Environmentalism is dead;

The U.K.’s Guardian newspaper reported on Aug. 14 that a leakede-mail from the American Petroleum Institute outlined a plan by the oiland gas lobby to stage a series of public events that would give theappearance of a groundswell of American public opinion against climateand energy legislation to be taken up by the Senate this fall.$0According to The Guardian:“A key lobbying group will bankroll and organise 20 ''energy citizen'' rallies in 20 states. In an email obtained by Greenpeace, Jack Gerard, the president of the American Petroleum Institute(API), outlined what he called a "sensitive" plan to stage eventsduring the August congressional recess to put a "human face" onopposition to climate and energy reform.”$0$0The upshot? The leaked e-mail details that the powerful andwell-funded oil and gas lobby, as embodied in the American PetroleumInstitute (API), are planning a nation-wide astroturfing campaign aimedat killing America’s transition to a clean energy economy."mm$0