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Calgary’s ‘Olympics of Oil’ Frames Climate Action as Global Injustice

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“Can I ask my Dutch friends to phase out cows?” This was a rhetorical question asked by Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, the Saudi Arabian energy minister, during the opening of the 24th World Petroleum Congress.  The query summarized the prevailing theme of the conference, informally known as the Olympics of oil, that while everyone […]