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This Group You've Never Heard Of Is Suddenly Influencing Trump's Energy Policy

Bloomberg: An obscure Washington policy group that opposes almost any government aid for renewable energy has emerged as an influential force in shaping Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle Obama administration climate initiatives. The tiny Institute for Energy Research and its advocacy arm, the American Energy Alliance, work from an office decorated with an oversized photo of an oil derrick in a nondescript building in downtown Washington. Their names aren’t even on display in the unmanned lobby nine floors below. But the modest trappings and small, 14-member staff belies their impact. "There’s not a material energy or environmental policy on which they are not involved -- and most of them, they own," said Michael McKenna, a lobbyist who advises the alliance. The head of the institute, Thomas Pyle, is leading the president-elect’s transition team for energy.

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