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Revealed: ExxonMobil’s lobbying war on climate change legislation

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They're America's biggest oil company - committed they claim, to tackling the climate emergency. But tonight this programme can reveal undercover footage of one of Exxonmobil's top Washington lobbyists - speaking candidly about his efforts to undermine new legislation to protect the environment. The lobbyist was captured on camera by the environmental group Greenpeace UK - boasting of how Exxonmobil has fought climate science, and operated behind closed doors to water down green legislation. Exxonmobil dispute the claims - and accuse Greenpeace of "waging a campaign against them". In the first part of a series of reports on the secretive world of fossil fuel lobbying - our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson has this exclusive story.

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