Edison Electric Institute

American Petroleum Institute "Victory" Memo Exposes Climate Disinformation Strategy

1998-04-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The American Petroleum Institute (API) organized and funded a sophisticated Global Climate Science Communications Plan designed to systematically create doubt about established climate science. Leaked in April 1998, this strategy memo outlined a multimillion-dollar campaign to undermine public …

American Petroleum Institute Randy Randol ExxonMobil Chevron Southern Company +2 more climate-denial disinformation fossil-fuels public-manipulation media-influence +1 more

ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access

1984-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

By 1984, ALEC’s corporate membership had grown so rapidly that Executive Director Kathleen Teague reported corporations were overwhelming the organization’s capacity. Major corporations supporting ALEC that year included Edison Electric Institute, Procter & Gamble Co., Mary Kay …

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Kathleen Teague Edison Electric Institute Procter & Gamble Eli Lilly +5 more corporate-capture legislative-capture alec corporate-membership lobbying +1 more