SHEEP'S CLOTHING

November 5, 2003

SHEEP'S CLOTHING

A group calling itself Partnership for the West (PFTW) was formally

unveiled in late October and aims to influence environmental

legislation in Washington.

" The group plans to work on 'restoring a

common sense balance to economic growth and conservation in the

West,' " notes Bill Berkowitz, adding that this " sounds nice, until

you see who's behind it.

Claiming to be a grassroots lobby group,

PFTW actually represents a kinder, gentler and more politically

savvy brand of anti-environmentalism. ... The group's members

number over a hundred, and include large interests in fossil fuel,

logging and mining industries. ...

Partnership for the West grew

out of summit in Denver, Colorado, attended by elected officials,

corporate representatives and long-standing anti-environmental

organizations like the American Land Rights Association, the Blue

Ribbon Coalition, the Mountain States Legal Foundation, and People

for the USA. Its president, Jim Sims, is the former communications

director for the National Energy Policy Task Force - also known as

Cheney's secret panel - and helped craft the administration's

energy policy. "

According to Scott Silver, who heads a real

environmental group called Wild Wilderness, " These people are paid

lobbyists and public relations consultants serving the needs of

every imaginable sort of polluter, developer, resource extractor or

despoiler of the environment. "

SOURCE: TomPaine.com, November 3, 2003

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