity” is upon us

As war in Iran upends fuel markets, two new reports confirm that 2025 was a banner year for renewables.

Mother Jones

Hey, #ExxonMobil: Why is life on Earth still taking second place to fossil fuel companies? | George Monbiot 19-AUG-2021 #ExxonKnew

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/19/life-earth-second-place-fossil-fuel-climate-breakdown

Why is life on Earth still taking second place to fossil fuel companies?

Effective action against climate breakdown is near impossible while governments are vulnerable to lawsuits, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian

@realTuckFrumper the years we have squandered on this fucking grifter. Never forget how we got here and the ones who enabled it #evangelicals We put the final nail in the coffin of an empire for cheaper eggs

It will take generations to right this ship, lots of rotten planks to remove and replace. The #DNC still doesn’t get it either #democracticsocialist

#chinacentury #trump #endofanempire #israel #gaza #IranWar #heritagefoundation #LeonardLeo #elonmusk #larryellison #jeffbezos #exxonknew

@realTuckFrumper Oil, and the dollar specifically the US petrodollar are why we can’t have nice things. Countries who stray, or threaten to stray, from trading oil in dollars are threatened with bullshit and sometimes the horns from the US.

#project2025 is big oil, eroding democracy and creeping authoritarianism is oil. It will be our demise, first our democracy then our ability to survive

#heritagefoundation #LeonardLeo #climatecollapse #exxonknew #bp #venezuela #IranWar #straitsofhormuz

Meanwhile, the president of the US thinks he’s Jesus and we are still fighting over last century’s technology #climatechange #climatecrisis #exxonknew #stopburningstuff #evangelicals

James Hansen’s speech to congress was 38 years ago.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/04/13/severe-climate-system-eruption/

“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability

Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.

ProPublica

@Nonilex yes but some will profit greatly while us proles suffer.

The ships that made it through the #straitsofhormuz before the attacks haven’t got to port yet. This has a very long tail #exxonknew #Trumpflation #straitsoftrump