ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES3m ago

There are always signs and portents about all sorts of things, some are distant and vague, some are close and sharp

Here we have a radioactive red blaring klaxon saying "the #USA is a country in decline":

"The #Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French #energy giant #TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore #windfarms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue #fossilfuel projects in the #US"

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/climate/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-cancellation

#dystopia

Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms

The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue fossil fuel projects in the US.

CNN
Dragofix2h ago

As regular Australians struggle, gas companies are making massive profits and paying minimal tax. It is perverse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/24/australian-gas-companies-massive-profits-paying-minimal-tax

#Australia #environment #energy #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #gas #tax

As regular Australians struggle, gas companies are making massive profits and paying minimal tax. It is perverse

Australia’s gas belongs to all of us. The benefits should be shared fairly rather than hoarded by companies that pay some of the lowest taxes in the world

The Guardian
Dragofix6h ago

Europe’s ‘staggering’ clean power gains undermined by failure to phase out fuel-burning machines https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/europe-clean-energy-gains-failure-phase-out-fuel-burning

#Europe #environment #energy #fossilfuel #fossilfuels

Europe’s ‘staggering’ clean power gains undermined by failure to phase out fuel-burning machines

The EU’s reluctance to replace petrol cars and gas boilers keep it hooked on foreign fuels, say industry groups

The Guardian
***Dave Hill 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️6h ago

#Trump is so fanatically opposed to #windpower (and/or in the pocket of the #fossilfuel industry) that he is literally willing to bribe an energy company a billion dollars of #taxpayermoney to walk away from already awarded offshore wind leases.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-totalenergies-interior-092eeeacc5d09730d4e20a95d7df7de1

US to pay TotalEnergies to drop offshore wind leases

The Department of Interior says a French energy company has agreed to give up two U.S. offshore wind leases and invest in fossil fuel projects instead. The department said Monday that TotalEnergies committed to invest approximately $1 billion in oil and natural gas production in the United States. That is the amount the company paid to purchase leases to develop offshore wind off the coasts of North Carolina and New York. The Trump administration has tried to halt offshore wind construction, but federal judges overturned those orders. These settlements are a different way of stopping U.S. offshore wind development. President Donald Trump has gone all in on fossil fuels.

AP News
Richard Michael Blaber7h ago
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/trump-administration-wind-project-plan. "As a fuel crisis triggered by the war in #Iran drives up global #fossilfuel prices, the #Trump administration has announced it will pay #French #energy major #TotalEnergies $1bn to kill plans to construct #windfarms off the US east coast." This is utterly INSANE, @MichaelEMann, @ZLabe, @RARohde, @rahmstorf, @davidho, @GeraldKutney.
US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan

Trump administration announces deal with TotalEnergies to redirect investment to oil and gas

The Guardian
Wokebloke for Democracy8h ago

“This is political theater meant to obscure the fact that offshore wind capacity is being pulled out of the pipeline when energy prices are skyrocketing, even as other offshore wind projects continue delivering reliable and affordable power to the grid..."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/trump-administration-wind-project-plan
#Energy #Renewables #FossilFuel #France #TrumpAndEpstein

US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan

Trump administration announces deal with TotalEnergies to redirect investment to oil and gas

The Guardian
ваят8h ago

The emissions open a new window into the conflict’s growing #carbon footprint, revealing how greenhouse gases can spike when #fossilfuel infrastructure is targeted. When #LNG can’t be exported or used, operators either burn it off or vent it into the atmosphere, releasing #CO2 or even more potent #methane, at levels detectable by satellites.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-23/iran-war-missile-attack-on-ras-laffan-spurs-increased-flaring-satellites-show

Show threadTC Won't Give In To Lies1d ago

@memeorandum

Wow! What a win for MAGA

So #FossilFuel companies will make more money, the US gov debt will grow and American families will (at best) stay level

..exactly as designed

#ThisIsAmericaNow
#AlwaysAGriftWithTrump
/s

Show threadSimon Brooke1d ago

@captaindrawdown2 Yes, I know I'm responding to an #AI, not a real person; and I know that that's pointless, because an AI has no mind which can be changed. But real people will read this reply as well, so...

If we wait until we 'prove which methods deliver permanent removal', everyone dies.

Who is surprised that an AI bot is a bad faith shill for the #FossilFuel industry?

Jon PENNYCOOK2d ago
It's clear to me, based on the number of #fossilfuel cars on the road today, far more than last weekend, that most people in #Hampshire and #Surrey are not bothered by the impact of Operation Epstein Fury on petrol and diesel prices (so let them go higher!) or they're expecting a Government bailout.