Climate Leadership Council

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Promises More Wind and Solar—Hope You Like Buying Chinese
Count China among the biggest winners if the gargantuan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, if it passes Congress. The bill would allocate $148 billion to climate- and energy-related priorities intended to…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 14, 2021

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Rise of the Eco-Right
The “eco-Right” is CRC's name for “the few dozen lobbying, litigation, and activist nonprofits that identify themselves as free market or broadly right-of-center and yet are attempting to rebrand environmentalism and…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 11, 2021

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How the Left Is Spreading Global Warming Alarmism on the Right
If there’s one thing the Left knows cold, it’s deception. Owning the battlefield in this war starts with controlling the language. We’ve seen this play out in the debate over…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 17, 2021

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Rise of the Eco-Right
The “eco-Right” is the few dozen lobbying, litigation, and activist nonprofits that identify themselves as free market or broadly right-of-center and yet are attempting to rebrand environmentalism and global warming…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 7, 2021

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Eco-Right Groups Rake in More Left-Wing Money
There’s no shortage of cash for groups pushing global warming policies. New filings reveal funding from major liberal donors to two members of the eco-Right, global warming groups that present…
by Hayden Ludwig on August 4, 2021

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The Left’s War on Coal: Why Coal Matters
“Go green”—and go broke. President Biden is in the White House and radical environmentalists are in the driver’s seat, with global warming taking a central role in every department and…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

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The Left’s War on Coal: The Hawaiian Model
In 2017, Hawaii’s biggest utility provider announced it was shutting down AES Hawaii on Oahu, the state’s last coal-fired plant, in order to replace it with renewables in 2022, part…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

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The Left’s War on Coal: Global Warming Is Great for Business
Two decades after the Enron collapse, the parallels between cronyism and activism are striking. Far from their traditional role as the bogeymen of the eco-Left, Big Oil and Gas are…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

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The Left’s War on Coal: “Green” Activism Inc.
The environmental Left doesn’t merely want to replace coal; it hates it. Far-left Greenpeace believes that “ending our addiction to coal should be non-negotiable.” Coal survived the Obama years, but…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 17, 2021

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Eco-Right and Environmentalist Groups Heavily Funded by Mega-Donors John and Laura Arnold
New documents reveal that a number of conservative environmentalist and pro-carbon tax groups are heavily funded by liberal mega-donor John and Laura Arnold, much of it through Arnold Ventures, the…
by Hayden Ludwig on February 19, 2021