Category: Front Groups

Hawthorn Group

The Hawthorn Group is a public affairs and corporate communications firm that has frequently worked with utilities and been central to a number of scandals involving the industry.  Hawthorn describes...

/ April 9, 2024

Blocking renewable energy is a top state legislative priority for network of pro-fossil fuels think tanks

The State Policy Network (SPN) announced on its website last month that it will focus on working with state lawmakers to prevent states from adopting wind and solar power in...

/ March 6, 2024

Caesar Rodney Institute: State Policy Network attacks on offshore wind power

Caesar Rodney Institute: State Policy Network attacks on offshore wind power The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI) is a Delaware-based affiliate of the State Policy Network (SPN), a 50-state network of...

/ March 5, 2024

State Policy Network: Political attacks on wind and solar power

State Policy Network: Political attacks on wind and solar power The State Policy Network (SPN) is the national organization at the center of a 50-state network of think tank affiliates...

/ March 5, 2024

Cascade Policy Institute: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in Oregon 

Cascade Policy Institute: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in Oregon  The Cascade Policy Institute (CPI) is an Oregon-based member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a 50-state network...

/ March 5, 2024

Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State

Texas Public Policy Foundation: State Policy Network attacks on renewable energy in the Lonestar State Texas generates more renewable energy than any other state, but the Lone Star State is...

/ March 5, 2024

Michigan Energy First

Michigan Energy First is a 501(c)(4) dark money group run by several DTE Energy executives that anchors a network of front groups affiliated with the utility. Michigan Energy First has...

/ February 20, 2024

Smarter NY Energy

Smarter NY Energy Smarter NY Energy is an anti-electrification campaign launched by the propane industry. In early 2023, members and allies of the New York State Energy Coalition, an oil heat...

/ November 6, 2023

Save Our Stoves / Natural Gas: Limitless OpportunitySave Our Stoves

Save Our Stoves / Natural Gas: Limitless Opportunity Save Our Stoves, also referred to as “Natural Gas: Limitless Opportunity,” is a campaign run by the Florida Natural Gas Association. Executive officers...

/ November 6, 2023

Natural Gas for the Next Generation

Natural Gas for the Next Generation Natural Gas for the Next Generation is a front group promoting methane gas, focusing on Pennsylvania. The group does not list its members or...

/ November 6, 2023