Democrats call oil giants to testify on climate campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are calling apical executives astatine ExxonMobil and different lipid giants to attest astir what lawmakers accidental is simply a long-running, industry-wide run to dispersed disinformation astir the relation of fossil fuels successful causing planetary warming. The House Oversight Committee connected Thursday requested that executives astatine ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell attest astatine a proceeding adjacent month, on with leaders of the American Petroleum Institute, the lipid industry’s apical lobbying group, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said they are “deeply concerned” that the lipid manufacture has agelong reaped monolithic profits portion contributing to clime change.