Big Oil hearing begins US probe into climate disinformation

You can watch live as US Democratic lawmakers open a year’s worth of investigations into whether Big Oil deceived the American public on the dangers of climate change in a hearing that will see some of the heads of Exxon, Chevron and BP America appear.

The hearing will be conducted by the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the Environment Subcommittee on whether the leaders of Big Oil willfully deceived the public on the dangers of their product.

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