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'''Alaska's Future''' is a [[front group]] that Associated Press reported was "created as a front for [[ExxonMobil]] Corp., [[BP]] PLC and [[ConocoPhillips]] to promote a natural gas pipeline deal." [http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8290176p-8186693c.html]
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'''Alaska's Future''' is a [[front group]] that Associated Press reported was "created as a front for [[ExxonMobil]] Corp., [[BP]] PLC and [[ConocoPhillips]] to promote a natural gas pipeline deal."<ref name ="Volz">Matt Volz, [http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8290176p-8186693c.html "Official: Tax-exempt group got start as a front for 3 oil giants"], ''Anchorage Daily News'', October 10, 2006.</ref>
  
The group was created by the companies in 2005. The founding director and president of the group was [[George Culpepper Jr.]]. "There is no membership list. It was a front to hide the support of the Big Three," Culpepper told AP in late 2006. Culpepper left the group in early 2006. AP reported that "the group was set up in agreement between the three oil producers, Republican political consultant [[Art Hackney]] and the three founding directors: himself, [[Shane Langlund]] and [[Brandon Maitlen]]." [http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/ap_alaska/story/8290176p-8186693c.html]
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The group was created by the companies in 2005. The founding director and president of the group was [[George Culpepper Jr.]]. "There is no membership list. It was a front to hide the support of the Big Three," Culpepper told AP in late 2006. Culpepper left the group in early 2006. AP reported that "the group was set up in agreement between the three oil producers, Republican political consultant [[Art Hackney]] and the three founding directors: himself, [[Shane Langlund]] and [[Brandon Maitlen]]."<ref name ="Volz"/>
  
 
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*Lisa Demer and Don Hunter, "[http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/8174467p-8067241c.html Legislators fight group challenging initiative: GAS LINE: Representatives file complaint, say Alaska's Future is a front for Big Oil]", ''Anchorage Daily News'', September 9, 2006.
 
*Lisa Demer and Don Hunter, "[http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/8174467p-8067241c.html Legislators fight group challenging initiative: GAS LINE: Representatives file complaint, say Alaska's Future is a front for Big Oil]", ''Anchorage Daily News'', September 9, 2006.
 
*"[http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/8214831p-8111863c.html Campaign disclosure: Alaskans have right to know who's influencing reserves tax vote]", ''Anchorage Daily News'', September 20, 2006.
 
*"[http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/8214831p-8111863c.html Campaign disclosure: Alaskans have right to know who's influencing reserves tax vote]", ''Anchorage Daily News'', September 20, 2006.

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Alaska's Future is a front group that Associated Press reported was "created as a front for ExxonMobil Corp., BP PLC and ConocoPhillips to promote a natural gas pipeline deal."[1]

The group was created by the companies in 2005. The founding director and president of the group was George Culpepper Jr.. "There is no membership list. It was a front to hide the support of the Big Three," Culpepper told AP in late 2006. Culpepper left the group in early 2006. AP reported that "the group was set up in agreement between the three oil producers, Republican political consultant Art Hackney and the three founding directors: himself, Shane Langlund and Brandon Maitlen."[1]

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  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Matt Volz, "Official: Tax-exempt group got start as a front for 3 oil giants", Anchorage Daily News, October 10, 2006.