Mastermind Of The World’s Most Despicable PR Campaigns Has A New Job
Dr. Evils latest target is the Obama Administrations effort to rein in air pollution.
At a moment when the ties between money and climate science are under Congress microscope, Richard Berman, the bald-headed founder and chief executive of the Washington-based consulting firm Berman and Company, is intent on obscuring these links. Dubbed Dr. Evil almost a decade ago for his similarity in appearance and alleged lack of a moral compass to the Austin Powers archvillain, Berman is known for masterminding public relations campaigns against animal rights, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and labor unions.
The newest revelations show Berman, a former lobbyist, deeply entrenched in a highly coordinated state-level effort to derail the Environmental Protection Agencys proposed regulations on existing coal-fired power plants. As part of this, Berman-affiliated nonprofits have recently lashed out against federally-owned lands, sportsmen and fishermen, and even green buildings in this latest chapter in Bermans long and storied career of warlike campaigns.
Bermans a hired gun, he goes where the money is, John Dunbar, Deputy Executive Editor of the Center for Public Integrity, told ThinkProgress. Nothing he does surprises me.
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