Heatmap News featured Chris Moyer in an interview about the wind energy's communications strategy and how he believes the industry and companies should be more aggressively countering attacks based on falsehoods.
"Choosing to stay silent is choosing to forfeit. That's letting opponents define the narrative," he said in a memo. "If the industry loses public support, members of Congress and other elected officials will follow. That means projects won't get approved and more companies may go out of business," he added.
Chris Moyer of Echo Communications Advisors and Clinton Britt of Grove Climate Group hosted a live 45-minute Zoom Q&A tailored for clean energy advocates, companies, and policy professionals.
These letters were “reassuring to a lot of folks in clean energy and climate communities,” Chris Moyer, the founder of Echo Communications and a former staffer for longtime Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, told me.
“For many in the industry, it’s their first up-close experience with the strong tide for partisan politics that prevents party divisions on major votes like this one."
"This is a real wake-up call for the clean energy industry," said Chris Moyer, a former staffer for Sen. Cory Booker and former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
he clean energy industry woke up to a “holy shit moment,” watching Republicans who had previously signaled support for the credits agreeing to gut them.
Republicans who opt to vote against President Donald Trump’s top legislative priority risk the wrath of the president and as well as potential primary challenges, said Chris Moyer, a former Democratic Senate staffer.
Echo Communications Advisors is excited to partner with Canary Media as they bring their live event series to Washington, D.C. on June 4th at the National Press Club.
“This is the first concrete act of this Congress to attempt to dismantle these tax credits, and a lot of folks in the industry were hoping for a better starting point."
