Rick Perry
Rick Perry Credentials Background Former Texas Republican Governor James Richard (Rick) Perry was Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, approved for the position in January 2017. He served as Secretary of Energy until stepping down late 2019.1Naveena Sadasivam. โGet Ready, America: Rick Perryโs Environmental and Energy Record is Awful,โ The Texas […]
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney Credentials Background John Michael โMickโ Mulvaney is a Representative from South Carolina. He was a member of the South Carolina state house of representatives from 2007 to 2009, member of the South Carolina Senate from 2009 to 2010, and elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the three succeeding […]
Greening Earth Society
Greening Earth Society (GES) Background The Greening Earth Society was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by the Western Fuels Association (WFA) in 1997 โas a vehicle for advocacy on climate change, the environmental impact of CO2, and fossil fuel useโ (this according to an archived version of the GES website).1โJoin GES,โ Greeningearthsociety.org. Archived March 8, […]
Mike Pence
Mike Pence Credentials Background Michael Richard โMikeโย Pence is Vice President of the United States. Prior to joining the administration of Donald J. Trump, Pence was the 50th Governor of Indiana. Before he became Governor in 2013, Mike Pence worked for six terms in Congress. While a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pence served on […]
Alex Fitzsimmons
Alex Fitzsimmons Credentials Background Alex Fitzsimmons was the Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) before getting promoted to Chief of Staff and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency at DOE in February 2020. He transitioned from DOE to become senior program […]
Jack N. Gerard
Jack N. Gerard Credentials Background Jack N. Gerard is former President, CEO, and a lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute (API), a national trade association that โrepresents all aspects of Americaโs oil and natural gas industry.โ Prior to working with API, Gerard was President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), where he also […]
Fred Palmer
Fred Palmer Credentials Background Fredrick D. Palmer was the senior vice president of government relations for Peabody Energy Corporation from 2001 to June 2015, also serving on the Executive Leadership Team until 2014. Most recently he worked as Peabody’s Special Advisor to the Office of Peabody’s Executive Chairman before joining the public relations firm Total […]
Scott Pruitt
Scott Pruitt Credentials Background E. Scott Pruitt served as the 14th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Trump Administration until resigning in July 2018 following a series of ethics scandals. Pruitt formerly served as the Oklahoma Attorney General, a position he held since November, 2010.1โAbout the Attorney General,โ Oklahoma Office of the […]
Roger Pielke Jr.
Roger Pielke Jr. Credentials Background Roger Pielke Jr.ย is a climate science policy writer who formerly worked at the University of Colorado Boulder before leaving academia in 2024 to join the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) as a nonresident senior fellow.2“Scholars: Roger Pielke […]
Marlo Lewis, Jr.
Marlo Lewis, Jr. Credentials Background Marlo Lewis is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a group that has received funding from a range of energy industry groups and conservative foundations such as the Koch family foundations, ExxonMobil, Texaco, Arch Coal, and the American Petroleum Institute (API) among others.1โCompetitive Enterprise Institute,โ Conservative Transparency. […]
