Oil Lobby Resorts to Twitter Astroturf to Promote Pipeline
—By Kate Sheppard
They don’t astroturf any better than they drill.
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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.
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This sounds like a David Letterman “Top Ten” reasons why You want the Tar Sands pipeline in Your backyard:
#10 It’s fun to watch the digging machines
#09 It makes me feel so special
#08 When friends come over we listen to see if we can hear it
#07 I now have a reason to not build in the backyard
#06 I will be the first to know if it leeks
#05 The yellow sign’s warning of an underground pipeline adds to my property value
#04 It’ improved my vocabulary: DilBit is a highly corrosive, acidic, and potentially unstable blend of thick raw bitumen and volatile natural gas liquid condensate.
#03 Making another international corporation rich at my expense is the American way.
#02 Knowing my backyard is contributing to a pipeline that will become the tipping point for climate change.
#01 Why You want the Tar Sands pipeline in Your backyard:
I no longer worry about the economy with a bomb buried in my backyard.
That’s hilarious!
Do they smoke grass in space, Bowie? Or do they smoke Astroturf?