RE: Activists and the public
- Archived: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:37:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:56:33 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Rich Puchalsky <rpuchalsky@att.net>
- Subject: RE: Activists and the public
- X-topic: Outreach
James Cooper writes:
"I think you'll be interested to know that not all industry groups have the resources to cover everything. A lot of the chemicals produced in the US come from small companies with fewer than 50 employees. They face the same resource difficulties that many other organizations do. The budgets of some of the larger environmental organizations are pretty huge when compared to small-business lobbying groups."
Those small companies have trade associations that lobby, like SOCMA. What is SOCMA's budget, anyway?
Anyways, I've always enjoyed those budgetary comparisons. Someone will take Greenpeace International's budget, which covers contributions from around the world and activities on pollution-related, wildlife, nuclear, and other issues, and compare them with SOCMA's, which is one of the organizations working in the U.S. for a specialized slice of the chemical manufacturing industry.
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