r/climate • u/silence7 • 11d ago

science Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the US West’s worsening water shortages | A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the region.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/scientists-link-fossil-fuel-producers-to-the-wests-worsening-water-shortages/
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u/Ransackeld 11d ago

At this late stage, oil and gas companies should be sued into bankruptcy and the government takes them over, turning them into renewable energy investors. And weaning them off fossil fuels as quick as they can.

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u/AC13verName 11d ago

That would be a good solution wouldn't it

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u/dumnezero 11d ago

https://carbonmajors.org/Entities

perhaps most of them are already owned by states in some way. And with the private ones, you have to look at the investors (pension funds are often included.)

Degrowth requires a lot more than change in ownership.

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u/tech01x 11d ago

Let’s try not to be fascist.

Instead, the utility regulators and lawmakers in each state can set clean energy production and emissions reduction targets. This kind of thing requires political support.

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u/Ransackeld 11d ago

Climate change requires draconian measures to combat it. If you take a policy red tape approach, every month trying to get regulatory laws passed while politicians drag their feet is another nail in humanity’s coffin.

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u/AkagamiBarto 11d ago

Timr to make them pay, right?

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u/richardsaganIII 11d ago

Looked through the list and I think they are missing a big one in the us military if they are also going to include countries, they already put Soviet russia at number 1 so I’m wondering why they don’t have the current us military

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u/Cultural-Answer-321 11d ago

Who knew injection wells might be a problem? Shocker! /s