Category: Front Groups
Alliance for Wise Energy DecisionsInstitute for Energy ResearchJohn Locke FoundationKoch BrothersManhattan InstituteWind
Who’s behind overblown claims about Fort Drum and wind farms?
Updated on October 5, 2017: We’ve updated this post with some additional information about the roles of anti-wind operative John Droz and the Koch-backed Institute for Energy Research. Fort Drum in...
George David Banks: Trump’s climate advisor worked with anti-wind and climate skeptic groups
George David Banks, a top advisor to President Trump on climate change, once worked as the “D.C. liaison” for the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED), a coalition of “individuals,...
Utility lobbyist praises response to Hurricane Irma power outages in the media
A lobbyist for Consumer Energy Alliance-Florida praised several utilities for their response to Hurricane Irma in a letter to the editor published by Jacksonville.com, but did not disclose that some...
AEP proposes to hike fixed charges in latest affront to low income customers
AEP Ohio’s proposal to increase fixed charges would hurt low-income customers, the same people this powerful electric utility pretends to represent when it attacks clean energy policies, and fits into...
Daniel Simmons: New head of EERE worked for groups that tried to “eliminate” it
Before Donald Trump appointed Daniel Simmons to lead the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Simmons worked for special interest groups that called on Congress to eliminate the same...
Travis Fisher: Author of Rick Perry’s grid study called clean energy policies a greater threat than terrorism
August 24, 2017 Update: The Department of Energy just released its long awaited grid study, along with a cover letter from Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. DOE staff was flooded...
EPA webpage that rejected climate denial is removed by Trump administration
An EPA webpage that rejected climate denial claims and defended the endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions has been removed by the Trump administration. It’s just one of many pages...
Rick Perry: Trump may try to preempt state renewable energy policies
Rick Perry said yesterday that the Trump administration is having “very classified” conversations about preempting state and local support for renewable energy under the pretense of national security. Perry’s remarks...
American Petroleum InstituteExxonMobilInstitute for Energy ResearchKoch BrothersRenewable Energy Standards
Ohio House debates renewable energy and misinformation abounds
The Ohio House of Representatives just debated and passed another bill to rollback the state’s renewable energy portfolio standard. Proponents of the bill – HB 114 – engaged in misleading...
Trump cites alternative facts about Clean Power Plan from NERA Economic Consulting
A White House fact-sheet on President Trump’s executive order targeting key U.S. climate change policies cited a controversial report by NERA Economic Consulting that was sponsored by the American Coalition...