Investigate fossil fuel industry, top Democrats urge justice department | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Representative Jamie Raskin highlight decades-long efforts to sow doubts about climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)

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Video of the press conference is here

What they did was basically establish (under oath, with document trail) that the fossil fuel industry executives knew about the damage that burning fossil fuels did, and decided to cover it up, rather than be forthright with people and legislators. They're now referring this to the justice department to see if prosecution is possible.

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[-] JGcEowt4YXuUtkBUGHoN@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When it comes to this ecocide, I’m not entirely opposed to mob justice for these fuckers (oil and gas executives and the fuckers who promoted their lies).

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