Textos de referencia:
National Petroleum Council – Sourcewatch, 28/09/2017 – https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Petroleum_Council
“The National Petroleum Council (NPC), according to its website, is a federally chartered and privately funded advisory committee that was established by the Secretary of the Interior in 1946 at the request of President Harry S. Truman and which functions now under the Department of Energy as a Oil and Natural Gas Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Energy. The NPC is currently chartered by the Secretary of Energy, under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 and states that it’s sole purpose is, “to represent the views of the oil and natural gas industries in advising, informing, and making recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas, or to the oil and gas industries submitted to it or approved by the Secretary.” During the energy crisis years 1974 to 1977, the National Petroleum Council produced a considerable amount of information for the Ford Foundation’s [Energy Policy Project]. [1] It’s membership consists primarily of companies in the oil, natural gas and electrical energy business and their associated support companies. ”
National Petroleum Council – Wikipedia, 28/08/2019 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Petroleum_Council_(US) – autores “The National Petroleum Council (NPC) is an American advisory committee representing oil and natural gas industry views to the United States Secretary of Energy. … The council was established in 1946 at the request of President Harry S. Truman to represent industry views on any matters relating to oil and natural gas. In 1977 its role was transferred to the new Department of Energy, and the council is now formally chartered as Federal Advisory Committee with private funding. The NPC currently has 203 members, organized and appointed by the Secretary of Energy. Individual members serve without compensation as representatives of their industry as a whole, not as lobbyists for specific companies. The committee is organized to reflect the geographic extent of the oil and gas industry while also covering all industry sectors and representing both large and small companies. … The purpose of the NPC is “solely to advise, inform, and make recommendations to the Secretary of Energy with respect to any matter relating to oil and natural gas or to the oil and gas industries submitted to it or approved by the Secretary.”[1] The NPC prepares publicly available reports which are the result of studies conducted at the bequest of the Secretary of Energy. Since its inception the Council has prepared over 200 reports. ”
Exxpose Exxon – Bush Administration Appointment of Exxon’s Lee Raymond Draws Public Protest – Yubanet.com, 25/10/200 – http://www.yubanet.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/22/44473
“Over 60,000 letters poured into the Energy Department last week in protest of the Bush administration’s appointment of former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond and the National Petroleum Council to chart America’s energy future.”
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment – Foundation for the Future, 27/12/2009 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_for_Research_on_Economics_and_the_Environment
“Think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism. FREE emphasizes reliance on market mechanisms and private property rights, rather than on environmental regulation, for protection of the environment. Its chairperson, John Baden, a past member of the National Petroleum Council, stresses decentralization: a shift of control from what he calls “Green platonic despots” in the federal government to “local interests”.”
Matthew Simmons – Wikipedia, 13/02/2018 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Simmons
“Matthew Roy Simmons (April 7, 1943[4] – August 8, 2010) was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent figure in the field of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. He served as an energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush[5] and was a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. Simmons, who lived in Houston, Texas, died at his vacation home in North Haven, Maine, on August 8, 2010, at the age of 67.[6][7] The death was ruled “accidental drowning with heart disease a contributing factor”.[8] Simmons was the author of the book Twilight in the Desert, published in 2005.[7] His examination of oil reserve decline rates helped raise awareness of the unreliability of Middle East oil reserves. He gave numerous presentations on peak oil and water shortages.[9] Simmons believed that the Club of Rome’s report, The Limits to Growth, is more accurate than usually acknowledged.[10] Simmons was the founder of the Ocean Energy Institute in Maine.[11] His vision was to make Maine a leader in energy from offshore wind and ocean forces. The Ocean Energy Institute ceased operations in 2011.[12] ”
