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May 3, 2024

Senate Panel Blasts Deception, Greenwashing by Fossil Fuel Industry
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The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing this week on the fossil fuel
industry's efforts to deceive the public about its role in fueling the
climate crisis. Wednesday's hearing focused on what lawmakers identified
as the "fourth phase" in Big Oil's climate deception, in which companies
launched a widespread greenwashing campaign as it carried out business
as usual. This is Senate Budget Committee Chair Sheldon Whitehouse.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: "Phase four, put simply, is climate denial
lite, a green-leaning cover for the industry's continued covert
operation through dark money, phony front groups, false economics and
relentless exertion of political influence to block meaningful climate
safety progress."



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