Alan Rudge
Alan Rudge Credentials Background Alan W. Rudge is an electrical engineer and a member of the academic advisory council of UK climate science denial think tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation. He is perhaps best known for losing a ยฃ1000 bet […]
55 Tufton Street
Background 55 Tufton Street, located in Westminster, London, is at the centre of a small but influential network of free market, pro-Brexit thinktanks and lobby groups, including the UKโs principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Information on the members of the Tufton Street network can be found below.1โMapped: The Cosy Climate-Euro […]
PragerU
PragerU (Prager University) Background Prager University, branded PragerU, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservative media organization founded in 2011 by radio talk show host and author Dennis Prager and his business partner Allen Estrin. As noted on its website, โPrager University is not an accredited academic institution and does not offer certifications or diplomas.โ1Madaline Donnelly. โHow Dennis Pragerโs […]
David Rothbard
David Rothbard (Deceased) Credentials Background David Rothbard co-founded the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) with Craig Rucker in 1985 and served as chairman and president. Rothbard passed away on March 30, 2018 after a long illness. When founding CFACT, Rothbard and Rucker approached […]
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
America’s Power – Formerly American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) Background The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is a 501(c)(6) corporation chartered in Washington, DC, and formed by โMore than 40 leading U.S. companies from the electricity generation, transportation, coal production, energy technology, and equipment manufacturing industries,โ according to an April 2008 press […]
Natural Resources Stewardship Project
Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP) Background The Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP) was a Canadian non-profit organization launched in 2006 with the listed goal of promoting โresponsible environmental stewardship.โ The website was no longer in operation after March 2008. 2NRSP Homepage. Archived March […]
John Birch Society
John Birch Society (JBS) Background The John Birch Society (JBS) was founded in December of 1958ย by businessmanย Robert Welch. It nowย describesย itself as an โeducation and action organizationโ that โhas never deviated from its opposition to communism and any other form of totalitarianism, certainly including the […]
New Hope Environmental Services
New Hope Environmental Services (NHES) Background New Hope Environmental Services, Inc. (NHES) was a consulting firm founded in 1994/1995 by Patrick Michaels. NHES described itself as an โadvocacy science consulting firm that produces cutting-edge research and informed commentary on the nature of climate.โ Michaels is also director of the Center for the Study of Science […]
World Climate Report
World Climate Report (WCR) Background The World Climate Report (WCR), is a โresearch reviewโ and blog edited by Patrick Michaels, funded by the Western Fuels Association (WFA), and associated with the WFA’s Greening Earth Society (GES). New Hope Environmental Services (NHES), a consulting firm run by Patrick Michaels, also claimed WCR as its bi-weekly newsletter. […]
Intermountain Rural Electric Association
Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) – CORE Electric Cooperative Background The Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA), rebranded in 2021 as CORE Electric Cooperative, describes itself as the largest electric distribution cooperative in […]