The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF)
Background
The American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) is a Washington, DC-based free market think tank that prides itself on “economic growth through sound tax, regulatory, and environmental policies.”1Capital Formation (Newsletter) (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation. Vol. 35, No. 1 (January-February 2010). Archived February 10, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
The group has called itself a “well-connected spokesman for American business in Washington,” a “key player” in policy circles, and “one of the most influential organizations operating behind the scenes” in the Washington policymaking arena.2“Media Room”, American Council for Capital Formation. Archived February 1, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ACCF’s president and CEO, Mark A. Bloomfield has been described as “a well-connected spokesman for American business” and “one of the most influential figures operating behind the scenes in the Congress.”3“MARK A. BLOOMFIELD” (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation. Archived February 10, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
ACCF is known for two studies, produced by the industry and Koch-funded National Association of Scholars, which critics have said feature a “distorted analysis” of proposed legislation to combat climate change.4“National Association of Manufacturers,” Sourcewatch. Accessed February 11, 2016. 5“NAM/ACCF: Distorting their own distorted analysis of climate legislation,” Switchboard, September 10, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5rwEU 6Miles Grant. “Pay no attention to footnote #5,” Grist, August 5, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xT61Z
ACCF Center for Policy Research
In 1973, ACCF created a 501(c)3 nonprofit entitled the American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research that “brings together academics, policymakers, business executives and the media to discuss important new research on economic and environmental policies and explore the public policy implications of the research.”7“ACCF Center for Policy Research: Overview,” American Council for Capital Formation. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3Npvv
Stance on Climate Change
ACCF does not deny the existence of global warming, as the ACCF statement on Energy and Climate Change Policy shows:
“Because energy use and economic growth go hand in hand, policymakers should develop a flexible, long-term approach to reducing the growth of greenhouse gases (GHGs). This will require a global effort based on technological innovation and technology transfer to developing countries where GHG emissions growth is most rapid. In addition, U.S. tax policies should be reformed to reduce the cost of capital for new energy efficient and pollution control technologies.”8“Policy Areas: Energy and Climate Change Policy,” American Council on Science and Health. Archived February 10, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7X3yh
However, in the past ACCF’s has denounced government policies that could be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as not worth the cost. For example, ACCF commented on regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act:
“Expanding the jurisdiction of the CAA to regulate domestic emissions of carbon and other GHGs will provide no net benefits to environmental quality while posing serious risks to our nation’s competitiveness, and even hampering our ability to deploy the advanced technologies which will be necessary to deal effectively with the challenges posed by Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. ”9“Re: The American Council for Capital Formation’s Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulating Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act, 73 Fed. Reg. 44354 (July 30, 2008)” (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation, November 28, 2008. Archived February 10, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Funding
The following is based on data archived at the Conservative Transparency (CT) project combined with original 990 research by DeSmog.10“American Council for Capital Formation,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016.
View the summary below, or see the attached spreadsheet for additional information on ACCF funding by year (.xlsx). Note that not all CT values have been verified by DeSmog.11“American Council for Capital Formation,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016.
| Donor | Total |
| Exxon Mobil | $1,564,523 |
| Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | $475,000 |
| American Petroleum Institute | $350,000 |
| Searle Freedom Trust | $275,000 |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation | $125,000 |
| Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation | $125,000 |
| John M. Olin Foundation | $100,000 |
| American Natural Gas Alliance | $37,500 |
| True Foundation | $12,300 |
| John William Pope Foundation | $10,000 |
| William E. Simon Foundation | $2,500 |
| Grand Total | $3,076,823 |
Exxon Funding
*According to ExxonSecrets, the ACCF has actually received over $1.6 million from ExxonMobil for “climate change activities.”12“FACTSHEET: AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH, ACCF,” ExxonSecrets. Archived February 28, 2017.
Koch Funding
According to the most recent data available from Greenpeace, Koch foundations have donated $600,000 to the American Council for Capital Formation between 1999 and 2015:13“American Council on Capital Formation (ACCF): Koch Industries Denial Front Group,” Greenpeace USA. Archived March 13, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/9HEXx
| Year | Charles Koch Foundation | Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation | Grand Total |
| 1999 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| 2005 | $25,000 | $25,000 | |
| 2006 | $40,000 | $40,000 | |
| 2007 | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| 2008 | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| 2009 | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| 2010 | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| 2012 | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| 2013 | $75,000 | $75,000 | |
| 2015 | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Grand Total | $125,000 | $475,000 | $600,000 |
Other Funders
According to a 2004-05 document covering supporters of the American Council for Capital Formation, ACCF Center for Policy Research, and International Council for Capital Formation (PDF), the ACCF and their affiliate organizations have also received funding from other organizations including energy-sector and automobile companies:14“2004-05 Supporters of the American Council for Capital Formation, ACCF Center for Policy Research, and International Council for Capital Formation,” CorportateEurope.org. Archived May 12, 2008. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
| ADP Foundation |
| Advanced Medical Technology Association |
| Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers |
| American Benefits Council |
| American Business Conference |
| American Century Investments |
| American Chemistry Council |
| American Farm Bureau Federation |
| American Forest & Paper Association |
| American Gas Association |
| American Petroleum Institute |
| American Wholesale Marketers Association |
| AMT-The Association for Manufacturing Technology |
| Associated Equipment Distributors |
| Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers |
| Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association |
| BellSouth Corporation |
| Campbell Soup Company |
| Center for Energy & Economic Development |
| Cly-Del Manufacturing Company |
| Conference of State Bank Supervisors |
| Contran Corporation |
| DaimlerChrysler Corporation |
| Driscoll Foundation |
| Edison Electric Institute |
| Equipment Leasing Association of America |
| Ernst & Young |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| Fidelity Investments |
| Financial Services Roundtable |
| Fisher Scientific International, Inc. |
| FMC Corporation |
| FORATOM |
| Ford Motor Company |
| General Dynamics Corporation |
| General Mills |
| General Motors Corporation |
| Harry S. Flemming Foundation |
| Hillside Capital Incorporated |
| Institute for Global Economic Growth |
| Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries |
| John L. Loeb, Jr. Foundation |
| Kinsey Interests, Inc. |
| Loeb Partners Corporation |
| Malek Family Trust Foundation |
| Marathon Oil Corporation |
| Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. |
| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. |
| Metals Service Center Institute |
| Microsoft Corporation |
| Milliken & Company |
| Morgan Stanley |
| Morgenthaler Management Corp. |
| National Association of Manufacturers |
| National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts |
| National Beer Wholesalers Association |
| National Electrical Contractors Association |
| National Marine Manufacturers Association |
| National Rural Electric Cooperative Association |
| Nationwide Insurance & Financial Co. |
| New York Stock Exchange Foundation |
| Newspaper Association of America |
| Nordberg Family Fund |
| Nuclear Energy Institute |
| Oracle Corporation |
| Pepco Holdings, Inc. |
| Portland Cement Association |
| Principal Financial Group |
| Qwest Communications, Inc. |
| Securities Industry Association |
| Small Business Entrepreneurial Council |
| Southern Company |
| T. Rowe Price & Associates |
| The Aluminum Association, Inc. |
| The Arthur Loeb Foundation |
| The Jeffrey Company |
| The Prudential Foundation |
| The Real Estate Roundtable |
| The Whitehead Foundation |
| Theragenics Corporation |
| Toyota Motor North America, Inc. |
| Tudor Investment Corporation |
| Twenty-First Securities Corporation |
| TXU Business Services |
| Uniform & Textile Service Association |
| Westinghouse Electric Company |
| Weyerhaeuser Company |
| Winthrop, Inc. |
990 Forms
According to the ACCF’s 2014 tax forms, the organization recorded $1,046,464 in total revenue, paid out $1,031,772 in salaries, and had total assets of $1,411,457.
Key People
Board of Directors
ACCF’s Officers and Board of Directors has included former high-ranking politicians (predominantly Republican) in the U.S. government along with representatives of industry associations.
| Name | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2015 | 201615“Directors & Advisors,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3bXmN | 2018 | Description |
| Richard W. Rahn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, Improbable Success Productions |
| Steven A. Wechsler | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts | |||||||
| Mark A. Bloomfield | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Council for Capital Formation | ||||||||
| Susan K. Neely | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Beverage Association | |||||||||||||||
| Richard D. Shelby | Y | Partner, Capitol Hill Consulting Group | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave McCurdy | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Gas Association | ||||||||||||
| M. Christine Jacobs | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chief Executive Officer and President, Theragenics Corporation | ||||||||
| Gary C. Hufbauer | Y | Nonresident Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics | ||||||||||||||||
| Donald L. Lucas | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Venture Capitalist | |||
| Frederic V. Malek | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Founder and Chairman, Thayer Capital Partners, L.P. | |||
| George P. Shultz | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Director of Office of, Budget and Management and Secretary of Labor | |||
| John C. Whitehead | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Deputy Secretary of State | |||
| Kenneth M. Duberstein | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chief of Staff to President Reagan | |||
| Robert S. Strauss | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former U.S. Trade Representative | |||
| William H. Gray, III | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, House Committee on the Budget | |||
| James R. Jones | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Member of Congress | ||||
| Glenn English | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | |||||
| Bill Archer | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means | |||||||
| Gerald L. Parsky | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, Aurora Capital Group | ||||||||
| Mark A. Weinberger | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Global Chairman & CEO, Ernst & Young | ||||||||
| Thomas R. Kuhn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, Edison Electric Institute | ||||||||
| Charles W. Stenholm | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Member of Congress | |||||||||||
| Don Nickles | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, Senate Committee on the Budget | |||||||||||
| John Engler | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Governor State of Michigan | |||||||||||
| Jim Kolbe | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Member of Congress | |||||||||||||
| Michael G. Oxley | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services | |||||||||||||
| Donna A. Harman | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Forest & Paper Association | ||||||||||||||
| Andrew Card | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush and Secretary of Transportation | |||||||||||||
| Robert W. Galvin | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman Emeritus Motorola, Inc. | ||||
| L. William Seidman | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | |||||
| William D. Ruckelshaus | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | |||||
| Charls E. Walker | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Founder and Chairman Emeritus, American Council for Capital Formation. Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | |||||||||||
| Kyle E. McSlarrow | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association | |||||||||||||
| Margo Thorning | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Economic Policy Advisor | |||||||||||||
| William J. McDonough | Y | Y | Y | Vice Chairman & Special Advisor to the Chairman, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | ||||||||||||||
| Marc E. Lackritz | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former President and Chief Executive Officer, Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association | ||||||
| Red Cavaney | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Petroleum Institute | |||||||
| Frank L. (Skip) Bowman | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute | ||||||||||||||
| David Rehr | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Broadcasters | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Stallman | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, American Farm Bureau Federation | ||||||||||||
| Frederick L. Webber | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers | ||||||||||
| Lloyd Bentsen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Secretary of the Treasury | ||||||||
| J. Barry Griswell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Principal Financial Group | |||||||||||||
| J. Stephen Larkin | Y | Y | President, The Aluminum Association, Inc. | |||||||||||||||
| John J. Byrne | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. | |||||||||
| William E. Brock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former U.S. Senator | |||||||||
| Mark Heesen | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, National Venture Capital Association | |||||||||||||
| Joe F. Colvin, II | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute | |||||||||||||||
| Barry K. Rogstad | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, American Business Conference | ||||||||||
| James B. Graham | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chief Executive Officer, Viztec, Inc. | ||||||||||
| Matthew P. Fink | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, Investment Company Institute | ||||||||||
| Ronald W. Readmond | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Private Investor | ||||||||||
| W. Henson Moore | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, American Forest & Paper Association | ||||||||||
| William D. Witter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | William D. Witter, Inc. | |||||||||||
| Harry S. Flemming | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, Advantor Holding Company | ||||||||||||
| John M. Derrick, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pepco Holdings Incorporated | |||||||||||||
| Josephine S. Cooper | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers | ||||||||||||||||
| David J. Drury | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, Principal Financial Group | ||||||||||||
| Herbert S. Winokur, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Capricorn Holdings, Inc. | ||||||||||||
| Kenneth L. Lay | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, ENRON | ||||||||||||
| Paul A. Volcker | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System | ||||||||||||
| H. Onno Ruding | Y | Y | Y | Y | Vice Chairman and Director, Citibank | |||||||||||||
| David B. Duncan | Y | Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP | ||||||||||||||||
| M.B. Oglesby, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | former Assistant to President Reagan for Legislative Affairs | ||||||||||||||
| John H. Martinson | Y | Chairman, National Venture Capital Association | ||||||||||||||||
| Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Council of Life Insurance | ||||||||||||||
| Edward F. Mitchell | Y | Y | Y | Chairman of the Board, Potomac Electric Power Company | ||||||||||||||
| James E. Rogers, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Cinergy Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| M. Kathleen Behrens | Y | President, National Venture Capital Association | ||||||||||||||||
| Allen J. Krowe | Y | Y | Texaco Inc. | |||||||||||||||
| Jack D. Rehm | Y | Y | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, retired, Meredith Corporation | |||||||||||||||
| James Ericson | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company | |||||||||||||||
| John S. Nolan | Y | Y | Partner, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered | |||||||||||||||
| Philip J. Carroll | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Shell Oil Company | |||||||||||||||
| Brian H. Dovey | Y | President, National Venture Capital Association | ||||||||||||||||
| Carl D. Thoma | Y | President, National Venture Capital Association | ||||||||||||||||
| Charles J. DiBona | Y | President, American Petroleum Institute |
Board of Advisors
| Name | 2015 | 201616“Directors & Advisors,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3bXmN | 2017 | 2018 | Description |
| Andrew Card | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush and Secretary of Transportation |
| Bill Archer | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, House Committee on Ways and Means |
| Charles W. Stenholm | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Member of Congress |
| Don Nickles | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, Senate Committee on the Budget |
| Donald L. Lucas | Y | Y | Y | Y | Venture Capitalist |
| Frederic V. Malek | Y | Y | Y | Y | Founder and Chairman, Thayer Capital Partners, L.P. |
| George P. Shultz | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, Director of Office of, Budget and Management and Secretary of Labor |
| Gerald L. Parsky | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chairman, Aurora Capital Group |
| James R. Jones | Y | Y | Y | Y | former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico and Member of Congress |
| Jim Kolbe | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Member of Congress |
| Jim McCrery | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Member of Congress |
| Kenneth M. Duberstein | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chief of Staff to President Reagan |
| Mark A. Weinberger | Y | Y | Y | Y | Global Chairman & CEO, Ernst & Young |
| Thomas R. Kuhn | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, Edison Electric Institute |
| Steve Moore | Y | Y | former Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member | ||
| Tom Ridge | Y | Y | former Secretary of Homeland Security, Governor of Pennsylvania and Member of Congress | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Y | Former United States Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 2000 | |||
| Donna A. Harman | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Forest & Paper Association | ||
| John Engler | Y | Y | former Governor State of Michigan | ||
| Michael G. Oxley | Y | Y | former Chairman, House Committee on Financial Services | ||
| Jo Ann Emerson | Y | Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | |||
| Richard D. Shelby | Y | Partner, Capitol Hill Consulting Group | |||
| Dave McCurdy | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Gas Association | |||
| Glenn English | Y | Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | |||
| John C. Whitehead | Y | former Deputy Secretary of State | |||
| Robert S. Strauss | Y | former U.S. Trade Representative | |||
| William H. Gray, III | Y | former Chairman, House Committee on the Budget |
Officers & Staff
| Name | 2002 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 201617“Officers & Staff,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jxXdx | 2017 | 2018 | Description |
| Margo Thorning | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Economic Policy Advisor |
| Mark A. Bloomfield | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Council for Capital Formation |
| Mike Burita | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director of Communications | ||
| Pinar Cebi Wilber | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chief Economist | ||
| Hamideh Kashaninejad | Y | Y | Y | Y | Treasurer | ||||||
| Timothy M. Doyle | Y | Y | Vice President of Policy and General Counsel | ||||||||
| George David Banks | Y | Y | Y | Executive Vice President | |||||||
| Drew Bond | Y | Senior Fellow & Director of Energy Innovation Programs, ACCF Center for Policy Research | |||||||||
| Frédérique Schreuder | Y | Executive Assistant and Director of Events | |||||||||
| Tony Nash | Y | Y | Senior Economic Adviser for International Economic Policy | ||||||||
| Aaron Weston | Y | Senior Fellow and Director of Nuclear Energy Programs, ACCF Center for Policy Research | |||||||||
| Robert Dillon | Y | Vice President of Communications | |||||||||
| Ashley Laing | Y | Membership & Events Manager | |||||||||
| Jeff Crater | Y | Senior Fellow & Director of U.S. Defense Industry and Economy | |||||||||
| Marie Sanderson | Y | Senior Fellow & Director of State and Local Economic Policy | |||||||||
| Ashley Mitchell | Y | Membership and Events Manager | |||||||||
| John Maguire | Y | Y | Y | Vice President for Strategic Planning | |||||||
| Tracy Ellis | Y | Y | Vice President of Membership | ||||||||
| Mari Lee Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Senior Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, American Council for Capital Formation | |||||||
| Charls E. Walker | Y | Y | Founder and Chairman Emeritus, American Council for Capital Formation. Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | ||||||||
| Ernestine R. Johnson | Y | Assistant Secretary-Treasurer |
Distinguished Fellows (Center for Policy Research)
| Name | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 201618“Center for Policy Research Fellows,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/6Jh0R | Description |
| Robert J. Gordon | Y | Stanley G. Harris Professor in the Department of Economics, Northwestern University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael J. Boskin | Y | Y | Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, George H.W. Bush | |||||||||||||||||||||
| John B. Taylor | Y | Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert E. Lucas, Jr. | Y | 1995 Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of Chicago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allan H. Meltzer | Y | Allan H. Meltzer University Professor of Political Economy, Carnegie Mellon University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| William M. Gentry | Y | Professor of Economics, Williams College | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jagdish V. Bhagwati | Y | University Professor, Columbia University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward C. Prescott | Y | Y | 2004 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Arizona University | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N. Gregory Mankiw | Y | Y | former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, President George W. Bush | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Charls E. Walker | Y | Founder and Chairman Emeritus, American Council for Capital Formation. Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernestine R. Johnson | Y | Assistant Secretary-Treasurer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margo Thorning | Y | Senior Economic Policy Advisor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mari Lee Dunn | Y | Senior Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, American Council for Capital Formation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark A. Bloomfield | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Council for Capital Formation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dale W. Jorgenson | Y | Y | Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University | |||||||||||||||||||||
| James M. Poterba | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Economic Research | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin | Y | Y | Y | former Director, Congressional Budget Office | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary C. Hufbauer | Y | Nonresident Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry D. Jacoby | Y | Environmental Policy Fellow, 1998. Pounds Professor of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard L. Schmalensee | Y | Gordon Y Billard Professor of Economics and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Horst | Y | TCW Fellow, 1997. Former director of the International Tax Staff, U.S. Department of the Treasury Managing Director, Horst, Frisch, Clowery & Finan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary W. Yohe | Y | Environmental Policy Fellow, 1996. Professor of Economics, Wesleyan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John B. Shoven | Y | Charles Schwab Professor of Economics, Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold C. Harberger | Y | Y | Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California at Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B. Douglas Bernheim | Y | Professor of Economics, Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R. Glenn Hubbard | Y | former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, President George W. Bush |
Board of Scholars (Center for Policy Research)
| Name | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2004 | 2005 | 201619“Center for Policy Research Scholars,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/G5XBv | 2017 | 2018 | Description |
| Arnold C. Harberger | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California at Los Angeles |
| B. Douglas Bernheim | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Professor of Economics, Stanford University |
| Charles McLure, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Fellow (Emeritus), Hoover Institution, Stanford University |
| Michael J. Boskin | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, George H.W. Bush |
| Robert E. Hall | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, and professor of Economics, Stanford University |
| Roger B. Porter | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | IBM Professor of Business and Government, Harvard University |
| John B. Shoven | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Charles Schwab Professor of Economics, Stanford University | |
| James M. Poterba | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Economic Research | ||
| Burton G. Malkiel | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics, Princeton University | ||||||
| Laurence H. Meyer | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Governor, Federal Reserve Board | ||||||
| Rudolph G. Penner | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Director Congressional Budget Office | ||||||
| Gary C. Hufbauer | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Nonresident Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics | ||||||
| R. Glenn Hubbard | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, President George W. Bush | ||||||
| N. Gregory Mankiw | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, President George W. Bush | |||||
| Dale W. Jorgenson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University | |
| Edward C. Prescott | Y | Y | Y | Y | 2004 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Arizona University | |||||||
| Harvey S. Rosen | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, President George W. Bush | |||||||
| John D. Graham | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget | ||||
| Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin | Y | Y | Y | former Director, Congressional Budget Office | ||||||||
| Jagdish V. Bhagwati | Y | Y | Y | University Professor, Columbia University | ||||||||
| John B. Taylor | Y | Y | Y | Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University | ||||||||
| Robert E. Lucas, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | 1995 Nobel Laureate in Economics, University of Chicago | ||||||||
| William M. Gentry | Y | Y | Y | Professor of Economics, Williams College | ||||||||
| Jason Furman | Y | Y | Former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers, President Barack Obama | |||||||||
| Kenneth B. Medlock III | Y | Y | James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, Rice University | |||||||||
| Robert Hahn | Y | Y | Smith School Director of Economics, Oxford University | |||||||||
| Robert J. Gordon | Y | Y | Stanley G. Harris Professor in the Department of Economics, Northwestern University | |||||||||
| William A. Galston | Y | Y | former Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy, President William Clinton | |||||||||
| Chad P. Bown | Y | Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics | ||||||||||
| Kevin A. Hassett | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Director of Economic Policy, American Enterprise Institute | ||||||
| Allan H. Meltzer | Y | Y | Allan H. Meltzer University Professor of Political Economy, Carnegie Mellon University | |||||||||
| James A. Baker, III | Y | Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, Rice University | ||||||||||
| Susan G. Baker | Y | Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics, Rice University | ||||||||||
| Alan S. Manne | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Professor Emeritus, Operations Research, Stanford University | |||
| Ed Zschau | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard University | ||||
| Murray L. Weidenbaum | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor, Washington University | ||||
| Richard L. Schmalensee | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Gordon Y Billard Professor of Economics and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||||
| Sidney L. Jones | Y | Y | Y | former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury | ||||||||
| David F. Bradford | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University | ||||
| Lawrence H. Goulder | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University |
Board of Trustees (Center for Policy Research)
| Name | 1997 | 1998 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2007 | 2008 | Description |
| Ernest S. Christian, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Attorney-at-Law |
| Manuel H. Johnson | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Vice-Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System |
| Charls E. Walker | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Founder and Chairman Emeritus, American Council for Capital Formation. Former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | ||||
| Margo Thorning | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Economic Policy Advisor | ||||
| Mari Lee Dunn | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer, American Council for Capital Formation | ||||
| Mark A. Bloomfield | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, American Council for Capital Formation | ||||
| Josephine S. Cooper | Y | Y | President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers | |||||||
| Maxine C. Champion | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Vice-President, Government and International Relations, Nestle USA, Inc. | ||
| Thomas D. Campbell | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | President, Thomas D. Campbell & Associates | ||
| Larry W. Pollock | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Vice-President and Director of Taxes, Weyerhaeuser Company | |||
| Paul R. Huard | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Senior Vice-President, Policy and Communications, National Association of Manufacturers | ||||
| Rudolph G. Penner | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | former Director Congressional Budget Office | ||||
| George N. Carlson | Y | Y | Y | Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. | ||||||
| Kathleen B. Cooper | Y | Y | Y | Chief Economist, Exxon Corporation | ||||||
| Thomas White | Y | Y | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Enron Ventures Corp. | |||||||
| John P. Renshaw | Y | Y | ||||||||
| Theodore R. Eck | Y | Y | Chief Economist, Amoco Corporation | |||||||
| Norman B. Ture | Y | President, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation |
Actions
September 25, 2019
The ACCF claimed that a new poll it conducted in collaboration with Morning Consult proved that Americans do not view climate change as a top political priority, and that they distrust government to solve the problem.20Jessica R. Towhey. “Climate Change Not a Top Priority, New Poll Finds,” InsideSources, September 25, 2019. Archived September 26, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TSduK
When respondents were asked if they were willing to pay more in taxes, transportation, food, and electricity costs to fund a “complete shift to renewable energy,” most responded unfavorably.21Jessica R. Towhey. “Climate Change Not a Top Priority, New Poll Finds,” InsideSources, September 25, 2019. Archived September 26, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TSduK
Eighty-one percent of those polled, however, reported feeling “worried” about the environment, while 57% felt that climate change was caused by human activity.22Jessica R. Towhey. “Climate Change Not a Top Priority, New Poll Finds,” InsideSources, September 25, 2019. Archived September 26, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TSduK
January 2016
Ahead of the Iowa caucuses, ACCF sponsored an ad portraying ethanol as an unclean fuel, and opposing an ethanol mandate policy:23(Press Release). “Major New Iowa Statewide TV Ad Buy Shines Spotlight on Corn Ethanol’s Environmental Toll,” PRNewswire, January 25, 2016. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/o5QBm
ACCF Executive Vice President George David Banks also denounces corn in the Telegram: “As we hear more about the Renewable Fuel Standard this primary season, it’s important to keep in mind the reality of the corn ethanol mandate: less energy, higher costs and more emissions. And if that sounds like a bad deal, well, that’s because it is.”24George David Banks. “Big Corn wins, state loses,” Telegram.com, January 24, 2016. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vlOFw
August 30, 2015
ACCF’s Senior Economic Policy Advisor Margo Thorning wrote an Op-Ed article in The Times-Tribune advocating for an end to oil export bans:25Margo Thorning. “End ban on oil exports, boost state’s economy,” thetimes-tribune.com, August 30, 2015. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/PTYhb
“Allowing the exportation of crude oil will only further incentivize production and drive the Pennsylvania economy for decades to come,” Thorning writes.
December 14, 2011
ACCF’s Senior Vice President and Chief Economist Margo Thorning testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure on the role of government in clean energy subsidies.26“Clean Energy Tax Incentives: What Role Should Government Play?” The American Council on Capital Formation, December 14, 2011. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YQ33i
Thorning concludes that clean energy industries including those associated with wind, solar power, biofuel and ethanol are “not essential for U.S. economic and job growth and they are unlikely to provide benefits commensurate with their costs.”
According to Thorning, “increased access to domestic onshore and offshore oil and gas reserves, including shale gas, could strongly boost U.S. economic recovery, manufacturing and job growth as well as increasing energy security.”27“Clean Energy Tax Incentives: What Role Should Government Play?” The American Council on Capital Formation, December 14, 2011. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YQ33i
March 2008
The ACCF’s Vice President, Margo Thorning, teamed up with the National Association of Manufacturers, the US Chamber of Commerce and a think tank called the Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth, to conduct a four-State speaking tour to discredit the proposed America’s Climate Security Act authored by US Senators Joe Lieberman and John Warner.28”ACCF/NAMState by State Analyses of the Economic Impact of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act” (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation, October, 2008. Archived November 26, 2008. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
2009
According to Greenpeace, ACCF has partnered twice with the National Association of Manufacturers to produce and disseminate “distorted economic analyses that overstate the costs of climate legislation.” The group has also been prominently featured at US Chamber of Commerce-organized forums on climate.29“American Council on Capital Formation (ACCF): Koch Industries Denial Front Group,” Greenpeace USA. Archived March 13, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/9HEXx
The ACCF/NAM studies have been debunked more than once.30“NAM/ACCF: Distorting their own distorted analysis of climate legislation,” Switchboard, September 10, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5rwEU 31Miles Grant. “Pay no attention to footnote #5,” Grist, August 5, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xT61Z
American Council for Capital Formation Contact & Location
As of June 2016, the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) listed the following contact information on its website:32“Contact,” ACCF. Archived June 29, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FtHH6
American Council for Capital Formation
1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 620
Washington, DC 20036
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 293-5811
Fax: (202) 785-8165
Related Organizations
ACCF Association Council
The ACCF previously listed an “Association Council” of organizations on its website:
| ACCF Association Council Member | 2004 | 2005 | 2008 |
| Advanced Medical Technology Association | Y | ||
| Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers | Y | Y | Y |
| American Benefits Council | Y | Y | Y |
| American Business Conference | Y | Y | Y |
| American Chemistry Council | Y | Y | |
| American Farm Bureau Federation | Y | Y | Y |
| American Forest & Paper Association | Y | Y | Y |
| American Gas Association | Y | Y | Y |
| American Gear Manufacturers Association | Y | ||
| American Petroleum Institute | Y | Y | Y |
| American Wholesale Marketers Association | Y | ||
| Associated Equipment Distributors | Y | ||
| Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers | Y | Y | Y |
| Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association | Y | Y | |
| Edison Electric Institute | Y | Y | Y |
| Equipment Leasing Association of America | Y | Y | Y |
| Family Company Group | Y | Y | Y |
| Financial Services Roundtable | Y | Y | Y |
| Futures Industry Association | Y | ||
| Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc. | Y | Y | |
| Investment Company Institute | Y | ||
| Metals Service Center Institute | Y | Y | Y |
| Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association | Y | Y | |
| National Association of Manufacturers | Y | Y | Y |
| National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts | Y | Y | Y |
| National Beer Wholesalers Association | Y | Y | Y |
| National Electrical Contractors Association, Inc. | Y | Y | |
| National Marine Manufacturers Association | Y | Y | Y |
| National Rural Electric Cooperative Association | Y | Y | Y |
| Newspaper Association of America | Y | Y | |
| North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers | Y | ||
| Nuclear Energy Institute | Y | Y | Y |
| Portland Cement Association | Y | ||
| Rubber Manufacturers Association | Y | Y | |
| Securities Industry Association | Y | Y | Y |
| Small Business & Entrepreneurial Council | Y | ||
| Small Business Survival Committee | Y | Y | |
| The Aluminum Association, Inc. | Y | Y | |
| The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) | Y | ||
| The Ohio Society of CPAs | Y | ||
| The Real Estate Roundtable | Y | Y | Y |
| Uniform & Textile Service Association | Y | Y |
Other Affiliations
- In August 2002, ACCF established its International affiliate, the International Council for Capital Formation, of which Margo Thorning is the Managing Director.33“INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION” (PDF), ICCFglobal.org. Archived March 9, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Hoover Institution
A number of individuals associated with the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) are also affiliated with the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank located at Stanford University focusing on conservative and libertarian ideas.
Below are some examples:
- Richard W. Rahn
- Donald L. Lucas
- Gerald L. Parsky
- George P. Shultz
- Michael Boskin
- John Taylor
- Allan H. Meltzer
- Jagdish Bhagwati
- Edward C. Prescott
- James Poterba
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin
- John B. Shoven
- R. Glenn Hubbard
- Michael J. Boskin
- Robert E. Hall
- Kevin A. Hassett
- R. Glenn Hubbard
- Charles McLure, Jr.
- Allan H. Meltzer
- James M. Poterba
- Edward C. Prescott
- John B. Shoven
- John B. Taylor
Social Media
- @ACCFmedia on Twitter
- “American Council for Capital Formation” on Facebook.
- “American Council for Capital Formation” on LinkedIn.
Other Resources
- “American Council for Capital Formation,” SourceWatch Profile.
- ExxonSecrets Factsheet: American Council for Capital Formation.
- John Laumer. “American Council for Capital Formation: Panzer Attack On Cap & Trade Bill,” Treehugger, March 22, 2008.
Resources
- 1Capital Formation (Newsletter) (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation. Vol. 35, No. 1 (January-February 2010). Archived February 10, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 2“Media Room”, American Council for Capital Formation. Archived February 1, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 3“MARK A. BLOOMFIELD” (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation. Archived February 10, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 4“National Association of Manufacturers,” Sourcewatch. Accessed February 11, 2016.
- 5“NAM/ACCF: Distorting their own distorted analysis of climate legislation,” Switchboard, September 10, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5rwEU
- 6Miles Grant. “Pay no attention to footnote #5,” Grist, August 5, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xT61Z
- 7“ACCF Center for Policy Research: Overview,” American Council for Capital Formation. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3Npvv
- 8“Policy Areas: Energy and Climate Change Policy,” American Council on Science and Health. Archived February 10, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/7X3yh
- 9“Re: The American Council for Capital Formation’s Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulating Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act, 73 Fed. Reg. 44354 (July 30, 2008)” (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation, November 28, 2008. Archived February 10, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 10“American Council for Capital Formation,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016.
- 11“American Council for Capital Formation,” Conservative Transparency. Data retrieved June 29, 2016.
- 12“FACTSHEET: AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION CENTER FOR POLICY RESEARCH, ACCF,” ExxonSecrets. Archived February 28, 2017.
- 13“American Council on Capital Formation (ACCF): Koch Industries Denial Front Group,” Greenpeace USA. Archived March 13, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/9HEXx
- 14“2004-05 Supporters of the American Council for Capital Formation, ACCF Center for Policy Research, and International Council for Capital Formation,” CorportateEurope.org. Archived May 12, 2008. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 15“Directors & Advisors,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3bXmN
- 16“Directors & Advisors,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/3bXmN
- 17“Officers & Staff,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/jxXdx
- 18“Center for Policy Research Fellows,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/6Jh0R
- 19“Center for Policy Research Scholars,” ACCF. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/G5XBv
- 20Jessica R. Towhey. “Climate Change Not a Top Priority, New Poll Finds,” InsideSources, September 25, 2019. Archived September 26, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TSduK
- 21Jessica R. Towhey. “Climate Change Not a Top Priority, New Poll Finds,” InsideSources, September 25, 2019. Archived September 26, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TSduK
- 22Jessica R. Towhey. “Climate Change Not a Top Priority, New Poll Finds,” InsideSources, September 25, 2019. Archived September 26, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TSduK
- 23(Press Release). “Major New Iowa Statewide TV Ad Buy Shines Spotlight on Corn Ethanol’s Environmental Toll,” PRNewswire, January 25, 2016. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/o5QBm
- 24George David Banks. “Big Corn wins, state loses,” Telegram.com, January 24, 2016. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vlOFw
- 25Margo Thorning. “End ban on oil exports, boost state’s economy,” thetimes-tribune.com, August 30, 2015. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/PTYhb
- 26“Clean Energy Tax Incentives: What Role Should Government Play?” The American Council on Capital Formation, December 14, 2011. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YQ33i
- 27“Clean Energy Tax Incentives: What Role Should Government Play?” The American Council on Capital Formation, December 14, 2011. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/YQ33i
- 28”ACCF/NAMState by State Analyses of the Economic Impact of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act” (PDF), American Council for Capital Formation, October, 2008. Archived November 26, 2008. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 29“American Council on Capital Formation (ACCF): Koch Industries Denial Front Group,” Greenpeace USA. Archived March 13, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/9HEXx
- 30“NAM/ACCF: Distorting their own distorted analysis of climate legislation,” Switchboard, September 10, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/5rwEU
- 31Miles Grant. “Pay no attention to footnote #5,” Grist, August 5, 2009. Archived February 11, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/xT61Z
- 32“Contact,” ACCF. Archived June 29, 2016. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/FtHH6
- 33“INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL FORMATION” (PDF), ICCFglobal.org. Archived March 9, 2012. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
