'This week Congress is set to take on Big Oil's lies and profiteering. The fossil fuel industry has made billions fueling the climate crisis and exploiting working people. We need to make them pay.'
The hearing is the latest in a series of congressional hearings into whether the oil industry hindered government action on global warming.
Jamie Henn, director of Fossil Free Media and member of the Clean Creatives campaign which has tried to push the PR industry to cut ties with fossil fuel clients, said the hearing is a bad look for the firms—and they know it. Last month, Congresswoman Porter introduced new legislation aimed at protecting taxpayer funds from being used to generate climate misinformation. Called thethe proposal would end all taxpayer subsidies for industry advertisements that encourage the continued use of oil and gas.
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