Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
| Abbreviation | CFACT |
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| Motto | Prospering Lives. Promoting Progress. Protecting the Earth. |
| Formation | 1985 |
| Type | Nonprofit organization think tank |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, United States |
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President
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David Rothbard |
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Key people
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Revenue (2015)
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$2,131,668 |
| Expenses (2015) | $1,751,468 |
| Website | www.cfact.org |
The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1985 that advocates for free-market solutions to environmental issues, but has increasingly turned to climate denial. For example, CFACT co-founder Craig Rucker stated that mankind faces a threat "not from man-made global warming, but from man-made hysteria." At the 29 April 2017 Climate March, leaflets distributed by CFACT claimed the scientific consensus that mankind is now driving global changes in the planet's climate are "bogus", that reports of record-setting temperatures are "the hottest lie" being told, and "CO2 is not the 'control knob' of the climate".
CFACT is governed by a Board of Directors that includes founding president David Rothbard. Staffers include communications director Marc Morano and policy analyst Paul Driessen, the author of Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death.
Total revenues over the years 2009 through 2011 have averaged around $3 million, as reported on the organization's IRS Form 990 and its most recent annual audited financial statement. In 2010, nearly half of CFACT's funding came from Donors Trust, a nonprofit donor-advised fund. In 2011, CFACT received a $1.2 million grant from Donors Trust, 40% of CFACT's revenue that year.Peabody Energy funded CFACT before its bankruptcy.
CFACT is a member organization of the Cooler Heads Coalition. CFACT chapters have protested in defense of oil exploration and in opposition to the . CFACT supports drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A 2009 article in Mother Jones magazine said CFACT was a source of climate disinformation.
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