Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change

Full Committee Hearing

Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Time: 09:00 AM Location: SH-216

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Agenda

There will be a Hearing of the Committee on the Budget 

On: Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 9:00 AM 

In: Room SH-216. 

To consider: "Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change"

 

Member Statements

  1. Chairman  Sheldon Whitehouse (D - RI)
  2. Ranking Member  Chuck Grassley (R - IA)

Witnesses

Panel One

  1. Honorable Jamie Raskin (MD-8)
    Ranking Member
    Committee on Oversight and Accountability, U.S. House of Representatives

Panel Two

  1. Ms. Sharon Eubanks
    Former Director
    Tobacco Litigation Team, U.S. Department of Justice
  2. Mr. Geoffrey Supran, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, and Director, Climate Accountability Lab
    University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
  3. Dr. Ariel Cohen
    Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council, and
    Managing Director, Energy, Growth, and Security Program International Tax Investment Center
  4. Mr. Michael Ratner
    Specialist in Energy Policy
    Congressional Research Service