Oil and Gas Industry's Expansion Plans Decried as Attack on 'Livable Planet'

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'Oil and gas companies are betting against our collective future,' said urgewald campaigner KatrinGanswindt.

for millions of people, particularly those residing in poor nations that have done the least to cause the crisis.

If these fossil fuels are removed from the ground and burned, an additional 115 billion tonnes of heat-trapping carbon dioxide equivalent will be pumped into the atmosphere by the end of the decade. That's 30 times more greenhouse gas pollution than Europe generates each year.in a separate analysis that global emissions from oil and gas production are up to three times higher than reported.

Just over a dozen corporations—including Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Chevron, and Shell—are responsible for more than half of the industry's short-term expansion efforts, Urgewald found.

 

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