US energy industry’s climate retreat is putting profits over people, advocates say

Oil giants retreat on climate pledges, embrace Trump-era fossil fuel policies at CERAWeek in Texas

At a major oil and gas conference in Texas this week, companies publicly retreated from their flashy climate pledges of years past, redoubling their commitment to planet-warming fossil fuels.

The withdrawals illustrate the companies' allegiance not to ordinary Americans, but to their shareholders and the climate-skeptical Trump administration, advocates said.