Footage of Exxon Lobbyist Increases Pressure on Biden to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : But last week, Biden endorsed a $579 billion bipartisan infrastructure plan that excludes virtually all of the major climate planks that the president pushed in his initial proposal, from a national clean electricity standard to hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives for green energy development.
53% : Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who spoke at the Tuesday rally, tweeted in response to the Greenpeace clip that "when we give taxpayer-funded subsidies to the oil industry, this is exactly what we're helping them pay for: shady lobbying to block progress on climate legislation."
47% : Biden's budget blueprint for Fiscal Year 2022, released in late May, proposes eliminating around $121 billion worth of handouts to the oil and gas industry, including an exemption that allows companies to avoid taxes on income from refining and transporting fossil fuels generated overseas.
40% : Environmentalists on Thursday ramped up pressure on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats to repeal federal subsidies to the fossil fuel industry following the release of secretly recorded footage in which an ExxonMobil lobbyist admits that -- despite its recent posturing as a proponent of climate action -- the oil giant is still undercutting green energy initiatives behind closed doors.

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