Clinton Climate, Environmental, Energy and Agriculture Advisors

Posted by Brad Johnson Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:18:00 GMT

Various sources have reported (or speculated) on climate advisors to Hillary Clinton campaign and potential picks for a Clinton administration, including Politico, The following advisors have financial ties to the fossil-fuel industry or have publicly stated clear pro-fossil-fuel industry positions.

  • Trevor Houser – supports fracking, oil exports. Company Rhodium Group has fossil-fuel industry clients.
  • Heather Zichal – on the board of natural-gas fracking company Cheniere
  • Carol Browner – on the board of nuclear lobbying group Nuclear Matters; Albright Stonebridge Group has numerous fossil-fuel interests
  • Jody Freeman – on the board of ConocoPhillips
  • Michael Levi – supportive of Keystone XL, tar sands extraction, oil exports; Council on Foreign Relations funded by oil and gas industry
  • Jason Bordoff – Columbia Global Center on Energy funded by oil and gas industry
  • John Hickenlooper – petroleum engineer, strongly supporting of fracking
  • Tom Vilsack – worked for corporate law and lobbying firm Dorsey & Whitney, with numerous oil and gas clients
  • Blanche Lincoln – lobbies for Monsanto, Valero
  • Steven Beshear – Governors Council of fossil-funded Bipartisan Policy Center
  • Tom Nides – vice chairman of Morgan Stanley, major fossil-industry bank
  • Carlos Pascual – led international oil and gas promotion effort at State Department
  • Sarah Ladislaw – Senior Director, International Affairs, Statoil 2012
  • Gordon Giffin – Keystone XL lobbyist
  • Peter Ogden – senior advisor at Rhodium Group
  • Ernest Moniz – current Secretary of Energy, produced reports on fracking paid by oil and gas industry
The following have some ties to corporate America, the fossil-fuel industry, or have stated support for regulated fracking or opposition to aggressive climate policy.
  • Ben Kobren
  • John Podesta
  • Jennifer Granholm
  • Kristina Costa
  • Daniel Esty
  • Susan Tierney
  • Debbie Stabenow
  • David Hayes
The following have built a record of being strong on climate and environmental policy, without fossil-fuel ties.
  • Jane Lubchenco
  • Michael Oppenheimer
  • Frances Beinecke
  • Kathleen Merrigan
  • Michael Mann
  • Robert G Stanton
  • Lucy Waletzky
  • Wendy Abrams
  • Chris Rackens
  • Arun Majumdar
  • Paul Bodnar