When Gov. Gary Locke signed the agreement to assemble the Boeing 7E7 in Everett, Boeing vice president Mike Bair confided that when the aerospace giant started the site selection process, Boeing officials didn’t think Washington had a chance. In 2001, Pacific Seafood Group faced increasingly strict regulations governing wastewater discharges from its Warrenton, Ore., fish processing plant. The Columbia River Channel Coalition had successfully built public consensus among the political and opinion leaders of the Pacific Northwest for an economically viable and environmentally sound plan to deepen and maintain the Columbia River channel from Portland to Astoria. The Amalgamated Sugar Company, the largest sugar beet cooperative in Idaho, wanted to extend an Idaho Department of Transportation pilot project that allowed the use of 129,000-pound trucks on specific routes. |
1) Did you know that Congress has introduced 350 pieces of legislation related to clean energy policy?
2) Did you know that more than 20 fortune 500 companies have joined forces with the nation's leading ... |
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In a crisis, speed and honesty are key to communicationsEffective crisis communications – doing and saying the right things at the most difficult time – can be absolutely essential to reputation and credibility. Gallatin’s President offered some thought in this recent article. |