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==The One Time IOGCC Registered==
==Public Relations Efforts, Model Resolutions==
According to its website, IOGCC “advocates for environmentally-sound ways to increase the supply of American energy.”<ref>[http://iogcc.publishpath.com/about-us "About Us], Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, accessed April 2016</ref> The IOGCC website also offers a “Tips for effective activism” section,<ref>[http://iogcc.publishpath.com/Websites/iogcc/docs/ActionFigures.pdf "Tips for Effective Activism"], Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, accessed April 2016</ref> in which it instructs state regulators to be the “voice” of the IOGCC in public hearings and community meetings. “We’re your voice to Congress. Be ours in your state,” the sub-headline of that document reads.<ref>[http://iogcc.publishpath.com/Websites/iogcc/docs/ActionFigures.pdf "Tips for Effective Activism"], Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, accessed April 2016</ref>
“When people do not get all of the information, or information is too technical, they begin to fill in the holes with what they can imagine,” he said in one of the early presentation slides. “The perceived risk, even if it isn’t a reality, makes hydraulic fracturing an emotional issue.”<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2798411-Gerry-Baker-on-Fracking-and-PR.html#document/p3/a288273 "Reaching Out to a Broad Audience"], Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and FracFocus, October 17, 2011, accessed April 2016</ref>
The IOGCC, furthermore, has a tight-knit relationship with the industry-funded front group, public relations tool and lobbying group, [[Consumer Energy Alliance ]] (CEA). CEA is an important part of the IOGCC’s 2013-launched [[States First Initiative]], where they are listed as the only “ally.” It <ref>[http://www.statesfirstinitiative.org/#!allies/czie States First Initiative "Allies"], accessed April 2016</ref> An August 2014 version of the website has an "allies" section but no colleagues listed.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20140829010000/http://www.statesfirstinitiative.org/#!allies/czie States First Initiative "Allies"], Way Back Machine, accessed April 2016</ref> CEA also wrote a “letter of support” for States First in March 2014, as well as giving a social media training at the IOGCC annual meeting in Columbus, OH. <ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2798420-States-First-Governors-Letter.html States First Initiative Governors' Letter]</ref>
Like the [[American Legislative Exchange Council ]] (ALEC), IOGCC’s membership base – in some cases actual industry representative members – proposes and passes [[IOGCC model resolutions Model Resolutions]] on the most pressing oil and gas-related regulatory issues of the day. These have run the gamut on policy areas ranging from public lands issues, safe and clean drinking water regulations, climate change issues, offshore drilling, and others. The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission works closely with the oil and gas industry [[front group]] [[Consumer Energy Alliance]] (CEA). CEA runs PR trainings for members of the Commission and acts as a partner in strategic messaging for IOGCC initiatives like the States First Initiative<ref>[http://www.nationaldriller.com/articles/89453-consumer-energy-alliance-supports-oil-gas-regulatory-initiative] CEA website accessed August 2014</ref> CEA has significant financial ties to the oil and gas industry and is listed as an "ally" of States First Initiative on the States First website.<ref>[http://www.statesfirstinitiative.org/#!allies/czie], "Allies," States First Initiative, accessed February 2016</ref>
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