P.R. firms are paid to engage in unethical tactics that intimidate and silence Americans

who are exercising their rights to support actions that combat climate change.

Wealthy and powerful corporate entities are dragging citizens and public interest opponents

through merit lists but protracted and extremely costly litigation to expose anyone who dares

to stand up to them to financial and personal ruin.

In its work to silence its critics, the fossil fuel industry is also pushing for the passage

of anti-protest laws dressed up as critical infrastructure protection statutes.

Documents don't lie.

While BP touted carbon capture is key to its transition to cleaner fuel, the company privately

hoped this approach would quote, enable the full use of fossil fuels across the energy transition

and beyond.

We also found that Exxon spent nearly 70 million dollars to advertise its research in

an algae-based biofuels, but company documents reveal that technology is quote, still decades

away from the scale we need.

Phew, last week was a big one for climate hearings.

Rep. Katie Porter and her natural resources subcommittee on oversight investigations has

been looking into P.R. firms and their role in warping the public discourse on climate.

She had a hearing on that subject this past week.

Rep. Jimmy Raskin and his oversight subcommittee on civil rights and liberties focused

the third of his free speech hearings on attacks on environmentalists last week.

And Rep's Carolyn Maloney and Rocana focused the third of their climate disinfo hearings

this past week on climate justice and shared some explosive new documents that their investigation

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