George "David" Banks was a White House Special Assistant at the National Economic Council and National Security Council. He resigned on February 14th 2018 after he was denied a permanent security clearance. Reasons for this denial and the security impact of the secret information he had access to prior to his resignation have not been disclosed. Previous to his appointment, he served as executive vice president at the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF). Before his position at ACCF, Banks was a senior adviser to President George W. Bush on international climate change. For his work on Montreal Protocol issues in the Bush White House, Banks was honored by the Obama Administration in 2009.
In 2011-2012, he served as Republican deputy staff director of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He was also a deputy director of the nuclear energy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. State Department diplomat, and CIA analyst.
At ACCF, Banks was a strong advocate for energy free trade and constructive U.S. engagement with China. "China-bashing in the context of U.S. energy policymaking will only cause Beijing to become more stubborn in the South China Sea and more aggressive in locking up energy supplies around the globe," he wrote in November 2015. He was also critical of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), writing in The Washington Times in February 2016 that "The RFS has plagued the country for years by jacking up food and fuel costs. What's more, it's outdated and offers zero environmental benefits. Congress should nix this standard before it wreaks more havoc on the country."
In November 2017, he attended the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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