Big Oil’s Pullback From Clean Energy Matters Less Than You Might Think
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In other words, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., BP Plc, Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE “choose cash over climate, to cut fossil fuel production
It’s a reasonable sum, certainly, but it needs context to understand the role the companies played in decarbonization. Over the same period of 2015 through 2022, energy-transition investment from all companies and sectors came to more than $4.8 trillion. The oil majors’ low-carbon investment has obviously increased in absolute terms, but two other metrics make its relative importance clearer.
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