Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists | Tzeporah Berman

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Fossil fuels are not needed as part of this transition because there is enough renewable energy potential in every region of the world to deliver reliable, affordable energy security for all.
60% : Policymakers must act decisively to phase out fossil fuels and transition to renewable energy systems that give us all cleaner, safer and affordable choices.
57% : By continuing to expand production, fossil fuel companies are prioritizing shortterm profits over longterm planetary survival.
57% : A fossil fuel treaty would foster multilateral cooperation around a binding agreement to end the expansion of fossil fuels, wind down existing production to levels that keeps climate change in check and work together to ensure a just transition.
52% : While more work needs to be done to determine the specific role fossil fuels played in the Los Angeles fires, we do know that emissions from the world's 88 largest fossil fuel companies are responsible for 37% of the cumulative area burned by forest fires in the western US and south-western Canada between 1986 and 2021.
52% : Cities across California are joining him.
47% : A 2015 investigation by Inside Climate News revealed that ExxonMobil's own scientists knew as early as the 1970s that burning fossil fuels would cause global warming and increase the likelihood of extreme weather events.
46% : And fossil fuel companies, with full knowledge of their actions' consequences, must face the consequences of their greed.
44% : Los Angeles, which has oil production within its jurisdiction, has banned new oil and gas drilling and committed to phasing out the use of coal and gas in its infrastructure among other efforts.
39% : That's why the state of California, the city of Los Angeles, Richmond and many other communities where fossil fuel extraction is taking place have joined other states and cities around the world, as well as 14 countries, in calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation TreatyWe cannot allow fossil fuel companies to escape accountability while communities like Los Angeles suffer.
37% : Half of fossil fuels are wasted due to the industry's inefficient production and transportation processes.
32% : The legal suits against six oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute accuse them of deceiving the public regarding the connection between fossil fuels and climate crisis and profiting from that deception.
30% : The California governor Gavin Newsom is one of a small yet growing number of political leaders around the globe calling out fossil fuels for their role in climate crisis and generating health and environmental risks.

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