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US Senator Distracts from Big Oil Climate Report
A US Senate hearing on big oil's climate disinformation tactics was derailed by Senator John Kennedy's sidetracking discussion with unrelated information about forest fires. The hearing was meant to discuss a 65-page report on oil companies' climate denial strategies, but Kennedy instead brought up the carbon emissions from boreal forest fires, citing incorrect statistics. Experts pointed out the inaccuracies and noted the irony of Kennedy using climate disinformation to avoid discussing the report.
At a glance
- US Senator John Kennedy sidetracked a Senate hearing on big oil's climate disinformation
- He brought up unrelated information about forest fires and carbon emissions
- Experts corrected Kennedy's incorrect statistics and noted the irony of his actions
- The hearing was meant to discuss a 65-page report on oil companies' climate denial strategies