American Conservation Coalition

The American Conservation Coalition (ACC) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit environmental advocacy organization focusing on limited-government, conservative[2] approaches to environmental issues. The group was founded in Appleton, Wisconsin, in 2017.

American Conservation Coalition
EstablishedJune 2017 (2017-06)
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersAppleton, Wisconsin, US
Region served
United States
Key people
Benji Backer (President & Founder), Danielle Butcher (Executive Vice President), Christopher Barnard (Vice President of External Affairs), Stephen Perkins (Vice President of Grassroots Strategy)
Volunteers (2018)
65[1]
Websiteacc.eco

History

ACC was founded by Benji Backer in 2017[3] with the goal to add conservative voices to environmental conversations. However, since its founding, ACC has evolved to advocate for legislation at the federal level and educate students on environmental issues.[4][5]

Issue advocacy

ACC advocates for land and wildlife conservation, developments in clean energy and emission-reducing technology like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), and other free-market environmental policies. ACC supports the development and deployment of nuclear energy, renewable energy, biomass, geothermal energy, hydroelectric power; the ACC also supports the use of natural gas as a relatively low-carbon fuel during a transition phase away from higher carbon sources.[6]

In April 2020, ACC released the American Climate Contract. The contract advocates climate-change related policies with bipartisan support, existing climate and environmental legislation in Congress, and free market principles.[7] The Young Republicans National Federation, a national conservative organization, endorsed the plan.[8]

References
  1. "2018 Form 990O Filing" (PDF). Internal Revenue Service. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. Meet the Republicans devoted to fighting climate change - CNN Video, retrieved 2020-05-05
  3. "Meet the 21-year-old conservative spreading a message about climate change". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  4. "American Conservation Coalition (ACC)". www.influencewatch.org. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  5. "American Conservation Coalition". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
  6. "Platform". ACC. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  7. "Meet the conservative answer to the Green New Deal". Grist. 2020-04-27. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  8. Twitter. @ACC_National. April 21, 2020.
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