House Hearing on Subpoena Power in Washington D.C.

Members of the audience listen at the House Science, Space and Technology Committee Hearing at the Rayburn Office Building in Washington, D.C. Committee chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, held a hearing on his power to issue and enforce subpoenas against non-governmental groups and the attorneys general of two states seeking emails about investigations of Exxon Mobil related to climate change denial.

Unique identifier: GP1STOJG

Type: Image

Shoot date: 14/09/2016

Locations: North America, United States of America, Washington, D.C.

Credit line: © Erin Schaff / Greenpeace

Size: 5007px × 3414px 10MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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House Committee Protecting Exxon in Washington D.C.

The United States House of Represenatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology chaired by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, meets in the Rayburn Office Building. The committee is holding a hearing on its authority to issue and enforce subpoenas seeking emails between non-governmental organizations and attorney generals about Exxon Mobil's decades long campaign to mislead the public about climate change. Exxon's scientists knew about the connection between the use of fossil fuels and climate change while the company pursued policies designed to cast suspicion on the problem.

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