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Oil companies create ‘smokescreen’ to enable exploration off Brazil’s Amazon coast

infoamazonia.org/en/2025/04/03

Oil companies are covertly positioning to extract oil from the entire mouth of the Amazon River, an investigation shows. Drilling in this ecologically sensitive region could impact traditional communities, and nature reserves.

Louisiana (this happened Friday but I somehow missed local news about it)

Guardian: Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlands

Verdict marks end of the first trial of 42 lawsuits filed about 12 years ago, alleging firm’s projects destroyed the regions

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Jury orders Chevron to pay more than $744m for destroying Louisiana wetlandsBy Maya Yang

„ Trump schlug stattdessen vor, die EU-Staaten sollten deutlich mehr Energie aus den USA importieren. Europäische Staaten müssten eine Menge an Energie erwerben, die dem derzeitigen Handelsdefizit der USA gegenüber der EU entspreche.“

Ahahaha, #BigOil ich hör Dir trapsen. Aka, Männer die die Welt verbrennen. Cc @ChristianStoecker

tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveb

tagesschau.de · US-Zollpolitik: ++ Trump wartet auf Anruf aus China ++By tagesschau.de

"#ForOurKids has a number of actions folks can take at the school board, provincial & federal levels of government. At school boards we ask them to establish policies to vet resources to exclude organizations that have a conflict of interest like #FossilFuel industry funding."

podcastics.com/episode/352139/

"It's important to remember: they don't just sow doubt about #ClimateChange & the science. They undermine the political will needed to address it, they go directly after climate policy. They're doing this in our schools, which is horrifying & they're lobbying intensively right now in government."

podcastics.com/episode/352139/

"A new analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that in 2024, #Canada’s federal government provided nearly $30 billion in subsidies and financing to the #fossilfuel industry, including $21 billion for the TransMountain pipeline. This financial support comes at a significant cost to taxpayers and ignores the global shift toward #renewableenergy." environmentaldefence.ca/wp-con

"The 'global science communications action plan' was introduced at a meeting by the #AmericanPetroleumInstitute which directly says 'we achieve victory when the average citizen recognizes there are uncertainties about climate science' then lays out a plan including getting into the education system."

podcastics.com/episode/352139/

Continued thread

"The sweeping package of tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say."

~ Dharna Noor

#Trump #tariffs #StockMarket #economy #recession #inflation #stupidity #incompetence #destruction #BigOil #OilandGas #oligarchy #billionaires
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theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · ‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs packageBy Dharna Noor