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Why Big Oil Isn’t Slashing Its Republican Ties — Yet
As coups and climate grip public consciousness, the industry’s old political shield risks becoming an anchor.
This sort of thing has businesses considering their own political ties.
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Big Oil faces that old political dilemma. You know the one. On the one hand, the industry’s chosen party has its back on regulation and climate policy. On the other, the same party also tried to overturn the result of a democratic election in favor of a president who encouraged a mob to attack the Capitol, thereby endangering our whole way of life; which underpins, among many other things, the ability for any industry, oil included, to conduct business.
It’s a head-scratcher, all right.