Posted on 01/10/2018 1:05:46 PM PST by rktman
Today, New York City took the climate advocacy fight to the fossil fuel industry's doorstep.
NYC mayor Bill de Blasio officially announced that the city will be the first to divest all its pension funds – a total of $191 billion – from fossil fuels. That means roughly $5 billion in fossil fuel investments will be taken away from fossil fuel companies, which is reportedly the largest of any municipality to date.
At the same time, the city has launched legal action against five major oil organizations: ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and ConocoPhillips. Arguing that they played a key role in anthropogenic climate change, New York City is asking that they pay for the defensive measures the metropolis is having to put in place in order to stave off climate-associated damage.
“If there were any deniers before Hurricane Sandy, I don’t think there were any more afterwards,” the mayor explained at a press conference earlier today.
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It’s a shake down.
The Oil Companies can file a counter-claim that cities like New York played an even larger role in “climate change.” (”Urban heat zone” anyone?)
Shakedown.
““If there were any deniers before Hurricane Sandy, I don’t think there were any more afterwards,” the mayor explained at a press conference earlier today.”
Scary that someone that dumb or that Machavielin would be Mayor in such a major American city.
I’ve seen 3 gas shortages around Atlanta in the last decade. Fluke outages, either hurricane or simple malfunction.
“Oh, sorry NYC, the pumps broke down. Don’t worry, they’ll be back up in two days. ...oh, our competitors are having the same problem? wow.”
They ought to close all their gas stations in New York. See how DeCommio likes that. Oddly he probably would.
Sandy was a weather event. We were just lectured those don’t prove anything related to climate.
My thoughts as well.
I bet he’s retaining the ‘Justice Brothers’ as advisors.
Yes, stop selling gas and petroleum products in NYC.
Also, discovery could be interesting...
Well, commie/socialist duh blah blah blah zero.
“...don’t prove anything related to climate.” Well unless it furthers their goals, then it is relevant.
What does de Commie-o believe fuels the fleet of SUVs in which he zooms around the city at high speed, ignoring traffic signals? Wind? Solar? Hamsters?
Moron.
We can agree that you don't think, Fredo.
This case could be a great opportunity to put the lie to the whole hoax.
“If there were any deniers before Hurricane Sandy, I don’t think there were any more afterwards,”
Gamecock wrote: Sandy was a weather event. We were just lectured those don’t prove anything related to climate.
The Progressives do not care about facts or logic. Their only question is: Does it move our agenda “forward”.
A slimy try at screwing people by scamming money from corporations who then have to increase prices to the consumer.
Hey!
It worked when they did it to the tobacco companies - didn’t it?
Companies should Just add taxes to fossil fuel sales in litigious states
And scale back on distribution
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