Posts Tagged ‘Politicians’

I say oil sands, you say tar sands

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

On the Comment Visions series, HLC chairman Simon Bryceson discusses Canadian oil/tar sands, Europe’s fuel quality Directive, and the intensifying battle between the energy industry and the environment movement. Simon argues that both parties will invest more into competitive communications on this issue than is currently expected, because neither side can afford to lose. Read more…

Politicians are not judges

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Lobbyists assume that regulators and policymakers act as judges: listening to the case of each side, sifting and weighing the evidence, and coming down on the side of ‘who is right’. It is much better to think of decision-makers not as judges but as politicians, which many of them are. Their focus is not on which side is right.
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The canary in the mine

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

When a pressure group complains… Listen “Who are these people? Why are they attacking us? They have no legitimacy, they haven’t been elected by anyone. They don’t understand our industry. We’re correct on the science. Their arguments aren’t rational, they’re emotional”. Pressure groups, interest groups, single issue groups, activists, NGOs. Whatever one’s term for them, [...]