Tag: anti-wind groups
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Trump misfires on windmills, coal in upstate New York
President Trump attacked subsidies for “windmills” this week while in upstate New York, but didn’t mention his multi-billion dollar plan to bail out the coal industry, which has backed some...
Source for Tucker Carlson anti-wind power story has ties to fossil fuel funded groups
Updated on August 15, 2018, with new information about the Tucker Carlson anti-wind power story that has now been postponed. Updated on August 14, 2018, with a summary of President Trump’s remarks...
Tom Stacy: A top anti-wind activist who got paid by a fossil fuel funded group
Tom Stacy once staked the credibility of his Ohio-based anti-wind power group on a claim that they had received “zero dollars and zero cents” from the energy industry, but that...
A Trump adviser’s emails shed light on a shadowy anti-clean energy network
Emails sent and received by Travis Fisher, an outgoing senior Trump administration official at the Department of Energy, shed light on a murky anti-clean energy network with ties to the...
Who’s behind a letter asking Congress to end the wind production tax credit?
A new letter asking Congress to end the wind production tax credit has ties to the Institute for Energy Research, a group that has received funding from the fossil fuel...
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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,...