On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney subpoenaed six fossil fuel entities in hopes of continuing the committee’s investigation into whether these organizations hid the dangers of climate change and their role in the climate crisis through disinformation campaigns. The American Petroleum Institute, BP America, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have until Nov. 16 to produce documents related to climate change. Rep. Maloney noted that the information the six groups have so far provided was inadequate at best, and only included readily available public documents like press releases and regulatory filings. The committee has been waiting since Sept. 16 for more information and originally set a deadline of Sept. 30. Additional letters were sent Oct. 21 to the six entities, urging them to hand over documents. Days later, the House Oversight Committee interviewed executives from many of these companies for the first time ever. Hoping for any semblance of honesty and transparency, committee members were consistently met with what one lawmaker described as “weasel words.” Read more