Governors Coalition for Energy Security
Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) Background The Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) launched in September 2024, initially called the Governors’ Coalition for Energy Choice, with the stated goals of โfocusing on preserving all energy optionsโ to โfoster innovation, reduce regulatory barriers and attract business investment.โ1Mary Stuart. โDanielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who […]
Fusion Law Firm
Fusion Law PLLC Background Fusion Law, PLLC is a law firm founded by Paul Watkins, an attorney in Arizona, on April 4, 2022. Fusion describes its focus as โfederal and state litigation and regulatory issues involving finance and technologyโ […]
American Energy Institute
American Energy Institute (AEI) Background The American Energy Institute (AEI) is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by former Texas State Representative Jason Isaac in 2015. Originating as […]
CT Group
Background CT Group is an influential lobbying firm. CT Groupโs clients have included the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, mining giants BHP and Glencore, and the Legatum Institute (now the Prosperity Institute) โ a think tank with right-wing ties. CT Group was founded in Australia in 2002 as Crosby|Textor by Sir Lynton […]
Kathryn Porter
Credentials Background Kathryn Porter is an energy consultant and blogger who has worked with prominent British climate science denial groups including the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) and its sister campaign group Net Zero Watch, producing reports attempting to undermine the case for net zero. She has also worked for fossil fuel companies.1โKathryn Porter,โ SEPA […]
Robert L. Levy
Image credit: Still from Federalist Society video. Robert L. Levy Background Robert L. Levy is an American attorney who served for 17 years in the law department of ExxonMobil Corporation, one of the worldโs largest fossil fuel companies. Levyโs most recent role at Exxon was as Executive Counsel โ Issues and Advocacy,1โRobert L. Levy.โ The […]
Consumers’ Research
Consumers’ Research Background Consumersโ Research is a Virginia-based nonprofit that describes its mission as increasing โthe knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products, and services of concern to consumers and to promote the freedom to act on that knowledge and understanding.โ […]
Christopher Harborne
Credentials Background Christopher Harborne is a British Thailand-based businessman and a major donor to Nigel Farageโs party, Reform UK. In 2025, Harborne gave ยฃ12 million to Reform, including the […]
James Orr
Credentials Background Dr James Orr is an associate professor of philosophy of religion at the University of Cambridge and head of policy for the right-wing political party Reform UK.2Poppy Coburn. โReformโs new โkingmakerโ: The theologian friend of JD Vance,โ […]
Brunswick Group
Background Brunswick Group is an independent communications agency founded in 1987 by Sir Alan Parker. It has worked for at least 52 clients in the fossil fuel industry. Brunswick Groupโs fossil fuel clients in 2024 included Aramco (the worldโs […]