Anti-Climate Bill Astroturf Grows
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The oil industry's "Energy Citizens" Astroturf campaign against legislation to address climate change sprang a leak.
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Climate Change
Elmendorf Strategies and the Carbon Lobby
Lobbyists will often argue that a major reason clients hire them is because of their deep personal connections with decision makers.
Steve Elmendorf, who founded Elmendorf Strategies in 2007, was an adviser to various Democratic Party campaigns and politicians for over 25 years. So his connections with Democratic Party movers and shakers seem beyond dispute.
Oil Industry Front Group Rallies for Global Warming
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"Taking a cue from angry protests against the Obama Administration's health care restructuring, the oil industry is helping organize anti-climate bill rallies around the nation," reports Ian Talley.
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Shameless Front Group Plans More Astroturf
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
After its public relations firm was outed for sending fake letters opposing the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill to members of Congress, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is expanding its "
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Fake Grassroots Letters Oppose Climate Bill
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
"As U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello was considering how to vote on an important piece of climate change legislation in June, the freshman congressman's office received at least six letters from two Charlottesville [Virginia]-based minority organizations voicing opposition to the measure," reports the Daily Progress.
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Shining a Light on U.S. Power Utility Lobbyists
Submitted by Bob Burton on
With the Waxman-Markey climate change bill before the U.S. Senate, coal and energy utility lobbyists are out in force. While the legislation will only have direct effect in the United States, it will indirectly have a major influence on the negotiation of a replacement agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.
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The French Disconnection
Submitted by Bob Burton on
Once again Patrick Moore, a former Greenpeace activist, has been promoting nuclear power as a solution to global warming without disclosing that he is a consultant to the Nuclear Energy Institute's
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Skeptic Overboard
Submitted by Bob Burton on
The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), an Australian corporate-funded think tank, has decided to dump its Senior Fellow, Jennifer Marohasy.
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IRENA Match Called for Nuclear
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) officially launched on July 1, with 108 member countries. IRENA is meant "to make renewable energy more accessible to every country in the world. ...
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Climate Change Bill a Rorschach for Special Interests
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on
The same day that the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives, the oil industry examined the loopholes. The bill, which has yet to pass the Senate, would make refiners "buy allowances for carbon dioxide spewed from their plants and from vehicles when motorists burn their fuel. Imports would need permits only for the latter." So, oil companies "will probably cope ...
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