'Big Oil's reckoning couldn't come a moment too soon,' said JenniferKFalcon of IkiyaCollective and fossilfreemedia. 'Our window to avoid utter chaos is closing rapidly.'
Thursday morning, the House Oversight Committee is set to hold its thirdon climate disinformation. Representatives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell refuse to testify.
The memo features sections on the oversight hearings; how companies are"adding the pockets" of executives and shareholders; greenwashing efforts; loopholes in fossil fuel giants' climate plans; profiles of BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell; the sector's lobbying against climate solutions; and what comes next.
Fossil fuel firms may publicly claim they want to help tackle the climate emergency, but their"net-zero pledges are the latest round of greenwashing in Big Oil's decadeslong campaign of denial and disinformation," the memo argues. These"false climate commitments are all designed for one purpose: delay. Delay regulations, delay public pressure, delay accountability, delay the inevitable transition to clean, renewable energy.
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