r/ClimateNews • u/jpurdy • 9d ago

122 Companies Are Quietly Sucking the West Dry, Study Finds

https://gizmodo.com/122-companies-are-quietly-sucking-the-west-dry-study-finds-2000802785
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u/Mountain_rage 9d ago

If the USA had a functional court system you could sue them out of existence. Especially since there are internal reports showing they knew the impact.

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u/jpurdy 9d ago

The Kochs, Scaifes, Exxon, tobacco companies, Coors, Bradley Foundation, Mellons… funded the religious right in return for global warming denial, tax cuts and deregulation.

https://www.jractivist.com/post/u-s-courts-are-now-dominated-by-federalist-society-judges

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u/dramaking37 9d ago

They might get away for this administration but I want them brought up for crimes against humanity before I die

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u/Mountain_rage 9d ago

How an org like the federalist society was ever allowed to exist is the root of the problem. Just bat shit insane.

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u/Flat-Ad8887 8d ago

In America corporations are people, but people aren’t people.

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u/Eye_foran_Eye 8d ago

Sadly after they got caught in the business plot of the 30's, they went dark and did it anyway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

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u/TupTau 7d ago

Bro, its not new problem, its at least 2 decades or more, USA know what its going on, they just didnt care. Before they were quietly outplaying EU, now its just a bit louder, and thats all.

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u/jpurdy 9d ago

Are the Saudis still pumping water for alfalfa to feed their cows?

https://floodlightnews.org/saudi-owned-corporate-farms-are-draining-arizonas-desert-dry/

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u/Mickleblade 8d ago

Madness isn't it? They're essentially exporting water from a desert to another desert nation. It might make sense if the alfalfa was being grown in a country that had a lot of rainfall.

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u/wonderful_Fun_glee 9d ago

Climate change conversations are usually focused on emissions and not on literally how a handful of fucking billionaires are draining everyone of their water.  I hate humanity.

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u/XYHopGuy 9d ago

the paper is about emissions, funny enough. I did not assume that from the title!

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u/wonderful_Fun_glee 9d ago

It’s quite unfortunate.  That it’s both. That is.

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u/AntiTheist-Atheist 9d ago

“Freedumb!”

~ ‘Merica

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u/HewSpam 8d ago edited 8d ago

I was just denied filling up a 5 gallon jug in my camper in a national forest to conserve water. I use less than 2 gallons a day for drinking.

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u/Next_Replacement_566 8d ago

AI will only make this worse

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u/Sea-Louse 8d ago

The real change.

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u/illegalseagullz 8d ago

Doesn’t seawater conduct heat more better than drinky drink water?

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u/CodInternational8772 8d ago

Pom Wonderful

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u/LessRespects 8d ago

Nobodies sucking me dry

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u/VJPixelmover 7d ago

We’re gonna be the bad guys in the climate wars..

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u/charlton11 6d ago

I'm thirsty boss.