Maybe, if our civilization wasn’t so dependent on oil, we wouldn’t always have to compromise our principles every time the price of oil jumps because of some crisis or another? 🤔
“UK waters down new Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise”
#FossilFools #Oiligarchy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy42x3g7r89o
"He got the means, he make the harvest high
But you can count those hungry people die
We're all at the mercy
Of the greedy man within"
- From "The Ballad of the Little Man, by #KarlWallinger, #WorldParty, 1986
The families going hungry because of #Trump’s #FoodStamp cuts
Under President Donald Trump’s “#BigBeautifulBill,” food stamp applicants are fighting to prove eligibility and facing questions about birthday gifts sent over Zelle. A crisis in Arizona offers a warning for America.
by Shannon Pettipiece, May 11, 2026
#USPol #TrumpSucks #FascismInTheUSA
#Oligarchy #Oiligarchy #Fascism #Authoritarianism
#Autocracy #Greed #BigUglyBill #BigUglyPresident
So glad we dropped the gas taxes in Canada, starving the public purse of much needed income in a time of unprecedented spending.
But at least the price at the pumps is cheaper now, right?
Right?
ConocoPhillips last week reported $2.3bn in profits for the first three months of 2026, up 84% from before the war began. Meanwhile, top petroleum refiner Valero Energy announced quarterly profits of $1.2bn, beating estimates. Liberty Energy, founded and formerly run by Donald Trump’s energy secretary Chris Wright, saw quarterly earnings of $10m, up 32% from before the war began. BP, meanwhile, said it had seen “exceptional” performance, more than doubling its profits during the year’s first quarter, while Shell on Thursday also reported its first-quarter profits were stronger than expected.
The oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil both saw their profits drop during the first three months of 2026, executives reported in earnings calls. Yet in short order, that trajectory will shift, analysts say. Consensus estimates shows ExxonMobil’s second-quarter earnings will more than double from a year ago, while Chevron profits are expected to increase by 56% for the year.
#CDNPoli #Oiligarchy #FossilFools #CDNPetroState
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/iran-war-big-oil-climate
For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain
Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer
By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023
Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.
"While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.
" 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).
"He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.
"Something’s going on in the river, he says.
" 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.
"Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.
"The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.
"The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.
"The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.
"But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.
"Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."
#CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy
From last year...
#OnionLake #CreeNation to proceed with its legal challenge of #Alberta sovereignty act
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press, May 15, 2025
EDMONTON - "Alberta’s bill lowering the bar for a separation referendum has spurred a #FirstNation to push ahead with a legal challenge against the premier’s flagship sovereignty act.
"Danielle Smith has said her Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act is needed to push back on what the province believes is unconstitutional federal encroachment into provincial jurisdiction.
"But Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief #HenryLewis said that law has always been about undermining federal authority and asserting provincial control, which goes against his community’s #Treaty6 relationship with the Crown.
" 'I want to respectfully remind the premier that this land that we stand on today is #Treaty land and is not yours to take or make sweeping decisions about,” he said at a news conference in Edmonton on Thursday.
"He announced the legal challenge is moving forward a day after Smith’s government passed a bill significantly lowering the threshold for citizens to prompt a referendum, including one on seceding from Canada."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/qPDjh
#CanPol #CanadaPol #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #Alberta #FirstNations #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #Albertans #Mining #CorporateColonialism
Seems like #Oiligarchy has won the hearts of #Albertan #MAGA-types. If anything, there should be #LandBack to #Alberta's #FirstNations, and colonizer descendants will just have to deal with it!!!
Albertans Could Soon Vote on Whether to Separate From Canada. Here’s What to Know
by Chantelle Lee, May 5, 2026
"Many Albertans have slammed the federal Liberal government for blocking #pipeline projects and canceling oil and gas projects. The province’s economy is largely driven by its #OilAndGas extraction, as well as #mining and #quarrying."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/05/05/alberta-canada-separatist-movement-referendum/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/KxxFz
#Colonialism #CorporateColonialism #CanPol #CanadaPol #NoMining #ExtractiveIndustries #BigOilAndGas #FuckColonialism
Your must-read for today. This article ties it all together, from oil, to AI to nuclear.
“Drilled
How Trump's "energy dominance" plan helped fuel the new war in Iran”
“In 1987, when Donald Trump was first flirting with running for president, he told an audience in New Hampshire that the United States should attack the "horrible, horrible country" of Iran, "and take over some of their oil." In the years since, Trump talked about grabbing control of the natural resources of Venezuela, Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, and Libya, too.
For a long time — including during Trump's first term — this smash-and-grab idea to corner the global energy supply was treated as something of a joke by outside analysts and political opponents. In this second administration, a version of it has become a building block of American power projection, both at home and abroad.”
#FossilFools #Oiligarchy #GeoPol
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-energy-dominance-oil-iran-venezuela-2026-2
Last night, after most of the week's political business was done, the administration quietly published this very downplayed and minimally mentioned notice:
U.S. Department of the Treasury: Issuance of Russia-related General License - https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260417_33
Bureaucratese does not come much more boring.
This is #Trump letting #Putin sell #oil despite #Congress's #sanctions.
Again.
Mastodon needs a ‘quote post in flashing neon colours’ option.
RE: https://flipboard.com/@ctvnews/ottawa-q9ejf5frz/-/a-GmMalqgzRvSkAtMkE2_-cA%3Aa%3A2823982346-%2F0
You could set your watch by this shit: govt announces a ‘break’ in fuel taxes, industry responds by raising prices. And of course there’s always industry Spox Dan McTeague to helpfully explain with some ‘raison du jour’ why this is ‘necessary’. This time it’s the evergreen: ‘switch to summer blend’.
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