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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>December 5</b></i></font></font><font
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<i>[ At the COP28 - Al Jaber blabbers ]</i><br>
<b>Climate Summit Leader Tries to Calm Uproar Over a Remark on
Fossil Fuels</b><br>
Sultan Al Jaber, responsible for leading the world away from fossil
fuels, had said there was “no science” to support a phaseout of oil
and gas.<br>
By Lisa Friedman<br>
Reporting from the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates<br>
Dec. 4, 2023<br>
Simmering tensions around the decision to hold a global climate
summit in a petrostate burst into the open on Monday when Sultan Al
Jaber, the Emirati oil executive who is leading the conference,
launched into an angry public defense of his position on ending
fossil fuel use.<br>
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Mr. Al Jaber, who runs the state-owned oil company, Adnoc, was under
fire for a video that surfaced in which he said there is “no
science” behind the idea that fossil fuels must be phased out in
order to keep average global temperatures from rising above 1.5
degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels...<br>
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Former Vice President Al Gore, who has called for fossil fuels to be
replaced with wind, solar and other renewable energy, assailed Mr.
Al Jaber.<br>
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“From the moment this absurd masquerade began, it was only a matter
of time before his preposterous disguise no longer concealed the
reality of the most brazen conflict of interest in the history of
climate negotiations,” Mr. Gore said in an email. “Obviously, the
world needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible.”<br>
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He said Mr. Al Jaber “has been preparing one of the most aggressive
expansions of fossil fuel production, timed to begin as soon as he
bangs the final gavel to conclude COP28.”...<br>
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But on Monday, a defiant Mr. Al Jaber suggested he did not say what
he can be heard saying on the video. And he indicated that anyone
who claimed otherwise was trying to undermine his leadership of
COP28...<br>
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In front of a packed and hastily arranged news conference, Mr. Al
Jaber appeared to take the criticism personally and described his
background as an economist and an engineer. “I respect the science
in everything I do,” he said.<br>
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“I have said over and over that the phase-down and the phaseout of
fossil fuels is inevitable,” Mr. Al Jaber said.<br>
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He insisted that he has called many times for a phase out of fossil
fuels and said that his efforts to champion climate change had been
ignored by the media.<br>
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Mr. Al Jaber appeared aggrieved, saying “one statement, taken out of
context with misrepresentation and misinterpretation that gets
maximum coverage.”<br>
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The fossil fuel industry has responded to suggestions of a phaseout
by saying that technology could capture and store carbon emissions,
which would allow it to continue to operate. But scientists widely
agree that the technologies that the oil industry is depending upon,
like carbon capture and storage, cannot be deployed at the scale or
pace required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/climate/cop28-aljaber-fossil-fuels.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/04/climate/cop28-aljaber-fossil-fuels.html</a>
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<i>[ Democracy Now - segment on COP28 Coverage ]</i><br>
<b>Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 4, 2023</b><br>
Democracy Now!<br>
Dec 4, 2023 Latest Shows<br>
Support our work: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://democracynow.org/give">https://democracynow.org/give</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzL41fCfLys&t=404s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzL41fCfLys&t=404s</a><br>
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<i>[ An excellent report samples company propaganda at COP 28 ]</i><br>
<b>Corporate 'Net Zero' BS is all the rage. Don't get taken in!</b><br>
Just Have a Think<br>
Dec 3, 2023<br>
Everyone's got a 'Net-Zero' plan these days, haven't they? No
self-respecting company would be without one. But are these claims a
genuine marker of real decarbonisation within a business or just an
exercise in corporate box-ticking? Now a new report has analysed 300
of the world's largest corporations to find out the answer.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://youtu.be/m8_sDjFN1uM?si=8D7fpmcGYJBTFst3">https://youtu.be/m8_sDjFN1uM?si=8D7fpmcGYJBTFst3</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_sDjFN1uM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_sDjFN1uM</a><br>
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<i>[ Sarcasm from Down-Under - we live in the age of the
Enshittenment ]</i><br>
<b>Honest Government Ad | Israel & Gaza 🇮🇱 🇵🇸</b><br>
thejuicemedia<br>
Oct 26, 2023<br>
The Government™ has made an ad about Israel & Gaza and it's
surprisingly honest and informative<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Zb9iUi0JM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0Zb9iUi0JM</a>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[The news archive - ugh ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"> <font size="+2"><i><b>December 5, 2007 </b></i></font>
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<font face="Calibri"> </font> December 5, 2007: In a monologue that
clearly explains why he had spent the previous nineteen years
claiming that climate change was a hoax, Rush Limbaugh declares:<br>
<blockquote>"Can I give you a real simple reality? It may be
controversial, but it's inarguable. This is a world that runs on
fossil fuels, folks, and it's going to run on fossil fuels long
after you and I and your grandkids are dead. Wind, solar, all pipe
dream stuff, as we sit here and speak now. Would somebody explain
to me what is so immoral about the leaders of this country
attempting to maintain a supply and access to the fossil fuel that
runs the world and runs our economy?...What I'm suggesting here is
that even if a part of all of the strategy here [with the Iraq
War] is to maintain the free flow of oil at market prices, what in
the name of Sam Hill is wrong with that? What's the crime? Where's
the immorality in it?"<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2007/12/05/what_s_wrong_with_war_for_oil2">http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2007/12/05/what_s_wrong_with_war_for_oil2</a><br>
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