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Mother Jones: Someone in the oil industry appears to be resorting to astroturfing to bolster support for the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta down to Texas if approved by the Obama administration. The Rainforest Action Network thinks the American Petroleum Institute and its oil lobby allies are behind a slew of fake Twitter accounts designed to prop up public opinion about the pipeline.
The final decision on the project lies with the State Department......
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Canada: Fake Twitter accounts used to promote tar sands pipeline
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 5th, 2011
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