Bo Nordell
Bo Anders Nordell Credentials Background As of January, 2003, Bo Nordell has been the head of the Division for Renewable Energy at Luleå University where he is also a professor. He has worked in the fields of thermal energy storage, and “Snow/ice-related problems.” Bo Nordell is skeptical that carbon dioxide has a large influence on […]
Richard Fink
Richard H. Fink Credentials Bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from Rutgers, UCLA and New York University, respectively. Background Richard H. Fink is the former executive vice president and a member of the board of directors at Koch Industries, Inc. He has been involved […]
Gabriel Calzada
Gabriel Calzada Alvarez Credentials Background Gabriel Calzada Alvarez is the founder and president of the Instituto Juan de Mariana, a libertarian think tank based in Spain. He has been an Associate Professor of Economics at King Juan Carlos University in Spain since 2004 and Vice-Director of the scholarly Procesos de Mercado. He has been a […]
Instituto Juan de Mariana
Instituto Juan de Mariana (IJM) Background The Instituto Juan de Mariana (IJM) is a private nonprofit group founded in 2005 by Gabriel Calzada, a climate change skeptic with connections to other conservative think tanks including the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Centre for the New Europe, and the Libertarian Alliance.1“The Institute” (Translated from Spanish via Google), […]
Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity Background The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity is a 501(c)(3) conservative media organization located in Bismarck, North Dakota that trains journalists and publishes political news and commentary. Established in January 2009, The Franklin Center “supports and trains investigative journalists to advance transparency, accountability, and fiscal responsibility in […]
DonorsTrust
DonorsTrust Background DonorsTrust is a not-for-profit company that distributes millions of dollars in grants each year to groups, organizations and projects that are “dedicated to the ideals of limited government, personal responsibility, and free enterprise.” DonorsTrust (DT) regularly distributes to conservative causes, many of which deny the science and impacts of human-caused climate change or the need […]
John H. Sununu
John H. Sununu Credentials Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966. He completed both undergraduate and graduate levels at MIT. Background John H. Sununu served as the 75th Governor of New Hampshire from 1983 to 1989 and later as […]
William Kay
William Walter (Bill) Kay Credentials [Pending further investigation.] Background William Walter (or Bill) Kay is the manager of ecofascism.com, a website which describes its purpose as to “expose both the similarities between environmentalism and fascism and the connections between environmentalism and modern fascistic, or arch-conservative, individuals and groups.” The website appears to focus on issues affecting Alberta […]
Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley Credentials Background Viscount Matthew White Ridley is a Conservative hereditary peer in the British House of Lords, a science writer, journalist, and popular author. Matt Ridley has written several books on evolution and genetics including The Red Queen (1994) and Genome (1999), as well as books on economics including The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2010).1“Biography,” Mattridley.co.uk. Archived September […]
Vijay Kumar Raina
Vijay Kumar Raina Credentials Vijay Kumar Raina is a geologist/glaciologist. Background Vijay Kumar Raina is the ex. Deputy Director General of the Geological Survey of India where his research covered geology and the glaciers of the Himalayas, Andaman Islands and volcanoes in the Bay of Bengal. He retired in 1991 after over 35 years of […]
