This week, a website for something calling itself the Coalition for American Energy Security suddenly materialised in cyberspace - complete with a hyperactive Twitter account dispatching messages about regulation and pollution.
Since this lobby group is directly and indirectly supported by big energy, steel and shipping companies (including BP, Exxon and Marathon) you might guess that it hates intrusive environmental controls and supports US President Donald Trump's pledge to rip them up.
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