Posted on 11/30/2015 3:40:53 PM PST by bananaman22
A growing number of energy companies could come under increased scrutiny over their involvement in funding science and public relations campaigns denying the risks of climate change.
The New York attorney general made news a few weeks ago when he announced an investigation into oil major ExxonMobil for its alleged cover up of climate science. The investigation is looking into the possibility that ExxonMobil funded and gathered hard science on climate change, and once coming to the inevitable conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels could lead to regulatory blowback, the oil major proceeded to bury the conclusions and instead fund climate-denying science to obfuscate and head off political action.
While the news could yet blow up into a significant scandal, for now it is too early to tell what the outcome could be. However, more companies could come under fire from a growing number of attorneys general over their involvement in similar practices. After all, ExxonMobil is only the largest in a long line of companies that have pushed back against climate change policy.
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so now we are going to be prosecuted for not believing in man caused climate change? When did it become against the law to disagree with climate alarmists?
Heresy ... how dare they commit heresy. These heretics need to be sacrificed to the great god climate change on the alter of political correctness
Global Warming is the one true religion. Bow before the alter of Algore. Heretics must be burned at the stake!
Every totalitarian dictatorship has rounded up the intellectuals who haven't signed on with the regime's policies and their 'reasoning' and had them eliminated.
Here we go!
A fascist NY AG following the time-worn pattern of seeking more name recognition for higher office through means of a show-trial.
Freezin’ cold here in Northern California today. Lotsa new snow in Sierras. More on the way.
Call me a card carrying heretic.
The scientific facts are NOT o n their side, and they know it, so what are they going to do? Simply prosecute any big business that doesn’t believe in man caused climate change-
Our country’s leaders have lost their friggin minds
In the end, they are only protecting the consumer. They are the voice for the consumer because “prices will necessarily rise” if the AGW people get their way and the energy companies will simply pass on the costs.
Burning at the stake would contribute to pollution.
Better for Gaia that heretics be stoned to death, then fed to the dogs...
These kids are all brainwashed....but too lazy to walk a mile to school.
Yes.
We are now all Galileo and Kepler....
This NY communist/fascist makes Eliot Spitzer seem like a saint.
Time to see who paid him off over the years.
What?
Still in America many Electric Companies are governed by a Public Utility type of state agency. All their fees are regulated.
Historically when given a turd like the EPA has handed them they just divide it by the number of customers, get it in the rate base and move on.
This is the left’s attempt at equating these companies to Big Tobacco.
They are not our leaders my friend, they are our oppressors.
I know climate change is real. I experience it 4 time a year.
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