Energy Stewardship Alliance
The Energy Stewardship Alliance (ESA) claims to be a non-profit coalition of "professional organizations" and "individuals" who believe opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling is worth the human and environmental risk. To give itself a superficial veneer of environmental sensitivity, ESA's logo shows the outline of a caribou and some trees. Shortly after its creation, ESA ran TV ads depicting long gas lines during the energy crisis of the 1970s, and warned that failure to drill in the ANWR could bring on a similar crisis.
Personnel
ESA's coordinator, Roger Herrera, is a former BP Amoco executive with a long history of efforts to open ANWR to the oil industry:
- "manager of exploration and lands for the Standard Alaska Production Company. ("Alaska refuge coveted by oil industry," Christian Science Monitor, 2/9/87)
- "Manager of Operations for BP's Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company."[1]
- "president of Northern Knowledge."("Murkowski to hold key hearing on Arctic coastal plain oil development bill," Office of Senator Murkowski, 4/4/00) Northern Knowledge is listed in the Yahoo! Anchorage yellow pages under "Oil & Gas Exploration & Development."
- "a former BP executive who is now consultant with Arctic Power, an Alaska group pushing for oil development in ANWR." ("Refuge lobbyists up ante," Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/01). The interest groups that comprise the board and membership of Arctic Power include the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, Resource Development Council, Alaska Trucking Association, Alaska Oil & Gas Association, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Alaska Miner's Association Alaska Forest Association (www.anwr.org).
- a registered lobbyist for Arctic Power and BP America according to the Center for Responsive Politics. He was paid $20,000 in 1997 as a lobbyist for BP America and reported $30,000 in lobbying income from Arctic Power in 1999.
Energy Stewardship Alliance Members
- As of December, 2004
- 60 Plus Association
- Air Transport Association
- Alaska Airlines
- Alaska Municipal League
- Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
- Alaska Support Industry Alliance
- American Bus Association
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- American Moving and Storage Association
- American Petroleum Institute
- American Trucking Association
- Associated Equipment Distributors
- Associated General Contractors of America
- Boating Trades Association of Metropolitan Houston
- California Independent Petroleum Association
- Center for Individual Freedom
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Energy Consumers and Producers Association
- Equipment Manufacturers Institute
- Illinois Oil and Gas Association
- Independent Petroleum Association of America
- International Association of Drilling Contractors
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Jacksonville Marine Association
- Lake Erie Marine Trades Association
- Marine Industry Association of Florida
- Marine Retailers Association of America
- Michigan Boating Industries Association
- Montana Independent Automobile Dealers Association
- Motor Freight Carriers Association
- Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
- National Association of Counties
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Black Chamber of Commerce
- National Business Aviation Association
- National Business Travel Association
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association
- National Corn Growers Association
- National Food Processors Association
- National Foundation for Women Legislators Energy Sub-Committee
- National Grange
- National Independent Automobile Dealers Association
- National Industrial Transportation League
- National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
- National Paint and Coatings Association
- National Petrochemical & Refiners Association
- National Private Truck Council
- National Truck Equipment Association
- New Mexico Independent Automobile Dealers Association
- New York State Oil Producers Association
- Northwestern Lumber Association of South Dakota
- Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
- Petroleum Marketers Association of America
- Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
- Service Station Dealers Association
- Small Business Survival Committee
- South Dakota Cattlemen's Association
- South Dakota Chamber of Commerce
- South Dakota Independent Automobile Dealers Association
- Southern California Marine Association
- Southwestern Peanut Growers Association
- Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
- Transportation Institute
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- United Seniors Association, Inc.
- Petroleum Council Members
- Alabama Petroleum Council
- Arkansas Petroleum Council
- Connecticut Petroleum Council
- Delaware Petroleum Council
- Florida Petroleum Council
- Georgia Petroleum Council
- Illinois Petroleum Council
- Indiana Petroleum Council
- Iowa Petroleum Council
- Kansas Petroleum Council
- Kentucky Petroleum Council
- Maine Petroleum Council
- Maryland Petroleum Council
- Massachusetts Petroleum Council
- Associated Petroleum Industries of Michigan
- Minnesota Petroleum Council
- Missouri Oil Council
- New Jersey Petroleum Council
- New York State Petroleum Council
- North Carolina Petroleum Council
- North Dakota Petroleum Council
- Ohio Petroleum Council
- Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania
- South Carolina Petroleum Council
- Tennessee Petroleum Council
- Virginia Petroleum Council
- Wisconsin Petroleum Council
Related Resources
- Energy Stewardship Alliance
- Greenpeace USA News Release, March 22, 2001.
- Brad Wright, "Oil industry hits back at environmentalists", CNN, March 21, 2001.
