As head of a taxpayer-funded, federal government research agency, Linda Birnbaum should be focused on using government funds to promote unbiased, sound scientific research. Unfortunately, Birnbaum’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has become the go-to funding source and publisher for scaremongering science. Questionable Associates Birnbaum drew fire for her participation in a panel […]
Why is an “angling” group concerned about world population? At a Glance Posing as an angling group, the Izaak Walton League of America receives streams of money for a variety of pet environmentalist causes, ranging from anti-energy campaigns to population control. Background Founded in 1922 by 54 anglers and named after a 17th Century author, […]
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is a coalition of activist groups and for-profit companies that are pushing Congress to pass costly legislation that many experts believe would lead to the over-regulation of many everyday products. The Coalition is coordinated by a little-known group called the “Environmental Health Fund,” the “mastermind” of the environmental health movement, which […]
Environmental Working Group Heather White is Executive Director for the Environmental Working Group and has a long history of progressive environmental activism. A graduate of the University of Tennessee’s School of Law, White served as recount counsel for Vice-President Al Gore during his recount fiasco in Florida. After Gore slunk away from politics to pursue […]
This site, created by the Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE), is committed to providing detailed and up-to-date information about organizations and activists. We have analyzed scores of media clippings, official statements, and government documents to create this database. The organizations we track on this site are tax-exempt nonprofits, many of which engage in […]
The League of Conservation Voters is a radical environmental advocacy group that aims to hold “elected officials accountable for their votes and actions.”
The Center for Biological Diversity is a radical environmental group that uses and abuses the court system to try to realize its cofounder’s dream of bringing industrial civilization to its knees.
Oceana is one of the few environmental organizations to focus solely on protecting the oceans. The giant nonprofit has absorbed two other ocean-based nonprofits, including the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Ocean Law Project and actor Ted Danson’s American Oceans Campaign.
Break Free From Plastic is a coalition movement aimed at reducing plastic waste throughout the globe via social media campaigns.
General Founded in 1982 as Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the Public Justice Foundation is a nonprofit corporation created by trial lawyers to defend class-action lawsuits. Public Justice Foundation is an affiliate of Public Justice PC, a law firm. Both are based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, this trial-lawyer group decided to set its sights […]
