That Time PR Saved the EPA
Fri, Apr. 22, 2022
By Aric Caplan
In celebration of Earth Day, a story about how one agency defended thousands of federal scientists and engineers from a White House seemingly obsessed with dismantling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Eric Asche, who was chief marketing & strategy officer at the Truth Initiative, anti-tobacco group, has joined Potential Energy, which wants to make climate change a top-of-mind issue, as president.
Blue Crab Strategies is handling the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group to support the launch of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.
Being environmentally conscious is increasingly important to consumers. But before waving the sustainability banner, it is crucial to carefully weigh the risks vs. the rewards.
APCO Worldwide has agreed to
A coalition of advocacy groups charges Smithfield Foods, the world’s No. 1 pork producer, routinely makes false and misleading claims about the sustainability of its products and environmental record.
FleishmanHillard, Edelman, Weber Shandwick, Brunswick Group, Kivvit, BCW, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Ketchum, FTI Consulting and Singer & Associates cited by activist group for buffing image of fossil fuels industry and thwarting action on climate change.
Saying progressives can't own the climate debate, conservatives Drew Bond and John Hart have launched C3 Solutions (Conservative Coalition for Climate Solutions).
Corporate funded Recycling Partnership has hired FTI Consulting to work Washington to achieve its goals of strengthening public recycling programs and accelerating the rise of the "circular economy."
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.
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.
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.


















