American Petroleum Institute organizing “astroturf” – fake grassroots rallies — against climate change bill, says Greenpeace

In Washington, Greenpeace released a memo from the American Petroleum Institute in which the API outlined a plan to stage protests against the Obama climate change bill. Greenpeace termed the events “Astroturf”, that is, a fake grassroots effort, while API spokewoman Cathy Landry said “Our goal is to energise people and show them that they are not alone,” in confirming the authenticity of the memo.

Shell, which is a member of API, said it would not be participating in the effort, while ConocoPhillips, which had joined in the US Climate Action Partnership to support the Waxman-Markety climate bill, is promoting the rallies against the bill on its website.

Free Subscription to the Daily Biofuels Digest e-newsletter

Related Stories

Greenpeace demands Finland’s Neste Oil abandon biofuels; says palm oil cultivation destroys rainforest, speeds up climate change

The general secretary of the Nordic section of Greenpeace called on Finland's Neste Oil to exit biodiesel fuel production. Greenpeace said that palm oil cultivation in Indonesia and Malaysia destroys ...

Study finds that Climate Bill will paradoxically double US refined oil imports

In Texas, a report by EnSys Energy and commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute concluded that US oil refineries will cut outputs by 17 percent if the Waxman-Markey climate bill is passed. The...

Diamonds amongst a deluge of biofuels conferences

It's getting harder than ever to read the daily email without another biofuels conference or webinar launching. Even the American Petroleum Institute has been organizing a biofuels conference- who nex...

UN climate change conference opens in Poznan; questions about accuracy of UN measure of climate change velocity

In Poland, the UN annual meeting on Climate Change opened in Poznan, with an 82-page deck of proposals from the UN's climate change czar, and open worries that the economic crisis will delay progress ...

EPA cracks down on illicit E30 usage at behest of American Petroleum Institute

In South Dakota, the EPA is attempting a crackdown on the use of E30 by non flex-fuel cars. A letter released by the agency requested that retailers put warning labels on E30 gas pumps, and locking me...

War over indirect land use change, biofuels as showdown approaches for climate bill in House Agriculture Committee

[caption id="attachment_12207" align="alignright" width="250" caption="GoredEarth.com and The Chilling Effect offer a typically gloomy if humorous look at climate change legislation"][/caption] In ...