U.S. House Democrats to subpoena Big Oil in climate deception probe

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Representative AOC grilled executives from some of the world's biggest oil companies during a U.S. congressional hearing, telling them that young people will have to deal with the effects of climate change driven by emissions from fossil fuels

Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat, told Reuters this week that thefrom former Exxon lobbyist, Keith McCoy, who was secretly recorded by environmental group Greenpeace, saying the company's support of a carbon tax was a ruse, since the company believed the idea would never become law.

"I don't believe that you purposely want to be out there spreading climate misinformation but you're out there funding these groups," Khanna said. Woods and Chevron's Wirth played up oil and gas as essential for operation of hospitals, schools and offices.Read More "One thing that often gets lost in these conversations is some of us have to actually live in the future that you all are setting on fire for us," Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 32, told the executives, all older than 50.

 

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AOC Awww....she didn't do a dance like she does in her videos though.

AOC without fossil fuel, most like there won't be an AOC

AOC If useless was a person it would be AOC ...smh

AOC I really like to watch her

AOC Fossil fuels are what powered the industrial revolution, heat and cool your homes, move food to your stores, modernize farming, power the computers, phones, lights, etc. Don't blame the fossil fuel industry. thank them. Or, lead by example, cut off your energy use first.

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U.S. House Democrats grill Big Oil in climate deception probeExecutives from some of the world's biggest oil companies denied in U.S. congressional testimony on Thursday that they continue to misinform the public about the role of fossil fuels in climate change and resisted calls to ask lobbying groups they fund to stop obstructing climate-friendly policies. AOC True and pragmatic statement you did.
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