U.S. Department of Energy Secretary J. Granholm. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by the U.S. Department of Energy from June 2, 2021. By Basav Sen / Common Dreams From March 18 to 22, 2024, the oil and gas industry held its major annual conference, CERAWeek, in Houston, Texas. The conference speakers included the usual rogues’ gallery of fossil fuel CEOs from the U.S. and worldwide, including the heads of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Occidental, ConocoPhillips, Saudi Aramco, and Total. These