Disguising a company picnic as a citizen’s energy rally, private security and police barred interested citizens from entering the “astroturf” event. Even though they advertised the event as a public, grassroots rally, and even had emails sent out encouraging people to attend, not even staunch supporters of the industry’s stance on climate legislation were allowed in. The only people allowed through the doors were those with petroleum company employee badges and yellow “Energy Citizen” t-shirts that were handed out amongst the employees.
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