BP Doubles Down on API, Abandoning Climate Commitment
In its annual sustainability report, BP indicated it would continue its memberships in the American Petroleum Institute (API) and other groups
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In Re-Hiring Bernhardt, Brownstein Hyatt Embrace Anti-Democratic Values
Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was recently re-hired to his former lobbying firm after promoting anti-democratic policies throughout his scandal-ridden tenure.
Read moreAPI Sued (Again) for Deceiving Public About Climate Change
The American Petroleum Institute (API) has been sued again for allegedly deceiving the public about the harms of burning fossil fuels.
Read moreEnergy Hearing Witnesses Used Schools in Ploy to Push Big Oil Agenda
Three of the witnesses who testified at the Senate Energy Committee hearing on the Department of Interior’s onshore leasing program parrotted API talking points.
Read moreEnergy Hearing Witnesses Expected to Mislead, Inaccurately and Hypocritically Use Schools as Shield
Tomorrow, the Senate Energy Committee will hold a hearing on the Department of Interior’s onshore leasing program.
Read moreEarth Week Reminder: Fewer than 1-in-10 Oil/Gas Workers Are Black
Few Black Americans are employed by the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) member companies, and those who are make far less than their white counterparts.
Read moreAPI Appropriates Earth Day to Push Scientifically Dubious Climate Plan
Whether it is on Earth Day or any other day, API’s public relations gimmicks can’t erase its decades-long record of denying climate science and fighting meaningful efforts to address the climate crisis.
Read moreEarth Week Reminder: API Blames Communities of Color for Impacts of Pollution
API has called science linking increased health risks in communities of color to oil industry pollution an “attack” on the industry and suggested the numbers could be explained by “genetics.”
Read moreEarth Week Reminder: API Has Donated Millions to Climate Denier Politicians
American Petroleum Institute (API) has donated millions of dollars to anti-science politicians, while claiming to be champions of the environment
Read moreAnd the API Pipeline Award Goes to…Phillips 66 CEO with Record of Environmental Violations
API praised a company that was forced to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in environmental and workplace penalties over the past year for its environmental stewardship.
Read moreEarth Week Reminder: API Has Spent Millions Lobbying Against Climate Solutions
The American Petroleum Institute has spent millions of dollars lobbying against meaningful efforts to address the climate crisis.
Read moreEarth Week Reminder: API Has Spent Decades Fighting Efforts to Address Climate Change
The American Petroleum Institute has spent decades fighting meaningful efforts to address the climate crisis and that its recent pledge to work with the Biden administration on the issue cannot be trusted.
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