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February 19, 2016

Congressmembers Call for Investigation of Shell over Climate Change
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Meanwhile, a group of congressmembers are calling for an investigation
of Shell Oil over whether the oil giant lied to the public about climate
change even while preparing its own operations for rising sea levels.
This week, California Congressmember Ted Lieu, Vermont Congressmember
Peter Welch and Pennsylvania Congressmember Matt Cartwright sent a
letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch saying that a growing body
of evidence suggests there was "a conspiracy between Shell, Exxon Mobil
and potentially other companies in the fossil fuel industry." The Los
Angeles Times has reported that in 1989 Shell Oil announced it was
redesigning its natural gas platform in the North Sea in the Atlantic in
order to deal with rising sea levels caused by global warming. Yet,
despite this admission, Shell continued funding groups denying the
existence of climate change for decades. Oil giant Exxon Mobil is
already facing a criminal investigation over similar charges that it
misled investors and lied to the public about the risks of climate
change.