Clean Energy Industry, Let's Not Get Under Joe Manchin's Thumb Again

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Tigercomm has produced a brilliant report on 'the physics of U.S. politics' and the clean energy industry. I was going to write about the report, but Tigercomm President Mike Casey's own writing is so good

Worn down by Joe Manchin? Take a number. Want to do something about him and his kind? Look in the mirror.Prologue

The oil and gas industry bankrolled Johnson’s political ambitions. It provided him vacations, business opportunities and even free flights on their corporate plane. The industry didn’t want Olds enforcing the Natural Gas Act of 1938, thereby fettering their ability to price-gouge natural gas customers in large Midwestern and Northeastern cities. Millions of industry dollars were at stake.

In nearly 20 years of serving clean economy companies, I’ve met tons of smart, inspiring people. But I’ve met fewer than 10 who’ve ever worked professionally in politics — actually getting paid to put politicians into office, working to keep them there, or kicking them out. By contrast, mature industries make investments in recruiting political talent as part of their government affairs .

 

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