About Craig Rucker

Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, D.C., Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared in such media outlets as Fox News, OANN, Washington Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Hill, among many others. Rucker is also the co-producer of the award-winning film “Climate Hustle,” which was the #1 box-office film in America during its one night showing in 2016, as well as the acclaimed "Climate Hustle 2" staring Hollywood actor Kevin Sorbo released in 2020. As an accredited observer to the United Nations, Rucker has also led CFACT delegations to some 30 major UN conferences, including those in Copenhagen, Istanbul, Kyoto, Bonn, Marrakesh, Rio de Janeiro, and Warsaw, to name a few.

Gavin Newsom scapegoats fossil fuels to cover his own failures

California is awash in the consequences of failed leftist ideology. Climate is no justification.

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|2023-11-02T11:58:46-04:00November 2nd, 2023|Comments Off on Gavin Newsom scapegoats fossil fuels to cover his own failures

Official CFACT statement on Maryland offshore wind

The potential harm to marine mammals must be taken into account. Read now.

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|2023-10-20T09:45:08-04:00October 20th, 2023|Comments Off on Official CFACT statement on Maryland offshore wind

The climate war on travel

A poll shows 41% of the French population thinks travelers should be restricted to only four flights in their entire lifetimes!

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|2023-10-13T11:58:51-04:00October 16th, 2023|Comments Off on The climate war on travel

A new study zaps Biden’s plan to transform the electrical grid

Read my take on the threat that left-wing energy plans pose to our electrical grid at The Hill.

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|2023-10-04T09:21:42-04:00October 4th, 2023|Comments Off on A new study zaps Biden’s plan to transform the electrical grid

Virginia needs natural gas

If cutting greenhouse gas emissions is your thing, natural gas should be your hero. 

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|2023-09-21T08:36:00-04:00September 21st, 2023|Comments Off on Virginia needs natural gas

Offshore wind is neither clean, nor Green and doesn’t cut CO2 emissions

America is preparing to spend trillions of taxpayer and ratepayer dollars to install thousands of offshore wind turbines – for illusory benefits.

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|2023-08-17T21:17:03-04:00August 20th, 2023|Comments Off on Offshore wind is neither clean, nor Green and doesn’t cut CO2 emissions

Are the Greens overplaying their hand?

The Green movement has a long history of rubbing people the wrong way. 

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|2023-08-18T10:46:18-04:00August 18th, 2023|Comments Off on Are the Greens overplaying their hand?

CFACT to American Cancer Society: Reject EPA’s politicized emissions standards

There is strong evidence that the PM2.5 standards cannot be justified on scientific, economic, or human health grounds;

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|2023-08-08T04:15:11-04:00August 8th, 2023|Comments Off on CFACT to American Cancer Society: Reject EPA’s politicized emissions standards

Rucker on Fox: Offshore wind leaving heavy environmental footprint

CFACT's president explaining why offshore wind turbines leave a dirty footprint which imperils whales and marine life. WATCH NOW

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|2023-08-04T04:59:43-04:00August 4th, 2023|Comments Off on Rucker on Fox: Offshore wind leaving heavy environmental footprint

WATCH: CFACT’s offshore save the whales from wind turbines protest

CFACT confronted the construction platforms and vessels erecting wind turbines off America's East Coast with hard-hitting signs and banners.

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|2024-01-29T12:15:22-05:00August 1st, 2023|Comments Off on WATCH: CFACT’s offshore save the whales from wind turbines protest

“Save the whales” CFACT boats protest offshore wind construction

CFACT and local fishermen took to the seas to protest construction of massive offshore wind farms off America's East Coast.

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|2023-07-27T08:53:29-04:00July 25th, 2023|Comments Off on “Save the whales” CFACT boats protest offshore wind construction

The climate war against travel

The climate-Left wants much more than to push you out of your car and into an inefficient, short-range electric vehicle.  They want you to stay put. 

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|2023-07-18T07:24:10-04:00July 19th, 2023|Comments Off on The climate war against travel

“Hottest ever” hype

Reality not hot enough for ya? You can always scare everyone with an agenda-driven computer analysis!

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|2023-07-12T11:18:53-04:00July 13th, 2023|Comments Off on “Hottest ever” hype

Are we Finally Heading Toward ESG sanity?

In recent years, a number of free-market representatives and corporate shareholders, CFACT included, have taken part in annual shareholder meetings.

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|2023-07-07T09:48:57-04:00July 9th, 2023|Comments Off on Are we Finally Heading Toward ESG sanity?

The climate pizza rebellion

Regulating pizza ovens, or shutting them down completely, will have no meaningful impact on climate.

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|2023-06-28T14:36:24-04:00June 28th, 2023|Comments Off on The climate pizza rebellion
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