
The oil and gas industry has launched the Energy Stewardship Alliance, aimed at winning access to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ESA claims to be a non-profit coalition of "professional organizations" and "individuals" who believe opening the Refuge to oil drilling is worth the human and environmental risk.
Links:
[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/front-groups
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/corporations
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment
[5] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2001%2F03%2F409%2Fcorporate-front-group-created-support-arctic-drilling&linkname=Corporate%20Front%20Group%20Created%20to%20Support%20Arctic%20Drilling
[6] http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/press_releases/01_03_22text.htm