Entry #6 oil companies fake activism

    A fake interveiw was conducted with an executive in Exxon Mobil Keith McCoy, where he admits that Exon has aggressively opposed climate change using front organizations for decades. They have been lobbying senators Joe Manchin, Mark Kelly, Maggie Hassan, Chris Coons, Kyrsten Sinema, John Barrasso, John Cornyn, Steve Daines, Shelley Moore Capito, Marco Rubio, and Jon Tester. In total, they have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to their campaigns. They lobbied against infrastructure bills to make sure that there was only enough money for things like roads and bridges to be worked on instead of climate change and carbon emissions. Keith McCoy also admitted that Exxon Mobil only supports the carbon tax for pr and doesn't believe it will ever happen. 

    It's baffling how they will keep getting away with it by denying what was said and feigning ignorance. Exxon Mobil will likely never face legal action for the damage they have knowingly done to our planet. These companies are too powerful and have a huge influence on politics and will lobby their way out of anything. I don't see a benefit in corporate lobbying, it seems like a huge conflict of interest. Senator Joe Manching has been in power for over a decade and has shot down numerous climate bills. Even our senators from Arizona Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema have accepted money from Exxon lobbyists. Arizona is already hot, the impact of global warming will be catastrophic and hit us harder than others. This should not be a political issue, this should be a problem addressed unanimously by everyone.