Environment

Too Little of a Good Thing

by Judith Siers-Poisson — April 28, 2006 - 5:04pm

The Raw Story reports that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert just couldn't wait to get back into his SUV after a photo op and short ride in a hydrogen car.

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The Raw Story, April 28, 2006

Essential2: Better Flacking Through Chemistry

by Diane Farsetta — April 18, 2006 - 12:18pm

Working with Ogilvy PR, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) launched its "Essential2" PR campaign last year, "to reposition the $550 billion industry as not only imperative, but advantageous to all aspects of modern life." Essential2 includes "national cable TV spots, print ads, and a policymaker education program." PR Week profiles the campaign's outreach to chemical company employees.

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PR Week (sub req'd), April 17, 2006

Did PR's "Pit Bull" Go After Greenpeace?

by Jonathan Rosenblum — April 11, 2006 - 4:47pm

Greenpeace got IRS’s green light for continued nonprofit tax status last month after an audit, but the whodunit continues, especially in the business press. Did the Exxon Mobil-funded Public Interest Watch (PIW) draw in IRS?

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Business Week, April 17, 2006

Non-Profit 'Watchdog' Well Fed By ExxonMobil

by Bob Burton — March 22, 2006 - 2:28am

The Wall Street Journal reports that Public Interest Watch (PIW), a non-profit 'watchdog' group which sucessfully lobbied for an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax audit of Greenpeace, has been heavily funded by ExxonMobil. Two years after PIW urged an IRS investigation, Greenpeace was subjected to a three-month long audit.

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), March 21, 2006

Anti-Enviro Front Groups Grow on Trees

by Diane Farsetta — March 13, 2006 - 1:38pm

Paul Thacker reports on "one short-lived 'grassroots' organization" based in Oregon, whose leaders "played a key role in passing President Bush's Healthy Forests legislation and are now promoting changes" to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would r

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Environmental Science & Technology, March 8, 2006

A Crude Attempt To Gain LNG Support

by Diane Farsetta — February 27, 2006 - 2:36pm

"Controversy over LNG [liquid natural gas] terminals is growing as demand soars," reports the Boston Globe. There are four proposals for new LNG terminals in Massachusetts -- and one has its own astroturf group. The Coalition for an LNG Solution, which describes itself as "a grass-roots neighborhood organization," supports new LNG terminals on Boston Harbor islands.

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The Boston Globe, February 24, 2006

Front Group Claims Owls Learning to Love Logging

by Bob Burton — February 22, 2006 - 4:35am

Spotted Owl Source: Sierra Club

The Executive Director of the Evergreen Foundation, James Peterson, argues in a Wall Street Journal opinion article that the decline of the spotted owl in the U.S.

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Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), February 18, 2006

Anxious Al Caruba

by Bob Burton — February 7, 2006 - 5:11pm
  • Topics: Environment, Media, Public Relations

    • Alan Caruba, from the CDFE website

    Alan Caruba is a public relations professional who is so anxious about issues like environmentalism, immigration and the United Nations that he runs the National Anxiety Center. Caruba, who states on his website that his clients include or have included "chemical and pharmaceutical companies, think tanks [and] trade associations," writes a weekly column, called "Warning Signs," which is run by conservative websites.

    In last week's column, Caruba, an "adjunct fellow" at Ron Arnold's anti-environmentalist Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (CDFE), expressed anxiety over our SourceWatch article on his friend Michael Fumento. The title of his column was "Smearing Conservative Writers."

    Nuclear Company Underwrites Parliamentary Committee

    by Bob Burton — January 23, 2006 - 3:11am

    British Prime Minister Tony Blair's bid to pave the way for an expansion of the nuclear power industry through the 2006 Energy Review and its consultation document, Our Energy Challenge, has been hit by controversy over undisclosed corporate lobbying.

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    Sunday Herald (Scotland), January 22 2006
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