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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAOC Gets Exxon CEO To Admit Sabotaging Climate Change Provisions In Build Back Better
https://www.politicususa.com/2021/10/28/aoc-gets-exxon-ceo-to-admit-sabotaging-climate-change-provisions-in-build-back-better.htmlPosted on Thu, Oct 28th, 2021 by Jason Easley
AOC Gets Exxon CEO To Admit Sabotaging Climate Change Provisions In Build Back Better
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) got the CEO of ExxonMobile to admit that he talked to members of Congress about climate change provisions in the reconciliation bill.
Link to tweet
The CEO admitted that he has participated in calls regarding infrastructure and climate change legislation. It doesnt take a detective to figure out who he has been lobbying to get rid of climate change provisions that would impact Big Oil in the legislation.
Joe Manchin is the chair of the Senate committee that conducts oversight on the fossil fuel industry. Sen. Manchin was also the member who demanded that climate change provisions that would have impacted the fossil fuel industry be removed from the bill.
Build Back Better looks like it is on the passage, but the process of getting there has made it clear that Big Oil still has its greasy hands in the back pockets of some members of Congress.
The White House wanted stronger climate change provisions. Almost all Democrats in Congress supported the climate change provisions, but Big Oil had Joe Manchin and probably a few others who they used to keep America from doing everything possible to protect the planet.
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AOC Gets Exxon CEO To Admit Sabotaging Climate Change Provisions In Build Back Better (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2021
OP
I'm sure Manchin got plenty of money from Woods. Manchin should be removed as chair of
Autumn
Oct 2021
#1
it is maddening that a person who makes millions off fossil fuels is allowed to self-deal as the
Celerity
Oct 2021
#4
Exxon CEO was just on CNBC this morning doing a victory lap. XOM is up 56% year-to-date.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2021
#5
Autumn
(45,107 posts)1. I'm sure Manchin got plenty of money from Woods. Manchin should be removed as chair of
the committee that conducts oversight on the fossil fuel industry. He sold out our future.
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)2. Unbelievable conflict that everyone thinks is okay.
Celerity
(43,415 posts)4. it is maddening that a person who makes millions off fossil fuels is allowed to self-deal as the
Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee.
It is about as blatant a case of a conflict of interest as you can get.
Sigh
Mr. Evil
(2,845 posts)3. If I knew how to scuba dive,
maybe I'd grab an underwater drill with a 4 inch hole saw attached and do some underwater repairs on his yacht.
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)5. Exxon CEO was just on CNBC this morning doing a victory lap. XOM is up 56% year-to-date.
He doesn't care about AOC, Katie Porter, Joe Biden, his customers, his country, his planet.
He is making money hand over fist and being praised as a business god.
Winning!