The global climate effort of lowering down the temperatures can refrain the development of oil.

Perhaps most troubling for oil companies over the long term is the goal — agreed to last December by virtually every country in the world at a climate conference in Paris — of staving off a rise in average global temperatures of more than 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

Under current laws, many Americans can still be fired from their jobs, evicted from their homes or denied credit because of their sexual identity. But efforts by Oregon Senator Jef Merkley and his allies to create new federal protections have not found a single Republican supporter in the Congress.