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Democratic lawmakers demand pledges, accuse oil companies of past climate lies in confrontational hearing
FOXBusiness ^ | October 28, 2021 | By Ronn Blitzer

Posted on 10/28/2021 12:51:43 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Rep. Ro Khanna asks, 'What do you have to say to Americans' children born into a burning world?'

"Do you agree climate change is a threat to our existence?" Maloney asked Shell president Gretchen Watkins.

"Chairwoman, I agree that climate change is one of the biggest challenges that we have in the world today, which is why at Shell we’re in action on providing lower and no-carbon products to our customers," Watkins responded. "We believe this is something we’re all in together, we need to work in collaboration with society, with governments, with other companies, and other industries."

Not satisfied with that statement, Maloney again asked if Watkins believed climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

"Yes or no?" she asked.

"I agree that this is a defining challenge for our generation. Absolutely," Watkins said.

Failing to get the exact response she was looking for, Maloney asked the panel if any of them disagreed that climate change poses an existential threat. None of the witnesses said they disagreed.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: energy; oil

1 posted on 10/28/2021 12:51:43 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

The CEO should have said there is not much global warming...but they have to go along to get along..Fools all


2 posted on 10/28/2021 12:52:58 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

3 posted on 10/28/2021 12:54:44 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

"Mention extortion again, and I'll have your legs broken."

4 posted on 10/28/2021 12:55:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hojczyk

They, the CEOs, are not very smart to even dignify these fools with an answer. They are the asme psychopaths that the left trots out to double speak so they need to live up to that ability.


5 posted on 10/28/2021 12:56:10 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.I ha)
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To: Hojczyk

To the idiots of the left: NOTE: THE DAMNED CLIMATE HAS ALWAYS CHANGED!!! Didn’t you fools once say that HALF OF THE USA was covered in a sheet of ice!!!????!!!! How the heck DID THAT MELT???? CLIMATE CHANGE FOOLS, THAT’S HOW!!! Damned idiots.


6 posted on 10/28/2021 12:56:40 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: Hojczyk

Then Reps. Khanna, Maloney, et al left their oil-heated offices, got in their gasoline-powered vehicles, and went home to coal-powered electrical appliances to eat meals cooked over natural gas while wearing polyester clothing and using innumerable plastic products.


7 posted on 10/28/2021 12:58:12 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (All worry about monsters that'll eat our face, but it's our job to ask WHY it wants to eat our face.)
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To: Hojczyk

Ro=lyin mofo.


8 posted on 10/28/2021 12:58:36 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Hojczyk
Maloney asked the panel if any of them disagreed that climate change poses an existential threat. None of the witnesses said they disagreed.

Seems cowardliness is now an American trait. The correct answer is: The climate of this planet has been changing for over 6 billion years. There is no conclusive evidence one way or the other that human beings are having a positive or negative effect on it. And it is certainly not an immediate threat as we would have literally thousands of years to deal with it if was actually found to be a problem.
9 posted on 10/28/2021 1:00:26 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: dfwgator

What these idiots don’t get is that the “carbon/CO2” based globull warming claim (based on C02/carbon as the acting agent of causality— man caused of course)... is being supported by the largest holders of ... CARBON... namely the large oil producers/processors and... sellers.

Because... we are headed for another 200 year mini ice age, and they will hedge with the “carbon credits” as prices would HAVE to go up and up. And the margins— in outerspace.

Wonder if anyone has thought about this. Nevermind the fact that C02 does not cause global warming.. the SUN does in large cycles. Washington crossed the Delaware through giant blocks of ice.... not seen since on the river until recently, which is a clue. For that was the ending of a 200 year known mini-ice age.

Fun thoughts— go gators!


10 posted on 10/28/2021 1:01:17 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Hojczyk

Bunch of wussies. Tell them if you don’t want our products don’t buy them. Starve and Freeze.


11 posted on 10/28/2021 1:01:30 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Indeed


12 posted on 10/28/2021 1:05:14 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Hojczyk

Kabuki


13 posted on 10/28/2021 1:44:27 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: JoSixChip

What you suggest is the correct response. However, we find the oil companies are as cowardly as the rest of the Wall Street Pack, the media, the FBI, and the politicians that run this sad country.


14 posted on 10/28/2021 1:47:35 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Hojczyk

she should have said “The world is burning? News to me” and asked the terrorists questioning her just how much of the atmosphere has CO2 in it as a direct result of mankind-

then say “Do you think 0,00136% of the atmosphere is enough to change world climate? Because last i knew, such a small amount will cause only a very minimal bit of warming which will then quickly reach equilibrium- in other-words, it has no effect on temperatures because there simply isn’t enough of it”


15 posted on 10/28/2021 1:54:54 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Hojczyk

politicians hold a hearing to say Bring Me The Money


16 posted on 10/28/2021 1:55:58 PM PDT by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. God’s speed FRiends)
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To: Hojczyk

and she sghould have said

“Iceland claims they have a CO2 vacuum, which they claim will sop up copious amounts of CO2- how about we wait and see what happens there when they muck with mother nature? (when they spin out of control climate wise for muckin with nature, and freeze to death as a result, get back to us about our piddly little amount of CO2, and we’ll laugh in your faces”


17 posted on 10/28/2021 1:58:50 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Hojczyk

Oil company executives believed the lie that if they supported “Global Warming” propaganda, they would save their jobs.
Nope.


18 posted on 10/28/2021 2:02:19 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Hojczyk

Cut the Democrats off from oil.


19 posted on 10/28/2021 2:43:05 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: RetiredArmy
To the idiots of the left: NOTE: THE DAMNED CLIMATE HAS ALWAYS CHANGED!!! Didn’t you fools once say that HALF OF THE USA was covered in a sheet of ice!!!????!!!! How the heck DID THAT MELT???? CLIMATE CHANGE FOOLS, THAT’S HOW!!! Damned idiots.

Exactly! The climate IS changing, it's always been changing, and it always will be changing.

20 posted on 10/28/2021 3:37:51 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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