Washington, D.C. – Today Unlocking America’s Future (UAF) released new research on Pacific Research Institute (PRI) outlining how the anti-climate science advocacy organization has been a vehicle for Big Oil’s attacks against responsible investing in recent years. Housed under the research hub ResponsibleInvestingWatch.US, UAF’s new profile on PRI delves into the organization’s Big Oil and Big Tobacco leadership and how it has misled the public around climate change.
“Pacific Research Institute is just one player in a larger network of advocacy organizations that pose as think tanks to push talking points drafted by billionaires from the oil and gas industry,” said Kyle Herrig, spokesperson for Unlocking America’s Future. “PRI has made clear its viewpoints are not grounded in reality or fact, but rather the interests of fossil fuel magnates including Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright. These groups need to be held accountable for misleading the public and lying about responsible investing and climate change.”
Chris Wright sits on PRI’s Board of Directors and in 2023 he uploaded a video to LinkedIn where he falsely claimed “there is no climate crisis.” In 2024, Wright’s company Liberty Energy filed suit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission challenging the agency’s climate risk disclosure rules that would provide investors with transparency into companies’ greenhouse gas emissions. Wright testified in front of Congress where he misled the public about the financial impact of the rule on corporations.
You can read the full profile here.
