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We have reached a tipping point where companies should assume it is a case of when, not if the sustainability of their industry or product faces the public spotlight. (1 reader comment)
San Francisco's Earthjustice is doing PR for the young environmental activists who are calling on the UN and the leading industrial nations to take action against climate change.
BGR Government Affairs is handling New Bedford-based Vineyard Wind on federal permitting issues for its proposed 84-turbine wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. Team Trump deals setback to job-creating, global warming-fighting, $2.8B project. (1 reader comment)
SKDKnickerbocker has signed on to promote the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and its effort to protect the environment and promote sustainable development.
Katie McGinty, who as senior VP at the Environmental Defense Fund led its oceans program, has joined Johnson Controls as head of global relations at the $32B industrial.
42 West is working with Botswana to develop messaging to position its policy on elephant hunting to counter criticisms from western animal rights groups and the eco-tourism sector.
The non-profit Meridian Institute helped launch the CEO Climate Dialogue, a group of companies and environmental organizations, formed to urge Washington policymakers to tackle the threat posed from climate change.
Ballard Partners, which has close ties with the Trump White House, is handling environmental lobbying duties for the Pebble Mine Partnership, which wants to build 'world class' copper/gold/silver mine at the headwaters of Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed.
Patagonia, which says it is in business to save the planet, has recruited Environmental Protection Agency veteran Avi Garbow for the newly created position of environmental advocate.
Grayling is handling PR for the audacious scheme of a Dutch nonprofit to clean up half of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the nearly 1.8T pieces of debris including 90K tons of plastics, floating in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California.
The Environmental Protection Agency ran a "fake news factory" under former administrator Scott Pruitt, according to the Public Employees for Environmental Protection watchdog group. (1 reader comment)
Chris Moyer, who served as deputy communications director for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, has joined NYU Law’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center.
Former New York Congressman Ray McGrath, reps Oceana, global ocean advocacy group, and its bid to protect sharks. (1 reader comment)
Native American author and orator J. Reuben Silverbird is being positioned as an ambassador for environmentally friendly brands by TransMedia Group.
Devine + Partners has been hired by the National Wildlife Federation to raise awareness of a new network of environmental education centers.
Many companies in today's energy and environment sector remain vulnerable to crisis situations, and lack a skilled implementation team and an instantly deployable plan.
Innovations and public support for green tech have reached new highs, but those who position themselves with the right communication strategies will find the most potential amidst this change.
Though it’s taken a long time for sustainability efforts to go mainstream, a sizable cultural shift has occurred.
A fundamental shift in the communications landscape regarding energy and petrochemical firms, and how they deal with the public, demands new communications approaches.
The AP has adopted new guidelines that instruct its reporters to stop calling those who reject the reality of global warming 'deniers' or skeptics.' They now are people 'who reject mainstream climate science.'
Former House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston is lobbying for the Environmental Defense Fund in regard to its participation in the "Changing Course" project to develop a more sustainable Lower Mississippi River Delta region.
President Obama's program to slash carbon emissions leaves much to be desired, despite the PR bounce.
Henk Campher, managing director of sustainability for Edelman, has moved to Allison + Partners in San Francisco as executive VP for its CSR, sustainability and corporate citizenship unit, Social Impact.
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