Exxon and BP called to testify on climate after ‘troubling’ new documents

Congressman calls documents related to the fossil fuel industry's efforts to discredit climate science very concerning'

US congressional investigators say they have uncovered very concerning" new documents about ExxonMobil's disinformation campaign to discredit climate science.

Representative Ro Khanna, a leading critic of the petroleum industry on the House oversight committee, said the documents came to light ahead of a hearing next month to question the heads of large oil companies about their industry's long history of undermining the evidence that burning fossil fuels drove global heating.