Exxon sowed doubt about climate crisis, House Democrats hear in testimony

I haven't been to an Exxon station in decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/23/exxon-climate-crisis-house-democrats-hearing

Emily Holden in Washington
Wed 23 Oct 2019 13.43 EDT

House Democrats on Wednesday laid out four decades of evidence that oil behemoth Exxon knew since the 1970s that the burning of fossil fuels was heating the planet and intentionally sowed doubt about the climate crisis.

The testimony came in a hearing in a House oversight subcommittee on civil rights just a day after ExxonMobil began a trial in New York City over misleading investors on the business risks from government rules meant to address the climate crisis.

Exxon’s role in hiding the mounting emergency has been widely publicized for four years, since the publication of an investigation by InsideClimate News, the Los Angeles Times and the Columbia Journalism School. Court proceedings and additional reporting have found more proof of Exxon’s longtime knowledge of the problem.

I haven't been to an Exxon station in decades.

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Air pollution and the impacts of the climate crisis from fossil fuels disproportionately harm people of color, as Democrats noted in stories from their districts.