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Big Oil sponsors dinners and awards receptions for journalists as study reveals $38 trillion in climate damage

In 2023 and 2024, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA)sponsored dinners and awards receptions for journalists.

Dan Bacher

Dan Bacher

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Big Oil sponsors dinners and awards receptions for journalists as study reveals $38 trillion in climate damage
Third Act Sacramento activists held a protest on April 21 urging CalPERS/STRS, the State of California retirement pension funds, to stop funding climate crimes as they invest in fossil fuel corporations. A just-released study by Dartmouth College reveals that the world's biggest corporations, topped by Big Oil companies, have caused $28 trillion in climate damage. As Big Oil keeps on pumping in the oil fields of California, the Western States Petroleum Association has waged a successful campaign to sponsor dinners and awards receptions for journalists. Photo by Dan Bacher.

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