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by Hankenstein2 2435 days ago
Who else do we hold accountable except the companies that profit on the short sighted behavior? I am willing/wanting to pay more for my luxuries but unless we make everyone do it, nothing changes.

If Exxon doesn't release the information, definitely nothing happens, if they do then maybe something happens.

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You don't hold anyone accountable, even though we all are. You fix the damn problem. Pointing fingers and assigning blame is pretty much useless in solving any type of problem.
Charles Koch and other billionaires and oil interests are literally spending hundreds of millions of dollars per year funding the ultra-right wing US ecosystems of think tanks and academics, and a large part of the motivation is to prevent action to deal with climate change. They're fighting. But fighting back is wrong?

Dark Money by Jane Mayer is a good place to read more. Charles Koch hired private investigators to tail her back when she was working on the book. That's a strong endorsement!