National Mining Association

National Energy Policy Report Released Reflecting Oil Industry Priorities

2001-05-16 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Bush administration releases the National Energy Policy report developed by Cheney’s Energy Task Force, containing 105 recommendations that overwhelmingly favor fossil fuel industries while giving minimal attention to renewable energy. The report recommends opening the Arctic National …

George W. Bush Dick Cheney National Energy Policy Development Group ExxonMobil Shell Oil +6 more energy-policy corporate-capture oil-industry cheney-task-force regulatory-capture +3 more

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