More Big Oil Astroturf Across The Country
The American Petroleum Institute, the umbrella lobbying organization for the oil industry, has apparently set up a number of other front groups focused on similar astroturf efforts as the Iowa Energy Forum. The Missouri Energy Forum, another API organization, sent an e-mail alert yesterday afternoon urging its staffers and activists to attend the Missouri State Fair to press public officials about opposing environmental regulations. The Missouri Energy Forum suggests that its supporters ask Rep. Blaine Leutkemeyer (R-MO) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) about the EPA’s new ozone regulations, because such regulations will supposedly ‘hurt Missouri’s farmers and business’s [sic].’ — Think Progress