New TV Ad Exposes Saudi Oil Money Bankrolling RFS Smear Campaign
(Americans United for Change/Biodiesel Magazine) Pro-renewable fuel standard, pro-American jobs groups Americans United for Change and VoteVets.org held a press call April 30 to reveal damaging IRS documents showing that Saudi oil money is clearly helping finance the millions of dollars worth of smear ads that the “American” Petroleum Institute is waging against ethanol and RFS. Americans United for Change announced it is launching a Sunday show TV blitz to help educate the public and decision makers in Washington about who is really behind the anti-RFS campaign and why: foreign oil interests that want to keep America dependent on their dirty energy product. “The Kingdom” will air May 4 during “Meet the Press,” “Face the Nation,” “This Week,” and “Fox News Sunday” in the D.C. media market aimed at opinion elites and the ultimate decision makers behind the EPA’s RFS proposed rule. Watch it here.
… “The Kingdom” follows three previous Americans United TV ads in support of the RFS, “Bottom Line,” “Simple Choice” and ‘Why Mess With Success?” and its digital ad campaign “Big Oil Is the Real Winner,” fighting back against the oil industry’s lies.
“API’s agenda is very simple and very greedy: they want EPA to cut the amount of renewable fuel in gasoline while raising the amount of crude oil,” said Brad Woodhouse, president, Americans United for Change. “This is about market share, plain and simple. You see, for every gallon of renewable fuels that is blended into gasoline, it’s one less gallon of gasoline the oil industry can sell…. ” READ MORE and MORE