The Vilification Of Oil Producers Continues Apace At COP26

The Vilification Of Oil Producers Continues Apace At COP26

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 01: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the opening ... [+] ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 at SECC on November 1, 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. World Leaders attending COP26 are under pressure to agree measures to deliver on emission reduction targets that will lead the world to net-zero by 2050. Other goals of the summit are adapting to protect communities and natural habitats, mobilising $100billion in climate finance per year and get countries working together to meet the challenges of the climate crisis. (Photo by Yves Herman - WPA Pool/Getty Images) As the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow wraps up, the oil and gas industries are once again the villains of the piece (coal of course is already beyond the pale). On the eve of the summit, Royal Dutch Shell's CEO stated that the company would be absent from the climate talks after being told it would not be welcome. Teenage climate icon Greta Thunberg, whose tirades have repeatedly gone viral on social media over the past two weeks, tweeted "I don't know about you, but I sure am not comfortable with having some of the world's biggest villains influencing &