#ChumpChange: As Californians were gouged at the pumps, Chevron reported 2022 earnings of $35.5 billion to stop a bill to ban #offshoredrilling off the California coast and another bill to divest State of California pension funds from investments in the #fossilfuel industry.
In addition to stopping key #climatejustice bills, the gusher of Big Oil and Big Gas #lobbying money also resulted in the approval of an astounding 13,725 total permits for oil and gas drilling in California.

"Today, #Guyana is considered to be a #CarbonSink, thanks to its dense #rainforests and low emissions. But if #Exxon has its way, Guyana could soon become what’s known as a '#CarbonBomb.'"

“The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb”: Meet the Environmental Lawyer Taking On #ExxonMobil

#extractivism #OffshoreDrilling #FossilFuels #OilLobby

#DemocracyNow

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/23/guyanas_carbon_bomb_exxonmobil