Craig Rucker, Author at CFACT

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.

Why EU’s effort to “go organic” could threaten public health, environment

Are efforts to make our food more “sustainable,” namely by using less pesticides and GMO’s, going to lead to better health and environmental quality? The answer is “No.”

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-12-24T06:35:26-05:00December 24th, 2020|Comments Off

The geothermal revolution

Geothermal might just be a zero emissions (if that's your thing), renewable energy source that scales.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-12-23T15:37:59-05:00December 23rd, 2020|Comments Off

Biden putting his left foot forward

Joe Biden is assembling an army of radical bureaucrats and no one's freedom is safe.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-12-18T19:33:17-05:00December 21st, 2020|Comments Off

China’s big fat climate lie

Last Saturday the UN held an online "Climate Ambition Summit," and China used the occasion to play the rest of the world for fools.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-12-18T19:30:12-05:00December 19th, 2020|Comments Off

Listen to the science

CFACT's challenge to the Left -- We fearlessly "listen to the science." Will you?

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-12-15T10:18:18-05:00December 15th, 2020|Comments Off

Dr. Walter Williams, R.I.P.

Dr. Williams was a wise and tireless advocate for freedom.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-12-03T13:59:56-05:00December 3rd, 2020|Comments Off

Scientists develop earth-friendly process to recycle lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries have their pluses. Their energy density is typically twice that of the tradition nickel-cadmium ones. They are low maintenance. And their discharge is less than half compared to regular batteries. Despite these advantages, however, they do have some environmental drawbacks. One is the fact that they use rare-earth metals like cobalt and nickel – metals that are not only expensive, but are often mined in developing countries with minimal environmental standards. For this reason, a number of firms have been transitioning over to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. Not only don’t LFP’s not rely on rare-earths, but they also [...]

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-11-19T09:23:00-05:00November 22nd, 2020|Comments Off

Denmark set to cull 17 million mink in effort stop virus spread

Twelve people had been infected with a mink-related mutant strain – a strain that purportedly causes COVID-19.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-11-12T00:01:18-05:00November 13th, 2020|Comments Off

Brace for Hurricane Zeta election hysteria

Will the Left try and exploit this wholly natural weather event for political advantage?

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-11-11T10:33:54-05:00October 21st, 2020|Comments Off

UN busted for exaggerated report

The UN was just busted for putting out a report that claims the "human cost of disasters" is rising -- but then went on to show a graph which reveals the exact opposite.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-10-19T09:46:06-04:00October 19th, 2020|Comments Off

CFACT to EPA: Wrong time for new Clean Air Act burdens

Our laws were written to clean and conserve, not as tools for an anti-capitalist Left that never saw a constructive activity it wouldn't thwart.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-10-07T08:36:13-04:00October 7th, 2020|Comments Off

CFACT activists distribute fact sheets to dispel election propaganda

These educational flyers explain how the Green New Deal would be disastrous for America’s families and environment, how wildfires are due to bad forest management – not climate, how Leftist climate policies would do absolutely nothing to improve our environment, and more.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-11-11T10:32:41-05:00October 2nd, 2020|Comments Off

CFACT student eco-summit a big success — Thanks supporters!

It is CFACT’s privilege and opportunity to train student leaders on the important communication techniques and grassroots tactics they need to effectively share our pro-free market, pro-property rights message with the next generation.

Craig Rucker

|2020-11-11T11:17:37-05:00October 1st, 2020|1 Comment

CH2: More ways to watch!

"Finally, a movie that skewers climate myths and lays out the facts!" Own it for life.

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-09-30T20:00:18-04:00September 30th, 2020|Comments Off

Climate Hustle 2 is a hit! ENCORE!

CH2 IS A HIT -- THANK YOU! Join the fun -- Get tickets for Climate Hustle 2: Rise of the Climate Monarchy now. Encore until Sunday night 9/27!

CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker

|2020-09-25T15:41:11-04:00September 25th, 2020|Comments Off