‘One thing that often gets lost in these conversations is some of us have to actually live in the future that you all are setting on fire for us,’ Representative AOC told Big Oil executives during a U.S. congressional hearing
- and the heads of the American Petroleum Institute and Chamber of Commerce answered questions about climate change in Congress under oath.
Appearing before the panel were CEOs Darren Woods of ExxonMobil, Gretchen Watkins of Shell Oil, David Lawler of BP America and Mike Wirth of Chevron. They all testified virtually. The hearing came as President Joe Biden heads to Scotland for U.N. climate talks and as Congress haggles over climate provisions in major social spending and infrastructure legislation.
"One thing that often gets lost in these conversations is some of us have to actually live in the future that you all are setting on fire for us," Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 32, told the executives, all older than 50. Exxon's Woods said his company "responded accordingly" when the "scientific community's understanding of climate change developed" and maintained that he believes oil and gas will still be needed to meet growing global energy demand.
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