On the weekend, I did a blog entry on how the oil industry was planning a sneaky grass roots campaign to derail Obama's climate change legislation, holding "Energy Citizen" rallies with companies sending their employees out to protest against any laws controlling global warming.
Now we have the revelation that the coal industry has been sending fake letters to Congress purporting to represent elderly services organizations and senior centers. In other words, the industry forged letters from "citizens" to frighten Congressmen.
"Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the letters today as part of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming's ongoing investigation into the extent of fraudulent letters sent by Bonner & Associates – a so-called "astroturf" group subcontracted by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity – to influence members of Congress on the recently-passed Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.
"The five letters revealed today brings the total number of fraudulent letters to 13, now representing 9 different community groups. The letters released today were staged to appear as if they were sent by groups representing senior citizen services like the non-profit Erie Center on Health & Aging. Previous letters already made public were from the Charlottesville NAACP chapter, Creciendo Juntos, a hispanic advocacy organization, the Jefferson Area Board on Aging, and the American Association of University Women."
For copies of the letter, go to the EnviroKnow site. They have been quick enough to get copies of the fraudulent missives.
The fight is now dirty and there is nothing the big polluters won't do to stop the changes from happening. It's gone beyond reasonable debate
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