Energy Stewardship Alliance

The Energy Stewardship Alliance (ESA) describes itself as "a nonprofit organization formed to support a national energy policy that promotes development of U.S. domestic energy resources as well as energy conservation to reduce reliance on imported energy sources". "Oil exploration and production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's (ANWR) coastal plain is an important component," it states on its website, of a policy aimed at promoting the developing of U.S. energy sources.

While the alliance describes itself as a non-profit organization, it is not listed in Guidestar as a non-profit registered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Instead, its web pages are a part of the website of Arctic Power, an oil industry front group established to promote oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

To give itself a superficial veneer of environmental sensitivity, ESA's logo shows the outline of a caribou and some trees. Shortly after its creation, ESA ran TV ads depicting long gas lines during the energy crisis of the 1970s, and warned that failure to drill in the ANWR could bring on a similar crisis.

Personnel
ESA's coordinator was Roger Herrera, a former BP Amoco executive with a long history of efforts to open ANWR to the oil industry.

Energy Stewardship Alliance Members
As of December, 2004 the Alliances listed its members as being


 * 60 Plus Association
 * Air Transport Association
 * Alaska Airlines
 * Alaska Municipal League
 * Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
 * Alaska Support Industry Alliance
 * American Bus Association
 * American Farm Bureau Federation
 * American Moving and Storage Association
 * American Petroleum Institute
 * American Trucking Association
 * Associated Equipment Distributors
 * Associated General Contractors of America
 * Boating Trades Association of Metropolitan Houston
 * California Independent Petroleum Association
 * Center for Individual Freedom
 * Competitive Enterprise Institute
 * Energy Consumers and Producers Association
 * Equipment Manufacturers Institute
 * Illinois Oil and Gas Association
 * Independent Petroleum Association of America
 * International Association of Drilling Contractors
 * International Brotherhood of Teamsters
 * Jacksonville Marine Association
 * Lake Erie Marine Trades Association
 * Marine Industry Association of Florida
 * Marine Retailers Association of America
 * Michigan Boating Industries Association
 * Montana Independent Automobile Dealers Association
 * Motor Freight Carriers Association
 * Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
 * National Association of Counties
 * National Association of Manufacturers
 * National Black Chamber of Commerce
 * National Business Aviation Association
 * National Business Travel Association
 * National Cattlemen's Beef Association
 * National Corn Growers Association
 * National Food Processors Association
 * National Foundation for Women Legislators Energy Sub-Committee
 * National Grange
 * National Independent Automobile Dealers Association
 * National Industrial Transportation League
 * National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
 * National Paint and Coatings Association
 * National Petrochemical & Refiners Association
 * National Private Truck Council
 * National Truck Equipment Association
 * New Mexico Independent Automobile Dealers Association
 * New York State Oil Producers Association
 * Northwestern Lumber Association of South Dakota
 * Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
 * Petroleum Marketers Association of America
 * Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
 * Service Station Dealers Association
 * Small Business Survival Committee
 * South Dakota Cattlemen's Association
 * South Dakota Chamber of Commerce
 * South Dakota Independent Automobile Dealers Association
 * Southern California Marine Association
 * Southwestern Peanut Growers Association
 * Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
 * Transportation Institute
 * U.S. Chamber of Commerce
 * United Seniors Association, Inc.


 * Petroleum Council Members
 * Alabama Petroleum Council
 * Arkansas Petroleum Council
 * Connecticut Petroleum Council
 * Delaware Petroleum Council
 * Florida Petroleum Council
 * Georgia Petroleum Council
 * Illinois Petroleum Council
 * Indiana Petroleum Council
 * Iowa Petroleum Council
 * Kansas Petroleum Council
 * Kentucky Petroleum Council
 * Maine Petroleum Council
 * Maryland Petroleum Council
 * Massachusetts Petroleum Council
 * Associated Petroleum Industries of Michigan
 * Minnesota Petroleum Council
 * Missouri Oil Council
 * New Jersey Petroleum Council
 * New York State Petroleum Council
 * North Carolina Petroleum Council
 * North Dakota Petroleum Council
 * Ohio Petroleum Council
 * Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania
 * South Carolina Petroleum Council
 * Tennessee Petroleum Council
 * Virginia Petroleum Council
 * Wisconsin Petroleum Council

Contact Details
Website: http://www.anwr.org/esa/esa.htm

Related SourceWatch Articles

 * Front groups
 * Oil industry

External Articles

 * Greenpeace USA News Release, March 22, 2001.
 * Greenpeace USA, Archive of Materials on Energy Stewardship Alliance, Greenpeace Investigations, accessed March 2008.
 * Brad Wright, "Oil industry hits back at environmentalists", CNN, March 21, 2001.
 * Center for Responsive Poltics, "Mystery Alaska: The Lobbying over ANWR Drilling", Money in Politics Alert, Open Secrets.org, March 26, 2001.