National Center for Policy Analysis

The National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit think tank founded by John C. Goodman in 1983 to “promote private, free-market alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector.” According to NCPA's profile (PDF), their core belief is “that ideas have enormous power to change the course of human events. We seek to unleash the power of ideas for positive change by identifying, encouraging and aggressively marketing the best scholarly research.” The National Center for Policy Analysis is a member of the State Policy Network (SPN), a “web of right-wing 'think tanks' in every state across the country.” Stance on Climate Change: 2014 According to a 2014 publication by the NCPA, “Given the uncertainty in climate science, adaptation appears to be a more cost-effective approach than mitigation.” [5] The National Center for Policy Analysis quotes climate change skeptic Matt Ridley, who originally wrote in The Spectator that “Climate change has done more good than harm so far and is likely to continue doing so for most of this century. This is not a right-wing fantasy; it is the consensus of expert opinion.”