Phil Kerpen
Credentials
- Kerpen graduated from Stuyvesant High School with the class of 1997.1โPhil Kerpen,โ Old-Friends. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/RjXiO
- Kerpen attended the University of Pittburgh.2Jacqueline Otto. โProfiles in Liberty: Phil Kerpen,โ America’s Future Foundation, May 23, 2012. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/pa8DE
Background
Phillip G. Kerpen is the president of American Commitment, a conservative 501(c)(4) group largely funded by Freedom Partners, a group controlled by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers. He previously served as the vice president of Americans for Prosperity.3โAbout,โ Freedom Partners. Archived May 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWcnz
Kerpen has previously worked with other key groups in the Koch network including the Free Enterprise Fund, the Club for Growth, and the Cato Institute. Kerpen also worked with Americans for Prosperity and Americans for Prosperity Foundation for over five years in various capacities including vice president for policy.4โAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Commends Phil Kerpen, Wishes Him Well,โ Americans for Prosperity, April 12, 2012. Archived May 17, 2012. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/6rzhV
Kerpen is chairman of the Internet Freedom Coalition (IFC), a group that opposes net neutrality regulation on Internet service providers (ISPs). According to IFC, there are โ three basic threats to Internet Freedomโโtaxes, regulations, โand any attempt by the United Nations to manage the Internet.โ American Commitment is a member of the coalition, along with other conservative or libertarian groups including the American Conservative Union, American Legislative Exchange Council, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Tax Reform, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Discovery Institute, Frontiers of Freedom, Heartland Institute, Independent Women’s Forum, Reason Foundation, and others.5โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 6โAbout Us,โ Internet Freedom Coalition. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/LToHc 7โCoalition Members,โ Internet Freedom Coalition. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KfhxN
In 1999, Kerpen began as an intern at the Cato Institute working for Stephen Moore โwhose work he admired.โ Kerpen stuck close to Moore, describing his loyalty as part of his success. When Moore was being removed from an organization they both worked, Kerpen โimmediately quitโ and went with Steve. โSome others came over later, but I was the only one who quit on the spot. Iโm proud of that,โ Kerpen said in an interview. Kerpen eventually helped in the founding of the Free Enterprise Fund, started by Moore. (Moore’s controversial history led Trump to withdraw his name from contention for appointment to the Federal Reserve, though Kerpen defended him.)8Jacqueline Otto. โProfiles in Liberty: Phil Kerpen,โ America’s Future Foundation, May 23, 2012. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/pa8DE 9Christopher Rugaber. โTrump Fed choice Stephen Moore withdraws amid controversy,โ AP, May 2, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 10Phil Kerpen. โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNSNews.com, April 24, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OhtxI
Kerpen and REINS
Kerpen has consistently written in favor of the the REINS (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny) Act of 2017. As DeSmog reported, REINS has long been a legislative priority for the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity and the Koch Industries and Koch-funded the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).11Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
REINS dictates that a โmajor rule shall not take effect unless the Congress enacts a joint resolution of approvalโ and won’t become law if Congress does not pass that resolution by โ70 session days or legislative days, as applicable.โ12Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
โThis radical departure from the longstanding separation of powers between the Executive and Legislative branches would delay and, in many cases, thwart implementation of statutory mandates and execution of duly-enacted laws, create business uncertainty, undermine much-needed protections of the American public, and cause unnecessary confusion,โ OMB wrote in July 2015.13โSTATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY H.R. 427 โ Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015โ (PDF), Executive Office of the President. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โBy replacing this well-established framework with a blanket requirement of Congressional approval, H.R. 427 would throw all major regulations into a months-long limbo, fostering uncertainty and impeding business investment that is vital to economic growth.โ
Then-President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Kerpen, in what appears to be his first official statement on the record on the tobic about REINS:
โI will sign the REINS Act should it reach my desk as President and more importantly I will work hard to get it passed,โ Trump said in a statement quoted in Kerpen’s December 30, 2016 op-ed in USA Today titled โIt’s time to rein in regulators.โ14Phil Kerpen. โIt’s time to rein in regulators,โ USA Today, December 30, 2016. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/eI8li
In his 2011 book Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him, written while he still worked for AFP, Kerpen devoted an entire chapter in support of REINS.15Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
During that time, AFP also ran ObamaChart.com, a website DeSmog tracked down using internet archives, which depicted the REINS legislation as the solution for reversing โhow it has become standard procedure in the Obama administration not to take no for an answer.โ16Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
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In the introduction to Democracy Denied, Kerpen says the book โis an extended commentary on the chartโ:17Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
โSupport for the REINS Act needs to be a basic litmus test for candidates for the House of Representatives, Senate, and president of the United States,โ wrote Kerpen in his book. โCandidates who refuse to promise to restore accountability for legislative decisions to Congress are not worthy of support.โ18Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
Kerpen and American Commitment later launched a social media campaign around REINS, and purchased the web domain REINSAct.com in July 2015, and started an online petition campaign advocating for REINS’ passage. A January 14, 2018 update of the petition readsL โSenator Rand Paul has introduced the REINS Act! President Trump wants this bill on his desk, let’s make sure it gets there.โ19โREINSAct.com: Congress Must Do Its Job,โ American Commitment. Last updated January 14, 2018. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/xKeFW
House to vote on REINS Act this week, tell your representative to Vote Yes! https://t.co/rXRzdy5KVK
โ American Commitment (@AmerComm) January 3, 2017
On December 20, 2016, AFP included passage of the REINS Act in its list of โ7 Things That Should Be On Everyoneโs Wishlist for Our New Congressโ and on January 4, the group published a press release calling for its passage, while Kerpen posted an article saying โWe were never closer to seeing REINS Act become law.โ20โ7 Things That Should Be On Everyoneโs Wishlist for Our New Congress,โ Americans for Prosperity, December 20, 2016. Archived December 28, 2016. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zq7DA 21โAFP Calls on House to Rein in Regulatory Overreach,โ Americans for Prosperity, January 4, 2017. Archived January 5, 2017. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/UwxEt 22Phil Kerpen. โWe were never closer to seeing REINS Act become law,โ Jackson Sun, January 4, 2017. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/HgFzO
Koch Industries first began lobbying on the REINS Act in the third quarter of 2010. Along with like-minded groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Heritage Foundation‘s Heritage Action for America.23LD02 Disclosure Form for Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, 10/19/2010. Retrieved from United States Senate Lobbying Disclosure Electronic Filig System. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 24โClients lobbying on H.R.3765: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2009,โ OpenSecrets.org. Accessed July 4, 2019.
Stance on Climate Change
November 17, 2016
In an article urging President Trump to abandon the Paris climate treaty, Kerpen claimed models showed โminimalโ global warming:25Phil Kerpen. โTRUMP SHOULD LET THE SENATE KILL OBAMAโS CLIMATE TREATY,โ American Commitment, November 17, 2016. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/tTHSW
โThe Midwest delivered the White House to Trump, who dominated among the working class voters who care far more about how much they are paying to fill up the gas tank and keep their lights on than they do about what United Nations computer models predict about the climate in decades or centuries โ the results of which show minimal change anyway,โ Kerpen wrote at American Commitment.
He added: โThe Paris treaty is a magnificent example of the bad deals made for America that ultimately paved Donald Trumpโs path to the White House.โ
October 25, 2010
At an event hosted by the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF), Kerpen claimed Americans for Prosperity doesn’t engage in climate science before immediately pivoting to question the science:26โPhil Kerpen: ‘We Don’t Engage The Science Of Global Warming’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โclimatebra,d November 17, 2010. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โWe don’t engage the science of global warming, or we try not to. [โฆ] The truth is, regardless of the climate sensitivity โ and I do think there’s some question about the sensitivity โ do you not? Do you think the GCMs [global climate models] are perfect in terms of the sensitivity to a doubling of CO2? [โฆ] I think that there’s actually a lot of questions [โฆ]โ27โPhil Kerpen: ‘We Don’t Engage The Science Of Global Warming’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โclimatebra,d November 17, 2010. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Key Quotes
July 2018
Commenting on a carbon tax bill introduced by Republican lawmaker Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), Kerpen was quoted in The Hill:28Miranda Green. โConservatives come out against carbon tax bill from GOP lawmaker,โ The Hill, July 23, 2018. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/zuGSc
โThere is no appreciation to be gained by the real Democrats by pretending to be a Democrat,โ Kerpen said of Curbelo. โThereโs a Republican consensus against this bill. Itโs a bad idea, and any Republican who is tempted to embrace it will see very little friends on both sides of the aisle.โ
August 2015
In an article entitled โObamaโs Draconian Carbon Caps โWill Bankruptโ the Coal Industry,โ Kerpen opposed cap-and-trade legislation in the Clean Powe Plan and urged state lawmakers to work against President Obama to block it:29Phil Kerpen. โObamaโs Draconian Carbon Caps โWill Bankruptโ the Coal Industry,โ CNSNews.com, August 7, 2015. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL:https://archive.fo/3rRXu
โThe Clean Power Grab similarly seeks to lock itself in permanently, even if eventually found illegal, by coercing states to do most of the dirty work of enacting draconian caps on fossil fuel use into state law,โ Kerpen claimed in the article at CNSNews. โThose laws would continue in effect after the EPA rule is struck down, and would create permanent rent-seeking corporate cronies who benefit from emissions trading and renewables mandates that would make the laws almost impossible to repeal.โ
โAll state leaders should protect their citizens from higher electricity prices and job losses by rejecting the Obama administrationโs call to submit a state plan,โ he concluded.
September 2009
As DeSmog reported, celebrating the removal of Van Jones from his position as a special advisor to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Kerpen wrote on his involvement.30Kevin Grandia. โThe Right Wing Attack Machine Behind the Van Jones Affair,โ DeSmog, September 9, 2009. 31Phil Kerpen. โHow Van Jones Happened and What We Need to Do Next,โ Fox News, September 6, 2009. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/G0MlW
โIt started July 9, when ‘FOX & Friends’ asked me if I’d come on the show the morning of July 10 to explain what ‘green jobs’ are. It meant an early morning the next day, but I was glad to do it, because exposing the green jobs scam is critical to fight cap-and-trade, my top legislative priority for the year. The producer asked me if I knew anything about green jobs ‘czar’ Van Jones. I didn’t but said I would find out.โ
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โI spent the next two weeks researching everything I could find about Jones and the Apollo Alliance (much of which is still to be published, including a forthcoming paper from the Capital Research Center next month), the national umbrella organization for coordinating between the environmentalists, the labor unions, and the social justice street organizers that Jones has served as a board member and a primary national spokesman for.โ
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โAs I explained previously on the FOX Forum, the push for ‘green jobs’ has everything to do with funding the far-left political activities that Van Jones so adamantly believed in. Green jobs are not economic jobs but political jobs, designed to funnel vast sums of taxpayer money to left-wing labor unions, environmental groups, and social justice community organizers.โ
Key Deeds
April 6, 2020
Phil Kerpen, representing American Commitment, is signatory to an American Energy Alliance letter to President Donald Trump supporting the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule which would scrap federal fuel economy mandates under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program.32CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 (PDF), American Energy Alliance.
Describing CAFE, the letter contends: โThose families and individuals who prefer or need trucks, SUVs, and crossovers pay more to subsidize those who buy smaller vehicles or electric vehicles under the existing mandate. This significant, needless, and unjust cost is a very real regressive tax on American families that has made our country worse off.โ33CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 (PDF), American Energy Alliance.
July 11, 2019
Phil Kerpen, representing American Commitment, was a signatory to an American Energy Alliance open letter to President Trump, congratulating him for rolling back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and urging him not to cut a deal with California to allow them to operate with separate regulations.34โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF), American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
โYour efforts to reform this mandate will save consumers money, preserve their choices, and ensure that the federal government, and not a single state, sets national policy,โ the letter reads.35โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF), American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
โThe existing mandate makes cars more expensive. โฆ In short, because of the mandate, those consumers who prefer trucks, SUVs, or crossovers pay more to subsidize those who buy smaller vehicles or electric vehicles.โ36โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF), American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
June 2019
Phil Kerpen said his staff at American Commitment had sent a โlarge bulk submissionโโamounting to nearly 1,600 commentsโsolicited from the group’s supporters supporting a freeze on fuel economy and emissions standards for vehicles proposed by the Trump administration, The New York Times reported.37Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
โWe canโt count on the automakers to carry this fight,โ Kerpen said, echoing sentiments by Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). A set of emails released as part of a freedom of information request by the Sierra Club revealed Ebell and CEI โweighed in at a critical juncture in the policymaking processโ to push Trump to roll back emissions standards.38Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
โThe automakers are not going to help and may be part of the opposition,โ wrote Ebell in a May 2018 email.39Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
โWe understand that some in the automaker community have expressed concerns about your current plans to reform the program,โ Ebell along with two other people that had assisted with the transition wrote in a May 10, 2018 letter to Trump. โTheir main concern is the expected legal battle with California,โ they wrote. โIn fact, what many liberal California politicians really want to do is ban gasoline-powered cars altogether.โ Their letter went on to say: โYou should dismiss this concern. We agree that in an ideal world, California would negotiate with you in good faith, but we all know that is not a reality in this current political climate.โ40Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
May 15, 2019
Phil Kerpen wrote an op-ed for the AP News arguing that Congress should let the electric vehicle tax credit expire.41โPhil Kerpen: Let the electric vehicle subsidies die on schedule,โ AP, May 15, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
May 9, 2019
Phil Kerpen of American Commitment was signatory to an open letter to Congress urging the discontinuation of the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit, DeSmog reported. The letter echoed a similar one from the previous September, which had also included many of the same signatories.42Ben Jervey. โKoch-Funded Groups Still Begging Congress to Kill the Electric Car Tax Credit,โ DeSmog, May 9, 2019. 43โDear Senator Grassley, Senator Wyden, Representative Neal and Representative Brady:โ (PDF). Retrieved from E&E News. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โThe American Energy Alliance (AEA) has organized a coalition to proclaim in one unified voice that there should be no expansion of the misguided electric vehicle tax credit,โ Tom Pyle, president of the AEA and a former lobbyist for Koch Industries, wrote in a statement, first published by The Daily Caller News Foundation.44โCONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โOVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โ The Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/me1Fe
Notably, that statement was published at 5:10 am EDT on Thursday, before the letter could have been delivered. Evidently, the Koch-funded think tanks gave the Koch-funded website an advance copy. The Daily Caller News Foundation has received more than $2.6 million from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation since 2013.
April 24, 2019
Phil Kerpen wrote an article at CNSNews.com suggesting that Stephen Mooreโwho is also listed as a board member of the American Commitment Foundationโwould be the best pick for the Federal Reserve.45Phil Kerpen. โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNSNews.com, April 24, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OhtxI
โStephen Moore would bring to the Fed decades of original economic thinking and an impressive track record of getting it right when so many others got it wrong. That’s why he’s the most qualified person for the job. And the most independent, too,โ Kerpen claimed in the article.46Phil Kerpen. โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNSNews.com, April 24, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OhtxI
March 18, 2019
Kerpen signed on to an open letter to President Trump supporting the creation of a proposed Presidentโs Commission on Climate Security that would be led by climate change denier William Happer.47โDear President Trumpโ (PDF), March 18, 2019. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โThe commission would consist of a small number of distinguished experts on climate-related science and national security. It would be charged with conducting an independent, high-level review of the Fourth National Climate Assessment and other official reports relating to climate and its implications for national security,โ the letter claims.48โDear President Trumpโ (PDF), March 18, 2019. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โAmong major issues that have been raised and that we hope the commission will scrutinize: the models used have assumed climate sensitivities to CO2 concentrations significantly higher than recent research warrants; the models used have predicted much more warming than has actually occurred; predictions of the negative impacts of global warming have been made based on implausible high-end emissions scenarios; the positive impacts of warming have been ignored or minimized; and surface temperature data sets have been manipulated to show more rapid warming than has actually occurred.โ49โDear President Trumpโ (PDF), March 18, 2019. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
April 23, 2018
American Commitment, represented by Phil Kerpen, was among 22 groups signed on to an open letter asking President Trump to ignore recent criticism of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.50โCoalition letter to the President on Scott Pruitt,โ (PDF), Heartland Institute, 2018. Archived .pdf on file with DeSmogBlog.
In a speech to the U.S. Senate, a group of Democratic senators identified the organizations as front groups for the Koch Brothers and other wealthy donors, nicknamed the โWeb of Deceit.โ The senators outlined how, in addition to funding from the Koch network, many of the groups use untraceable โdark moneyโ funneled through groups like Donors Capital Fund and Donors Trust to influence legislation, particularly with regards to climate and pollution., represented by Lisa B. Nelson, was among 22 groups signed on to an open letter asking President Trump to ignore recent criticism of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.51โCoalition letter to the President on Scott Pruitt,โ (PDF), Heartland Institute, 2018. Archived .pdf on file with DeSmogBlog.
Senator Whitehouse outlined it as โa web of deceit conceived and bankrolled by the Koch brothers and other self-interested billionaires to advocate for very selfish and unpatriotic policies.โ Whitehouse added: โThis web of deceit has infiltrated and populated the Trump administration, and it is swamping the interests of everyday Americans.52Senator Whitehouse. โTime to wake up: Web of Deceitโ April 23, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/HzIsa
March 28, 2018
Kerpen and American Commitment signed on to an open letter to then-EPA-Administrator Scott Pruitt calling for โthe revocation of Californiaโs waiver from the Clean Air Act, which allows the state to decouple from Federal policy and impose strict emission standards on automobiles.โ53โDear Administrator Pruittโ (PDF), March 28, 2018. Retrieved from the American Consumer Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โOur coalition calls for the repeal of the Clean Air Act waiver in California, while encouraging market solutions over wasteful taxpayer funding,โ the letter read.54โDear Administrator Pruittโ (PDF), March 28, 2018. Retrieved from the American Consumer Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
When asked about this at the BNEF Future of Energy Summit, the chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, told DeSmog, โI don’t think they’re going to do that.โ55Ben Jervey. โKoch vs. California: These Groups Are Pushing Pruitt to Undo the Stateโs Right to Regulate Auto Emissions,โ DeSmog, April 10, 2018.
February 12, 2018
Kerpen and American Commitment was part of a coalition led by Americans for Prosperity to oppose a federal gas tax increase. Groups joining AfP were groups including the National Taxpayers Union, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Tax Reform, Club for Growth, Heritage Action, and numerous others.56โAmericans For Prosperity Leads Coalition Against Gas Tax Hike,โ Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018. Archived February 20, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vNQMN
โRaising the gas tax is a bad idea. It will make the burden of government on families and businesses heavier,โ the coalition open letter read. While the Trump administration’s infrastructure proposal did not include a gas tax increase, AfP noted that several increases had been proposed.57โAmericans For Prosperity Leads Coalition Against Gas Tax Hike,โ Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018. Archived February 20, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vNQMN
July 12, 2017
American Commitment promoted a joint letter supporting the Davidson Climate Amendment that would prevent the Department of Defense from implementing policies or programs to combat climate change. American Commitment president Phil Kerpen was a signatory of the letter.58โJoint Letter in Support of Davidson Climate Amendment,โ American Commitment, July 12, 2017. Archived June 5, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Other signatories included Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, E. Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance, John Droz of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions, and Craig Idso of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change.59โJoint Letter in Support of Davidson Climate Amendment,โ American Commitment, July 12, 2017. Archived June 5, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
January 12, 2017
Phil Kerpen was a signatory to a official letter of support (PDF) for Scott Pruitt, in which numerous groups, including The Heartland Institute, American Energy Alliance (AEA), and others, declared that the Senate should โswiftly approve his nominationโ for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).60โDear Senators,โ (PDF), Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
May 31, 2017
Kerpen appeared on PBS NewsHour in a discussion on โWhat leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the worldโ:61โWhat leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the world,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โPBS NewsHour,โ May 31, 2017. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โI think the key point to understand is that the Paris treaty has no discernible impact on global average temperature, and therefore the alleged climate benefits are illusory,โ Kerpen said.
โThis is an agreement that if every country met its obligations according to the conventional EPA model would reduce global average temperature less than two-tenths of a degree in the year 2100. But of course, most of these countries are not meeting their obligations. [โฆ] The U.S. commitment would only avert an increase in temperature of about fifteen-thousandths of a degree by the year 2100.
So, there’s really not much upside here, but there’s tremendous downside because this agreement locks in those EPA regulations you were just talking about in the introductionโthe Clean Power Planโwhich increases electricity prices about twenty to thirty percent. That has a very negative impact on consumers across this country with no benefit to show for it.โ62โWhat leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the world,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โPBS NewsHour,โ May 31, 2017. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
2012
American Commitment launched an initiative, KeystoneXLNow.com, calling for the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and opposing a carbon tax.63โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
DeSmog reported on the launch of the then-new website in July 2012:64Emma Pullman. โLatest Pro-Keystone XL Website Backed by GOP Special Interest Group,โ DeSmog, July 27, 2012. 65โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
KeystoneXLNow.com invites users to send a message directly to the State Department to counterbalance โthe crazy lefties [who] are already pouring in comments to give Obama an excuse to kill the pipeline.โ The site calls on users to โpush back by filling the official State Department docket with comments demanding they stop stalling and approve the Keystone XL pipeline now!โ (emphasis added).66โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
KeystoneXLNow.com now redirects to a subdomain of American Commitment. The website registration for KeystoneXLnow.com shows the site was registered by Phil Kerpen.67โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
According to its website, American Commitment is โdedicated to restoring and protecting Americaโs core commitment to free markets, economic growth, Constitutionally-limited government, property rights, and individual freedom.โ68โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
October 2009
Kerpen, while working as AFPโs vice president of policy, moderated a panel at the AFPโs annual summit where the Competitive Enterprise Instituteโs Myron Ebell told AFP members that global warming is โphony.โ69Brad Johnson. โAmericans For Prosperity Lies: โWeโre Not Arguing The Science Of Climate Changeโ,โ ThinkProgress, October 25, 2010. Archived .mp4 video also on file at DeSmog.
The panel also included Phelim McAleer and Daniel Simmons.70Brad Johnson. โAmericans For Prosperity Lies: โWeโre Not Arguing The Science Of Climate Changeโ,โ ThinkProgress, October 25, 2010. Archived .mp4 video also on file at DeSmog.
Affiliations
- American Commitment โ President (Since Apr 2012).71โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Internet Freedom Coalition (IFC) โ Chairman.72โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Americans for Prosperity โ Vice president, policy (Dec 2006 โ Apr 2012).73โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Fiat Utopia, Inc. โ Owner (Aug 1999 โ Dec 2010).74โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Free Enterprise Fund โ Policy director (Jan 2005 โ June 2006).75โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Club for Growth โ Policy analyst (Jan 2000 โ Dec 2004).76โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Social Media
- Phil Kerpen on LinkedIn.
- @kerpen on Twitter.
- โPhil Kerpenโ on Facebook
Publications
Phil Kerpen is listed as an author at the conservative news source CNSnews.com. Below are some sample publications:
- โTrump Should Waive Jones Act for Puerto Rico, Let Them Buy American Energy,โ CNS NewsโJun 24, 2019.
- โCongress Should Let Electric Vehicle Subsidies Die,โ CNS NewsโMay 14, 2019.
- โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNS NewsโApr 24, 2019.
- โFCC Should Limit Locals from Piling Taxes and Fees onto Cable Bills,โ CNS NewsโMar 13, 2019.
- โFCC Should Open Up 5.9 GHz Spectrum for Faster, Better WiFi,โ CNS NewsโFeb 8, 2019.
- โTrump Admin Must Not Adopt Foreign Price Controls for Prescription Drugs,โ CNS NewsโJan 16, 2019.
- โDems Should Support Trump in Making Sure Electric Vehicle Tax Break for the Rich Phases Out,โ CNS NewsโNov 29, 2018.
- โDemocrats Voted to Take Health Care Away from Millions,โ CNS NewsโOct 22, 2018.
- โObama Appointee Action on Student Loan Trusts Could Cause Massively Negative Ripple Effects,โ CNS NewsโSep 14, 2018.
- โTrump Is Right to End Obama/California Backroom Fuel Economy Scheme,โ CNS NewsโAug 3, 2018.
- โA Lesson for the GOP: Political Appeasement Doesn’t Work,โ CNS NewsโJul 26, 2018.
- โNet Neutrality Is Really About Raising Taxes,โ CNS NewsโJun 14, 2018.
- โUpcoming Farm Bill Should Reform More Than Just Food Stamps,โ CNS NewsโMay 14, 2018.
- โFCC Should Open Up Faster, Better Wi-Fi Spectrum,โ CNS NewsโApr 3, 2018.
- โFDA Tobacco Policy Faces Key Test,โ CNS NewsโMar 16, 2018.
- โHysterical Leftist Claims Proliferate Net Neutrality Myth,โ CNS NewsโDec 5, 2017.
- โAmerica’s Last Chance to Repeal Obamacare?,โ CNS NewsโSep 14, 2017.
- โGOP Leaders Should Welcome Trump Move to End Congress’s Obamacare Bailout,โ CNS NewsโAug 14, 2017.
- โFCC to Reverse Obama-Era Regulations, Restore Internet Freedom,โ CNS NewsโMay 22, 2017.
- โWhy Hasn’t Trump Canceled Obama’s Onerous Climate Deal?,โ CNS NewsโMay 19, 2017.
- โTrump’s First 100 Days: Off to a Great Start,โ CNS NewsโApr 26, 2017.
- โNet Neutrality Noise and Its Ultimate Goal: Total Government Control,โ CNS NewsโApr 18, 2017.
- โOnline Privacy Vote Is Not About What You Thought,โ CNS NewsโMar 30, 2017.
- โTrump Should Pressure Congress, End Congressโรรดs Illegal Obamacare Exemption,โ CNS NewsโMar 27, 2017.
- โTrump Should Let Senate Kill Obama’s Paris Climate Treaty,โ CNS NewsโNov 21, 2016.
- โNew York Going Nuclear โ Forced to Bail Out Bogged Down Nuclear Power Plants,โ CNS NewsโSep 14, 2016.
- โUN Joins Green Group Activists in Anti-Energy Protest to Block N. Dakota Pipeline,โ CNS NewsโSep 2, 2016.
- โTaxpayers on the Hook as Obamacare Exchanges Near the Edge of Collapse,โ CNS NewsโAug 12, 2016.
- โFed Set to Unload Explosive Student Loan Rule That Will Dump Billions on Taxpayers,โ CNS NewsโAug 8, 2016.
- โObama’s FCC’s Internet Takeover Would Reduce Internet to a Public Utility,โ CNS NewsโJun 15, 2016.
- โObama Admin Plans End Run Around Congress with Obamacare Bailout Scheme,โ CNS NewsโMay 3, 2016.
- โCongress Should Flip the Switch and End Unauthorized Federal Spending,โ CNS NewsโMar 30, 2016.
- โSpeaker Ryan’s Disappointing Omnibus Spending Bill Has Free Speech Silver Lining,โ CNS NewsโDec 29, 2015.
- โObama’s Draconian Carbon Caps ‘Will Bankrupt’ the Coal Industry,โ CNS NewsโAug 7, 2015.
- โSenate Amendment Could Destroy Your Car’s Trade-In Value,โ CNS NewsโJul 22, 2015.
- โEnd the Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Scam,โ CNS NewsโApr 9, 2015.
- โDragooning the States, EPA to Hide Global Warming Tax in Utility Bills,โ CNS NewsโMar 30, 2015.
- โDeath Tax Punishes Virtues, Rewarding Vice; Repeal Would Create Over 100k Jobs,โ CNS NewsโMar 18, 2015.
- โAmerica On the Brink of Losing Constitutional Form of Government Forever,โ CNS NewsโMar 5, 2015.
- โObama’s Plan to Regulate the Internet Risks Content Control,โ CNS NewsโFeb 17, 2015.
- โSupreme Court Can Save Millions from Illegal Obamacare Taxes,โ CNS NewsโFeb 10, 2015.
- โOut-of-Control Environmental Activists at EPA Threaten States’ Highway Funding,โ CNS NewsโJan 29, 2015.
- โStates Should Force Wasteful Fed. to Cut Gas Tax,โ CNS NewsโJan 22, 2015.
- โLifting Fed’s Oil Export Ban ‘Would Add 630,000 New Jobs’ and Lower Prices More,โ CNS NewsโJan 14, 2015.
- โKeystone Fight Is About Much More,โ CNS NewsโJan 5, 2015.
- โ’Shameful’: 82.4 Percent of Medicaid Expansion Is Comprised of Childless Able-Bodied Adults,โ CNS NewsโDec 18, 2014.
- โQuestioning the Architect of Obamacare Deception, Jonathan Gruber,โ CNS NewsโDec 5, 2014.
- โObama’s Taxing Plan to Regulate the Internet,โ CNS NewsโNov 13, 2014.
- โStop Obama’s Internet Power Grab,โ CNS NewsโNov 10, 2014.
- โFirst, Kill the Filibuster,โ CNS NewsโNov 5, 2014.
- โConservative Group Wins MoveOn.org/MayDay.us Video Contest by Landslide,โ CNS NewsโOct 20, 2014.
- โMark Warner Appears to Have Committed a Crime to Advance Obamacare,โ CNS NewsโOct 13, 2014.
- โNew York Fed: Extended Unemployment Benefits Beget Greater Unemployment,โ CNS NewsโOct 8, 2014.
Books
- Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him. BenBella Books (October 18, 2011).
Other Resources
- โPhil Kerpen,โ SourceWatch profile.
- โPhil Kerpen,โ LittleSis profile.
- Phil Kerpen on Wikipedia.
Resources
- 1โPhil Kerpen,โ Old-Friends. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/RjXiO
- 2Jacqueline Otto. โProfiles in Liberty: Phil Kerpen,โ America’s Future Foundation, May 23, 2012. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/pa8DE
- 3โAbout,โ Freedom Partners. Archived May 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hWcnz
- 4โAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Commends Phil Kerpen, Wishes Him Well,โ Americans for Prosperity, April 12, 2012. Archived May 17, 2012. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/6rzhV
- 5โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 6โAbout Us,โ Internet Freedom Coalition. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/LToHc
- 7โCoalition Members,โ Internet Freedom Coalition. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KfhxN
- 8Jacqueline Otto. โProfiles in Liberty: Phil Kerpen,โ America’s Future Foundation, May 23, 2012. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/pa8DE
- 9Christopher Rugaber. โTrump Fed choice Stephen Moore withdraws amid controversy,โ AP, May 2, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 10Phil Kerpen. โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNSNews.com, April 24, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OhtxI
- 11Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
- 12Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
- 13โSTATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY H.R. 427 โ Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015โ (PDF), Executive Office of the President. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 14Phil Kerpen. โIt’s time to rein in regulators,โ USA Today, December 30, 2016. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/eI8li
- 15Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
- 16Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
- 17Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
- 18Steve Horn. โGOP Congress, Trump Already Pushing Koch Industries’ Bill to Hobble Regulatory Agencies,โ DeSmog, January 5, 2017.
- 19โREINSAct.com: Congress Must Do Its Job,โ American Commitment. Last updated January 14, 2018. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/xKeFW
- 20โ7 Things That Should Be On Everyoneโs Wishlist for Our New Congress,โ Americans for Prosperity, December 20, 2016. Archived December 28, 2016. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zq7DA
- 21โAFP Calls on House to Rein in Regulatory Overreach,โ Americans for Prosperity, January 4, 2017. Archived January 5, 2017. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/UwxEt
- 22Phil Kerpen. โWe were never closer to seeing REINS Act become law,โ Jackson Sun, January 4, 2017. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/HgFzO
- 23LD02 Disclosure Form for Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, 10/19/2010. Retrieved from United States Senate Lobbying Disclosure Electronic Filig System. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 24โClients lobbying on H.R.3765: Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2009,โ OpenSecrets.org. Accessed July 4, 2019.
- 25Phil Kerpen. โTRUMP SHOULD LET THE SENATE KILL OBAMAโS CLIMATE TREATY,โ American Commitment, November 17, 2016. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/tTHSW
- 26โPhil Kerpen: ‘We Don’t Engage The Science Of Global Warming’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โclimatebra,d November 17, 2010. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 27โPhil Kerpen: ‘We Don’t Engage The Science Of Global Warming’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โclimatebra,d November 17, 2010. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 28Miranda Green. โConservatives come out against carbon tax bill from GOP lawmaker,โ The Hill, July 23, 2018. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/zuGSc
- 29Phil Kerpen. โObamaโs Draconian Carbon Caps โWill Bankruptโ the Coal Industry,โ CNSNews.com, August 7, 2015. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL:https://archive.fo/3rRXu
- 30Kevin Grandia. โThe Right Wing Attack Machine Behind the Van Jones Affair,โ DeSmog, September 9, 2009.
- 31Phil Kerpen. โHow Van Jones Happened and What We Need to Do Next,โ Fox News, September 6, 2009. Archived July 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/G0MlW
- 32CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 (PDF), American Energy Alliance.
- 33CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 (PDF), American Energy Alliance.
- 34โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF), American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 35โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF), American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 36โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF), American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 37Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
- 38Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
- 39Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
- 40Hiroko Tabuchi. โClimate Change Denialists Dubbed Auto Makers the โOppositionโ in Fight Over Trumpโs Emissions Rollback,โ The New York Times, July 2, 2019. Archived July 3, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Dr5mP
- 41โPhil Kerpen: Let the electric vehicle subsidies die on schedule,โ AP, May 15, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 42Ben Jervey. โKoch-Funded Groups Still Begging Congress to Kill the Electric Car Tax Credit,โ DeSmog, May 9, 2019.
- 43โDear Senator Grassley, Senator Wyden, Representative Neal and Representative Brady:โ (PDF). Retrieved from E&E News. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 44โCONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โOVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โ The Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/me1Fe
- 45Phil Kerpen. โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNSNews.com, April 24, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OhtxI
- 46Phil Kerpen. โStephen Moore Does Not Lack Independence, Is Best Pick for Fed,โ CNSNews.com, April 24, 2019. Archived June 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/OhtxI
- 47โDear President Trumpโ (PDF), March 18, 2019. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 48โDear President Trumpโ (PDF), March 18, 2019. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 49โDear President Trumpโ (PDF), March 18, 2019. Retrieved from heartland.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 50โCoalition letter to the President on Scott Pruitt,โ (PDF), Heartland Institute, 2018. Archived .pdf on file with DeSmogBlog.
- 51โCoalition letter to the President on Scott Pruitt,โ (PDF), Heartland Institute, 2018. Archived .pdf on file with DeSmogBlog.
- 52Senator Whitehouse. โTime to wake up: Web of Deceitโ April 23, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/HzIsa
- 53โDear Administrator Pruittโ (PDF), March 28, 2018. Retrieved from the American Consumer Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 54โDear Administrator Pruittโ (PDF), March 28, 2018. Retrieved from the American Consumer Institute. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 55Ben Jervey. โKoch vs. California: These Groups Are Pushing Pruitt to Undo the Stateโs Right to Regulate Auto Emissions,โ DeSmog, April 10, 2018.
- 56โAmericans For Prosperity Leads Coalition Against Gas Tax Hike,โ Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018. Archived February 20, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vNQMN
- 57โAmericans For Prosperity Leads Coalition Against Gas Tax Hike,โ Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018. Archived February 20, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vNQMN
- 58โJoint Letter in Support of Davidson Climate Amendment,โ American Commitment, July 12, 2017. Archived June 5, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 59โJoint Letter in Support of Davidson Climate Amendment,โ American Commitment, July 12, 2017. Archived June 5, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 60โDear Senators,โ (PDF), Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 61โWhat leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the world,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โPBS NewsHour,โ May 31, 2017. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 62โWhat leaving the Paris Accord could mean for U.S. and the world,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โPBS NewsHour,โ May 31, 2017. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 63โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
- 64Emma Pullman. โLatest Pro-Keystone XL Website Backed by GOP Special Interest Group,โ DeSmog, July 27, 2012.
- 65โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
- 66โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
- 67โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
- 68โKeystoneXLNow.com: YES to Pipeline; NO to Steyer’s Carbon Tax,โ American Commitment. Archived September 21, 2015. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/toNEM
- 69Brad Johnson. โAmericans For Prosperity Lies: โWeโre Not Arguing The Science Of Climate Changeโ,โ ThinkProgress, October 25, 2010. Archived .mp4 video also on file at DeSmog.
- 70Brad Johnson. โAmericans For Prosperity Lies: โWeโre Not Arguing The Science Of Climate Changeโ,โ ThinkProgress, October 25, 2010. Archived .mp4 video also on file at DeSmog.
- 71โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 72โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 73โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 74โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 75โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 76โPhil Kerpen,โ LinkedIn. Accessed July 3, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.