Cambridge Analytica

Cambridge Analytica Background Cambridge Analytica (CA) was created in 2013 with an early focus on U.S. elections and bankrolled with $15 million in investments from the billionaire Republican donor Robert Mercer whose daughter, Rebekah Mercer, also served on the company’s board.1David Ingram. “Factbox: Who is Cambridge Analytica and what did it do?” Reuters, March 19, 2018. […]

Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG)

Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) Background The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) is a 501(c)(6) organization formed in 2007 and based in Washington D.C. DeSmog has reported on CLNG’s industry ties, and connection to the American Petroleum Institute (API). CLNG describes itself as a committee of the Natural Gas Supply Association.1“About CLNG,” Center […]

Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo Credentials Background Michael Richard “Mike” Pompeo was the U.S. Representative for Kansas’s 4th congressional district from 2011 until he was confirmed as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on January 23, 2017. Pompeo has been described as “the Koch brothers’ point man in the House,” with Koch Industries his single largest campaign contributor. […]

Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy Credentials Background James E. (Jim) Murphy, Jr. is a longtime Republican strategist. Jim Murphy joined Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign in June 2016 as its national political director. He […]

Albert Parker

Albert Parker (AKA Alberto Boretti) Credentials Background Albert Parker, also known as Alberto Boretti, was an associate professor in energy engineering at the University of Ballarat, where he listed his experience working for Fiat on internal combustion engines. Under the name Alberto Boretti, he was also associated with the Missouri University of Science and Technology […]

Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk (Deceased) Credentials Profile image by Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons. Background Charlie Kirk was the founder and executive director of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a youth conservative activist organization with the mission “to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government.”1“Meet the Founder,” Turning […]

Turning Point USA

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) Background Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a youth conservative activist organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk on June 5, 2012. According to […]

Oren Cass

Oren Cass Credentials Background Oren Cass is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute ( MI). According to his profile, Cass promotes “conservative policy approaches on poverty, climate change, environmental regulation, and international trade.” He regularly writes policy reports for MI on issues including climate change.1“Oren Cass,” Manhattan Institute. Archived March 8, 2018. Archive.is URL: […]

Peter Ridd

Peter Ridd Credentials Background Peter Ridd is a former professor at James Cook University in Australia. According to his profile at JCU, Ridd was a geophysicist with interests in “coastal oceanography, the effects of sediments on coral reefs, instrument development, geophysical sensing of the earth, past and future climates, atmospheric modelling.” Ridd was fired from […]

Manufacturers’ Accountability Project

Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) Background The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) quietly launched the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) in November 2017 to push back against climate change–related lawsuits affecting the manufacturing industry. The NAM claim that a “coordinated campaign jeopardizes the ability of all […]