Ethanol Lobbyists Top on the Hill
There are literally thousands of registered lobbyists who regularly walk the halls of the nation’s capitol buttonholing lawmakers to talk up the benefits or detriments of some piece of legislation to their particular organization members.
Political insider publication “The Hill” made a list the week of who they consider to be the nation’s most influential association lobbyists – and two of them are with the ethanol industry. One is Tom Buis of Growth Energy who is new to ethanol but a political veteran in the agricultural arena. The other is Renewable Fuels Association president and CEO Bob Dinneen who has been ethanol’s advocate on the Hill for over 15 years.
Interestingly, the oil industry has two lobbyists on the list as well – Charles Drevna of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and Jack Gerard of the American Petroleum Institute. Especially interesting – no environmental group lobbyists were included on the list.
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Don
You may have missed the other half of The Hill’s piece. They also published a Top Lobbyists:Grassroots list.
http://thehill.com/business–lobby/top-lobbyists-grassroots-2009-05-21.html
“The support of their own grassroots networks combined with their own legislative acumen give the following people an edge as they fight for their causes on Capitol Hill.”
There were several environmental group lobbyists on the list, including:
Ken Cook, Environmental Working Group. Cook has challenged the orthodoxy that biofuels are by definition good for the environment.
Anna Aurilio, Environment America. Aurilio is a ubiquitous presence on Capitol Hill. If Congress passes a climate change bill, some credit will be due to her tireless advocacy.
Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Claussen is a trusted source on the threat of global warming.
Dave Hamilton, Melinda Pierce, Sierra Club. Hamilton and Pierce help make sure the Sierra Club’s extensive membership is well represented in Washington.
David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council. Few voices on climate change are as respected as Hawkins’s.
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