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 […]

Ross Clark

Ross Clark Credentials Background Ross Clark is a British journalist who has written for the Spectator, the Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, and the Sun. Clark regularly questions climate science in columns for the Spectator, arguing, for instance, that while “climatic observations” should be trusted, predictions should be taken with “a […]

Sherelle Jacobs

Sherelle Jacobs Credentials Background Sherelle Jacobs is a British journalist, currently Head of Online Comment at The Daily Telegraph and a former contributor to The Guardian.1 “@Sherelle_E_J,” Twitter bio. Archived March 27, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/J0KLx 2 “Sherelle Jacobs”, Telegraph. Archived March 27, 2020. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/4zfU3 3 “Sherelle Jacobs,” Guardian. Archived March 27, 2020. […]

Frank Lasée

Frank Lasée Credentials Background Frank Lasée is a former Wisconsin state legislator. He was elected president of the Heartland Institute in July 2019, succeeding former Heartland president Tim Huelskamp. Before working at Heartland, Lasée served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 2011 to 2017, and in the State Assembly from 1994 to 2008. Lasée was […]

Jennifer Fielder

Jennifer Fielder Credentials Background Jennifer Fielder is the “acting/volunteer” CEO of the American Lands Council, a group that advocates for transferring control of federal public lands to the states. In 2020, Jennifer Fielder was elected to a seat on the Montana Public Service Commission. She […]

Charles Moore

Charles Moore Credentials Background Charles Moore is a journalist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Spectator. Moore was a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the UK’s most prominent climate science denial campaign group, between 2015 and 2023.2“Charles Moore Joins GWPF Board […]

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson Credentials Background Jeremy Clarkson is a broadcaster and journalist best known for the BBC motoring programme Top Gear from which he was dismissed in 2015 after a assaulting producer Oisin Tymon.1 “Jeremy Clarkson,” Top Gear. Archived February 19, 2020. Archive URL: http://archive.fo/gwNoy 2 Tara Conlan. “Jeremy Clarkson apologises to former Top Gear producer […]

Naomi Seibt

Naomi Seibt Credentials Background Naomi Seibt is a German YouTube “influencer” who has been described in the media as the “anti-Greta,” in reference to Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Thunberg was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year and has become the face for youth climate action. Naomi Seibt joined the Heartland Institute‘s Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and […]

Energy 45 Fund

Energy 45 Fund Background The Energy 45 Fund (Energy 45) is a nonprofit organization created by Mandy Gunasekara, a longtime Republican climate, energy and environment strategist and former Trump administration official. Energy 45 describes itself as “a Jackson, Mississippi based 501(c)(4) non-profit educational organization dedicated to informing the public about the environmental and economic gains made under […]