Here are some of the questions I think Congress should ask the #SlipperySix oil executives at this historic Big Oil hearing tomorrow:
1. Do you admit your company lied to the American people about the climate crisis? oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
1. Do you admit your company lied to the American people about the climate crisis? oversight.house.gov/legislation/he…
2. Mr. Woods, there's clear evidence that Exxon scientists knew that your product was driving the climate crisis as early as the 1970s. Will you finally come clean and admit that your company then went on to lie about the problem? #SlipperySix insideclimatenews.org/project/exxon-…
3. Mr. Lawler -- BP famously rebranded itself as Beyond Petroleum, but then kept producing oil and spilling it in the Gulf of Mexico. You've now rebranded yourself again as a green company. Are you intentionally engaging in greenwashing? #SlipperySix independent.co.uk/news/business/…
4. Mr. Wirth -- for years, Chevron has run its refineries and polluting facilities in predominantly low-income, communities of color. This environmental racism has been clear for decades. Why haven't you done anything to address it? #SlipperySix theguardian.com/environment/20…
5. Ms. Watkins -- Shell says its committed to "net zero," but you're appealing a Dutch court ruling that would require you to meet that target. Have you had any conversations internally at Shell about the net zero target being just for show? #SlipperySix bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
6. Mr Sommers -- in a leaked tape, an Exxon lobbyist called API its "whipping boy" for hearings like these. Have you ever been asked to lobby against climate action on behalf of these oil companies so they could preserve their public image? #SlipperySix cnn.com/2021/07/01/bus…
7. Ms Clark -- as late as 2009, the Chamber claimed that global warming would be "good for the planet." Did the US Chamber intentionally spread climate denial on behalf of Big Oil? Are you still? gizmodo.com/the-chamber-of…
8. I'd like everyone to raise their right hand and answer the following questions:
- Did your company always know that fossil fuels were causing global warming?
- Did your company ever intentionally lie about the climate crisis to the American people?
- Are you lying still?
- Did your company always know that fossil fuels were causing global warming?
- Did your company ever intentionally lie about the climate crisis to the American people?
- Are you lying still?
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