トームさんのインスタグラム写真 - (トームInstagram)「Meanwhile, #recycling #repost @guardian "Their pledges were deployed for cynical political purposes". It was likely the Earth’s hottest week in history earlier this month, according to preliminary data, and top scientists agree that the planet will get even hotter unless we phase out fossil fuels. Yet leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say. Amid record-shattering warmth this February, BP scaled back an earlier goal of lowering its emissions by 35% by 2030, saying it will aim for a 20 to 30% cut instead. ExxonMobil quietly withdrew funding for a heavily publicized effort to use algae to create low-carbon fuel. And Shell announced that it would not increase its investments in renewable energy this year, despite earlier promises to dramatically slash its emissions. “They have left no doubt that their pledges were deployed for cynical political purposes, only to be ditched when they no longer suited the industry’s strategic position,” said Dan Cohn, a global energy transition researcher at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.」7月20日 4時54分