American Petroleum Institute

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 had supported Rick Perry in the 2012 Republican primary, and more recently announced a strong "voter education campaign" in the face of the 2016 election.

As a sideline they also grade engine oil and set technical standards for the oil industry.

Evidence for API's global warming denialism
In a 1998 memo, the API stated that: Victory Will Be Achieved When:
 * Average citizens "understand" (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the "conventional wisdom"
 * Media "understands" (recognizes) uncertainties in climate science
 * Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current "conventional wisdom"
 * Industry senior leadership understands uncertainties in climate science, making them stronger ambassadors to those who shape climate policy
 * Those promoting the Kyoto treaty on the basis of extent [sic] science appears to be out of touch with reality.

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 The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004) ,Collapse (2009), and Anima Mundi (2011)