Robert Bradley

 Credentials

• Ph.D., political economy, International College, Los Angeles.
• M.A., economics, the University of Houston.
• B.A., economics, Rollins College.

Source: [7]

 Background

Founder and CEO of Institute for Energy Research. He served previously as Director of Public Policy Analysis at Enron.

Bradley spent nearly 20 years in the business world, including 16 years at Enron, where for the last seven years he was corporate director for public policy analysis and speechwriter for Kenneth L. Lay.

He runs the website Political Capitalism.org.

Stance on Climate Change

"It is as if the physical science is settled in favor of climate alarmism (it is not), and government intervention to “stabilize climate” is cost-beneficial (it is not)." [9]

Key Quotes

"Voluntary actions by corporations should not go beyond innovative win–win “no regrets” initiatives. Greenhouse gas control practices that are uneconomic penalize either consumers or stockholders while politicizing the issue of corporate responsibility. Few will be satisfied, and the ineffectual measures will eventually have to be abandoned."

Key Deeds

March, 2008

Bradley spoke at the Heartland Institute's 2008 International Conference on Climate Change was titled, "Lessons Learned from Enron's Failed 'Green' Energy Policy." [2]

 Affiliations

• The Institute for Energy Research (IER) — CEO and Founder. [7]
• The Enron Corporation — Speech writer and regulatory advisor for Ken Lay, Enron’s CEO. [6]
• The Cato Institute — Adjunct Scholar.
• The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) — Adjunct Scholar.
• Mackinac Center for Public Policy — Adjunct Scholar. [5]

Bradley is also affiliated with the following organizations: [8]

• Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF).
• Heritage Foundation.
• American Sound Science Coalition.*
• The Free Enterprise Institute.
• Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University.

 Publications

Robert Bradley has authored numerous books regarding energy and climate change including The Mirage of Oil Protection (1989), Julian Simon and the Triumph of Energy Sustainability (2000), Climate Alarmism Reconsidered (2003), and Energy: The Master Resource (2004, with Richard Fulmer). His most recent book is Capitalism at Work: Business, Government and Energy (2008).

Climate Alarmism Reconsidered was published by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a right-wing think-tank, and distributed by the industry-funded Heartland Institute. In the book, Bradley claims that the world will never run out of fossil fuels, and that "a moderately warmer and wetter world from either natural or man-made causes promises more benefits than costs." In other words, he states that global warming is beneficial.

Bradley has founded the website politicalcapitalism.org, which covers his most recent books and work. The site also contains memos critical of the theory of man-made global warming.  The site also summarizes Bradley's experience working with Enron.

Bradley is also a regular contributor to MasterResource, a free-market energy blog which is "dedicated to analysis and commentary about energy markets and public policy" and which claims to "better inform the energy debate in a civil but forceful manner." MasterResource regularly posts articles skeptical of climate change.

 Resources

1. "ExxonSecrets Factsheet: Robert L. Bradley Jr."

2. "Robert L. Bradley Jr." SourceWatch.

3. "Robert L. Bradley," SourceWatch.

4. "Bradley's Magnum Opus on Oil and Gas Published," Cato Policy Report, November/December 1995.

5. "Robert L. Bradley, Jr.," Profile at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

6. "The Fall of Ken Lay," The Atlas Society. Archived March 3, 2009.

7. "Staff: Robert L. Bradley Jr.", Institute for Energy Research.

8. "Enron Scandal Could Tar and Feather the Conservative Movement," America's Survival.

9. Robert Bradley Jr. "The Two Faces of American Capitalism" (PDF), The New Individualist, May 2008.

10. "Climate Alarmism and Corporate Responsibility Robert L. Bradley Jr." (abstract), The Electricity Journal, Volume 13, Issue 7, August-September 2000, Pages 65-71.

11. ReasonTV. "Robert L. Bradley, Jr.: Obama's Enron Problem," YouTube video, uploaded Nov 19, 2008.