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From KQVD in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The COP28 climate conference closed last month, with a UN official suggesting we're at the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era,

with nations committing to transition away from them. But as the Guardian's Darnanur reports,

in 2023, oil and gas producers walked back their climate promises, expanded their operations.

We'll learn more about the Guardian's ongoing series Big Oil Uncovered and what it will take to get the industry to change.

We'll also look at how California's role as an environmental leader and oil producer fits into that effort.

Join us. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

Fossil fuel companies have made a range of pledges to reduce their global warming emissions and prioritize cleaner forms of energy.

But according to the Guardian's darnanur, oil and gas companies have reneged on,

scaled back, or taken other steps in 2023 that, quote, stand in sharp contrast to those promises.

Add to that, the U.S. last year extracted more oil and gas than ever before.

Joining me first is Ethan Elkind, director of the climate program at the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment at UC Berkeley School of Law, host of the Climate Break podcast, and also our partner in our In Transit series. Ethan, so glad to talk to you in the new year.

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