Jessica Corbett

"Drilling more won't lower prices for U.S. consumers. More oil from U.S. lands will just be exported," said one critic. "And more investment in oil drilling will deepen our dependence on fossil fuels when the worsening climate catastrophe demands we speed the transition."

With the continent facing climate extremes despite its limited contributions to the crisis, political leaders and campaigners have called for global spending on clean energy development.

"For working Americans who already feel the crush of inflation, job losses will make it much worse."

"The dial is being turned up on our planet and yet our world leaders haven't begun to sweat," said climate activist Vanessa Nakate. "The only option is for us to continue to turn up the heat—on them—to correct the course we are on."

"We urge you to carefully weigh the climate impacts of increasing gas capacity, and consider how the GTN XPress project is inconsistent with Washington, Oregon, and California's efforts to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

"Today's edition features a message from the fossil fuel company, one of the world's largest producers of carbon emissions, claiming it is 'working toward a lower carbon future,'" noted one journalist.

"This research sheds new light on an area of lobbying that has largely been able to slip under the radar and should act as a wake-up call to policymakers ahead of the U.N.'s upcoming biodiversity conference," said InfluenceMap's program manager.

"The idea of putting these people in charge of our elections is nuts," a critic said of Trump-endorsed secretary of state candidates.