FTI‘s “Communications Support” for Pro-Fracking, Pro-Oil GroupsįTI Consulting has been involved in shale industry communications and PR efforts internationally, with numerous other initiatives closely modeled on its Energy In Depth program. Through the Transportation Fairness Alliance, FTI Consulting will be deploying these rapid response and communications strategies to influence public opinion and public policy. It has raised a group of local supporters and been successful in mobilizing the community to advance all the objectives of the industry, no matter if local, national or international.” Emphasis added).
It has installed a system that lets allies be identified and their activities intensified and maximized on a daily basis.
“ EID is constantly and proactively setting the record straight by engaging and educating the public and consistently holding the opposition accountable. įTI also discusses how it employs “rapid response” to criticism of the oil and gas industry by amplifying its message through “allies.” “Through our experience managing aboveground risks in the United States and around the world, we have learned that no matter what challenge a company, coalition or organization is facing – whether it is opposition to hydraulic fracking, widespread deception about oil sands and pipelines, or lack of awareness on LNG exports – all risks can be managed and eventually neutralized if addressed early on and with the right set of tools and tactics,” the paper, which FTI presented at a 2014 Oil & Gas Expo and Conference, concludes. The October 2014 technical paper from FTI on “tools and tactics used to manage aboveground risks” - “aboveground risks” being opposition to oil and gas development and fracking - outlines EID as an example of a “successful rapid response campaign” (emphasis added): įTI has promoted the Energy In Depth campaign for its “tools and tactics used to manage aboveground risks”-these risks being described as opposition from local communities, public health advocates, and environmental groups to oil and gas development and fracking. Energy In Depth has, in years since, been deployed to discredit scientists, to defend oil sands production, to advocate for pipeline construction, and to defend the oil industry from allegations that #ExxonKnew, and other oil companies knew, about the threat their product posed to the climate. In 2009, the IPAA hired FTI Consulting to launch Energy In Depth, a multimillion-per-year PR campaign to boost unconventional gas development, or hydrofracking.
The Transportation Fairness Alliance is being managed by FTI Consulting, a consultancy that has done extensive work for the oil and gas industry, including longstanding campaigns for TFA clients. According to WHOIS records, the website was registered by the American Petroleum Institute on November 22, 2019. The TFA launched a website in April 2020. An unpublished one-pager describing the coalition included talking points criticizing electric vehicles and the federal EV tax credit. The coalition “will promote earned media and rapid response in discussions surrounding electric vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, fuel choice, etc,” according to the internal email. Īccording to an email from one of the member organizations, the coalition is being managed by FTI Consulting, a DC-based consultancy firm that offers energy industry clients “advisory services that address the strategic, financial, reputational, regulatory and legal needs of energy and utility clients involved in the production of crude oil, natural gas, refined products, chemicals, coal, electric power, emerging technologies and renewable energy” as well as “strategic communications services across all disciplines.” The coalition includes the American Petroleum Institute ( API), the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers ( AFPM), the American Public Gas Association ( APGA), the Independent Petroleum Association of America ( IPAA), the Petroleum Marketers Association of America ( PMAA), the Agricultural Retailers Association, the National Tank Truck Carriers, and the American Farm Bureau Federation. The Transportation Fairness Alliance describes itself as “a diverse partnership of businesses, associations and organizations that support a competitive and equitable transportation sector.” Transportation Fairness Alliance Background
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