Canada's Alberta province has hired Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications to inform the U.S. Congress and White House officials about its solid environmental regulatory structure as part of the Ministry of International and Intergovernmental relations effort to win approval of the controversial Keystone Pipeline proposal of TransCanada.
The firm also will educate federal Washington about how the Keystone decision will impact Alberta’s economy.
RB is to receive up to $125K for the three month campaign that began March 15. It's anticipated that president Obama will decide on Keystone in June.
President Joe Baerlein leads the RBSC team that includes Graham Shalgian, who was Massachusetts policy director for the Sen. Ted Kennedy, and Dave Tamasi.
Alberta has also hired the politically connected Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti.
A focus on all the ways that greenhouse gases are created, not just from fossil fuels, marks the evolution from clean energy and clean tech to climate tech, according to Melissa Mahoney from V2 Communications.
Kristin Wilson-Palmer, who has been a senior VP in Edelman’s Washington, DC office since 2021, joins the Natural Resources Defense Council as chief communications officer.
Educating the next generation to the facts and science surrounding the climate crisis.
Melanie Janin, who was executive VP at Weber Shandwick, has joined Conservation International as chief communications & marketing officer.
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