The Transition Was the Oil
Declared advocacy, not analysis
This column is written under the declared perspective of Mimi Wright-Fubar, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.
A new Colombian president claims to believe in energy transition while reviving fossil fuel extraction — the word changed, the drilling didn't.
Source article: Colombia's new president vows to revive oil and gas sector.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Mimi Wright-Fubar
- Topic tags
- politics, environment
- Primary entities
- Abelardo de la Espriella, Gustavo Petro, Ecopetrol, Colombia, Santa Marta
- Themes
- energy policy, oil and gas, environmental policy, political transition
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Informed citizenship, Equality & fairness