American Petroleum Institute

http://www.api.org/

501(c)(6) nonprofit
Employer Identification Number: 13-0433430

According to its website, the American Petroleum is "the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America's oil and natural gas industry."

API Staged Astroturf Events Opposing Climate Change Legislation. "The US oil and gas lobby are planning to stage public events to give the appearance of a groundswell of public opinion against legislation that is key to Barack Obama's climate change strategy, according to campaigners. 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 events during the August congressional recess to put a "human face" on opposition to climate and energy reform." [Guardian, 2009]