Hundreds of new oil and gas projects approved despite climate crisis. Nearly 200 private and public corporations across 58 countries were involved in the 437 new fossil fuel projects
by Wagamaga
Hundreds of new oil and gas projects approved despite climate crisis. Nearly 200 private and public corporations across 58 countries were involved in the 437 new fossil fuel projects
by Wagamaga
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More than 400 oil and gas projects were approved globally in the last two years despite calls to abandon all new hydrocarbon development, new figures showed as the UN COP28 climate talks opened Thursday.
With greenhouse gas emissions threatening to heat the planet to catastrophic levels, countries at the talks in Dubai are under pressure to agree to phase out oil, gas and coal in order to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees.
Nearly 200 private and public corporations across 58 countries were involved in the 437 new fossil fuel projects, according to figures from the nonprofit Reclaim Finance, based on data from Rystad Energy consultants.
Read more: https://www.digitaljournal.com/business/hundreds-of-new-oil-and-gas-projects-approved-despite-climate-crisis/article#ixzz8KZOUW6kg
I give up. I’m taking a nihilist view from here on out. We’re surely not the only planet with life on it, so what does it matter if life on this planet dies? There will still be life out there somewhere. Just not here.