The oil industry has stalled action on climate change from the inside and sold America on fossil fuels – and its influence goes back further than people realizeWhen Rick Perry was interrupted by climate-change protesters during his address to the National Petroleum Council in late September,the energy secretary was ready with a retort.“You want to talk approximately something that saves lives? It’s the access to energy around the globe,” Perry said, and countering a woman worried approximately deadly hurricanes and a man whose hometown is being submerged by the rising Philippine Sea. “I am proud to be a fragment of this industry. I am proud to be an American.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk