UNGA81: UN chief says ‘big oil’ firms treat atmosphere as open sewer

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized major oil companies for treating the atmosphere like an open sewer during a UN energy industry meeting. He emphasized the fossil fuel sector's resistance to change despite environmental consequences.

Major global oil companies are treating the atmosphere like an “open sewer,” the outgoing United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Tuesday in a withering attack on the energy industry at the UN’s high-level meeting. “We know that fossil fuel interests won’t step aside on their own. For decades, Big Oil has treated the atmosphere as Read More: https://punchng.com/un-chief-says-big-oil-firms-treat-atmosphere-as-open-sewer/