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| − | The American Petroleum Institute (API) describes itself as 'the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry'<ref>American Petroleum Institute [http://www.api.org/aboutapi/index.cfm About] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. | + | The '''American Petroleum Institute''' (API) describes itself as 'the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry'<ref>American Petroleum Institute [http://www.api.org/aboutapi/index.cfm About] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. |
Their services include<ref>American Petroleum Institute [http://www.api.org/aboutapi/index.cfm About] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>... | Their services include<ref>American Petroleum Institute [http://www.api.org/aboutapi/index.cfm About] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>... | ||
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:'API conducts or sponsors research ranging from economic analyses to toxicological testing. And we collect, maintain and publish statistics and data on all aspects of U.S. industry operations... API’s Weekly Statistical Bulletin is the most recognized publication, widely reported by the media'. | :'API conducts or sponsors research ranging from economic analyses to toxicological testing. And we collect, maintain and publish statistics and data on all aspects of U.S. industry operations... API’s Weekly Statistical Bulletin is the most recognized publication, widely reported by the media'. | ||
| − | ==Watering | + | ==Watering down climate change research== |
In 2005, [[Philip Cooney]] was reported to have 'edited the Bush administration's official policy papers on climate change to play down the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming'<ref>Borger, J. (2005) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/jun/09/science.environment Ex-oil lobbyist watered down US climate research]<i>The Guardian</i> 9th June 2005. Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. | In 2005, [[Philip Cooney]] was reported to have 'edited the Bush administration's official policy papers on climate change to play down the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming'<ref>Borger, J. (2005) [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/jun/09/science.environment Ex-oil lobbyist watered down US climate research]<i>The Guardian</i> 9th June 2005. Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 08:56, 28 April 2009
The American Petroleum Institute (API) describes itself as 'the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry'[1].
Their services include[2]...
- Advocacy -
- 'We speak for the petroleum industry to the public, Congress and the Executive Branch, state governments and the media. We negotiate with regulatory agencies, represent the industry in legal proceedings, participate in coalitions and work in partnership with other associations to achieve our members’ public policy goals'.
- Research and Statistics -
- 'API conducts or sponsors research ranging from economic analyses to toxicological testing. And we collect, maintain and publish statistics and data on all aspects of U.S. industry operations... API’s Weekly Statistical Bulletin is the most recognized publication, widely reported by the media'.
Watering down climate change research
In 2005, Philip Cooney was reported to have 'edited the Bush administration's official policy papers on climate change to play down the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming'[3].
Cooney has no scientific training, yet as chief of staff for the White House council on environmental quality he 'watered down government scientific papers on climate change and played up uncertainties in the scientific literature'. According to The Guardian, Cooney 'performed a similar role in his previous job for the American Petroleum Institute, a lobby group representing oil giants and focused on countering the virtual consensus among scientists that man-made emissions are rapidly heating the planet'.
- 'Cooney's still doing his old job for the American Petroleum Institute', said Kert Davies, the US research director for Greenpeace. 'It's the American Petroleum Institute working within the White House'.
