Crystal Baker is the Senior Director of Marketing for the State Policy Network, and she both serves as the liaison between SPN and its strategic partners and leads the team of fundraisers. The State Policy Network is a collection of right-leaning and conservative think tanks, with member organizations in all 50 states. Before working for the State Policy Network, Baker worked for other right-leaning think tanks and organizations, such as the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, the Krieble Foundation, and the Leadership Program of the Rockies, and she worked on Mitt Romney’s 2008 presidential campaign.
A large number of members of the State Policy Network either deny climate change outright or deny the extent to which climate change will affect the environment. For example, the Heartland Institute says that “Global warming is not a crisis. The threat was exaggerated” and that “there is no need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and no point in attempting to do so.”
Many of their member organizations accept donations from Koch Foundations. Other associated organizations that either deny climate change entirely or deny the extent of it are the Atlas Network, the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Charles Koch Institute, the Heartland Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and the Reason Foundation. SPN will promote the articles, publications, and events of these organizations on their website and with their vast network of nonprofits, which effectively spreads the message of climate change denial.
See also:
State Policy Network
Climate of Denial