A newly formed pro-fossil-fuel advocacy group has registered to lobbying federal officials.
The Energy Freedom Fund is led by Alex Epstein, who’s most known for his think tank, the Center for Industrial Progress, which advocates for fossil fuels as a uniquely beneficial force for humanity and seeks to downplay climate change concerns.
Energy Freedom Fund has the same philosophies but is focused on advocacy within Congress and the executive branch, Epstein told POLITICO’s E&E News.
“I was noticing that I was getting a lot of interest from politicians and staffers and other people in the resources that we were creating,” Epstein said, referring to his writings on the platform Substack advocating for pro-fossil-fuel policies and against subsidies or other help for renewable energy.
