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<div>evil not wr:</div><div><div class="profile-main-content the-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 60px; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">enji Backer is an environmentalist activist who associates with the Republican Party politically. He is the founder and president of <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/american-conservation-coalition-acc/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">American Conservation Coalition</a> (ACC), a nominally right-leaning environmentalist organization with financial ties to left-wing environmentalist groups.</p><div class="profile-toc" id="profile-toc" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; display: inline-block; padding: 24px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); max-width: 400px; min-width: 225px;"><h4 class="profile-tocheading" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 12.6px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; text-align: center;">CONTENTS</h4><div class="profile-tocinner" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="first" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#american-conservation-coalition" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">American Conservation Coalition</a></li><li class="last" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#political-activities" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Political Activities</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#references" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">References</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#connected-orgs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Connected Organizations</a></li></ul></div></div><h2 id="american-conservation-coalition" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 20px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202);">American Conservation Coalition</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">In 2017, Backer and other conservative students at the University of Washington started the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/american-conservation-coalition-acc/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">American Conservation Coalition</a> to advocate for market-based approaches to environmental regulation. The organization works on 220 college campuses across the country. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[1]</a></span> <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[2]</a></span> Backer has said that the ACC was founded to give “conservatives a voice” on environmental issues. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[3]</a></span> Critics from the right have pointed out that ACC has taken funding from the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">William and Flora Hewlett Foundation</a>, a left-of-center grantmaking organization. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[4]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer and the ACC support pro-business policies and Backer has said that public-private partnerships are the most effective means of addressing climate change and promoting renewable energies. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[5]</a></span> He has promoted the ACC’s America Climate Contract, which is a conservative alternative to the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/hub/green-new-deal/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Green New Deal</a>, which he considers to be unrealistic. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[6]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer testified in September 2019 to a joint hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment and the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[7]</a></span> Left-wing climate activists like Greta Thunberg also testified at the hearing. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[8]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">In September 2020, during the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, Backer said, “If President Trump wants to get my vote, he’s going to have to prioritize climate change in a way that he has not done over the past four years.” <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[9]</a></span> In January 2021, Backer said he looked forward to working with the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/government-agency/biden-administration/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Biden administration</a> so conservatives and Republicans would have a seat at the table on climate change issues. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[10]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">In March 2021, Backer co-wrote an op-ed in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Washington Examiner</em> with House Minority Leader <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kevin_McCarthy_(California)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), Rep. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Newhouse" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Dan Newhouse</a> (R-WA), and Rep. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bruce_Westerman" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Bruce Westerman</a> (R-AR). They wrote that the supposed trade-off between a clean environment and healthy economy was a false choice and noted the Republican Party’s long history on environmental issues, including establishing the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/government-agency/u-s-environmental-protection-agency/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Environmental Protection Agency</a> and President Teddy Roosevelt’s conservation legacy. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-11" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-11" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[11]</a></span></p><h2 id="political-activities" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 20px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202);">Political Activities</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer volunteered for Republican political campaigns in Wisconsin before he was old enough to vote. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[12]</a></span> He first became involved in politics by campaigning for 2008 Republican presidential nominee Sen. <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/political-party/mccain-2008-presidential-campaign/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">John McCain</a> (R-AZ) at the age of 10. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-13" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-13" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[13]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer was the co-chairman of Young Americans for <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mitt_Romney" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Mitt Romney</a> during the 2012 presidential election<span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-14" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-14" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[14]</a></span> and made more than 22,000 phone calls as a Republican volunteer. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-15" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-15" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[15]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer has been a commentator for several national media outlets, including CNBC, Fox News, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hill</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Washington Examiner</em>, Townhall, and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Independent</em>. He was a speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2014 and 2016. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-16" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-16" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[16]</a></span> <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-17" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-17" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[17]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer was on the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Forbes</em> magazine “30 Under 30” list in 2019, as well as the 30-under-30 lists of GreenBiz and Red Alert. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-18" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-18" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[18]</a></span> ABC News named him one of the “5 youth climate activists you need to know.” <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-19" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-19" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[19]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Backer sits on the board of the Mainstream Republicans of Washington and is a member of the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/wisconsin-conservative-energy-forum/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum</a>’s Leadership Council. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-20" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-20" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[20]</a></span> <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-21" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-21" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[21]</a></span> He is a 2020 graduate of the University of Washington and grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-22" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-22" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[22]</a></span> <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-23" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#note-23" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 2px; display: inline-block; opacity: 0.7; font-size: 13px;">[23]</a></span></p></div><div class="profile-section" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 60px; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h4 class="content-box-subheading" id="references" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 30px; font-size: 20px; border-top: 4px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); 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Accessed June 5, 2021. <a href="https://crosscut.com/author/benji-backer" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">https://crosscut.com/author/benji-backer</a> <a class="profile-referenceback-link" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#ref-22" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;"></a></li><li class="profile-reference" id="note-23" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 15px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s;">“Benji Backer.” National Ocean Industries Association. Accessed June 5, 2021. <a href="https://www.noia.org/noia-2020-fall-meeting/noia-2020-fall-meeting-speakers/benji-backer/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">https://www.noia.org/noia-2020-fall-meeting/noia-2020-fall-meeting-speakers/benji-backer/</a> <a class="profile-referenceback-link" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/person/benji-backer/#ref-23" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;"></a></li></ol></div><div class="profile-section" id="connected-orgs" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h4 class="content-box-subheading" id="references" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 30px; font-size: 20px; border-top: 4px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding-top: 10px; font-style: italic; display: flex;"><div class="content-box-subheadingtext" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1;">Connected Organizations</div></h4><ol class="connected-profiles-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; list-style-type: none; padding: 0px;"><li class="profile-tease profile-tease--small" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 7.5px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><h6 class="profile-teasetitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 7.5px; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/american-conservation-coalition-acc/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">American Conservation Coalition (ACC) (Non-profit)</a></h6><div class="profile-teasemeta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: rgb(125, 125, 125); margin-bottom: 0px;">PRESIDENT</div></li><li class="profile-tease profile-tease--small" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 7.5px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><h6 class="profile-teasetitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 7.5px; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/energy-choice-coalition/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Energy Choice Coalition (Non-profit)</a></h6><div class="profile-teasemeta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: rgb(125, 125, 125); margin-bottom: 0px;">ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER</div></li><li class="profile-tease profile-tease--small" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h6 class="profile-teasetitle" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 7.5px; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/wisconsin-conservative-energy-forum/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum (Non-profit)</a></h6><div class="profile-teasemeta" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: rgb(125, 125, 125); margin-bottom: 0px;">LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER</div></li></ol></div></div><table class="profile-sidebarlist dl-horizontal" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Montserrat, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; table-layout: fixed; width: 279.438px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">website:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.energychoicecoalition.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">www.energychoicecoalition.org</a></p></td></tr><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">Location:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;">Washington, DC</p></td></tr><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">Tax ID:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;">82-1822843</p></td></tr><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">Tax-Exempt Status:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;">501(c)(6) <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/energy-choice-coalition/#" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="top" title="" data-original-title="Business Leagues, Chambers of Commerce, Real Estate Boards, etc." style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;"><span class="fa fa-question-circle" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1; font-family: FontAwesome; font-size: inherit; text-rendering: auto; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" /></a></p></td></tr><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">Formation:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;">2017</p></td></tr><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">Type:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;">Environmentalist Advocacy Group</p></td></tr><tr class="profile-sidebarlist-row" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td class="profile-sidebarlist-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; width: 111.771px; vertical-align: top; font-weight: 800; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);">Executive Director:</td><td class="profile-sidebarlist-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 7px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; hyphens: auto; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;">Robert Dillon</p></td></tr></tbody></table>