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  Report Details Big Oil Lobby's Relentless Opposition to a Green Transition Climate campaigners said the "brilliant and disturbing" publication "shows the crucial need for increased awareness of the delaying tactics of fossil fuel companies." Echoing years of  academic ,  congressional , and  journalistic  research, a U.K.-based think tank on Thursday released a  report  detailing how top fossil fuel industry trade groups have "used a playbook of narratives and arguments to systematically oppose, weaken, and delay the transition to renewables and electric vehicles (EVs) since at least 1967." The new InfluenceMap analysis focuses on the American Petroleum Institute (API), FuelsEurope, and Fuels Industry U.K.—whose spokespeople  responded  to the report by insisting to  SustainableViews  that the oil and gas industry is playing an "essential" role in the transition and it is necessary to harness "vast energy resources, from oil and n...

  07 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATS FOR SURVIVAL — We are in the uncomfortable position of having to battle candidates that in some cases we actually support for enough money to make our budget. Help to the extent that you can and we have fighting chance. In peace and solidarity. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Juan Cole | As Saudis Stab Biden in the Back With OPEC+ Oil Cut, Only Electric Vehicles Can Make US Independent Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "In a major blow to President Joe Biden, on Wednesday, OPEC+ took steps toward cutting the oil production of the members by 2 million barrels a day." I n a major blow to President Joe Biden, on Wednesday, OPEC+ took steps toward cutting the oil production of the members by 2 million barrels a day.  Jackie Northam  at NPR reports the views of analysts who believe that Saudi Arabia and Russia drove the decision in order to...