In a world managing climate change with even a hint of rationality, each year for the oil and gas industry would be a bit worse than the last. This is not that world. In our continuing look back at 2024 in climate-related issues — see the first entry, on the year in disasters — we turn now to the industry primarily responsible for the problem but somehow facing essentially none of the consequences, at least so far. And that’s in spite of some truly damning looks into the industry’s malfeasance. Most Popular People Left Twitter Because Twitter’s Product Sucks, Not Because of Purity Politics I Think I Know What Those “Drones” Are Over New Jersey Gerontocratic Democrats Teach AOC that Helping the Party Doesn’t Help You “Our investigation uncovered compelling evidence of aggressive industry deceit which continues to this day,” said Congressman Jamie Raskin (D—MD) back in May , discussing the House Oversight Committee’s years-long look into some big oil companies’ years of wrongdoing. “Big Oil’s campaign of deception and distraction undermines the efforts we need to mobilize our people and government to save our climate, our habitat, and our species.” The now-widely understood facts about ExxonMobil’s and other companies’ intentional delay and deny tacts over the course of decades has helped fuel widespread litigation against the companies; these lawsuits have been going on for years, but there was some movement in 2024. For example, Maine recently became the latest state — joining eight others and Washington D.C., along with dozens of smaller jurisdictions — to sue the oil industry in state court, an effort opposed not just by the companies themselves but by their lackeys in red state governments and at the federal level. Related Content Climate Change 2024: The Year in Big Oil Another Big Oil Company […]