A recent report issued by congressional Democrats, including prominent figures like Ranking Member Rep. Raskin and Senate Budget Chairman Sen. Whitehouse, has revealed that major oil companies have been privately acknowledging the conflict between their public commitments to reduce emissions and their actual business strategies. The report, which draws on documents obtained through subpoenas issued over two years ago and involving more than a million pages, exposes the oil industry's long-standing efforts to downplay the climate crisis and obstruct meaningful climate action. These documents show that the industry has been aware of the detrimental effects of fossil fuels on the climate since at least the 1960s but continued to engage in disinformation and 'doublespeak' to mislead the public and policymakers about the Paris agreement and their own goals of reaching 'net zero' emissions by mid-century.
The amazing @rebleber covered the joint @SenateBudget @OversightDems hearing on fossil fuel disinformation for @WeAreDrilled today and filed this great dispatch: https://t.co/COSMEh1PLl
Big Oil spent decades hiding their pollution while pocketing obscene profits. We’re paying twice—at the pump and in climate chaos. These documents deliver a message loud and clear: polluters should pay us, not delay us. https://t.co/FZjWG9yBIJ
A new report details how oil and gas companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s. https://t.co/mvwtR8lTs7
Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about dangers of fossil fuels, experts say https://t.co/LAxzzoPmz7
.@OversightDems' new report exposed the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long deception campaign aimed at preventing climate action to combat the defining crisis of our lifetime. https://t.co/sZzqRjnqNf
Big Oil accused of decades of denial and doublespeak over climate change, US committee report says https://t.co/w5AjgFvCYB
▶️WATCH RM @RepRaskin deliver his testimony on Big Oil’s evolving tactics to avoid accountability for climate change before @SenateBudget: https://t.co/0NlO8ccX5w
Over two years ago, @OversightDems subpoenaed documents from four oil companies and two fossil fuel trade associations about their response to climate change. More than a million pages of those documents were not reviewed. Today's hearing w/ @RepRaskin continues that work. https://t.co/VXmEp7CXsf
🚨WATCH: My testimony to @NatResources exposes the radical environmentalist groups pulling the strings at the Interior Department. https://t.co/DtOBcuA2sM https://t.co/uLshNEwwZ9
WATCH LIVE: Senate hears testimony on oil companies, science disinformation and climate change https://t.co/8n4W0UcBW6
“The evidence uncovered by Oversight Committee Democrats shows that Big Oil has run campaigns to confuse and mislead the public while working unceasingly to lock down a fossil fuel future.”—Ranking Member @RepRaskin https://t.co/gCxsBcT41Z
The fossil fuel industry has lied about their role in climate change for far too long. LIVE: @SenateBudget holds a hearing to hold Big Oil companies and their enablers accountable for their deception. https://t.co/1nyJVwLxiw
Daily Briefing | Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, joint committee investigation finds ➡️ https://t.co/wPk1irYK5a https://t.co/LO4667ozk3
Thanks @SenWhitehouse & @RepRaskin for helping expose Big Oil’s campaign of climate deception. Watch @SenateBudget’s hearing tomorrow at 9am ET: https://t.co/VrwZYvZFjE https://t.co/IWF2OKnj9Y
The oil industry's public relations strategy has evolved from climate science denial to "disinformation and doublespeak" to counter meaningful environmental policies, US congressional Democrats said in a report. https://t.co/wpaTUtkP3V
US lawmakers accuses oil giants of climate ‘doublespeak’ https://t.co/nvKeBXs1ZG
📝NEW REPORT: Today, Ranking Member @RepRaskin and @SenateBudget Chairman @SenWhiteHouse released a report unveiling new documents exposing the fossil fuel industry’s evolving strategies to spread disinformation and prevent action on climate change. https://t.co/sr1KgBeFkb https://t.co/AS11JHzNAc
Major oil companies have internally conceded their public vows to reduce planet-warming emissions are incompatible with their business plans, according to a report issued by Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee and the House Oversight Committee. https://t.co/pT7EDIJica
Some of the world’s largest oil companies have privately expressed skepticism of the Paris agreement, federal climate regulations and their own goals of reaching “net zero” emissions by mid-century, according to documents congressional Democrats released. https://t.co/A9gByz0juy
Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds https://t.co/I1Vx1RZJMp