Echo President Chris Moyer was quoted in POLITICO Pro:
POLITICO Pro: Green Groups Draw Their Line on Permitting Bill
The Sierra Club became the latest environmental group to oppose the bill Friday, setting up a test of the movement’s political clout with the incoming Democratic majorities.
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Chris Moyer, a Democratic strategist who leads clean-energy-focused Echo Communications Advisors, said environmental groups’ perspectives on the bill will become “more influential if this [bill] goes into the next Congress,” as Jeffries and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, have pushed for.
“For the lame duck, their sphere of influence is fairly limited in affecting the outcome of this,” Moyer said.
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