(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty ImagesNo one is likely to be surprised about Democratic calls for the DOJ to sue Big Oil for their role in creating and denying climate change. The use of the term “global industrial GHG emissions” is telling, although the New York Times incorrectly shortens this to “global greenhouse gas emissions,” which inflates their contribution by a factor of four. The EPA says industry accounts for 24% of global GHG emissions, about the same as agriculture and forestry. No lawsuit appears likely to target groups opposed to nuclear power, though, at least none promoted by Democratic Senators. Shockingly (saracasm), politicians on both sides of the aisle are spending far more time looking for someone to blame and demonize, whether its Republicans arguing that climate change is a Chinese hoax or Democrats implying that without Big Oil, the world would have enacted expensive climate change policies years ago.

Source: New York Times August 02, 2023 10:21 UTC