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Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
A new report released Tuesday details how oil and gas companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s. Congressional Democrats spent three years investigating the fossil fuel industry’s deception and highlighted their findings during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. National climate reporter Chase Cain recaps the milestone hearing on Capitol Hill.