AA
The AA Category: Motoring Organisation The AA is the UK’s largest motoring organisation, with over 15 million members according to its website. As well as providing breakdown cover, it also offers vehicle insurance, loans and motoring advice, among other services. Although the AA has made public comments in support of air quality measures and been a vocal […]
Partnership for Energy Progress
Partnership for Energy Progress Background The Partnership for Energy Progress (PEPNW) describes itself as a “collaboration of utilities, farmers, workers, small and large businesses, and community advocates across the Northwest” with the stated goal to “communicate the work we do to provide reliable, affordable energy to homes and businesses, and highlight the progress we’re making […]
Katie Hopkins
Katie Hopkins Credentials Background Katie Hopkins is a British media personality and journalist. She is regularly described as a “far-right commentator” and currently writes for FrontPage Magazine, an online political website edited by David Horowitz, an American conservative writer and funder with ties to youth conservative group Turning Point USA.1Ben Quinn. “Tommy Robinson given nine-month […]
Transportation Fairness Alliance
Transportation Fairness Alliance Background The Transportation Fairness Alliance describes itself as “a diverse partnership of businesses, associations and organizations that support a competitive and equitable transportation sector.”1 “About Us,” Transportation Fairness Alliance. Archived May 27, 2020. Archive URL: https://archive.vn/DWmQn The coalition includes the American Petroleum Institute (API), the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), the […]
Tim Worstall
Tim Worstall Credentials Background Tim Worstall is a writer and Senior Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute, a UK-based free-market think tank with strong links to the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Policy Studies, all of which have cast doubt on climate science and green energy regulations.1“Fellows and Senior Fellows,” Adam Smith […]
Dominic Lawson
Dominic Lawson Credentials Background Dominic Lawson is a British journalist who writes columns for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times. He is the son of Nigel Lawson, former Conservative chancellor of the exchequer under Margaret Thatcher and founder of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the UK’s most prominent climate science denial group.1“Dominic Lawson for […]
Burn More Coal
Burn More Coal (BMC) Background Burn More Coal (BMC) is an activist shareholder group founded by JunkScience.com publisher Steve Milloy and Heartland Institute senior fellow Fred Palmer. Milloy previously worked for Murray Energy Corp., one of the largest coal producers in the United States, and Palmer held top positions at Peabody Energy Corporation and the Western Fuels […]
Richard Epstein
Richard A. Epstein Credentials Background Richard A. Epstein is a legal scholar and author. He is the Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, a think tank affiliated with Stanford University, and the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law […]
Michael O’Leary
Michael O’Leary Credentials Background Michael O’Leary is the CEO of Irish budget airline Ryanair.1 Andrew Clark. “The Guardian profile: Michael O’Leary,” Guardian, June 24, 2005. Archived April 15, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/qQjX3 Although Ryanair claims it is “Europe’s greenest and cleanest airline”, in 2019 the company was ranked as the 10thlargest emitter in Europe behind […]
Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL)
Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL) Background The Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL) is a Netherlands-based climate science denial group founded in 2019 by retired professor of geophysics Guus Berkhout and journalist Marcel Crok. Its principal view is that “there is no climate […]