Coalition for American Jobs
big 5 api: Coalition for American Jobs
June 24–25, 2020
API was highlighted in a lawsuit from the Minnesota Attorney General’s office that also called out Exxon Mobil Corporation, ExxonMobil Oil Corporation, Koch Industries, Inc., and the Koch-owned Flint Hills Resources LP and Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change. [87]
“When corporations and trade associations break the law and hurt Minnesotans, it’s my job and my duty to hold them accountable. The fraud, deceptive advertising, and other violations of Minnesota state law and common law that the lawsuit shows they perpetrated have harmed Minnesotans’ health and our state’s environment, infrastructure, and economy,” said Attorney General Keith Ellison, as reported in the AG office press release. [88]
“Previously unknown internal documents were recently discovered that confirm that Defendants well understood the devastating effects that their products would cause to the climate, including Minnesota, dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. But Defendants did not ever disclose to the public—or to Minnesotans—their actual knowledge that would confirm the very science they sought to undermine. Instead, Defendants, both directly and through proxies, engaged in a public-relations campaign that was not only false, but also highly effective. This campaign was intended to, and did, target and influence the public, and consumers, including in Minnesota,” the lawsuit reads. [89]
Discussing API‘s role:
“API has been a member of at least five organizations that have promoted disinformation about fossil-fuel products to consumers, including the Global Climate Coalition, Partnership for a Better Energy Future, Coalition for American Jobs, Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth, and Alliance for Climate Strategies. These front groups were formed to provide climate disinformation and advocacy from a seemingly objective source, when, in fact, they were financed and controlled by ExxonMobil and other sellers of fossil-fuel products. Defendants benefited from the spread of this disinformation.”
On Koch, the lawsuit suggests that the company is liable for the various actions of its numerous subsidiaries involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum products. It also notes:
“Koch also supports numerous foundations including the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, the Koch Institute, and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation. Koch expects the foundations that it supports to fund groups that further its financial interests. Koch constructively controls how the foundations that it supports direct their philanthropic activities.”
It also notes that, like numerous other oil companies, “Koch also understood climate-change science, the connection to sales of its fossil fuel products, and the potential for catastrophic consequences before the science was widely understood by the general public.”
It highlights what appeared to be a coordinated effort by companies including Koch to “combat climate change ‘alarmists’ through a campaign focused on science, information dissemination, and politics.” It highlights a 2006 memo from the Intermountain Rural Electric Association that outlined how Koch Industries was working with other large corporations including the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Southern Company, American Electric Power (AEP), and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
Shortly after, the D.C. Attorney General’s Office joined in a similar lawsuit against BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell. The lawsuit alleges the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies violated the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act by promoting and selling fossil fuel products contributing to global warming, while knowing about the harmful consequences since at least the 1950s. [90]
The lawsuit highlights the industry’s use of fake grassroots groups, such as the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, which started out as a front group for tobacco giant Philip Morris in 1993. This group had transitioned to become the Advancement of Sound Science Center in 1997 and was run out of the home of climate science denier Steve Milloy, who most recently worked in public relations for coal company Murray Energy, before being disbanded. [90]
According to a press release from the D.C. Attorney General’s Office, “The [oil] companies not only employed the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition — a fake grassroots citizen group created by Big Tobacco as part of the industry’s misinformation campaign — they also funded and promoted some of the same scientists hired by tobacco companies. These scientists disputed the conclusions of climate researchers, despite not having any training in climate science themselves.” [91]
“For decades, these oil and gas companies spent millions to mislead consumers and discredit climate science in pursuit of profits,” said AG Racine. “The defendants violated the District’s consumer protection law by concealing the fact that using fossil fuels threatens the health of District residents and the environment. OAG filed this suit to end these disinformation campaigns and to hold these companies accountable for their deceptive practices.
March 20, 2020
https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/political-nonprofits/summary?id=275075681
Coalition for american jobs
WASHINGTON, DC (Legal domicile: DC)
Parent OrganizationN/ATypeBusiness Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards, etc.Year Founded2010Reported Political Activity to IRS?NoPeriod of Last ReportJan 2011 - Dec 2011IndustryEmployer Listed/Category Unknown
Total number of volunteersNone reportedTotal number of employees0
Overall FEC-reported spending from Jan 2011 - Dec 2011$0Overall Political Spending of all known grant recipients$0Recipient Political Spending Attributable to Donor$0FEC-reported spending since last IRS filingNone reported
Longterm Political Activity RankingN/A
Name Title Hours per Week
Dooley, Calvin DIRECTOR 1.00
Durbin, Martin PRESIDENT 1.00
Gerard, Jack DIRECTOR 1.00
Gibson, Thomas DIRECTOR 1.00
Walls, Michael TREASURER/SECRETARY 1.00
Former Congressman Cal Dooley (D-CA) has made at least $4,719,093 as a lobbyist for food manufacturers and the chemical industry from 2005 to 2009. Republic Report analyzed disclosures from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), an industry lobby — for companies like Kellogg — where Dooley worked following his retirement from Congress. We also added in Dooley’s salary from the American Chemistry Council, where Dooley now works as the president. The Chemistry Council represents Dow Chemical, DuPont, and other chemical interests. Dooley’s salary jumped 1357% between his last year in the House and his last reported salary for the Chemistry Council in 2009.
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/coalition-for-american-jobs/
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DC |
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| Tax ID: | 27-5075681 |
Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
2013 Dec Form 990 $300 $4,830 $34,167 $0 N $0 $300 $0 $0
2012 Dec Form 990 $62,700 $64,755 $38,697 $0 N $0 $62,700 $0 $0
2011 Dec Form 990 $1,361,017 $1,362,555 $40,752 $0 N $0 $1,361,017 $0 $0
Additional Filings (PDFs)
2010 Dec Form 990
ggl suggests who is behind?
https://www.republicreport.org/2012/coalition-for-american-jobs/
Oil And Chemical Companies Team Up To Secretly Finance “Coalition For American Jobs” Campaign Ads
POSTED AT 10:00 AM BY LEE FANG
Corporations often seek to elect their own politicians and set policy, but are nervous about public backlash from engaging directly in politics. That’s why so many corporations hide behind layers of front groups and dummy nonprofits to run ads and other electioneering efforts. Aetna, the health insurance company, was recently exposed for secretly financing at least $7 million in pro-GOP attack ads in 2010 using undisclosed front groups like the American Action Network.
We’ve uncovered secret corporate cash behind several such groups, including the “American Justice Partnership,” the “Center to Protect Patients’ Rights,” and “New Models U.S.A.”
Another mysterious group, called the “Coalition for American Jobs,” is a front apparently designed to conceal corporate cash flowing into Congress.
The group has aired a number of television commercials, including promotional ads for lawmakers running for reelection. In December, the group aired the following ad to encourage Bay State residents to support Senator Scott Brown (R-MA): [vid]
the narrator intones “Here in Massachusetts, we have a long history of thinking independently and Senator Scott Brown is an independent voice in Washington! […] Scott Brown, keeping America competitive, creating good jobs.” The ad ends with an appeal for viewers to call Brown and thank him for fighting for jobs and a “better future for our families.”
Its clear that the commercial is designed to boost Brown, who faces one of the most competitive reelection races in the country this year. What’s less clear is who exactly is paying for this ad. From watching the spot, there’s little information about its sponsorship.
Tax returns from the group show that it is incorporated as a 501(c)6 trade association, meaning it derives its funding from other corporations. Which industries does Coalition for American Jobs represent? Other trade associations.
The group is led by Marty Durbin, an executive vice president at the American Petroleum Institute, a trade and lobby group for Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell Oil, and other oil giants. Durbin is the nephew of Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). His group contributed $1,000,000 to the Coalition for American Jobs in 2010:
The Coalition for American Jobs is registered to the same address — 700 2nd Street NE — as the American Chemistry Council,which is funded by DuPont, Dow Chemical, and other major chemical companies.
And the Chemistry Council, like the Petroleum Institute, provided $1,000,000 to the group in 2010:
The American Petroleum Institute’s 2010 tax return says it controls a 35% stake in the Coalition for American Jobs. Cal Dooley, the congressman-turned-lobbyist who now runs the Chemistry Council, as as well Jack Gerard, chief lobbyist for the Petroleum Institute, serve on the board of the Coalition for American Jobs.
To recap, multinational oil and chemical companies fund their respective trade associations, which then funnel money through another trade association which in turn sponsors these pro-Scott Brown ads. It may seem like a circuitous way of doing business, but this is the way our elections are now run. When Massachusetts voters see this ad, it’s unlikely they will realize that it is financed by ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical.
EIN 27-5075681
Coalition for American Jobs
Programs|Form 990s|Financials|Personnel|Peers
IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(6)
Num. employees
Unknown
City
State
Year formed
2010
Most recent tax filings
2018-12
NTEE code, primary
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Website: www.coalitionforamericanjobs.com
Years of operation: 2010-2013
Leadership: Marty Durbin, Jack Gerard
Affiliated Denial Groups: Americans for Job Security, American Petroleum Institute
The Coalition for American Jobs (CAJ) is a now-defunct front group through which groups like the American Petroleum Institute and dark money groups with strong ties to the Koch Brothers could funnel money to pay for ad campaigns. The CAJ often acted as an indistinguishable arm of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), an enormous trade organization representing North American chemical manufacturers. CAJ’s board consisted of then-current or former important members of the ACC, and its listed headquarters are identical to the Washington, D.C. office of the ACC.
API’s tax returns, which list donations to CAJ, describe the recipient as “Coalition for American Jobs/American Chemistry Council.” According to its archived website, CAJ described itself as representing “American businesses, industries and others concerned about the impact of potential EPA action on job creation, including the growth of green jobs.” Among the group’s key members were major extractive and industrial coalitions such as the American Petroleum Institute, the American Chemistry Council, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Paper and Forest Association, the National Association of Manufacturers, and other undisclosed members. CAJ was active from 2010 to 2013, and it was incorporated as a 501(c)6 trade organization, meaning it could lobby for issues related to the business league. It was an affiliation of businesses, which provided the funding for its operations. The group appeared to fold after the 2012 election cycle.
Important Dates 2010 Coalition for American Job
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CAJ was led by a board of five officers that included Marty Durbin, Jack Gerard, Cal Dooley, Thomas Gibson, and Michael Walls. Marty Durbin was the leader of CAJ and was executive vice president at the American Petroleum Institute (API), from whom CAJ received $1 million in 2010 and $412,969 in 2011. Jack Gerard was the President, CEO, and lobbyist for API. Before that, he was the CEO and President of the American Chemistry Council. As the President of API, Gerard directed more than $63 million (a third of the API’s budget) to be spent on political ads through the consulting company Edelman.
Instead of directly listing API as the source of these ads, they are often attributed to front groups that sound more palatable, like “Energy Nation” or “The Coalition for American Jobs”. Edelman has its own history with PR work for climate change denialists. When it represented TransCanada, one of the oil companies supporting the Keystone XL pipeline, Edelman detailed a plan to find unflattering information about TransCanada’s environmentalist foes and publish it under the names of third party groups to deflect attention from the pipeline company.
In that same leaked document, Edelman laid out a detailed plan to create astroturf groups in support of TransCanada’s pipeline, saying “Companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Halliburton (and many more) have all made key investments in building permanent advocacy assets and programs to support their lobbying, outreach, and policy efforts.”
Cal Dooley: Dooley is the CEO, President and Director of the American Chemistry Council. Tom Gibson: The President and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). He worked as a top lobbyist for the American Chemistry Councilprior to joining AISI.
Michael Walls: The Vice President of Regulatory and Technical Affairs at the American Chemistry Council.
Funding CAJ was largely funded by Dow and DuPont chemical (now DowDuPont), and by Exxon Mobil. In 2011/2012, CAJ received $442,000 from Americans for Job Security, a group that in 2016 paid over $200,000 in fines to the FEC for illegally concealing their political donors. Americans for Job Security had a $50 million dollar budget in 2012 but has managed to keep their donor list completely private. Americans for Job Security’s tax returns indicate that they serve to shuffle around money between different conservative and Koch affiliated groups; in 2011 they gave $24,550,000 to the Center to Protect Patient’s Rights, a group tied to the Koch Brothers, after receiving nearly $5,000,000 from the group in 2010...
https://coalition4americanjobs.org/fight-for-jobs/
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Join Our Fight for American Jobs
At the Coalition for American Jobs, we’re leading the charge to protect jobs in America’s most vital industries.
By teaming up with grassroots American voters like you to urge Washington to promote smart tax rates that keep our nation moving forward.
When American industries thrive:
- Our communities have the revenue they need for public services.
- Workers have access to sources of long-term stable employment.
- America secures its own vital domestic needs, from health care, to energy,
to manufacturing.
Raising taxes puts all these things at risk.
Add your name below to learn more about how you can help!
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warns of new recession?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-MeGQ48siQ
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coalition_for_American_Jobs
Coalition for American Jobs is a front group for businesses that campaigns against EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. [1]
Membership
The group does not reveal its funders or corporate members. However, an investigation by the Annenberg Public Policy Center determined that the American Chemistry Council, American Petroleum Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Forest and Paper Association, and the National Association of Manufacturers are all members of the coalition.[2]
Ads
The Coalition has run several attack ads containing baseless or exaggerated claims about EPA regulations. In an ad run against President Obama in August 2011 the group claimed that anti-smog regulations that EPA has delayed implementing would threaten 7 million jobs and cost as much as $1 trillion a year to comply with. The figures were based on a study sponsored and paid for by the [American Petroleum Institute and the [National Association of Manufacturers. Economics Professor Richard B. Howarth of Dartmouth College determined that the study was "fundamentally flawed" and "scientifically unsound." The study also ignored the effects on public health of the rule, which some studies estimated to be quite large. EPA projections estimated that the regulation could result in between 4,000 and 12,000 fewer premature deaths each year, 2.1 million fewer lost schools days, 21,000 fewer emergency room visits, and 420,000 fewer lost workdays. [2]
References
- ↑ Coalition for American Jobs Home Page
- ↑ ^Jump ^up to:2.0 2.1 Brooks Jackson, Front Group Claims EPA Threatens 7 Million Jobs, Factcheck.Org, August 18, 2011,
factcheck.org
Front Group Claims EPA Threatens 7 Million Jobs
August 18, 2011
Chemical and oil lobbies were behind an ad that dogged Obama's Midwestern bus tour, attacking anti-smog regulations proposed by the administration. Their trade groups are among the business organizations backing a front group calling itself the "Coalition for American Jobs," which sponsored the ad.
The TV spot accused the president of "talking jobs" on his Midwestern tour, while his administration is "putting 7 million American jobs at risk" by considering "unnecessary" tightening of anti-smog regulations. The job-loss claim turns out to be based on an industry-sponsored study that predicts astronomical compliance costs.