Exxon sowed doubt about climate crisis, House Democrats hear in testimony

Subcommittee laid out four decades of evidence just a day after oil behemoth began a trial over misleading investors

House Democrats on Wednesday laid out four decades of evidence that oil behemoth Exxon knew since the 1970s that the burning of fossil fuels was heating the planet and intentionally sowed doubt about the climate crisis.

The testimony came in a hearing in a House oversight subcommittee on civil rights just a day after ExxonMobil began a trial in New York City over misleading investors on the business risks from government rules meant to address the climate crisis.