AstroTurf Industries Inc.

Climate Bill Backers, Critics Rally In Tennessee
NPR All Things Considered; 9/4/2009; 785 words; ...men and women who work in the energy industry, people like many of you here today...Environmentalists have called these gatherings Astroturf, charging oil companies with fabricating...Copyright 2005 National Public Radio, Inc.. All rights reserved.

United States : Energy Cos Use Grassroots Astroturf Strategy For Climate Bill.
TendersInfo; 8/17/2009; 697 words; ...GOOG), Consol Energy Inc (CNX), Exxon Mobil...funding so-called astroturf organizations. Companies...hanging on the vote. Astroturf groups, while meant...the concepts of the industry or lobbying arm...in the U.S., Koch Industries Inc. Among the conglomerate...

Computing: Consumer advocates battle phony Web testimonials
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 8/16/2009; 1363 words; ...down on so-called "AstroTurf" marketing -- seeding...funded by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The group's public...maker Belkin International Inc. apologized in January...surgery firm Lifestyle Lift Inc. baldly told employees...Advertising Review Council, an industry self- regulation group...

Some Web sites feel the love from their (paid) admirers.(Q)
The Virginian Pilot; 8/1/2009; 1482 words; ...are cracking down on "AstroTurf" marketing - seeding...funded by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The group's public...maker Belkin International Inc. apologized in January...surgery firm Lifestyle Lift Inc. baldly told employees...Advertising Review Council, an industry self-regulation group...

Big money fuels health battle; U.S. attack ad linked to brothers who spend a fortune lobbying for libertarian agenda.(News)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario); 8/1/2009; 1484 words; ...publicity campaign "Astroturf lobbying" and the seeds...planted in oil. Koch Industries Inc. is the largest privately...spreads across diverse industries from petroleum and paper...about Koch Industries Inc.," company spokesperson...