Mark Mathis
Mark Mathis Credentials Background Mark Mathis is the president of Clear Energy Alliance (CEA), a company that produces videos and documentaries promoting fossil fuels and comparing climate change to Y2K. Mathis is a former TV news reporter and anchor. In 2005, Mathis founded the […]
James Bethell
James Bethell Credentials Background James Bethell, the 5th Baron Bethell, is a sitting Conservative hereditary peer, having made his name as a leading corporate lobbyist. Bethell co-founded the PR agency Westbourne Communications in 2009 with Stephan Shakespeare, founder of the public opinion polling company, YouGov, and the ConservativeHome website.1โConservative hereditary peersโ by-election, July 2018: result,โ […]
Daniel Simmons
Daniel Simmons Credentials Background Daniel R. Simmons is a conservative energy policy specialist and former fossil fuel lobbyist now leading the Department of Energyโs Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), where he had been the principal deputy assistant secretary. President Trump nominated Simmons to lead the EERE Office in May 2017.1Gavin Bade. โTrump […]
Kate Hoey
Kate Hoey Credentials Background Kate Hoey is the former Labour MP for Vauxhall and was a prominent Brexit-supporting figure within the Labour Party during the EU referendum. She was appointed by Prime Minister […]
Steve Baker
Steveย Baker Credentials Background Steve Baker was the Conservative MP for Wycombe between 2010-2024, after losing his seat in the July 2024 general election. Baker […]
Washington Coal Club
Washington Coal Club Background The Washington Coal Club is a District of Columbia non-profit corporation โthat meets monthly with knowledgeable speakers to discuss coal and industry related topics,โ according to a 2016 website archive. Note that as of 2017, the website washingtoncoalclub.org no longer appeared to be in operation.1 Homepage, Washington Coal Club. Archived October […]
John Redwood
John Redwood Credentials Background John Redwood is a Conservative Party politician and has been the MP for Wokingham since 1987. Between 1993 and 1995, Redwood held the position of Secretary of State for Wales under John Major, before resigning from the cabinet to stand against Major in the Conservative Party leadership election of June 1995. […]
Ruth Lea
Ruthย Lea Credentials Ruth Lea read economics and statistics at York and Bristol Universities and attended Lymm Grammar School in Cheshire, according to an archived keynote speaker profile. Background Ruth Lea is a political economist and former civil servant. A commentator on economic and political affairs, […]
Centre for Policy Studies
Background The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is a free-market thinktank founded by Sir Keith Joseph andย former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher in 1974, promoting an ideology of small government and economicย liberalism. Although the CPS claims to be non-partisan, historically it has been closely linked to the Conservative Party, with a strong influence on British […]
Matt Hancock
Matt Hancock Credentials Background Matt Hancock was a Conservative MP for West Suffolk between 2010-2024, and did not stand for re-election in the July 2024 general election. Following the Cabinet reshuffle on […]