USA! USA! USA!

"The US, which has produced more crude oil than any country has ever done in history for the past six years in a row, led the way in new oil and gas projects in 2022 and 2023…"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/oil-and-gas-fossil-fuels-report

Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals

World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds

The Guardian
@davidho and for the past 13 months global average temperatures have breached 1.5⁰C (above pre-industrial levels).
@davidho The tone of the coverage of the offenders sounds oddly celebratory. Like it's bad that emissions are rising, but hey governments and oil companies are really effective at emitting.