For more than half a century, ExxonMobil has denied and downplayed climate change, has refused any responsibility for global warming and continues to fund groups spreading misinformation. Now, the company is facing the first public hearing on climate change denialism. But while global scrutiny of Exxon is growing, the oil and gas giant remains one of Brussels’ biggest lobby actors. Since 2010, the corporation has invested over €35 million to delay and weaken essential EU climate action. With a climate catastrophe looming, is it time EU decision-makers closed the door on ExxonMobil’s dirty lobbying?
Related Articles
Corruption
Reuters: EU plan on bank money laundering pushes back action to next year
September 7, 2018
MDRose
Corruption, EU politics, EU-Institutions, Finance, Financial Institutions, Regulation, Regulatory Capture
0
Once again the EU political elite demostrates its fealty to banks and corporations and protects their criminal activities. Read here
Economics
Juan Cole: Hormuz, Mandeb, Black Sea: Wars and Diesel Chokepoints Spike World Inflation
The Iran War will erode the purchasing power of American consumers this summer, according to CNBC, especially because of high diesel prices. Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
EU politics
Thomas Fazi: Does Europe need to split?
Thomas Fazi writes in ‘Unherd’ on the growing East-West divide in the European Union. Read the article HERE.


Be the first to comment