FACTSHEET: Todd Wynn
DETAILS
ALEC Dierector of Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force
former Vice President, Cascade Policy Institute
Wynn left the Cascade Policy Institute for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in 2011. As Director of the Energy, Environment, and Agriculture task force, he oversees much of ALEC’s work to deny climate change and promote fossil fuel corporations.
Holds a Master’s degree in International and Developmental Economics at the University of San Francisco.
Prior to studying at the University of San Francisco, Todd attended Virginia Military Institute and California State University, Long Beach where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics.
QUOTES
"A lot of people like to say well Todd, you are in the hands of big oil or you’re an anti-environmentalist, but I consider myself an environmentalist of all sorts, I care about the beach, I care about the successful evolution of humankind and the planet. But the truth is you have to focus on environmental goals that are achievable cost effective and have a measurable benefit and if the cost outweigh the benefits it doesn’t make sense to charge ahead on an emotional and heart tugging issue like saving the planet.”
Source: todd wynn youtube
"Wind does not reduce carbon emissions but instead creates them."
Source: katu news
"Actual climate change in my part of the country, there’s not much, 1 degree Fahrenheit in the last few years."
Source: todd wynn youtube
"I think that global warming could be a net benefit for the planet in fact."
Source: Climate Chains homepage
DEEDS
Wynn has fought against renewable energy in Oregon.
Source: Cascade Policy Institute Website
Wynn is involved in the "Climate Chains" website and video along with well known climate deniers Chris Horner, Marlo Lewis, Myron Ebell, and Patrick Micheals.
Source: Climate Chains Website
Wynn is Project Director of the Carbon Cartel Education Project. The stated goal of the project is "to raise awareness of the costs and implications of policies based on global warming alarmism by conducting a multi-faceted campaign to peel away grassroots political support for carbon restrictions"
Source: Carbon Cartel Education Project
EVENTS
New York International Conference on Climate Change 2008, March 2-4
http://www.heartland.org/NewYork08/proceedings.cfm
The relationship of Todd Wynn to the event: Speaker
Heartland Institute 4th International conference on climate change, Chicago, May 2010
http://www.heartland.org/events/2010Chicago/index.html
ORGANIZATIONS
Cascade Policy Institute
Source: Cascade Policy Institute
Heartland Institute
Source: Heartland Institute website - Energy Policy for America guidebook
Cato Institute
Source: sourcewatch CPI
ALEC - American Legislative Exchange Council
Source: ALEC website - Private Enterprise Board
SOURCES
Heartland Institute website - Energy Policy for America guidebook
Energy Policy for America, A Guidebook for State Legislators
by Joseph L. Bast, President, The Heartland Institute
and Sandy Liddy Bourne, Vice President, The Heartland Institute
http://www.heartland.org/books/energyguide.cfm
Cascade Policy Institute
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/
Cascade Policy Institute Website
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/2010/12/21/renewable-energy-woes/
Climate Chains Website
http://www.climatechains.com/bios.html
todd wynn youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YAfXiR3CeI&feature=related
katu news
http://www.katu.com/news/local/87439577.html
sourcewatch CPI
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute
Carbon Cartel Education Project
http://www.cascadepolicy.org/carbon-cartel-education-project/
Climate Chains homepage
http://www.climatechains.com/
ALEC website - Private Enterprise Board
"Private Enterprise Board," American Legislative Exchange Council, obtained Mar 29 2012.
http://www.alec.org/about-alec/private-enterprise-board/