Exit Exxon
After nearly a century basking in the top ranks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ExxonMobil has been told to leave the party. The Climate Activist community couldn't be happier, calling Exxon's exit "a historic moment marking the fall of Big Oil."
Exxon became particularly reviled when it was revealed that—despite its long denial of carbon-caused climate change—"Exxon knew about the climate crisis and lied" to protect its profits while the world burned.
"Make no mistake about the significance of this news," the 350.org Team writes. "Not only was Exxon the oldest member of the Dow Jones, but it was the world's largest oil company and, for many years, the world's largest company, period.
"The truth is that Big Oil is failing. A new day is on its way—one where we move to a resilient, regenerative, and just energy economy. Even the finance world is waking up."
Run, Kamala, Run!
It's great to see "Berkeley's own" Kamala Harris out on the campaign trail as Joe Biden’s running mate. Great attributes: child of immigrant parents from Jamaica and India, she is not only the first woman of color to be running on the Democratic Presidential campaign trail (Native American activist/author Winona LaDuke was Ralph Nader's VP choice for his Green Party runs in 1996 and 2000) but Harris has become the first candidate to campaign in sneakers.
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