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Yesterday's climate-legislation rally not so spontaneous

By Michael Roberts Thu., Aug. 27 2009 at 7:07 AM
Categories: Business, News
Arguments continue about just how grassroots protests against healthcare reform like a recent shoutfest at an Ed Perlmutter event really are. But such displays of disaffection are positively organic in comparison with the rally about climate legislation that took place yesterday in Greeley. The Greeley Tribune reports that hundreds of locals raised their voices in unison against a U.S. House-passed bill that would cap greenhouse gas emissions. But the event was promoted by EnergyCitizens.org, a creation of the American Petroleum Institute that's staging demonstrations like the Greeley bash all over the country. A video from a kick-off rally in Houston can be viewed above. Looks like an impromptu uprising to me.

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American Petroleum Institute, Ed Perlmutter, EnergyCitizens.org, Greeley Tribune, Michael Roberts
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