Lee Raymond
Lee R. Raymond (Deceased) 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 […]
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 โexperienced attorneys from the litigation, prosecutorial and classical liberal think tank worlds.โ According to its website, โGAO will engage in litigation to […]
George David Banks
George โDavidโ 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 โinternational climate policyโ 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 โthe highest-ranking Catholic figure to receive such a conviction,โ BBC News reported. Pell has appealed the ruling.1โGeorge 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 […]
Federalist Society
Federalist Society for Law and Public Policyย Studies Background The Federalist Society describes itself as a โa group of conservatives and libertarians interested in the current state of the legal orderโ and as a counter to law schools that are โdominated by a form of orthodox liberal ideology.โ1โAbout Usโ,ย Federalist Society. Archived May 1, 2018. Archive.is URL: […]
Andrew Wheeler
Andrewย Wheeler Credentials Background Andrew R. Wheeler,ย a lawyer and former coal industry lobbyist, is the 15th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He was approved to head the EPA on February 28, 2019. 2โAndrew Wheeler, former energy lobbyist, confirmed as nationโs top […]
Travis Fisher
Travis Fisher Credentials Background Travis Fisher is an economist and former adviser to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kevin McIntyre. Fisher was formerly an employee of the pro-fossil-fuel Institute for Energy Research (IER). Before working at IER, Fisher was an economist for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In August 2023,ย Fisher became theย Director of Energy […]