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October 31, 2014

Lobbyist Richard Berman Caught on Tape Urging Oil Execs to Dig Up Dirt on Environmentalists 
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A top lobbyist has been caught on tape encouraging oil and gas industry
executives to dig up embarrassing details about environmentalists and to
exploit emotions like fear. An executive gave The New York Times a
secret recording of the speech by Richard Berman, a lobbyist who creates
nonprofits, then covertly uses them to advance a range of corporate
agendas. Berman made the speech in June as he raised millions to fund an
ad campaign called Big Green Radicals, which has run pro-fracking ads in
Colorado and Pennsylvania.

 

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