Climate criminals directory
The following climate criminals have played historical and present roles in perpetuating climate destruction. Certain criminals have been awarded specific titles based on the nature of their crimes. Climate criminals designated as “Oilgarchs” are members of Trump’s Cabinet or Mega-donors with explicit ties to the fossil fuel industry. Climate criminals designated with a “Lifetime Achievement” award are actors who have earned a spot in our “Hall of Shame” for their role in driving climate destruction over the last couple decades. Learn how we identify and select our climate criminals here.
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Several of our climate criminals have earned distinct titles given the nature of their climate crimes. These distinctions are as follows:
Oilgarch A (A) - Individuals who have explicit connections to the fossil fuel industry that are one of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees
Oilgarch D (D) - Individuals who have explicit connections to the fossil fuel industry that were mega-donors to Donald Trump’s campaign
Lifetime Achievement (LA) - Individuals who have earned a spot in our “Hall of Shame” for their role in driving climate destruction over the last couple decades
The new Secretary for the US Department of Agriculture has founded and steered two pro-fossil fuel and climate change disinformation organizations.
The governor of the third most oil producing state in the country blatantly disapproves of environmental regulations.
Staunch Trump loyalist with a track record of berating environmental protection efforts.
The CEO of Liberty Energy significantly downplays the impact that fossil fuels have on the climate.
Chris wright (A)
CEO of Liberty Energy, Secretary of Energy
Lee zeldin (A)
Epa Administrator
doug burgum (A)
Governor of North Dakota, Secretary of Interior
Brooke Rollins (A)
Secretary of Agriculture
Texan billionaire and CrownQuest CEO holds significant political power in Texas and is among one of Trump’s top donors.
Trump’s largest campaign donor, after Elon Musk, is the heir to a fossil fuel and baking fortune.
Timothy (Tim) Dunn (D)
CEO of CrownQuest
Timothy mellon (D)
Oil Baron Heir
Darren WoodS
CEO of ExxonMobil
Thomas Karam
Executive Chairman of Equitrans
AFPM represents 98% of oil refineries in the US and actively opposes climate legislation.
Bernard McNamee wrote the chapter of Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership” on the Department of Energy, outlining policies that would massively expand gas infrastructure and eliminate offices essential to the energy transition.
From quid pro quo campaign financing to suing activist investors to displacing blame onto his customers, Darren Woods’s climate crimes go far beyond ExxonMobil’s high carbon emissions.
Since the Paris Agreement, JPMorgan Chase has funneled $434,000,000,000 to the fossil fuel industry under the leadership of Jamie Dimon.
Harold Hamm organizes billionaires in oil, gas, and coal sectors to capture our political system and buy off candidates in exchange for the rollback of anti-pollution measures.
DonorsTrust, the “dark money ATM of the conservative movement,” has bankrolled the climate change denial movement.
The American Petroleum Institute is the largest trade association defending and advocating for the oil and gas industry, spending millions of dollars annually to influence politicians to protect the interests of Big Oil.
The Heritage Foundation is the organization spearheading Project 2025 and is one of the most influential climate-denying think tanks in the US.
Will Hild leads Consumers’ Research as the organization uses dark money from DonorsTrust to fund its attacks on ESG and “woke corporate culture.”
From spearheading the Dakota Access Pipeline to attempting to silence protestors with SLAPP suits, Kelcy Warren’s climate crimes are manifold.
While publicly making emission reduction goals, Edelman PR continues receiving Koch funding and working with fossil fuel clients like Shell.
State Farm has stopped issuing new insurance policies in California due to “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure,” but it has also invested “more money in oil and gas ventures than any other insurance provider in the United States.”
Since the Paris Agreement, Bank of America under Brian Moynihan’s leadership has funneled $333,158,860,000 to the fossil fuel industry.
ConocoPhillips is spearheading the Willow Project, a massive oil project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.
Mike Wirth has led Chevron as it has committed climate crimes from the Ecuadorian Amazon to the Bay Area.
As the Lead Director of ExxonMobil and a Director of Liberty Mutual, the former State Street CEO is a double agent between the insurance industry and Big Oil.
The new Mountain Valley Pipeline will emit almost 90 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution annually – about the same as 24 coal plants or 19 million cars.
In 2023 alone, Citigroup gave $4.3 billion in loans for new oil and gas infrastructure, and the bank has given $60 billion to other methane-polluting gas projects since 2021.
The “chief architect” of the United State’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement is now writing model policies for restructuring the EPA under a conservative administration.
Kelcy Warren
Chairman of Energy Transfer
Brian Moynihan
CEO of Bank of America
Ryan Lance
CEO of ConocoPhillips
Jamie Dimon
CEO of JPMorgan Chase
Jane Fraser
CEO of Citigroup
Chet Thompson
President of American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
Lawson Bader
CEO of DonorsTrust
Ted Boutrous
Partner at Gibson Dunn
Michael Tipsord
Chairman of State Farm
Joseph “Jay” Hooley
Director at ExxonMobil & Liberty Mutual
James M. taylor
President of the Heartland Institute
Mike Wirth
CEO of Chevron
Peabody Energy is a coal company with a long history of funding climate denial, lobbying against national climate policies, and emphasizing carbon capture technology instead of regulation.
America’s Power is the primary trade association of coal operators and related industries, advocating for their interests and lobbying against climate action
Michelle Bloodworth
President & CEO of America’s Power
JIM GRECH
CEO of Peabody Energy
Brian Hooks
President of the Charles Koch Foundation & Stand Together Trust
Richard Edelman
CEO of Edelman
Mike Sommers
President of the American Petroleum Institute
Kevin Roberts
President of the Heritage Foundation
Harold Hamm
Executive Chairman of Continental Resources & DEPA
Bernard Mcnamee
Author of Project 2025’s Dept. of Energy Chapter
Fossil fuels’ favorite lawyer defends Big Oil’s climate crimes and spins the First Amendment to excuse climate misinformation.
The Heartland Institute is one of the most infamous free-market think tanks publishing climate misinformation and trying to discredit accepted climate science.
Will hild
Executive Director of Consumers’ Research
Mandy Gunasekara
Author of Project 2025’s EPA Chapter
Deeply connected to the Koch network, Brian Hooks also leads the Stand Together Trust and millions of dollars to right-wing think tanks that deny climate change and lobby against climate action
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