{"id":7654,"date":"2021-01-13T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=149669"},"modified":"2021-01-13T16:48:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T16:48:34","slug":"350-org-on-american-petroleum-institutes-state-of-american-energy-2021-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/13\/350-org-on-american-petroleum-institutes-state-of-american-energy-2021-report\/","title":{"rendered":"350.org on American Petroleum Institute\u2019s &#8216;State of American Energy&#8217; 2021 Report:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>New York, NY &#8211; Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released their <a href=\"https:\/\/350communications.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-xuuttjl-autddoju-r\/\">annual State of American Energy report<\/a>, where the fossil fuel front-group doubled down on the industry\u2019s climate deception playbook.<\/p>\n<p>On this latest report, Emily Southard, <a href=\"http:\/\/350.org\/\">350.org<\/a> spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe American Petroleum Institute weighing in on our country\u2019s energy future is like an arsonist telling us how to put out a fire. API knew and lied for decades about the reality of the climate crisis, and is now doubling down on its playbook of delay and deception.<\/p>\n<div id=\"block-inject-17\" class=\"block-inject block-inject-17\">\n<div id=\"block-block-86\" class=\"block block--block block--block-86\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhile API flaunts the diversity of fossil fuel workers, the report blatantly fails to mention the disproportionate harm to Black, Indigenous, and communities of color by fossil fuels; the over 118,000 oil and gas workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic; and its funding of a <a href=\"https:\/\/350communications.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-xuuttjl-autddoju-y\/\">white supremacist insurrection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenewables are already eclipsing fossil fuels. It\u2019s time to make polluters like API pay for their deliberate climate destruction, and leap toward a just recovery that puts our communities\u2019 health and safety first.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just yesterday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/350communications.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-xuuttjl-autddoju-j\/\">U.S. Energy Information Agency<\/a> (EIA) reported that renewables will account for a majority of new U.S. electricity generating capacity in 2021, including <a href=\"https:\/\/350communications.cmail19.com\/t\/t-l-xuuttjl-autddoju-t\/\">wind power overtaking coal in Texas<\/a> generating nearly a quarter of energy there.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/13\/350-org-on-american-petroleum-institutes-state-of-american-energy-2021-report\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY \u2013 Today, the American Petroleum Institute (API) released their annual State of American Energy report, where the fossil fuel front-group doubled down on the industry\u2019s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7655,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions\/7655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}