Knowledge and Progress Fund
Knowledge and Progress Fund Background The Knowledge and Progress Fund (KPF) is one of several Koch Family Foundations, and is controlled by Koch company director Richard Fink (President). Charles Koch, his wife Elizabeth B Koch, and his son, Charles (Chase) Koch, are all on the KPF board. The Koch brothers are co-owners of Koch Industries, […]
America Rising LLC | PAC | America Rising Squared | Definers Public Affairs
Americaย Rising America Rising and Affiliated Entities Background on America Rising America Rising LLC and America Rising PAC were founded in Spring of 2013,ย in response to perceived Democratic superiority in the field of opposition research. The related but distinct corporate entities are both commonly referred to as America Rising, and the entities are often confused. Most […]
Clexit
Climate Exitย (Clexit) Background Climate Exit (Clexit) is a climate science denial group formed shortly afterย the UKโs decision to leave the EU.ย According to Clexit’sย founding statement (PDF),ย โThe world must abandon this suicidal Global Warming crusade. Man does not and cannot control the climate.โ Asย DeSmog2Kyla Mandel. โMapped: The Cosy […]
Independent Committee on Geoethics
Independent Committee on Geoethicsย (ICG) Background The Independent Committee on Geoethics (ICG) was founded on October 17, 2015, at the โInternational Conference on Geoethicsโ in Prague, according to its website. Shortly after its creation, the Independent Committee on Geoethics co-sponsoredย the โParis Climate Challenge,โย an event hosted […]
Locke Institute
Locke Institute Background The Locke Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. The Institute endorses the propositions of John Locke, the Enlightenment philosopher, that individuals are possessed of inalienable rights to life, liberty, and property; and that it is the principal function of the state to uphold these rights, since free individuals […]
Kathleen Hartnett White
Kathleen Hartnett White Credentials Background Kathleen Hartnett White is the distinguished senior fellow-in-residence and director of the Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF). She is also a senior fellow of TPPF’s โLife:Poweredโ project, which promotes fossil fuel use. Hartnett White previously worked as Chairman and Commissioner of […]
Lawson Bader
Lawson R. Bader Credentials Background Lawson Bader is the President and CEO of both DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund, and the former president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute where he still serves as a member of the Board of Directors. 2โLawson […]
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer Credentials According to his biographical profile at the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin Cramer has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, a Masterโs degree in Management from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, and was conferred the degree of Doctor of Leadership, honoris causa, by the […]
Jeffrey R. Holmstead
Jeffrey R. Holmstead Credentials Background Jeffrey R. Holmstead is a partner and attorney for Bracewell LLP in Washington, DC (formerly Bracewell & Giuliani*) where he has headed their โEnvironmental Strategies Group (ESG)โ since 2006. The ESG reportedly works to โadvise and defend companies and business groups confronting major environmental and energy-development challenges, both domestically and […]
American Energy Alliance (AEA)
American Energy Alliance (AEA) Background The American Energy Allianceย is a 501(c)(4) not-for-profit organization founded in May, 2008. It is the advocacy arm of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Energy Research (IER).ย According to its website, the AEA โengages in grassroots public policy advocacy and debate concerning energy and environmental policies.โ1โAbout the AEA,โ American Energy Alliance. Archived […]