Unearthed reports that oil majors Shell and BP are still active members of at least eight trade organisations lobbying against climate change action in the US and Australia – despite carrying out a public review of their membership of such groups a few months ago. Unearthed reports: “Reviews of leaked and publicly available documents show those groups are part of the sprawling network of state and regional trade associations that have, in at least one case, boasted about quashing the very carbon-reduction policies the oil giants publicly claim to support.” In response to Unearthed’s reporting, the companies said they either hoped to reform the trade groups, including the eight identified, of which they are still part, or planned to review their membership going forward. “But both BP and Shell refused to disclose full lists of trade associations where they have ongoing involvement,” Unearthed says.

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