The House Oversight Committee said Thursday it is expanding its investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in spreading disinformation about the role fossil fuels play in causing climate change.
Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Subcommittee on the Environment Chairman Ro Khanna, D-Calif., called on leading executives at ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron, Shell and lobbying groups American Petroleum Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to testify before Congress next month.
Oil and gas companies have faced a rash of lawsuits from cities and states across the country over their investments in campaigns to undermine climate policy and downplay the impact of fossil fuels on global warming.
