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jlf desmog

July 12, 2016

The John Locke Foundation (JLF), represented by Kory Swanson, was among 22 groups represented in a “Coalition” open letterpushing back against what the Heartland Institute describes as an “affront to free speech.” The groups are responding to the recent Web of Denial Resolution brought up in the Senate, calling out fossil fuel industry-funded groups denying climate change.³⁶

According to the Climate Investigations Center, all but one of the open letter’s signatory organizations have taken money (totalling at least $92 million since 1997) from the “climate denial web” including Koch Brothers’ various foundations, ExxonMobil, and two “Dark Money” organizations, Donors Trust and Donors Capital Fund.³⁷

Championed by Senators Whitehouse, Markey, Schatz, Boxer, Merkley, Warren, Sanders, and Franken, the resolution condemns what they are calling the #WebOfDenial— “interconnected groups – funded by the Koch brothers, major fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil and Peabody Coal, identity-scrubbing groups like Donors Trust and Donors Capital, and their allies – developed and executed a massive campaign to deceive the public about climate change to halt climate action and protect their bottom lines.”³⁸

The open letter addresses the senators, calling them “tyrants”:

“We hear you. Your threat is clear: There is a heavy and inconvenient cost to disagreeing with you. Calls for debate will be met with political retribution. That’s called tyranny. And, we reject it.”³⁹

The full list of signatories and their respective organizations is as follows:

Grover Norquist — Americans for Tax Reform
Lisa B. Nelson — American Legislative Exchange Council
John A. Charles, Jr.— Cascade Policy Institute
David Rothbard— Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
Kent Lassman — Competitive Enterprise Institute
Nicole Neily — Franklin Center for Government and Policy Integrity
Benita Dodd — Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Bridgett Wagner — The Heritage Foundation
Fred Birnbaum — Idaho Freedom Foundation
Joseph Bast — The Heartland Institute
J. Robert McClure III —James Madison Institute
Brett Healy — The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy
Kory Swanson — John Locke Foundation
Dave Trabert — Kansas Policy Institute
Jason Hayes — Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Brent Mead — Montana Policy Institute
Sharon J. Rossie — Nevada Policy Research Institute
Sally Pipes — Pacific Research Institute
Kevin Kane —Pelican Institute for Public Policy
Paul J. Gessing — Rio Grande Foundation
Lynn Taylor — Virginia Institute for Public Policy
Carol Platt Liebau — Yankee Institute for Public Policy

stinktank

~ medicare

...API has championed charter schools in Alabama.^[15] It strongly supports the Alabama Accountability Act, which expanded school choice and school vouchers in the state.^[16][17] API was a proponent of both the Marriage Act, passed in 1998, and Alabama Amendment 774, which was approved by 81% of Alabama voters in 2006.^[18]

In 2014, API released a report titled Alabama's Environment 2014: Six Critical Indicators. It covered energy, air quality, water quality, forests and land, toxic release inventory and climate change. It provided a positive outlook on the state of the environment, arguing that the nation's air quality and the environment in general are improving.^{[19][20][21]...}

MRC desmog

March 23, 2020

As reported at DeSmog,18 Life:Powered sent a letter to Congress critical of the COVID-19 stimulus package for including “tax incentives and spending for unreliable ‘green’ energy programs.”19

The letter, to which the Media Research Center is a signatory, concludes:20

“This is no time for political games. Climate change is not an immediate threat to humanity. Climate-related deaths have declined 98.9% in the last century, and humanity is growing more and more resilient thanks to the availability of affordable, reliable energy. On behalf of all Americans, we urge you to oppose any stimulus proposals that carve out special treatment for or bail out any energy companies and focus instead on stopping COVID-19.”

The full list of signatories is below:21

Name Title Organization

Jason Isaac Senior Manager & Distinguished Fellow Life:Powered/Texas Public Policy Foundation

Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute

Bette Grande CEO Roughrider Policy Center

Ellen Weaver President & CEO Palmetto Promise Institute

Isaac Orr Policy Fellow Center of the American Experiment

Bethany Marcum Executive Director Alaska Policy Forum

David T. Stevenson Director, Center for Energy and Environment Caesar Rodney Institute

Donald van der Vaart Senior Fellow John Locke Foundation

Jason Hayes Director of Environmental Policy Mackinac Center for Public Policy

John Droz, Jr. Founder Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions

George K. Rasley, Jr. Managing Editor ConservativeHQ.com

Becky Norton Dunlop Former Secretary of Natural Resources Commonwealth of Virginia

James L. Martin Founder/Chairman 60 Plus Association

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis President 60 PlusAssociation

Ken Blackwell Senior Fellow Family Research Council

Eunie Smith President Eagle Forum

Jenny Beth Martin Honorary Chairman Tea Party Patriots Action

Jon Caldara President Independence Institute

L. Brent Bozell, III Founder and President Media Research Center

Jason Pye Vice President of Legislative Affairs FreedomWorks

Jameson Taylor Vice President for Policy Mississippi Center for Public Policy

Carol Platt Liebau President Yankee Institute

Mike Stenhouse CEO Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity

Daniel Erspamer CEO Pelican Institute for Public Policy

Christian N. Braunlich President Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy

Todd Myers Environmental Director Washington Policy Center

April 23, 2018

The Media Research Center, represented by Saulius “Saul” Anuzius, was among 22 groups signed on to an open letter asking President Trump to ignore recent criticism of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.22

In a speech to the U.S. Senate, a group of Democratic senators identified the organizations as front groups for the Koch Brothers and other wealthy donors, nicknamed the “Web of Deceit.” The senators outlined how, in addition to funding from the Koch network, many of the groups use untraceable “dark money” funneled through groups like Donors Capital Fund and Donors Trust to influence legislation, particularly with regards to climate and pollution.

Senator Whitehouse outlined it as “a web of deceit conceived and bankrolled by the Koch brothers and other self-interested billionaires to advocate for very selfish and unpatriotic policies.” Whitehouse added: “This web of deceit has infiltrated and populated the Trump administration, and it is swamping the interests of everyday Americans.23

The full list of pro-Pruitt signatories and their respective organizations is as follows:

Saulius “Saul” Anuzius – 60 Plus Association

Fred Birnbaum – Idaho Freedom Foundation

L. Brent Bozell III – Media Research Center

Amy Oliver Cooke – Independence Institute

Wesley Denton – Conservative Partnership Institute

Viv Forbes – The Carbon Sense Coalition

Frank J Gaffney – Center for Security Policy

Steve Goreham – Climate Science Coalition of America

Phil Kerpen – American Commitment

Andrew Langer – Institute for Liberty

Lisa B. Nelson – American Legislative Exchange Council

Rick Manning – Americans for Limited Government

Jenny Beth Martin – Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund

William Perry Pendley – Mountain States Legal Foundation

Thomas Pyle – American Energy Alliance

George Rasley – ConservativeHQ.com

Sandy Rios – American Family Association

Craig Richardson – Energy & Environment Legal Institute

Craig Rucker – Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)

Dr Jameson Taylor – Missisippi Center for Public Policy

Kyle Wingfield – Georgia Public Policy Foundation

July 28, 2015

The MRC Business reported that James Hansen’s recent study about rising sea levels had “zero credibility,” citing an unnamed geologist as their source.24

MRC Busines salso quotes Climate Depot‘s Marc Morano as saying “The world needs to take a collective yawn at Hansen’s latest claims and ask how in the world was this man ever allowed to be in charge of the NASA temperature datasets.”25

https://www.atr.org/sites/default/files/assets/9-9-21%20Coalition%20Letter%20Opposed%20to%20Dem%20Tax%20Hikes.pdf

~ BBB

Sincerely, Grover Norquist President, Americans for Tax Reform

Ryan Ellis

President, Center for a Free Economy

David McIntosh

President, The Club for Growth

Brandon Arnold

Executive Vice President, National Taxpayers Union

Brent Wm. Gardner

Chief Government Affairs Officer, Americans for Prosperity

Garrett Bess

Vice President, Heritage Action for America

Adam Brandon

President, FreedomWorks

Stephen Moore

Senior Economic Contributor, FreedomWorks

Governor Scott Walker, President

Young America’s Foundation

Tom Schatz

President, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Angela Logomasini

Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Marlo Lewis

Senior Fellow, Energy & Environmental Policy

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Myron Ebell

Director, Center for Energy and Environment

Competitive Enterprise Institute

David Williams

President, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Lisa B Nelson

CEO, ALEC Action

Daniel Schneider

Executive Director, American Conservative Union

Phil Kerpen

President, American Commitment

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis

President, 60 Plus Association

Jim Martin

Founder/Chairman, 60 Plus Association

Marty Connors

Co-Chairman, Alabama Center-Right Coalition Meeting

Alan Sears

Founder, Alliance Defending Freedom

Bob Carlstrom

President, AMAC Action

Kelly Kullberg

American Association of Evangelicals

Dick Patten

President, American Business Defense Council

Thomas Pyle

President, American Energy Alliance

Kathleen Patten

President and CEO, American Target Advertising, Inc.

Gary L. Bauer

President, American Values

Dee Stewart

President, Americans for a Balanced Budget

The Honorable Jake Hoffman