Energy Interests Drop $247 Million On Ads In 2010

Mother Jones:

Fossil fuel companies and interest groups that represent them have spent $247 million so far this year on ad campaigns, according to data complied by the marketing research group Kantar Media. The Alliance for Climate Protection, the group started by Al Gore, compiled data on both national and state-level ad buys these companies have made this year.

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Comments

[mamacat]

05:20 AM on 11/02/2010

When the history of this era is written, Exxon will be in the same league as the pirates and robber barons of past eras.

[Kenz300]

05:04 PM on 10/31/2010

Coal, oil and insurance companies are spending heavily for Republicans.

Will the US ever see a national energy policy? Will alternative energy ever
help reduce our reliance on foreign oil and dirty coal? NO not if Republicans
can help it.

Our economic security and national security depend on our transition to
alternative energy.

Will Americans be fooled by the phony front groups supported by big oil?

[farmilyman]

11:22 PM on 10/30/2010

Imagine the difference they could make if only they would use their profits for good instead of evil.

[HLL]

10:32 AM on 10/30/2010

Hey fellow Californians ~ Please VOTE "NO" on Prop 23. Let the Koch Bros. know they can't pollute our air and lungs and get away with it! Grrrrrr ☮

And if you're so inclined "YES" on Prop 19 (legalizing pot :o)

[Jason Nelson]

11:12 AM on 10/31/2010

yes, pot is much better for the lungs.

[mamacat]

05:20 AM on 10/30/2010

When a company runs ads promoting its products over a competitors, I feel that is not so bad.
If, however, they are running ads trying to promote the idea that scientists are wrong about global warming, then those companies are doing a great disservice to mankind.

[vetxcl]

03:32 AM on 10/30/2010

advertising: one of the great sins/abuses of our day. drives up costs, manipulates people. works against real, meaningful change.

[merlinspinoza]

01:37 AM on 10/30/2010

related
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/infographic-americans-exposed-to-thousands-untested-chemicals.php

[SimJack]

10:00 PM on 10/29/2010

Hey, it's a 'tax deduction'. It's how corporations 'breath' while puffing on toxic cigarettes of manufactured from the profit plant genetically engineered to resist the 'Round Up Obama Pesticide'.

[greenlord]

06:46 PM on 10/29/2010

Disinformation campaigns cost money but considering that 0.247 Billion is penny change compared to the 500-700Billion that the US population spends on oil every year...and that's not counting any dirty coal profits....It all stems from their ability to own our govt officials with their legalized Bribes...aka lobbying etc.

Plutocracy isn't good for the US population or our environment...or our national security.

[plan-uts]

04:48 PM on 10/29/2010

Ok is that horrible. You are saying what. EM just reported 7b for a single quarter. 247 is what 3% of just 1 companies profit for a single quarter. Most of those Ads push this silly green Wind and Solar nonsense.

[Angie Cordeiro]

05:55 PM on 10/29/2010

Wasteful spending for sure; more money needs to be spent on technology for "worse case scenarios" such as spills & clean up ... it makes one wonder if a profit can be made doing what is right and honorable.

[OkieMon]

04:39 PM on 10/29/2010

their "solar" or "wind" commercials are just smoke and mirrors folks.....these fossil fuel fas*cists (FFF) want to use up evedy molecule of fossil fuel on this planet and pollute the earth and its people into non-existence.....

[Red Beans]

04:12 PM on 10/29/2010

It would be nice if some smart person direct me to a valid / impartial group that keeps track of the spending for elections. I would like to find out the top 10 companies / organizations and top 10 individuals that contributed to the election. Medium size oil like ExxonMobil (really big oil companies are owned by countries) spends money. What other groups spend money? Did ExxonMobil or BP spend more than groups or organizations that are considered liberal? Also, when all is said and done, it will be interesting to find out what political group spent the most money

[Rick Baraff]

07:21 PM on 10/29/2010

Open Secrets -- www (dot) opensecrets (dot) org

[tacevad]

04:00 PM on 10/29/2010

gotta get the price of oil up a little more to pay for these

[ReagansHeroes]

03:17 PM on 10/29/2010

Dirty Energy? So would nuclear energy be considered Clean Energy since only water vapor comes out of the stacks that we see in the pictures?