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Ryan Wishart

@ryanwishart.bsky.social
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Environmental Sociologist at Creighton University, Omaha, NE

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 16h
Brown University’s widget shows that the energy costs of the Iran war have just passed $1,000 per household iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happy to talk to Grist about our new article tracing corporate capture of higher education, the dangers of current attacks, and what we could do about it. grist.org/accountabili...
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How elite universities got tangled up in politics and petroleum
Half a century of corporate influence set the stage for Trump's attacks on higher education, a new study argues.
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Check out the coverage of our new paper in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Decades of fossil fuel influence paved way for Trump’s assault on university research, study says
Fossil fuel firms have spent years trying to regulate climate research by donating to US universities, study authors argue
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Important read about the corporate capture of universities (and how it's been a long time coming) 👇
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Agreed, and administrators have played a role in empowering those bad faith actors, published Friday: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States
Universities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor…
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 25/09/2026
Corporate capture of universities is happening and has been happening. How do we use collective organizing to protect academic integrity? See CSSN scholar’s publication out today: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States
Universities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor…
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Disregard empathy, embrace TESCREAL
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Locutus of Borg: Captain Picard Assimilated
ALT: Locutus of Borg: Captain Picard Assimilated
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/08/2026
In July, on ABC, CBS, and NBC, there were 194 segments on the extreme heat waves rolling across the US. Number that mentioned climate change: 0.
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ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change
From late June through July, successive heat waves swept across large portions of the United States, breaking temperature records and placing more than 100 million people at a time under heat alerts. ...
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You guys have a lounge?
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Will Poulter as Kenny: You Guys Getting Paid?
ALT: Will Poulter as Kenny: You Guys Getting Paid?
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026
Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Manufacturers noticed that this chemical, known as an ester, reminded them of the smell of grapes. This ester was cheaply mass‑produced using coal byproducts produced by emerging coal industries, and this became the basis of the go‑to grape flavor that we still use today www.ipm.org/show/amoment...
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What's Up With That Fake Grape Flavor?
Have you ever wondered why your grape-flavored snacks never seem to really taste like grape?
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NPR @npr.org · 13/06/2026
The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
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Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn
The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Please join with @cossa.bsky.social to write your representatives in Congress to stop the dismantling of NSF's SBE Directorate!
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Been thinking about KSR's Ministry for the Future speculation on drones more and more
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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/03/2026
The far right's new politicized higher ed accreditor is illegitimate. "Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda" — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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New CPHE Accrediting Body Is Illegitimate
Rather than protecting educational quality, the CPHE appears designed to give partisan political actors a powerful new tool to pressure universities to conform to a narrow ideological agenda—backed by...
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Full article is a classic monthlyreview.org/articles/why...
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Why Socialism? - Monthly Review
Albert Einstein is the world-famous physicist. This article was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). It was subsequently published in May 1998 to commemorate the... RE...
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies. It was a "sideshow," I was told.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 09/02/2026
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
See the discussion and assessment of claims by OPPD/EPRI and Nebraska's governor about the safety of emissions by a panel of expert researchers here youtu.be/11dZMKJU4Yk?...
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Health, Reliability, and Coal: Evaluating OPPD's Analyses of North Omaha
YouTube video by Creighton JPS
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Important reporting on environmental justice problems with continued coal-fired power pollution by @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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Citing study, OPPD said its Omaha coal plant poses no ‘significant’ health threat. That’s misleading, experts say. - Flatwater Free Press
At least one board member says he wants to work with the health department on continued studies
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/01/2026
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
“Getting rid of this department degrades the state’s capacity to predict and adapt to weather and weather extremes that dictate our agricultural success,”
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Bad for ag: Axing of UNL’s atmospheric sciences department will harm Nebraska, researchers say  - Flatwater Free Press
The move means the university system's flagship campus will no longer be able to produce homegrown meteorologists and geologists — professions that monitor for severe weather and study groundwater, bo...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 07/01/2026
“This is not just a failure of one chancellor, it is a systemic failure of leadership at the highest levels — including President Jeffrey Gold & the Board of Regents — who endorsed these decisions, ignored faculty governance, & approved this payout.” — Alexander Vazansky, UNL AAUP
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UNL AAUP condemns $1.1 million payout to Chancellor Rodney Bennett
According to the separation agreement approved by the Board of Regents, Chancellor Bennett will receive a lump-sum payment exceeding $1.1 million, in addition to continued salary and benefits through ...
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Fiona Scott Morton @proffionasm.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality. www.nber.org/papers/w34643
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Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/12/2025
When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard. City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup. With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 12/12/2025
🚨 New analysis🚨 Since Trump returned to power, 15 coal plants had planned retirements pushed back or delayed indefinitely. Nearly 75 percent were on track to shutter in the next two years. AI is a major, but not the only driver. Read more 👉
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These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
You can find the Nebraska Climate Assessment report here: nsco.unl.edu/news/nebrask...
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Nebraska Climate Assessment | Nebraska State Climate Office | Nebraska
Executive SummaryNebraska stands at the crossroads of experiencing and addressing the challenges climate change brings. Tackling the far reaching impacts of climate change on agriculture, water resour...
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I was glad to work together with dozens of researchers across disciplines to summarize what the latest research tells us about how climate change is impacting Nebraskans. We shouldn't sacrifice the vulnerable and need policies to protect the people and places we love. omaha.com/news/state-r...
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Once-in-a-decade report on Nebraska's climate gives dire warning: 'Are we willing to sacrifice?'
Extremely hot days across Nebraska will be more common, extremely cold days will be rarer and groundwater levels and seasonal precipitation patterns will be disrupted, according to a climate change
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
One of these things is not like the others
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025
Car Size xkcd.com/3167/
4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The key is an induction stovetop
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
There is a case US leadership of Obstruction. The new CSSN volume reviews the evidence bsky.app/profile/cssn...
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 28/10/2025
The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute. Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era. Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Check out our chapter on How Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Impede Climate Action!
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Man we got some Big Anthony problems
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Happy Halloween
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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🚨NEW PAPER🚨 We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 03/10/2025
“Not surprisingly, these scientists’ names and viewpoints were familiar from previous research by UCS and others, congressional testimony, and other public appearances.” Find out who authored the Trump administration’s sham climate report and uncover their ties to the #FossilFuel industry.
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Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation  
Industry-backed actors create the illusion of legitimate debate, exploit uncertainty, and delay action.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...
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In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump
In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Dang my class starts in January
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Would be good to see Examiner follow up on how the proposed elimination of the Earth and Atmospheric Science and other departments at UNL would impact capacity to follow up on the reports findings and recommendations. The cuts seem likely to make it impossible to do a similar report in the future.
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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Trump admin wants to keep expensive coal plants online to power AI If you're wondering why electricity bills are going up.... www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Most coal-fired power plants will delay retirement to feed AI boom, energy secretary says
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump expects most of the nation's coal-fired power plants to delay retirement to help deliver the vast amount of electricity needed to fuel artificial intelligence, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Reuters on Thursday.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 23/09/2025
UCS's @karenstillerman.bsky.social breaks down why this report matters and the policies contributing to a spike in food prices and food insecurity in her latest blog:
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The USDA Cancels Annual Hunger Study While Trump Policies Drive Up Food Prices
Canceling the annual Household Food Security Reports is part of a broader Trump administration effort to suppress data inconvenient to its political agenda.
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Ryan Wishart @ryanwishart.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Trump isn't "primitively grasping" towards anything like the degrowth project Saito or other similar Marxists support. To say the govt are trying, ineffectually, to respond to SOME of the contradictions identified by them isn't the same thing. @koheisaito.bsky.social can speak for himself of course
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org 110 top experts from around the world 13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this Will be free online Oct 14 1/x global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Cover of new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment from Oxford University Press. Shows cows, smokestacks, jets, oil refineries, cell phones and a man in a suit talking to an audience
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