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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumEven Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon
Even Hillary Clinton Thinks Its Time to Investigate ExxonZoë Carpenter
The Nation
ExxonMobile, one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world, is facing mounting calls for a federal investigation of its role in promoting climate-change skepticism. On Thursday, Hillary Clinton joined fellow presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin OMalley, along with a number of members of Congress, in calling for an inquiry. Yes, yes. They should, Clinton said when asked at a campaign event if shed ask the DOJ to launch a probe. Theres a lot of evidence that they misled
people.
Though Clinton has tried to stake out an ambitious climate platform (which is not without critics), its somewhat significant that she joined her competitors in calling out Exxon, specifically. Some of the companys lobbyists and lawyers have raised or donated money to Clinton, including Exxons vice president of government relations, Theresa Fariello. Clinton is the only Democratic candidate that has not pledged to reject campaign contributions from fossil-fuel interests.
Though Clinton has tried to stake out an ambitious climate platform (which is not without critics), its somewhat significant that she joined her competitors in calling out Exxon, specifically. Some of the companys lobbyists and lawyers have raised or donated money to Clinton, including Exxons vice president of government relations, Theresa Fariello. Clinton is the only Democratic candidate that has not pledged to reject campaign contributions from fossil-fuel interests.
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Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon (Original Post)
portlander23
Nov 2015
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JeffHead
(1,186 posts)1. Maybe this is why.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)2. That and polls probably state people like that Bernie is calling for an investigation.....
She does tend to 'evolve' over to Bernie's positions quickly these days. Of course, She will 'evolve' away from them even quicker should she get the nom....
We really need a weathervane smilie....
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)3. Why not investigate every politician too
They haven't done much of anything.