New Internal Big Oil Documents Just Dropped

[Think. Again.]

Emily Atkin and Arielle Samuelson
Apr 30, 2024
Full Article: https://heated.world/p/new-internal-big-oil-documents-just

The Senate Budget Committee is officially reviving the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into fossil fueled climate delay.

In 2021, Congressional Democrats subpoenaed Big Oil for internal documents detailing the industry’s role in worsening the climate crisis.

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The internal materials are from Exxon, Chevron, Shell, BP, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Chamber of Commerce. They’re being released today as part of the Senate Budget Committee’s upcoming hearing on Wednesday morning, titled “Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change.”

Both the hearing and the documents mark the revival of the House Oversight Committee’s two-year investigation into the fossil fuel industry, and its role in misleading Americans about climate change. That investigation was put on ice when Republicans won back control of the chamber in late 2022.

Democrats say their new findings provide “a rare glimpse into the extensive efforts undertaken by fossil fuel companies to deceive the public and investors about their knowledge of the effects of their products on climate change and to undermine efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.” (emphasis mine)

Full Article: https://heated.world/p/new-internal-big-oil-documents-just