Pacific Research Institute
Pacific Research Institute (PRI) Background The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), known as the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRIPP) until 1984, is a conservative think tank founded in 1979 with the mission to “champion freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility for all individuals by advancing free-market policy solutions.” According to their website, PRI “promotes the principles […]
Acton Institute
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty Background The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is a classical Liberal think tank founded in 1990 in Grand Rapids, Michigan by Robert A. Sirico and Kris Alan Mauren. The Acton Institute also maintains affiliates in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and an office in […]
Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy
Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy Background The Annapolis Center for Science-Based Public Policy website is now defunct, and the organization has not filed with the IRS since 2007. The Annapolis Center was created in 1993 with a focus on “the […]
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Background The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library located on the campus at Stanford University in California. Founded in 1919 by Herbert Hoover, the Institution was originally known as the Hoover War Library, the “largest library in the world dealing […]
Harry C. Alford
Harry C. Alford (Deceased) Credentials Background Harry C. Alford was the president and founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC). According to his biography at NBCC (PDF), Alford worked “in a series of key sales and executive positions at Fortune 100 companies such as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson and the Sara […]
Bonner Cohen
Bonner R. Cohen Credentials Background Bonner Cohen was the editor of EPA Watch from 1992 to 1999, a group that the tobacco company Philip Morris (PM) once described as an “asset.” Bonner Cohen has been highlighted in Philip Morris documents as an “expert on EPA matters” and served as former Director of The Advancement of […]
American Council on Science and Health
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) Background ACSH is a New-York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Dr. Elizabeth Whelan and Frederick J. Stare. ACSH describes itself as an “education consortium” founded by a group of scientists “who had become concerned that many important public policies related to health and the environment did not have […]
American Council for Capital Formation
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 […]
Bernard Beauzamy
Bernard Beauzamy Credentials Background Dr. Bernard Beauzamy is a French former University professor and the founder of the Mathematical Calculation Society SA (“Société de Calcul Mathemåtique — SCM for short), a group that claims to provide “mathematical tools” for fraud detection. The group started as a nonprofit organization in 1987, and became a commercial company […]
Energy and Environment (Journal)
Energy and Environment Background Energy and Environment (E&E) is a social sciences journal indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus, EBSCO databases, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, and Compendex.4 […]
