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Secret recordings obtained by Unearthed, the investigative unit of Greenpeace UK, reveal that at least two lobbyists for oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil were explicitly working against recent climate legislation, according to The Guardian<\/span><\/a>. The news comes as a direct contradiction to the company\u2019s public support of environmental policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Posing as headhunters looking to recruit a D.C. lobbyist for a client, the Unearthed investigators found that Exxon executives consider the company\u2019s backing of a carbon tax as nothing more than \u201can advocacy tool\u201d and a \u201cgreat talking point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNobody is going to propose a tax on all Americans and the cynical side of me says, yeah, we kind of know that but it gives us a talking point that we can say, \u2018well what is ExxonMobil for, we\u2019re for a carbon tax,\u2019\u201d Keith McCoy, Exxon\u2019s senior director of federal relations, said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McCoy and Dan Easley, a former member of the company\u2019s executive branch and a regulatory team lead for federal relations, were recorded while on a Zoom call with the undercover agents.<\/p>\n

Both men referred to Exxon\u2019s recent involvement in lobbying against President Joe Biden\u2019s American Jobs Plan. Last week, Biden struck a deal on the infrastructure bill with a bipartisan group of senators. However, compromise came at the expense of certain climate-related initiatives originally proposed.<\/p>\n

Exxon also revealed its use of \u201cshadow groups\u201d to \u201caggressively\u201d fight climate science; despite this and other statements, company officials insist that they have long advocated for the environment. Exxon executives are now accusing Greenpeace of launching a false campaign against them, according to Business Insider<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Secret recordings obtained by Unearthed, the investigative unit of Greenpeace UK, reveal that at least two lobbyists for oil and gas conglomerate ExxonMobil were explicitly working against recent climate legislation, according to The Guardian. 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