Democratic draft platform seeks DOJ probe of fossil fuel companies

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The Democratic Party's draft platform calls for the Justice Department to join several state prosecutors in investigating whether fossil fuel companies misled the public on global warming -- marking an escalation in a controversial campaign that critics liken to censorship.

 

As first reported by Inside Climate News, the committee drafting the party platform inserted the measure last Friday.

 

The measure called on “the Department of Justice to investigate alleged corporate fraud on the part of fossil fuel companies who have reportedly misled shareholders and the public on the scientific reality of climate change," according to the committee website.

 

The proposal is the latest shot fired in a broader battle being waged by environmental groups and their allies in government against oil companies and others.

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The new witch hunt.