Wetlands Front Group Funded by Big Oil Wants Taxpayers to Foot Bill for BP's Gulf Destruction

July 31, 2010 by legitgov

Wetlands Front Group Funded by Big Oil Wants Taxpayers to Foot Bill for BP's Gulf Destruction By Brendan DeMelle and Jerry Cope 28 Jul 2010 A group of oil companies including BP, Shell, ExxonMobil, Citgo, Chevron and other polluters are using a front group called "America's WETLAND Foundation" and a Louisiana women's group called Women of the Storm to spread the message that U.S. taxpayers should pay for the damage caused by BP to Gulf Coast wetlands, and that the reckless offshore oil industry should continue drilling for the "wholesale sustainability" of the region. ...[A] click through to the "sponsors" page reveals that this effort is actually led by America's WETLAND Foundation, which is funded chiefly by the same oil companies who have ruined the Gulf and endangered the planet with their global warming emissions.

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