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Who decided that #corporations were exempt from earthly consequences? The problem lies with the obligation to shareholders. The profit motive has metastasized, cancer-like, into the pursuit of endless growth on the body of our finite planet. #oilandgas https://theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl
—John Vaillant*
from the article – by John Vaillant:
So, who decided that corporations were exempt from earthly consequences? And why do governments and voters tolerate it? The problem lies with the artificial, but sacred obligation to shareholders, which [fossil fuel company CEOs] have been charged with honouring at all and any costs. In this way, the profit motive, which has metastasized, cancer-like, into the pursuit of endless growth on the body of our finite planet, has attained the sanctity of an orthodox religion, defying logic, science, common sense, and common decency.
Looked at objectively, this accountability gap enables what amounts to state-sanctioned sociopathy. As [Suncor CEO Rich] Kruger said himself, “I play to win.”*
2023-09-03 / notes
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screenshot from a post dated 2023-08-28 on the Climate Change section of the site
caption from graph in screenshot, transcribed:
Cumulative CO2 added to air from Canada managed forest since 1990 – Data from Canada’s National Inventory Reports for 1990 thru 2021. Dashed part of line shows estimates for years 2022 & 2021 (thru Jully). Estimates made using 10-year averages for all values except wildfire. Wildfire data for 2022 & 2023 from EU’s Copernicus satellite data and total hectares burned. Chart by Barry Saxifrage at VisualCarbon.org & NationalObserver.com. July 2023
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