RE: Activists and the public
- Archived: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:13:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 10:04:26 -0400 (EDT)
- From: James Cooper <james.cooper@socma.com>
- Subject: RE: Activists and the public
- X-topic: Outreach
Rich,
I wasn't really thinking of Greenpeace at the time. I was thinking more of groups like Environmental Defense, Sierra Club and National Resources Defense Council. Anyway, only a small fraction of SOCMA's budget goes toward lobbying. We only have 4 lobbyists, and since we are the most heavily regulated industry, we can't even cover all of the issues we'd like.
I think most people have a misperception of the power of lobbyists. The days of treating executive branch personnel to favors has long passed, due to laws that prohibit such things. Basically, we do the same thing that the environmental groups do, and we do it with the same Agency people. We simply make our case, the environmental groups do the same, and the Agency attempts to find something in the middle.
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