big oil

  • 2021 Has to Be the Beginning of the End for Big Oil

    2021 Has to Be the Beginning of the End for Big Oil

    It seems like everyone had a pretty rough 2021, and no wonder — we’ve had to contend with an ongoing global pandemic, crumbling political infrastructure, climate disasters with no end, and all of Joe Manchin’s ongoing bullshit. But there’s one thing that put a little bit of a spring in my step, and that’s that…


  • I Hate That Conoco Is So Good at Social Media

    I Hate That Conoco Is So Good at Social Media

    There’s a video on YouTube I keep coming back to, even though I absolutely hate it. It’s a 46-minute mix of songs titled “Lofi glug glug mix – beats to drive/study to.” The buzzy, mostly wordless electronic tracks are set to an animation of an anime girl driving a car with a cheerful Shiba Inu…


  • Shell’s Bad Tweets Reek of Desperation

    Shell’s Bad Tweets Reek of Desperation

    “Social licence to operate” is one of the life-bloods of brands. Reportedly coined by Canadian mining CEO James Cooney in 1997 after a disaster, the concept is basically how much the public is willing to embrace (or at least put up with) how an industry operates.