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</div><div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">CIC</font></div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">...</font><span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large">Our analysis also reveals that fossil fuel trade associations far exceed the PR and advertising spending of renewable energy trade associations. One fossil fuel industry trade association, the American Petroleum Institute, spent over six times more than four prominent renewable energy trade associations combined. In total, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), Growth Energy, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB), and the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) spent $98.4 million on PR and advertising during the 2008 to 2017 period. API alone dwarfs all four associations, spending a total of $663.2 million during the same time period.</span></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">API alone spent over six times more than the renewable energy trade associations we analyzed.</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In addition to a comprehensive analysis of how industry utilizes these sizable contracts, CIC has made available all the IRS 990 tax forms used in this analysis, and produced interactive data visualizations and downloadable spreadsheets with the raw data.</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In this report, the Climate Investigations Center has extended and updated the Center for Public Integrity’s groundbreaking 2015 report on public relations spending by trade associations. Spending data we have compiled since the CPI analysis confirms that public relations firms remain in a lucrative and influential partnership with big business and energy trade associations.</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>The Center for Public Integrity published “Who needs lobbyists? See what big business spends to win American minds,”</b> which was the most thorough analysis of trade association spending to date in January 2015. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">The report compiled IRS 990 data from 2008 through 2012 to reveal that trade associations were often spending more on public relations firms than lobbyists. </span>For some industries, advertising and front groups seemed to be the most powerful chosen means of achieving policy goals, putting public relations firms at the center of the policy debate over clean air, climate solutions, and good governance.</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Download our data here (.csv file), or view in the table below:</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Trade Association<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Contract Recipient<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Year<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Amount Paid</b></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Western Energy Alliance</b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Resonate Networks<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2014<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$175,000.00</span></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Western Energy Alliance<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">FTI Consulting<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2017<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$217,317.00</span></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Western Energy Alliance<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Resonate Networks<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2013<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$200,000.00</b></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Western Energy Alliance<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>FTI Consulting<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2018<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$243,000.00</b></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Western Energy Alliance<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Clear Channel<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2013<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$125,360.00</span></div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><b>United States Chamber of Commerce</b></span><b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Agency<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b>2018<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$4,834,422.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span>2018<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$5,270,805.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2017<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,150,000.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>R Street Films<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2018<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,554,650.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Albright Stonebridge Group LLC</b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2017<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$712,888.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2017<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,919,990.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>R Street Films</b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2016<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$4,500,000.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2016<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$9,204,150.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2016<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$10,400,000.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>Glass House Strategy</b><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2016<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$797,550.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Integrated Web Strategy</span><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2015<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,756,009.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2015<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,734,327.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2014<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$14,456,184.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2015<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,200,000.00</div><div id="su-post-5103" class="su-post" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" border="border" px="px" margin="margin" em="em" outline="outline" padding="padding" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" line-height="line-height" style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2014<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$7,050,000.00</div><div style="font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" /><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">p2</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>R Street Films<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2014<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$4,075,000.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Purple Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2014<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$4,652,568.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Craft Media Digital<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2014<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$6,341,375.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Integrated Web Strategy<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2013<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,208,823.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2013<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,049,800.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Adfero Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2013<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$709,250.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$23,365,676.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Craft Media Digital<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$8,718,330.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Designated Market Media<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$8,267,709.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Something Else Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,773,205.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,650,000.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$2,605,111.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Revolution Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$12,268,494.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>National Media Public Affairs<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$9,095,731.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mentzer Media Services<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$6,313,861.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Smart Media Group<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$8,013,628.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Designated Market Media<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$8,200,000.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>National Media Public Affairs<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$60,772,056.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>APCO Worldwide<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$17,370,239.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Integrated Web Strategy<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,858,864.00</div><div>p3</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Integrated Web Strategy<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$1,225,909.00</div><div>United States Chamber of Commerce<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Presentation Testing<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$452,450.00</div><div>Solar Energy Industries Association<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Crosscut Strategies<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2018<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$251,005.00</div></div></div><div>==</div>