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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day ago

Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.

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Trump is wiping out all climate regulation. Big Oil may regret it.

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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 day ago
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For decades, oil majors fought climate regulation. Now, they’re afraid Trump’s extreme rollbacks could leave them on the hook to pay for what they’ve done.
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    TLDR; if the EPA bites the dust, every state lawsuit against polluters can go through.

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    Oil companies ARE responsible for the worlds environmental problems.

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    Make them pay

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    This is a war they’re not going to lose, they’re just trying to win every chance they get. The fossil fuel industry makes a trillion dollars of profit a year. They could buy every politician so many times over.

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      It’s a war they will definitely lose, either by time or by collective will. I hope it’s the latter, because if it’s the former, nobody wins.

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