The Top 10 American energy policy shapers

• The quiet rise of American Big Gas

Cavaney went over well-known position papers with task force staff members, information previously shared on the campaign trail and with Congress.

But NRDC documents show that API staff member Jim Ford sent the task force a "suggested executive order to ensure that energy implications are considered and acted on in rulemakings and executive actions."

Bush issued an executive order that was very similar to the proposal crafted by the API.

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