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"It's critical that Congress holds these companies accountable and exposes the industry's fake climate pledges for the fraud that they are," said one supporter of Democrats' probe.

Darren Woods claims company lobbyists' comments on "a variety of issues, including climate change policy, and our interaction with elected officials," were "disturbing and inaccurate."

"The science is clear: we need climate solutions now, and we don't have a moment to lose," 350.org declared in a new petition

"These reports reaffirm that fossil fuel companies have been—and always will be—bad actors," said 350.org's executive director

"Make no mistake; these profits mark a large transfer of wealth from working- and middle-class people to wealthy oil executives and shareholders," said Jordan Schreiber of Accountable.US.

"The risk is that the industry money will constitute a democracy shutdown," Food & Water Watch warns of an effort to block measures in a California county.

"Dirty energy companies are using the corporate bond market as the back door to secure large amounts of cash for expansion projects," said one climate activist. "This has so far received too little scrutiny."

"Oil companies use deceptive language and false promises to pretend they're solving the climate crisis, when in reality they're only making it worse," said Fossil Free Media director Jamie Henn.

"If we are finally going to start taking the IPCC's findings seriously, it follows that we must begin advancing far more aggressive climate stabilization solutions than anything that has been undertaken thus far," writes Robert Pollin.

"Fossil fuels are the currency of despots, dictators, and warmongers. Our global reliance on oil and gas is not only killing our planet but also making the world a less safe and equal place."