http://insideclimatenews.org/news/09122015/representatives-press-oil-companies-what-they-knew-about-climate-change-exxon
Finally, the US has begun to step it up and take climate change seriously. A few US representatives have been pressuring a few chief executors, six in fact, of large fossil fuel companies in response to the discovery that ExxonMobil had been aware of climate change decades earlier and had hid it. These representatives have the goal of discovering "what did [the companies] know about the risks of global warming and when did they know it". This is pivotal in holding these companies accountable, at least from hiding important information. The US representatives hope to go further with these companies (if they've been hiding their knowledge) and hold them legally and morally liable, saying that they are obligated to protect future generations.
By holding these companies liable, the US is taking an important step in protecting the environment and actually enacting proper policies. The US needs to continue to separate themselves from these companies in order to actually get anything done. But this is definitely in the right direction, especially with the Paris Talks being the highlight in environmental news this week.
Finally, the US has begun to step it up and take climate change seriously. A few US representatives have been pressuring a few chief executors, six in fact, of large fossil fuel companies in response to the discovery that ExxonMobil had been aware of climate change decades earlier and had hid it. These representatives have the goal of discovering "what did [the companies] know about the risks of global warming and when did they know it". This is pivotal in holding these companies accountable, at least from hiding important information. The US representatives hope to go further with these companies (if they've been hiding their knowledge) and hold them legally and morally liable, saying that they are obligated to protect future generations.
By holding these companies liable, the US is taking an important step in protecting the environment and actually enacting proper policies. The US needs to continue to separate themselves from these companies in order to actually get anything done. But this is definitely in the right direction, especially with the Paris Talks being the highlight in environmental news this week.