Congress has oil executives cornered. But will they lie under oath? | Mark Hertsgaard

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When the CEOs of four top oil firms testify before Congress Thursday, they’ll have two options: apologize for their decades of lies, or risk perjury

oday is a day of history-making climate drama in Washington. At the Capitol Hill end of Pennsylvania Avenue, an unprecedented event: the CEOs of four of the world’s biggest private oil companies are summoned to testify under oath to Congress about their companies’ decades of lying about the lethal dangers their products pose.

 

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Apparently you Brits don't get it We are talking corruption and paid for politicians Not a group of individuals who serve the interest of the American people and the world Not leaders with integrity and honor We are talking those who will watch the planet burn for power/money

Of the options markhertsgaard offers, Big Oil seems to be proving their inclination to see what's behind door 2. What comes next? Here's a suggestion: SlipperySix realzero

Our continued propping up of oil companies is akin to forcing 8-track cassettes in the digital era .... except 8-tracks arent trying to take the world down with them.

'But will they lie under oath?' Will a dog bark? Will a duck quack? Of course they will.

Fauci Lied.

Will Congress let them? Given they're also quite corrupt.

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