Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Background The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, originally known as the International Center for Economic Policy Studies, was founded in 1978 by Antony Fisher and William Casey and in recent years has promoted climate science contrarianism while defending policies supporting the development of fossil fuels. Antony Fisher was influential in the formation of several […]

JunkScience.com

JunkScience.com Background JunkScience.com is a website maintained by Steven J. Milloy, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a columnist for FoxNews.com. In the past Milloy was Director of The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC), a front group set up by Philip Morris in 1993 and run by […]

Ayn Rand Institute

Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) Background The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with EIN 22-2570926 headquartered in Irvine, California. According to ARI’s website, “To advance Objectivism, ARI focuses on areas that have a long-term multiplying impact on the direction of our culture — notably, education and policy debates.”1“About the Ayn Rand Institute,” Ayn […]

European Institute for Climate and Energy

European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) Background Europäisches Institut für Klima und Energie (EIKE), the European Institute for Climate and Energy in English, is a German climate change denial organization founded in February 2007 in Hanover. The group […]

60 Plus Association

60 Plus Association Background The 60 Plus Association was founded in 1992 as a “non-partisan seniors advocacy group with a free enterprise, less government, less taxes approach to seniors issues.”  The 60 Plus Association describes itself as “the conservative alternative to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).”1“About 60 Plus,” 60 Plus Association. Archived October 13, 2015. […]

Instituto Liberdade

Instituto Liberdade (Brazil) Background Instituto Liberdade (Liberty Institute) is an independent Brazilian non-profit think tank based in Tecnopuc, Porto Alegre, in Southern Brazil. Instituto Liberdade began as “Instituto Liberal do Rio Grande do Sul” in 1986 and was renamed Instituto Liberdade on May 11, 2004. […]

Illinois Coal Association

Illinois Coal Association Background The Illinois Coal Association (ICA) is a coal lobbying group based in Springfield and founded in 1878. According to their website, the group “represents the coal industry in the state in governmental affairs, in public relations and in related matters. Through the Association, companies producing coal in Illinois deal with issues […]

Science and Environmental Policy Project

Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Background The Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) is a research and advocacy group financed by private contributions based in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 1990 by climate change skeptic S. Fred Singer, Gerhard Stohrer, and Fred Singer’s wife Candace Crandall. SEPP has questioned concerns about ozone depletion […]

Americans for Tax Reform

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) Background Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) “taxpayer advocacy group”  founded in 1985 by Grover Norquist at the request of Ronald Reagan. According to their website, “Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) opposes all tax increases as a matter of principle.”1“About,” Americans for Tax Reform. Archived October 8, 2016. […]

IceAgeNow

IceAgeNow Background IceAgeNow is a website originally located at iceagenow.com and later at iceagenow.info. It describes itself as “a Web site dedicated to showing that our climate is driven by natural cycles, not by humans” that fears that “one of those cycles – the Milankovitch Cycle – is leading us into the next ice age right now” and […]