American Petroleum Institute - Revision history

Jewish Charity Bot: Category overhaul (approved)

2026-10-17T12:52:39Z

Category overhaul (approved)

Miriam Rose at 10:39, 6 July 2010

2010-07-06T10:39:24Z

Claire Robinson at 12:11, 7 November 2009

2009-11-07T12:11:19Z

Claire Robinson: /* Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15 */

2009-11-07T11:57:20Z

Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15

Claire Robinson: /* Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15 */

2009-11-07T11:56:02Z

Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15

Claire Robinson: /* Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15 */

2009-11-07T11:55:30Z

Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15

Claire Robinson at 11:31, 7 November 2009

2009-11-07T11:31:41Z

Claire Robinson: /* Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15 */

2009-11-07T11:30:26Z

Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15

Claire Robinson: /* Activities in the run-up to COP15 */

2009-11-07T11:26:36Z

Activities in the run-up to COP15

Claire Robinson at 11:25, 7 November 2009

2009-11-07T11:25:35Z

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 [[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]
 [[Category:Oil Industry]][[Category:Climate]]
-[[Category:Climate Change Sceptics]][[Category:Climate Change]] [[Category:Climate: Energy Industry]] [[Category:Climate: Industry Lobby Groups]]
+[[Category:Climate Change Sceptics]][[Category:Climate: Energy Industry]] [[Category:Climate: Industry Lobby Groups]]

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 [[Category:Corporate Lobby Groups]]
 [[Category:Oil Industry]][[Category:Climate]]
-[[Category:Climate Change Sceptics]][[Category:Climate Change]]
+[[Category:Climate Change Sceptics]][[Category:Climate Change]] [[Category:Climate: Energy Industry]] [[Category:Climate: Industry Lobby Groups]]

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 Gerard adds:
 :Our expectation is to translate peoples’ real concerns for job losses and increased energy costs to all unsound proposals (e.g., Waxman-Markey-like legislation, tax increases, and access limitations).<ref>Memo from Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the API, to membership, Aug 2009, leaked to Greenpeace, with Greenpeace response written by Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, to Gerard, dated 12 Aug 2009, available here http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Oil-memo%283%29.pdf</ref>
 ==References==

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 :It would logically appear that the “Energy Citizen” campaign’s objective is to defeat climate change regulation.  This goal runs contrary to several prominent API members’ public support for climate action, namely Shell, BP America, [[ConocoPhillips]], [[General Electric]] and [[Siemens]]. These companies are all a part of the pro cap-and-trade U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has publicly supported the [[Waxman-Markey Bill]].  In addition, most members of USCAP are also members of the Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers, named partners in your “Energy Citizen” campaign.  Can you explain the contradictory objectives of supporting cap-and-trade on one hand and working to defeat it on the other? And also reveal if any API members opted out of the “Energy Citizen” effort?<ref>Memo from Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the API, to membership, Aug 2009, leaked to Greenpeace, with Greenpeace response written by Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, to Gerard, dated 12 Aug 2009, available here http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Oil-memo%283%29.pdf</ref>
-The leaked API memo congratulates itself on successfully persuading the public that a bill passed by US Congress in the summer of 2009 to promote clean energy would lead to hikes in petrol prices and was therefore a bad idea. Jack Gerard writes:
+The leaked API memo congratulates itself on successfully persuading the public that a bill passed by US Congress in the summer of 2009 to promote clean energy would lead to hikes in petrol prices and job losses and is therefore a bad idea. Jack Gerard writes:
 :Recent opinion research that Harris Interactive conducted for API demonstrates that our messages on Waxman-Markey-like legislation work extremely well and are very persuasive with the general public and policy influentials. After hearing that Waxman-Markey-like legislation could increase the costs of gasoline to around $4 and lead to significant job losses, these audiences changed their opinions on the bill significantly.<ref>Memo from Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the API, to membership, Aug 2009, leaked to Greenpeace, with Greenpeace response written by Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, to Gerard, dated 12 Aug 2009, available here http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Oil-memo%283%29.pdf</ref>
 ==References==

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 The leaked API memo congratulates itself on successfully persuading the public that a bill passed by US Congress in the summer of 2009 to promote clean energy would lead to hikes in petrol prices and was therefore a bad idea. Jack Gerard writes:
-:Recent opinion research that Harris Interactive conducted for API demonstrates that our messages on Waxman-Markey-like legislation work extremely well and are very persuasive with the general public and policy influentials. After hearing that Waxman-Markey-like legislation could increase the costs of gasoline to around $4 and lead to significant job losses,
+:Recent opinion research that Harris Interactive conducted for API demonstrates that our messages on Waxman-Markey-like legislation work extremely well and are very persuasive with the general public and policy influentials. After hearing that Waxman-Markey-like legislation could increase the costs of gasoline to around $4 and lead to significant job losses, these audiences changed their opinions on the bill significantly.<ref>Memo from Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the API, to membership, Aug 2009, leaked to Greenpeace, with Greenpeace response written by Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, to Gerard, dated 12 Aug 2009, available here http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Oil-memo%283%29.pdf</ref>
 ==References==

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 ==Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15==
-An American Petroleum Institute memo, leaked to Greenpeace and publicised by them in August 2009, called on the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest oil companies (including [[ExxonMobil]], [[Shell]], [[BP]] and [[Chevron]]) to involve their employees in anti US climate action rallies masquerading as a grassroots movement of concerned “energy citizens”.
+An American Petroleum Institute memo, leaked to Greenpeace and publicised by them in August 2009, called on the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest oil companies (including [[ExxonMobil]], [[Shell]], [[BP]] and [[Chevron]]) to involve their employees in anti US climate action rallies masquerading as a grassroots movement of concerned “energy citizens”.<ref>Memo from Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the API, to membership, Aug 2009, leaked to Greenpeace, with Greenpeace response written by Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, to Gerard, dated 12 Aug 2009, available here http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Oil-memo%283%29.pdf</ref>
 In a letter to [[Jack Gerard]], President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, writes:
-:It would logically appear that the “Energy Citizen” campaign’s objective is to defeat climate change regulation.  This goal runs contrary to several prominent API members’ public support for climate action, namely Shell, BP America, [[ConocoPhillips]], [[General Electric]] and [[Siemens]]. These companies are all a part of the pro cap-and-trade U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has publicly supported the [[Waxman-Markey Bill]].  In addition, most members of USCAP are also members of the Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers, named partners in your “Energy Citizen” campaign.  Can you explain the contradictory objectives of supporting cap-and-trade on one hand and working to defeat it on the other? And also reveal if any API members opted out of the “Energy Citizen” effort?
+:It would logically appear that the “Energy Citizen” campaign’s objective is to defeat climate change regulation.  This goal runs contrary to several prominent API members’ public support for climate action, namely Shell, BP America, [[ConocoPhillips]], [[General Electric]] and [[Siemens]]. These companies are all a part of the pro cap-and-trade U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has publicly supported the [[Waxman-Markey Bill]].  In addition, most members of USCAP are also members of the Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers, named partners in your “Energy Citizen” campaign.  Can you explain the contradictory objectives of supporting cap-and-trade on one hand and working to defeat it on the other? And also reveal if any API members opted out of the “Energy Citizen” effort?<ref>Memo from Jack Gerard, president and CEO of the API, to membership, Aug 2009, leaked to Greenpeace, with Greenpeace response written by Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, to Gerard, dated 12 Aug 2009, available here http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Image:Oil-memo%283%29.pdf</ref>
 ==References==

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 :Cooney's still doing his old job for the American Petroleum Institute. It's the American Petroleum Institute working within the White House.
-==Activities in the run-up to COP15==
+==Astroturf activities in the run-up to COP15==
-An American Petroleum Institute memo, leaked to Greenpeace and publicised by them in August 2009, called on the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest oil companies (including [[ExxonMobil]], [[Shell]], [[BP]] and [[Chevron]]) to involve their employees in anti US climate action rallies masquerading as concerned “energy citizens”.
+An American Petroleum Institute memo, leaked to Greenpeace and publicised by them in August 2009, called on the CEOs of some of the world’s biggest oil companies (including [[ExxonMobil]], [[Shell]], [[BP]] and [[Chevron]]) to involve their employees in anti US climate action rallies masquerading as a grassroots movement of concerned “energy citizens”.
 In a letter to [[Jack Gerard]], President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace, writes: