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{{Show badges| Front groups}}The '''Energy Stewardship Alliance''' (ESA) claims describes itself as "a nonprofit organization formed to be support a non-profit coalition national energy policy that promotes development of U.S. domestic energy resources as well as energy conservation to reduce reliance on imported energy sources"professional organizations. " Oil exploration and "individuals" who believe opening 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.<ref>[http://www.anwr.org/esa/esa.htm "Energy Stewardship Alliance"], accessed March 2008.</ref>  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 drilling is worth and gas exploration in the human and environmental riskArctic 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]],<ref>Poornima Gupta, [http://www.forests.org/archive/america/adwarla1.htm "Advertising war launched over Arctic oil fields"], is ''Reuters'', March 28, 2001.</ref> a former [[BP Amoco ]] executive with a long history of efforts to open ANWR to the oil industry: .  ==Energy Stewardship Alliance Members== * "manager As of exploration and lands for December, 2004 the Standard Alaska Production Company. ("Alaska refuge coveted by oil industry," Christian Science Monitor, 2/9/87) * "Manager of Operations for BP's Sohio Alaska Petroleum Company."Alliances listed its members as being<ref>[http://www.ebenhopsonanwr.comorg/apresa/SEPT82/Sep82wettundraesa-members.htmlhtm Energy Stewardship Alliance Members (ESA)"] * "president of Northern Knowledge, December 2004."("Murkowski to hold key hearing on Arctic coastal plain oil development bill," Office of Senator Murkowski, 4/4/00Accessed March 2008) Northern Knowledge is listed in the Yahoo! Anchorage yellow pages under "Oil & Gas Exploration & Development." </ref> *[[60 Plus Association]]*[[Air Transport Association]]* "a former BP executive who is now consultant with Arctic Power, an [[Alaska group pushing for oil development in ANWR." ("Refuge lobbyists up ante," Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/01). The interest groups that comprise the board and membership of Arctic Power include the Airlines]]*[[Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Municipal League]]*[[Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, Resource Development Council, ]]*[[Alaska Support Industry Alliance]]*[[American Bus Association]]*[[American Farm Bureau Federation]]*[[American Moving and Storage Association]]*[[American Petroleum Institute]]*[[American Trucking Association, Alaska ]]*[[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, Anchorage ]]*[[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, Alaska Miner]]*[[National Business Aviation Association]]*[[National Business Travel Association]]*[[National Cattlemen's Beef Association]]*[[National Corn Growers Association Alaska Forest ]]*[[National Food Processors Association (www.anwr.org). ]]* a registered lobbyist [[National Foundation for Arctic Power 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 BP 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 according to the Center for Responsive Politics]]*[[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. He was paid $20Chamber of Commerce]]*[[United Seniors Association,000 in 1997 as a lobbyist for BP America and reported $30,000 in lobbying income from Arctic Power in 1999Inc. ]] *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]] === Related Resources =Contact Details== *[Website: http://www.anwr.org/esa/esa.htm Energy Stewardship Alliance ==Articles and Resources=====Sources===<references/> ===Related SourceWatch Articles===*[[Front groups]] *[[Oil industry]] ===External Articles===*[http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/media/press_releases/01_03_22text.htm Greenpeace USA News Release], March 22, 2001.* Greenpeace USA, [http://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=browse&cat=634 Archive of Materials on Energy Stewardship Alliance], Greenpeace Investigations, accessed March 2008.