ExxonMobil 'tried to get European Green Deal watered down'
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#50B3K)
Climate lobbying watchdog claims US oil giant met EC officials in run-up to policy
The US oil firm ExxonMobil met key European commission officials in an attempt to water down the European Green Deal in the weeks before it was agreed, according to a climate lobbying watchdog.
Documents unearthed by InfluenceMap revealed that Exxon lobbyists met Brussels officials in November to urge the EU to extend its carbon-pricing scheme to "stationary" sources, such as power plants, to include tailpipe emissions from vehicles using petrol or diesel.
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