The Latin phrase quid pro quo means getting 'something for something'. That's neatly-illustrated by the US oil and gas firms, who gave more than $75m towards Trump's last presidential campaign. 'Coincidentally', they now stand to benefit from his 'drill, baby drill' exhortation to extract yet more fossil fuels. These oil and gas companies clearly 'needed a break'. Their collective wealth only went up by 15% in the last 9 months (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/18/us-oil-gas-industry-wealth-trump). The US fossil fuel companies are already massively rich. They pay, however, nothing towards clearing up the environmental hazards they help create. Guess the US won't be needing as much oil and gas from Canada? This whole transactional equation seems designed to push climate change well past any tipping points (essentially, points of no return).
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