The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Benefits
Perspectives from The Pew Center are regularly featured in Tier 1 media, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Economist, National Public Radio, and CNN. Companion press releases, optimized for online audiences, regularly generate over 75,000 views and successfully motivate supportive posts from influential bloggers.
Publicity has helped raised the profile and influence of the Pew Center. For instance:
- The Pew Center was recently asked to present its perspectives and advice to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (a consortium of eight northeast states that recently implemented a utility wide cap and trade program.
- The Pew Center has advised the states of California, Alabama, and North Carolina as they craft and implement their climate strategies and programs.
- The Pew Center has been influential in crafting various bills in both the federal House of Representatives and the Senate.
- The Pew Center's president, Eileen Claussen, and other staff are frequently invited to brief: members of Congress, key Executive Branch officials, and international leaders.
Offline and online publicity has also helped inspire scores of invitations for Pew Center staff to participate in speaking engagements before audiences of business leaders, government officials, academics, students, and the general public.
