American Petroleum Institute
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The American Petroleum Institute is a lobbying and public relations firm for the oil and gas industry, and an ardent global warming denialism group. They have supported Rick Perry in the 2012 Republican primary. [1]
As a sideline they also grade engine oil and set technical standards for the oil industry[2].
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[edit] Evidence for API's global warming denialism
In a 1998 memo, the API stated that:
“”Victory Will Be Achieved When:
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[edit] Educational films
In 1958, the animated short subject Destination Earth, made by John Sutherland Productions, was financed by the API. The film was intended to show school kids about the wonders of crude oil and its many by-products. In recent years, clips from this short (which has lapsed into the public domain) have been used in peak oil documentaries such as Collapse[4] and The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream[5]
[edit] External links
- Official website
- The animated short Destination Earth on the Internet Archive (via Prelinger Archive)
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Think Progress:Rick Perry’s First Stop In New Hampshire Is Funded By Big Oil
- ↑ http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=api
- ↑ http://www.euronet.nl/users/e_wesker/ew@shell/API-prop.html
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1503769/ IMDb listing for "Collapse"
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446320/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 IMDb listing for "The End of Suburbia"