‘Restore The Gulf’ Campaign Backed By Oil Companies; Celebs Remove Support

About a week ago, a group called Restore The Gulf (not affiliated with the official government website restorethegulf.gov) popped up. Their main goal? Encourage people to sign a petition that read the following: “I demand that a plan to restore America’s Gulf be fully funded and implemented for me and future generations.”

This campaign was supported by a star-studded PSA, featuring Sandra Bullock, Peyton and Eli Manning, Blake Lively, Lenny Kravitz, Harry Shearer, Dave Matthews, John Goodman and others. But this campaign looks to have had a spill of its own: the campaign was created by major oil companies.

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