KRISHNAMOORTHI PRESSES BP, CHEVRON, EXXON MOBIL, AND SHELL TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS, CITING EVIDENCE LINKING FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS TO MORE SEVERE WILDFIRES

Washington, Aug. 5 -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent letters to the chief executive officers of BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Shell urging each company to take immediate steps to reduce carbon emissions, citing growing scientific evidence linking fossil fuel emissions to increasingly severe wildfires. In the letters, Krishnamoorthi writes: "I am writing today urging you to take immediate steps to reduce carbon emissions, which have been directly linked to the increase in wildfires across North America. As communities across the nation endure dangerous air quality and the growing impacts of wildfire smoke, the oil and gas industry must acknow...