World Climate Report

World Climate Report (WCR) Background The World Climate Report (WCR), is a โ€œresearch reviewโ€ and blog edited by Patrick Michaels, funded by the Western Fuels Association (WFA), and associated with the WFA’s Greening Earth Society (GES). New Hope Environmental Services (NHES), a consulting firm run by Patrick Michaels, also claimed WCR as its bi-weekly newsletter. […]

Intermountain Rural Electric Association

Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) – CORE Electric Cooperative Background The Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA), rebranded in 2021 as CORE Electric Cooperative, describes itself as the largest electric distribution cooperative in […]

National Association of Manufacturers

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Background The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) describes itself as the largest manufacturing association in the United States and claims to represent โ€œsmall and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 statesโ€ by working โ€œon the front lines of a wide range of policy battles, from immigration […]

Coalition for Regulatory Innovation

Coalition for Regulatoryย Innovation Background The Coalition for Regulatory Innovationย was created byย The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)ย and North Americaโ€™s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and includesย representation from a range of industry groups such asย American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM),ย American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF), theย National Automobile Dealers Association, and numerous others.1โ€œCoalition Members,โ€ Coalitionย for Regulatory Innovation. Archived September […]

Western States Petroleum Association

Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) Background The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), founded in 1907, describes itself as the oldest petroleum trade association in the United States. WSPA maintains headquarters in Sacramento, California with additional offices across theย westernย states. Membership of WSPA includes large petroleum and energy companies such as Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips, Exxon, Shell, and […]

National Mining Association

National Mining Association (NMA) Background The National Mining Association (NMA) is a nation-wide 501(c)(6) non-profit trade organization representing mining and mineral companies in the United States. It was formed in 1995 through the merger of the National Coal Association (NCA), which had represented the mining industry since as early as 1917, and the American Mining […]

Dennis Prager

Dennisย Prager Credentials Dennis Prager attended Brooklyn College and graduated with a double major in anthropology and history. From 1970โ€“72, he attended the Middle East and Russian Institutes at the Columbia University School of International Affairs, however he left graduate school to write an introduction to Judaism.1Sara E. Karesh; Mitchell M. Hurvitz (2005). Encyclopedia of Judaism. […]

Arthur C. Brooks

Arthur C.ย Brooks Credentials Background Arthur C. Brooks was the President ofย the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)ย from January 1, 2009 to July 2019 when he stepped down. He is also the AEIย Beth and Ravenel Curry Scholar in Free Enterprise. The […]

Consumer Choice Center

Consumer Choice Center (CCC) Background The Consumer Choice Centerย (CCC) is a 501(C)(3) organizationย that was set up in March 2017 andย promoted asย โ€œa grassroots-led movementโ€ย thatย โ€œempowers consumers across the globe.โ€ 2Consumer Choice […]

Center for Energy and Economic Development

Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) Background The Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) began in 1992 as a โ€œpartnership between theย U.S.ย coal and rail industries.โ€ The president ofย CEEDย was Stephen L. Miller and the founding chairman of the board was John Snow, President andย CEOย ofย CSXย Corporation. CSX Corporation is a major transporter of coal to electricity […]