Institute for Energy Research

Institute for Energy Research (IER) Background The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that “conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets,” according to its website. IER, founded in 1989 from a “predecessor non-profit organization,”1“About the […]

Virginia Institute for Public Policy

Virginia Institute for Public Policy (VIPP) Background The Virginia Institute for Public Policy (VIPP) is a think tank based in the U.S. with the goals of “individual opportunity and economic growth.” According to their website, the Institute “works ahead of the political process to lay the intellectual foundation for a society dedicated to individual liberty, […]

Tech Central Station

Tech Central Station (TCS, TCS Daily) Background Tech Central Station (TCS) is a now-defunct website that published commentary, news and analysis. From its founding in 2000 until fall 2006, TCS was run by the Republican lobbying firm DCI group and hosted by James K. Glassman, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).1 “About […]

Gerrit Cornelis van Kooten

Gerrit Cornelis van Kooten Credentials Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University (1982)  M.A. (Economics), University of Alberta (1974)3“Curriculum Vitae,” G Cornelis van Kooten. Archived January 6, 2022. […]

Lewis Page

Lewis Page Credentials Background Lewis Page served as an officer in the Royal Navy from 1993 to 2004, and is now an author and authority on military matters. His books include Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs: Waste and Blundering in the Military which was published in 2006. He is a regular contributor to The Register and […]

Niger Innis

Niger Innis Credentials Background Niger Innis is the National Spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), a group that has recently aligned itself with numerous conservative think tanks and “anti-environmental” organizations while maintaining a stance skeptical of man-made climate change. He is also the son of CORE National Chairman and CEO Roy Innis. CORE […]

Bo Nordell

Bo Anders Nordell Credentials Background As of January, 2003, Bo Nordell has been the head of the Division for Renewable Energy at Luleå University where he is also a professor. He has worked in the fields of thermal energy storage, and “Snow/ice-related problems.” Bo Nordell is skeptical that carbon dioxide has a large influence on […]

Richard Fink

Richard H. Fink Credentials Bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in economics from Rutgers, UCLA and New York University, respectively. Background Richard H. Fink is the former executive vice president and a member of the board of directors at Koch Industries, Inc. He has been involved […]

Gabriel Calzada

Gabriel Calzada Alvarez Credentials Background Gabriel Calzada Alvarez is the founder and president of the Instituto Juan de Mariana, a libertarian think tank based in Spain. He has been an Associate Professor of Economics at King Juan Carlos University in Spain since 2004 and Vice-Director of the scholarly Procesos de Mercado. He has been a […]

Instituto Juan de Mariana

Instituto Juan de Mariana (IJM) Background The Instituto Juan de Mariana (IJM) is a private nonprofit group founded in 2005 by Gabriel Calzada, a climate change skeptic with connections to other conservative think tanks including the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Centre for the New Europe, and the Libertarian Alliance.1“The Institute” (Translated from Spanish via Google), […]