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How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning

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It taught Esso and other Standard Oil companies how to sell derivative products (like plastic and pesticides) that made the company and the brand a household name in the minds of the public. Don’t Call It Methane, It’s ‘Natural’ Gas. Except that methane gas isn’t clean. In its day, “Quick, Henry, the Flit!”

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How Climate-Friendly is Liz Truss’s Cabinet?

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In June 2022, Clarke delivered a speech during a House of Commons debate saying that a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was “really devastating”, noting the threats of sea level rise and biodiversity loss if global temperatures aren’t limited.