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Energy4US

Energy4US Background Energy4US.org describes itself as a “coalition of consumers, businesses and workers united in the belief that energy empowers us, allows us choices and improves our quality of life.” Energy4US appears to have grown out of a campaign titled “Secure Our Fuels” organized by The Consumer Energy […]

Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA)

Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) Background The Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) is an energy industry PR and government affairs organization founded by Republican lobbyist Michael Whatley of HBW […]

Jeffrey Bossert Clark

Jeffrey Bossert Clark Credentials Background Jeffrey Bossert Clark is a former top environmental official at the U.S. Department of Justice, former partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and former adjunct law professor at George Mason University. President Donald Trump […]

Charles D. McConnell

Charles D. McConnell Credentials Background Charles McConnell was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, an office he held from 2011 to 2013. Prior to […]

Independence Institute

Independence Institute Background The Independence Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Denver, Colorado with a stated mission “to empower individuals and to educate citizens, legislators and opinion makers about public policies that enhance personal and economic freedom. Former Colorado state senator John Andrews (R), who previously […]

Judicial Crisis Network

The Concord Fund (Judicial Crisis Network) Background The Concord Fund, also known as The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), formerly the Judicial Confirmation Network, is a 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organization that advocates on […]

Politeia

Politeia Background Politeia is a free-market organisation established in 1995 that aims to act as “a forum for discussing economic, constitutional and social policy,” according to its website. It was listed as one of the organisations consulted prior to the publication of an “ideal” post-Brexit US-UK trade […]

Shanker Singham

Shanker Singham Photo credit: YouTube/Sky News Credentials Background Shanker Singham is a former US lobbyist1 “Lobbyist Profile: Shanker A Singham,” Open Secrets. Archived July 16, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/sn3qu who became a prominent figure in UK politics after the 2016 EU referendum.2 Pippa Crerar. “Shanker Singham: is he the brains of Brexit?” The Guardian, September 23, 2018. Archived December 14, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/UbLkV […]

Sarah Elliott

Sarah Elliott Credentials Background Sarah Elliott is the chairwoman of Republicans Overseas UK, a political organisation which aims to support and represent the interests of American citizens living in the UK and encourage wider participation in the US federal elections, according to its website.1 Malise Sandstrom. “Republicans Overseas UK Appoints New Chair!” Republicans Overseas UK, […]

John Stuart Agnew

Image Credit: Euro Realist Newsletter/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 John Stuart Agnew Credentials Background John Stuart Agnew was an MEP for the East of England for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2009 to 2019. Born in 1949, Agnew is a […]