Kevin Mooney

Kevin Mooney Credentials Background Kevin Mooney is a Washington D.C.-based reporter for The Daily Signal, a publication of The Heritage Foundation, and a journalist at the Commonwealth Foundation. According to his personal website, Kevin Mooney’s work […]

Sir Christopher Chope

Christopher Chope Credentials Background Sir Christopher Chope is a trained barrister and has served as the Conservative MP for Christchurch in Dorset since 1997. He was the MP for Southampton between 1983 and 1992.1 Benjamin Butterworth. “Sir Christopher Chope: how he voted on gay marriage, women’s rights and Brexit,” iNews, June 15, 2018. Archived January […]

Australian Environment Foundation

Australian Environment Foundation Background The Australian Environment Foundation (AEF) is a charity founded in 2005 which, according to its website, “is a different kind of environment group” that “seeks to protect the environment, while preserving the rule of law, property rights, and the freedom of the individual.”  The AEF was established by the Institute of Public Affairs […]

Lee Raymond

Lee R. Raymond Credentials Background Lee R. Raymond was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil from 1999 until he retired in 2005 with a nearly $400 million severance package, one of the most generous in history. Raymond worked at Exxon and affiliates for his entire career. He served as director […]

Government Accountability and Oversight

Government Accountability and Oversight (GAO) Background Government Accountability and Oversight (GAO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit launched in the beginning of 2018 by “experienced attorneys from the litigation, prosecutorial and classical liberal think tank worlds.” According to its website, “GAO will engage in litigation to […]

George David Banks

George “David” Banks Credentials Background George David Banks is listed as executive vice president with the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF). In 2018, Banks was hired to be an expert on “international climate policy” for the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), leaving a prior position as an energy advisor in the […]

Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams Credentials Background Timothy Williams Jr. is the Deputy Director in the Office of External Affairs at the Interior Department under the Trump administration. Williams formerly served as the field director of the Nevada state branch of Americans for Prosperity (AfP), a front group founded by Koch Industries co-owner David Koch and Koch director […]

Mikko Paunio

Mikko Paunio Credentials Background Mikko Paunio is an epidemiologist who has worked for a number of public health institutions in his native Finland, as well as a brief spell at the World Bank, and is currently Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland.[1] As a researcher earlier in his […]

Cardinal George Pell

Cardinal George Pell Credentials Background Cardinal George Pell is a senior figure in the Roman Catholic Church. He was recently found guilty of sexual offences in Australia in February 2019. The judgement makes Pell “the highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction,” BBC News reported. Pell has appealed the ruling.1“George Pell: Cardinal found guilty […]

Free Market Environmental Law Clinic

Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FMELC) Background The Free Market Environmental Law Clinic (FMELC), formerly known as the George Mason Environmental Law Clinic, operates as litigation counsel for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal). According to public tax forms, FMELC’s business address is the home of David Schnare, the general counsel for E&E […]