The oil and gas lefapha, one of the most powerful corporate forces in American politics, has spent more than $200 million over the past year and a half to stop Congress from slashing carbon emissions as evidence of their catastrophic impact—from deadly heatwaves to massive wildfires—continues to accumulate in hlollang le feshene.
Khakanyo eo ea mantlha ea lichelete tsa indasteri ea mafura a mesaletsa le chelete e sebelisoang likhethong tsa US e baloa ke Climate Power, e faneng ka liphuputso tsa eona feela. Litoro tse tloaelehileng.
Nearly 80% of the industry’s campaign donations during the time period examined went to Republican candidates, according to Climate Power, whose analysis draws on data from OpenSecrets.
Ho fihlela Laboraro bosiu, ha Moetapele oa Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) le Sen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) e phatlalalitse tumellano e makatsang mabapi le matsete a boemo ba leholimo, ho ne ho bonahala eka lets'olo la ts'usumetso ea indasteri le se le lefile ka botlalo, kaha le thusitse phula Sephutheloana sa Democrats sa Build Back Better.
Earlier this month, Manchin—the leading individual recipient of oil and gas industry cash in Congress—informed the Democratic leadership that he would not support moving ahead with renewable energy spending as part of a less ambitious bill, an apparently fatal blow to the hopes of climate action this year and possibly years into the future.
Manchin, hajoale, ho bonahala a fetotse tsela, a etsa tumellano le Schumer e nang le nalane ea nalane. $ Limilione tse likete 369 tšebelisong ea boemo ba leholimo le matla, ho kenyeletsoa le libilione ho potlakisa phetoho e salang ea naha hole le libeso. Haeba e amoheloa ke litho tsohle tse 50 tsa lekhotla la Senate Democratic, the bili ea poelano e ka feta ntle le tšehetso ea GOP.
Schumer, who said the measure would put the country “on a path to roughly 40% emissions reductions by 2030,” announced that he expects a vote on the legislation by next week. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), a key swing vote, has not commented on the deal.
Noreen Nielsen, moeletsi ea phahameng oa Climate Power, o boletse Litoro tse tloaelehileng hore ka moralo o mocha, "ho ile ha romeloa pontšo e matla ea hore lipokotho tse tebileng li ntse li tsoela pele ho fihlela joale."
“Democrats took their biggest step ever towards showing that politicians who protect profiteers fleecing Americans at the pump are on the wrong side of history,” said Nielsen. “All the money in the world couldn’t stand in the way of an agreement to move forward on a bold plan to ramp up American-made clean energy, lower energy bills for families, and take on climate change.”
But while climate advocates welcomed the proposal overall as a potential game-changer for the environment, they also stressed that the deal is littered with the fingerprints of the oil and gas industry, which—according to Climate Power’s new analysis—has spent $63.5 million on lobbying so far this year.
As part of the agreement, Democratic leaders—including Schumer and President Joe Biden—agreed to reform the regulatory process for pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure in the coming months, a victory for Manchin and his industry backers.
Liphetoho tse joalo li ka hleka tsela bakeng sa Pipeline ea Mountain Valley, morero oa khase o robehileng West Virginia le Virginia oo, ha o ka phethoa, o neng o tla o hlatsa Lithane tsa metsoako ea 89,526,651 ea likhase tse futhumatsang lefatše selemo le selemo.
Jamie Henn, motsamaisi oa Fossil Free Media, itse Laboraro la ho qetela ke hore "ke tlamo ho sehlopha se seng le se seng sa botala le baitseki ba boemo ba leholimo" ho "loana joalo ka lihele ho netefatsa hore Pipeline ea Mountain Valley ha e hahuoe."
"Ha ho sechaba se lokelang ho etsoa sehlabelo bakeng sa melemo ea lipolotiki," Henn a phaella.
Bili, ka sebopeho sa eona sa hajoale, le eona e ne e tla taelo thekiso ea khiro ea oli ho tloha lebopong la Alaska le Koung ea Mexico.
Tlhahlobo ea Climate Power mabapi le ts'ebetso ea Big Oil le tumellano ea Schumer-Manchin e fihlile ha linatla tsa mafura a khale li qala ho tlaleha phaello ea tsona bakeng sa kotara ea bobeli ea 2022.
Labone la pele, Shell phatlalatsoa a record-shattering $11.5 billion in profits for last quarter. ExxonMobil—which is also e lebeletsoe to announce a profit surge—and Chevron are set to report earnings on Friday as the industry continues to exploit Russia’s assault on Ukraine to push up costs for consumers.
Ho ea ka thuto e hatisitsoeng bekeng e fetileng, indasteri ea lefats'e ea oli le khase e entse phaello e ka bang $ 3 bilione ka letsatsi lilemong tse mashome a mahlano tse fetileng joalo ka ha e entse. jala disinformation mabapi le boikarabelo ba eona bo ka sehloohong bakeng sa koluoa ea boemo ba leholimo le boiteko bo matla ba ho sebetsana le mocheso o senyang.
Ho latela mantsoe a Aviel Verbruggen, mongoli ea ka sehloohong oa phuputso eo, phaello eo e makatsang e file indasteri ea mafura matla a ho “reka ralipolotiki e mong le e mong” le “tsamaiso e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe.”
"Ke nahana hore sena se etsahetse," Verbruggen o boletse The Guardian.
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