Democrats Send Big Oil Investigation to Justice Department

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(Bloomberg) -- Democrats are asking the US Department of Justice to investigate major oil companies and their trade groups following a congressional probe...

-- Democrats are asking the US Department of Justice to investigate major oil companies and their trade groups following a congressional probe that concluded the industry spent decades deceiving the public about climate change.Barclays Managers Warn Some Staff to Prepare for Five Days a Week in Office

The 65-page report was released by the two committees last month along with hundreds of pages of subpoenaed corporate documents. It accused the oil companies of a range of misdeeds including offering public support for the Paris climate agreement while internally acknowledging their business models were at odds with such a scenario.

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