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Climate change

Physics that became politics, on a schedule nobody set.

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ConocoPhillips

A vertically stripped hydrocarbon extractor — upstream only, emissions-heavy, legally separated from its own downstream past.
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11:25

DTE Energy

A coal-dependent utility masquerading as a diversified energy company — its non-utility projects are real, but their economics are invisible.
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11:34

Equinor

A state-owned petroleum giant that calls itself ‘Equinor’ still emits more than most nations — and answers to Oslo, not shareholders.
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11:48

NextEra Energy

The world’s largest renewable generator still gets more than a third of its power from fossil fuels—and that’s the point.
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10:09

Rosneft

Rosneft isn’t a company that competes — it’s a sovereign hydrocarbon apparatus dressed as a public firm.
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Beyond Meat

Ethan Brown · 2009

Beyond Meat is a plant-based meat alternative producer founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown to mitigate climate change. It licensed meatless protein technology from University of Missouri professors, launched its first product in 2012, its signature Beyond Burger in 2016, and became the first publicly traded company in its category in 2019. It announced layoffs of 19% of staff in October 2022 due to revenue declines and additional layoffs in November 2023 after a 9% sales decline.