Today, Director and Senior Vice President of Exxon Mobil J. Steven Simon, President of Shell John Hoffmeister, Vice Chairman of Chevron Peter J. Robertson, Executive Vice President J.E. (John) Lowe, and Chairman and President of BP America Robert A. Malone arrived at the Cannon Office Building to report to the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming. These men were greeted by “Billionaires for Oil“, a giant piggybank, and students who were asking them to invest in their future, not new gas.

This action was part of a nation-wide student-lead campaign called, “Fossil Fools Day,” a day of activism and non-violent direct action to bring awareness of global warming. Students in Boston chained themselves to a bank, residents in North Carolina stopped construction on a coal plant, and more. Students greeted the executives in front of the Cannon building with boos and signs that said “, for pictures, go here.

Representative Inslee and committee chairman Rep. Edward Markey slammed the executives on their investments in renewable energy. “The public sentiment regarding your companies,” Rep Inslee stated, “is that you’re imposing great abuses on us besides the rise in price.” Why are the American people paying twice for oil