Independent Petroleum Association of America
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) is a lobbying group for oil and gas producers in the United States.[1]
Overview
It was founded on June 10, 1929, by President Herbert Hoover.[2][3][4] It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.[2] In 2019, Politico reported that the group spends more than $1 million per year on lobbying activities.[1] The group disdained the policies of the Obama administration, with IPAA vice president Jeff Eshelman saying in a leaked recording that Obama administration had a "target list of everything that they wanted done to shut down the oil and gas industry."[1] The group approved of the Trump administration's policies, with IPAA CEO Barry Russell boasting in a leaked recording that the IPAA had "unprecedented access to people that are in these positions who are trying to help us, which is great."[1] In 2012, it produced the documentary Truthland, a response to Gasland.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Williams, Lance. "Recording Reveals Oil Industry Execs Laughing at Trump Access". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 nndb
- ↑ BusinessWeek
- ↑ "Official website, Our History". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
- ↑ Ben Wolfgang, Fracking wars hit the silver screen with supporters’ film ‘Truthland’, The Washington Times, June 13, 2012
