Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jamie Raskin held a press conference at 12:30 on May 22 to announce the next steps in their investigation into Big Oil's decades-long disinformation campaign to obstruct climate action. The investigation has revealed internal documents indicating that fossil fuel companies have known for more than 60 years that burning fossil fuels causes climate change. The lawmakers have formally referred their findings to the Department of Justice, calling for an investigation into Big Oil's efforts to mislead the public about the climate effects of fossil fuels.
Today, RM @RepRaskin and @SenWhitehouse called onย @TheJusticeDept to investigate Big Oil for its decades-long disinformation campaign to mislead the public about the climate effects of fossil fuels and obstruct climate action. https://t.co/cZb3xDFVE3
HUGE: @SenWhitehouse & @RepRaskin just formally referred the findings of their investigation into Big Oil's climate lies to DOJ. The lawmakers found "a continuing pattern of the fossil fuel industry knowingly and deliberately misleading the public through an ongoing enterprise." https://t.co/C4rqteHCdO
.@RepRaskin: "Internal documents obtained in our investigation demonstrate that fossil fuel companies do not dispute ... that they have known for more than 60 years that burning fossil fuels causes climate change." New from me: https://t.co/4GemCTLhJT https://t.co/0pvjMfuoGT
.@RepRaskin: "Internal documents obtained in our investigation demonstrate that fossil fuel companies do not dispute ... that they have known for more than 60 years that burning fossil fuels causes climate change." more from me on this shortly: https://t.co/0pvjMfuoGT
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LIVE: @SenWhitehouse and @RepRaskin host a press conference to announce next steps in their investigation into Big Oilโs decades-long disinformation campaign to obstruct climate action. https://t.co/RCeVwwb0g5
๐๐ ๐๐:๐๐: @SenWhitehouse and @RepRaskin host a press conference to announce next steps in their investigation into Big Oilโs decades-long disinformation campaign to obstruct climate action. https://t.co/RCeVwwb0g5