Episodes Notes:
Astroturfing: The Troll Army of Big Oil
Sources & Citations
[0:17] Women for Natural Gas Website (Wayback Machine, 2020)
[0:41]
NYT: How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil, 2020
Mother Jones: These Ladies Love Natural Gas! Too Bad They Aren’t Real, 2020
[2:18] Texans for Natural Gas: Texas Pride (Ad, 2017)
[3:06]
BBC News: The Texas town that banned fracking (and lost), 2015
NYT: ‘Citizen Army’ Carries Coal’s Climate Message to Hinterlands, 2009
[3:19] Deception Dossier #4: Forged Letters from the Coal Industry to Members of Congress (PDF DOWNLOAD)
[5:01] Union of Concerned Scientists: Smoke, Mirrors, and Hot Air, 2007
[7:39] 1985 Ross Dress for Less Explosion
[8:30] WSPA Website: Celebrating the Women of Oil and Gas, 2021
[8:34] Deception Dossier #3: WSPA’s Deception Campaign
[8:43] WSPA’s IRS Form 990, 2015
[9:00] Astroturf ads
Californians for Energy Independence
Oregonians for Sound Fuel Policy
Concerned Mineral Owners of California
[9:24] WSPA Priority Issues (2014 leaked PowerPoint)
[10:41] California Drivers Alliance ads
Say NO to California Driving Restrictions
[11:24] Grist: California wants its cars to use half as much gas by 2030. Is it possible?, 2015
[11:36] PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians & the Environment, 2015
[13:16] NYT: California Democrats Drop Plan for 50 Percent Oil Cut, 2015
[14:03] The Real News Network: Why Did the California Assembly Table Oil Setbacks Bill?, 2019
[14:56] Life: Powered - Navajo Nation (Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2018)
[15:19] Life:Powered website
[15:22] NYT: The Texas Group Waging a National Crusade Against Climate Action, 2022
[15:41]
American Coalition for Ocean Protections Website
[18:16] Evergreen Action: Powering Toward 100 Percent Clean Power by 2035 (2023)
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