US oil giants top list of lobby offenders holding back climate action

Report into lobbying tactics names ExxonMobil and Chevron as worst, while carmaker Toyota takes third

ExxonMobil and Chevron are the world's most obstructive organisations when it comes to governments setting climate policies, according to research into the prolific and highly sophisticated" lobbying ploys used by the fossil fuel industry.

The biggest US oil companies, as well as American Petroleum Institute, a lobby group, were found to be the worst offenders in a global report by lobbying experts at the thinktank InfluenceMap. It concluded that companies were manipulating governments to take incredibly dangerous paths" in their approach to climate action.