Rep. Brad Miller [1] (D-North Carolina), chair of the House Subcommittee on Science and Technology, fired off a strong letter [2] (pdf) to ExxonMobil demanding that the oil giant hand over documents relating to all grants awarded so far in 2007 by recipient.

Miller penned the letter after Greenpeace revealed today [3] that ExxonMobil continues to fund global warming science attack dogs in the form of think tanks and industry-friendly associations. In the letter to Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson, Miller states:

ExxonMobil continues to lead the world's corporations in profits and in market capitalization. Unfortunately, ExxonMobil's economic success has been tarnished by a history of sowing doubt about the science of climate change, science you privately know to be true."Could this be the first step in a Congressional hearing similar to Rep. Henry Waxman's famous Big Tobacco Hearings [4]?

Sure looks that way.