Iraq’s marshes were considered an Eden. Now the oil industry is sucking them dry
“Two years ago, there were families and fishermen everywhere,” Mustafa says, leaning out of the boat. “You could hear laughter, the splash of fish. Today, there’s nothing.”
#GreedyBastards #OilAndGas #Iraq #marshland #environment #nature #HabitatDestruction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/iraq-marshes-hawizeh-oil-industry-drought-desrtification-water-dry-aoe
Residents hit with 'poorly planned' gas shutdown ask for compensation
By Coco Veldkamp, Charmaine Manuel, and Kimberley Price
A business owner who spent $40,000 connecting to natural gas last year now faces a $20,000 bill to convert to electric, before Solstice Energy shuts the gas network in his town.
#EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #OilandGas #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #EnergyMarkets #RegionalCommunities #CocoVeldkamp #CharmaineManuel # #KimberleyPrice
"There's a really novel & interesting effort by cities, states & other jurisdictions to bring lawsuits against the #OilAndGas industry premised on this argument that #OilAndGas deliberately lied to the public about #ClimateChange & this was framed as a sort of a form of consumer fraud."
https://www.podcastics.com/episode/377291/link/
#cdnpoli #abpoli #Climate #EnergyTransition #yyc #BigOil #SueBigOil #CCUS #CarbonCapture #PetroleumPapers #MarkCarney #CleanEnergy #Renewables #Desmog #GeoffDembicki #ClimateSky
The backers of carbon capture and storage have lied to us before. Will we believe them this time?