George David Banks
George “David” Banks Credentials Background George David Banks is listed as executive vice president with the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF). In 2018, Banks was hired to be an expert on “international climate policy” for the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), leaving a prior position as an energy advisor in the […]
Timothy Williams
Timothy Williams Credentials Background Timothy Williams Jr. is the Deputy Director in the Office of External Affairs at the Interior Department under the Trump administration. Williams formerly served as the field director of the Nevada state branch of Americans for Prosperity (AfP), a front group founded by Koch Industries co-owner David Koch and Koch director […]
Mikko Paunio
Mikko Paunio Credentials Background Mikko Paunio is an epidemiologist who has worked for a number of public health institutions in his native Finland, as well as a brief spell at the World Bank, and is currently Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland.[1] As a researcher earlier in his […]
Cardinal George Pell
Main image credit: Kerry Myers CC BY 2.0 Cardinal George Pell Credentials Background Cardinal George Pell is a senior figure in the Roman Catholic Church. He was recently found guilty of sexual offences in Australia in February 2019. The judgement makes Pell “the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction,” BBC News reported. Pell […]
Free Market Environmental Law Clinic
Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FMELC) Background The Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FMELC), formerly known as the George Mason Environmental Law Clinic, operates as litigation counsel for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal). According to public tax forms, FMELC’s business address is the home of David Schnare, the general counsel for E&E […]
Federalist Society
Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies Background The Federalist Society describes itself as a “a group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal order” and as a counter to law schools that are “dominated by a form of orthodox liberal ideology.”1“About Us”, Federalist Society. Archived May 1, 2018. Archive.is URL: […]
Andrew Wheeler
Andrew Wheeler Credentials Background Andrew R. Wheeler, a lawyer and former coal industry lobbyist, is the 15th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He was approved to head the EPA on February 28, 2019. 2“Andrew Wheeler, former energy lobbyist, confirmed as nation’s top […]
Travis Fisher
Travis Fisher Credentials Background Travis Fisher is an economist and former adviser to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kevin McIntyre. He was formerly an employee of the pro-fossil-fuel Institute for Energy Research (IER). Before working at IER, Fisher was an economist for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Fisher joined the Electricity Consumers Resource Council […]
Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) Background Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) was formed in April 2000 “to provide a voice to community leaders in the development of energy and environmental policies. Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) and the Center for Energy and […]
Charles Koch
Charles G. Koch Related Profiles & Research Credentials Background Charles G. Koch is the chairman and CEO of Koch Industries. According to Forbes, as co-owners of Koch Industries, Charles and his late brother David Koch had a net worth of $50.7 billion apiece in 2017. David Koch passed away on August 23, 2019.1“Charles G. Koch,” […]
