OPEC Chief Tells Climate Activists to ‘Look at the Big Picture’

Haitham al-Ghais, secretary-general of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), following a Bloomberg Television interview at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Fears over slowing consumption in China and the wider world — which have pushed crude prices 16% lower this month — have been exaggerated, Al-Ghais said.