Category: Business

The Dems are Coming for Exxon

Tom Patriot

U.S. Democrat lawmakers Carolyn Maloney and Ro Khanna on Thursday asked the chiefs of four major fossil fuel companies (Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp, BP USA, and Royal Dutch Shell Oil Co) and two lobbying groups to testify next month on whether the industry-led an effort to mislead the public and prevent action to fight climate change. Oil and gas companies have faced a slew of lawsuits from cities and states across the U.S. after their investments in campaigns to undermine climate policy and downplay the impact of burning fossil…

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“Technological Decoupling” with China Won’t Be That Easy

Tom Patriot

Our country’s relationship with China is getting worse. We’ve seen how the administration blamed China for our country’s cybersecurity issues, and how we challenged their human rights abuses.  The US and China continuously fail to cooperate in making solutions for climate change, and the rumors about the Chinese military’s preparations for war become more real as news of more than a hundred missile silos surfaced in August. The two countries continue to drift apart when it comes to the race towards advanced technology… There’s a big chance that the US…

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