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27 Oct 2021

‘Come clean early because we have a lot of incriminating evidence’ – congressman’s advice to oil firms over ‘climate disinformation’

Washington Correspondent

President Biden is preparing for his visit to Europe before the COP26 summit in Glasgow, amid warnings from his political allies that he’s running out of time to push through his ambitious climate agenda.

Meanwhile the bosses of America’s top four oil companies are due to appear before Congress tomorrow to answer allegations raised by an undercover investigation into ExxonMobil’s lobbying tactics against environmental legislation, revealed on this programme.

We spoke to Congressman Ro Khanna, who’s leading that Congressional hearing.