Obama's Offshore Drilling Proposal Based on Fossil Fuel Industry Research

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management used industry-funded reports to tout economic benefits of offshore drilling in Gulf and Arctic
by
Nadia Prupis, staff writer

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/26/obamas-offshore-drilling-proposal-based-fossil-fuel-industry-research


A key component of President Barack Obama's push for offshore oil drilling—an economic analysis touting the benefits of opening up waters in the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic—was based on studies conducted by the fossil fuel industry, a new investigation reveals.

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Four of the studies were directly funded by oil and gas companies or lobbying groups, while the other four were prepared by think tanks and "dark money advocacy groups" that also take funds from the fossil fuel industry, the Initiative reports.

None of them were peer-reviewed.

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Watchdog groups say it is a new kind of corporate power—rather than lobbying with money, these groups influence with research.

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And we tortured some folks. Give the whole article a thoughtful read.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/26/obamas-offshore-drilling-proposal-based-fossil-fuel-industry-research