America’s Power – Formerly American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE)

Background

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is a 501(c)(6) corporation chartered in Washington, DC, and formed by “More than 40 leading U.S. companies from the electricity generation, transportation, coal production, energy technology, and equipment manufacturing industries,” according to an April 2008 press release. The group now goes by the name America’s Power.¹“New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h ²“About,” America’s Power. Archived December 20, 2019. Archive.ph URL:  https://archive.ph/lk5db

“ACCCE believes that the use of coal, America’s most abundant energy resource, is essential to providing affordable, reliable electricity for millions of American consumers and a growing domestic economy. ACCCE also supports enhanced public and private sector efforts to develop and deploy new, advanced clean coal technologies that protect and improve the environment,” the press release read.³“New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h

ACCCE was formed through the joining of the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) with Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC).⁴“New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h ACCCE took shape in April 2008, at the same time the US Senate was considering new climate legislation. It followed a late-2007 campaign by its predecessor, ABEC, that had introduced an iconic image—an orange power cord plugging into a lump of coal. ACCCE‘s revised strategy claimed to support limits on CO2 as long as legislation encouraged a “robust utilization of coal.”⁵“The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz,” The Center for Public Integrity, April 21, 2009. Archived June 8, 2013. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/A7lt6

ACCCE‘s membership has included Alpha Natural Resources, Arch Coal, Inc., Murray Energy Corporation, Southern Company, Western Fuels Association, Union Pacific Railroad, Peabody Energy, CSX, Duke Energy, Detroit Edison, and many other coal and mining companies. On its current website, AmericasPower.org, ACCCE describes itself as “the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal-fueled electricity and the coal fleet.” Southern Company and American Electric Power both left ACCCE in 2019.⁶“About Us and Our Mission,” ACCCE. Archived August 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/cJpEN ⁷Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr

In 2009, ACCCE was listed as number three on the Mother Jones “Dirty Dozen,” a list of groups described as the “loudest members of the chorus claiming that global warming is a joke and that CO2 emissions are actually good for you.”⁸“No. 3: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity,” Mother Jones, December 4, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL:  https://archive.is/xO7bi

The Nation described ACCCE as “The driving force behind coal’s rebranding effort,” consisting of a “a $40 million campaign funded by all the major components of the modern coal industry–mining companies, power plants, railroads, rural electric co-ops.”⁹Ari Berman. “The Dirty on Clean Coal,” The Nation, March 26, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/43sb0

Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC)/ America’s Power Army

One year after ACCCE was formed, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) sent out a mailer that reported it had changed its name again to “America’s Power Army.” The new name was taken “to be consistent with our advertising campaign, ‘America’s Power’ and the corresponding website, Americaspower.org.” [

“Together with our parent organization ACCCE (American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity) we work at the federal, regional, state and local levels on a range of energy policy issues, including climate change, mercury, ozone, and regional haze, as well as the siting of new, high tech clean coal-fueled power plants,” the mailer read.¹⁰“APA News,” Spring 2009 issue. Archived with Archive.is.

DeSmog reported that the mailer also laid out plans to target key Democratic senators to ensure that energy and climate legislation would benefit the clean coal lobby.¹¹Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Coal Lobby Targeting Key Democrats In Senate Climate Debate,” DeSmog, September 23, 2009.

Before joining with the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) to create ACCCE, ABEC had sponsored a range of clean coal ads, including three TV ads that ran in Washington, DC. One report estimated that ABEC spent $8.32 million on TV ads between 2001 and 2002.¹²“Legislative Issue Advertising in the 107th Congress,” The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, July 2003. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED)

The Center for Energy and Economic Development began in 1992 as a partnership between U.S. coal companies and the rail industry. Stephen L. Miller served as president of CEED, and John Snow of CSX Corporation was the founding chairman of the board. Snow explained that CEED was formed because, “our nation’s most abundant energy resource was under attack, placing our energy security in jeopardy”. “Something more had to be done,” he added. CEED, one of the two groups joined to create ACCCE, formerly offered the following description on its website:¹³“About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.

“The Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) began in 1992 as a partnership between the U.S. coal and rail industries. CEED‘s membership has grown dramatically. Utilities, equipment manufacturers, labor unions, and others have also joined in the effort.”¹⁴“About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.

CEED produced two “educational” videos on climate change. The first was called “America Speaks Out” which promised to “tell the personal stories of real-life Americans who will be negatively affected by this flawed treaty that even the world’s scientists can’t agree is necessary.” The CEED website also formerly offered the following statement on climate change:¹⁵“About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.

“We’ve all heard of climate change or global warming. Many of us even have our own opinion about whether this is a serious problem or an exaggerated concern.
If predicting the weather were easy, we’d never be caught in the rain without an umbrella. Predicting weather conditions a day or two in advance is hard enough […] so just imagine how hard it is to forecast what our climate will be 75 to 100 years in the future.”¹⁶“About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.

Stance on Climate Change

2004

A leaked 2004 memo from Steve Miller, CEO of the Center for Energy and Economic Development (the forerunner to ACCCE), to Peabody Energy outlined the group’s strategies on a range of issues:¹⁷Kevin Grandia. “Leaked Clean Coal Strategy Memo to Peabody Energy,” DeSmog, January 16, 2009.

On climate change:

“In the climate change arena, CEED focuses on three areas: opposing government-mandated controls of greenhouse gases (caps”>GHG), opposing ‘regulation by litigation’, and supporting sequestration and technology as the proper vehicles for addressing any reasonable concerns about greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.”

And:“Our belief is that, on climate change like other issues, you must be for something rather than against everything. The combination of carbon sequestration and technology is what we preach and we are looking for more members in the choir.”

On the McCain-Lieberman Bill:

“The McCain-Lieberman bill would create a national CO2 cap and trade program that would be highly injurious to coal-based electricity.”

“And the plan to fight the bill,

“Last week, we activated the Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) citizen army to call targeted U.S. Senators, urging them to vote against this amendment. Through today, more than 6,000 citizen members have called or e-mailed their senators. Our most recent effort follows on the heels of last fall’s citizen army activation, which generated more than 7,000 calls to target Senators in opposition to McCain-Lieberman. Joe Lucas, our Vice President’s Communications, coordinates this ABEC activity.”

On opposing a regional cap and trade program:

“More than a year ago, New York Governor Pataki proposed an eleven-state regional CO2 cap and trade program. CEED has been engaged in this effort from its beginning. Persuading Pennsylvania and Maryland (as major coal-consuming states) to stay on the sidelines, rather than signing onto this initiative, has been one element of our strategy. The other element is to pose voluntary sequestration and technology as the correct policy, rather than mandatory controls.” (Emphasis added).

On “sowing discord” amongst regions:

“In recent weeks, we have persuaded the RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative) participants to post the following pieces of CEED research on their web site for consumption by the states:

* A 2003 New Hope study showing reductions in greenhouse gases by the RGGI states would have an infinitesimal affect on global GHG concentrations.

* A 2003 Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA) study revealing negative economic results would flow to northeastern states that constrain CO2 emissions.

* A 2004 Energy Ventures Analysis report analyzing the affect of various cap and trade proposals, along with an output-based standard, on RGGI states as well as Pennsylvania and Maryland. EVA found that the economic consequences vary widely.

We plan to use this research to sow discord among the RGGI states. ” (Emphasis added).

On the EPA decision to regulate greenhouse gas:

“About a dozen states sued the EPA last year alleging that the agency must regulate CO2 under the Clean Air Act. CEED was the lead organization for outreach to the vast majority of state attorneys general who intervened on the Bush Administration’s side in new litigation designed to force CO2 regulation under the Clean Air Act.”

On regional carbon sequestration programs:

“For almost a year, CEED has participated in six regional carbon sequestration partnerships established by the U.S. Department of Energy. We made modest financial contributions to the partnerships so that we can participate in their substantive decisions. Our staff and Ned Leonard (who is a loaned executive from Western Fuels Association) have interacted with and, where appropriate, guided these regional partnerships in terms of public policy and public outreach. Our goal is straightforward: persuade states that voluntary sequestration activities and technology investments are appropriate policies to address climate change concerns, while government mandatory controls are not.” (Emphasis added).

On Mercury:

“Our strategy in dealing with mercury has been two-fold: prevent states from taking precipitous or unwarranted action to regulate mercury and engage in the federal rulemaking to protect the interests of coal-based electricity.”

And,

“In 2003, the Quicksilver Caucus with ECOS [Environmental Council of States] tried to pass a resolution calling for the “virtual elimination” of mercury. CEED worked in a coalition with other organizations and companies to convince many states that the Quicksilver strategy was not the right approach and the ‘virtual elimination’ verbiage failed.”

Funding

ACCCE/America’s Power 990 Forms

ABEC 990 Forms

Independent Contractors

Since 2008, ACCCE has recorded its top 5 highest-compensated “independent contractors” on its public 990 forms. Summary below:

Contractor	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Grand Total
WHITE & PARTNERS		$9,574,356	$16,639,046	$23,943,108	$16,169,526						$66,326,036
VIRILION		$14,033,820	$5,004,538								$19,038,358
THE HAWTHORN GROUP LC	$1,199,940	$2,106,064	$2,972,810	$2,008,860	$1,591,098						$9,878,772
DCI GROUP					$1,187,219	$2,811,881	$2,083,525	$1,583,262	$673,111	$490,770	$8,829,768
R&R PARTNERS INC		$2,639,390	$2,439,179	$1,626,678							$6,705,247
NEW MEDIA STRATEGIES			$672,346	$1,559,938	$4,018,884						$6,251,168
NATIONAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH ASSOCIATES				$997,512	$1,369,567						$2,367,079
DDC ADVOCACY								$387,902	$1,093,877		$1,481,779
VENABLE LLP	$455,612	$812,101								$134,494	$1,402,207
JR MOTORSPORTS LLC						$769,157					$769,157
VAN NESS FELDMAN							$307,725		$223,716	$167,446	$698,887
JDA FRONTLINE						$650,108					$650,108
EUGENE TRISKO	$270,833					$286,353					$557,186
BLUEPRINT COMMUNICATIONS							$240,000	$300,000			$540,000
CAUSEWAY SOLUTIONS								$513,891			$513,891
QUINN GUILLESPIE LLC	$506,709										$506,709
SEBY LARSEN LLP						$398,479					$398,479
REAL CLEAR HOLDINGS LLC								$346,000			$346,000
BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP									$342,302		$342,302
RT STRATEGIES	$335,711										$335,711
NJI MEDIA							$313,775				$313,775
HUNTON WILLIAMS LLP										$261,736	$261,736
STATESIDE ASSOCIATES									$252,045		$252,045
WILKINSON BARKERK NAUER LLP							$240,399				$240,399
HHQ VENTURES										$142,500	$142,500
Grand Total	$2,768,805	$29,165,731	$27,727,919	$30,136,096	$24,336,294	$4,915,978	$3,185,424	$3,131,055	$2,585,051	$1,196,946	$129,149,299

Lobbying Expenditures

The following is collected from data at OpenSecrets.org, combining data for both the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity and its former iteration, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (grand totals in bold):¹⁸“American Cltn for Clean Coal Electricity,” OpenSecrets.org. Accessed August 2, 2017.

American Cltn for Clean Coal Electricity	$21,456,369
2006	$20,000
2007	$40,000
2008	$9,945,276
2009	$1,557,557
2010	$2,993,536
2011	$3,370,000
2012	$1,720,000
2013	$780,000
2014	$620,000
2015	$280,000
2016	$10,000
2017	$120,000
Americans for Balanced Energy Choices	$7,577,320
2005	$1,994,329
2006	$2,562,991
2007	$3,020,000
Brownstein, Hyatt et al	$260,000
2013	$130,000
2014	$130,000
Center for Energy	$540,000
2001	$60,000
2002	$120,000
2003	$120,000
2004	$120,000
2005	$100,000
2006	$20,000
Hobart Ventures	$80,000
2017	$80,000
Keelen Group	$50,000
2008	$40,000
2009	$10,000
Podesta Group	$1,220,000
2009	$350,000
2010	$450,000
2012	$350,000
2013	$70,000
Quinn Gillespie & Assoc	$740,000
2008	$480,000
2009	$260,000
Scherder & Assoc	$170,000
2003	$30,000
2004	$60,000
2005	$60,000
2006	$20,000
Van Ness Feldman	$30,000
2013	$30,000
Willard Group	$110,000
2001	$50,000
2002	$60,000
Grand Total	$32,233,689

Key People

The following people have been listed on the ACCCE‘s website, year over year.

Name	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Description
Paul Bailey	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	President and CEO
Vicky Sullivan	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Associate Vice President of Policy Development
Katherine Sigler							Y		Associate VP of Operations
Michelle Bloodworth							Y	Y	Chief Operating Officer
Mitchell Baer							Y	Y	Associate Vice President for Policy Analysis
Darren Bearson				Y	Y	Y			Senior Vice President for State Affairs and Outreach
Laura Sheehan				Y	Y	Y			Senior Vice President for Communications
Robert M. “Mike” Duncan				Y	Y	Y			President & CEO
Mark Ourada	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y				Vice President for Central Region
Randy Eminger	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y				Vice President for South Region
Bob Paduchik		Y	Y	Y	Y				Chief of Staff
Jeff Bloczynski			Y	Y	Y				Associate Vice President for Economic Analysis
Maureen Healey			Y	Y	Y				Vice President for Eastern Region
Julia Treanor					Y				Senior Director, Communications
Bianca Prade	Y	Y	Y						Vice President for Digital Strategy
Lisa Camooso Miller	Y	Y	Y						Vice President for Media Relations
Ned Leonard	Y	Y	Y						Vice President for Program Services
Pat Cavanagh	Y	Y	Y						Vice President for Federal Relations
Phil Klingelhofer	Y	Y	Y						Senior Vice President for Strategy Management and Operations
Steve Miller	Y	Y	Y						President and CEO
Evan Tracey		Y	Y						Senior Vice President for Communications
Jayne Somes-Schloesser		Y	Y						Vice President for Administration
John Paul	Y	Y							Vice President for East Region
Jon Wadsworth	Y	Y							Vice President for Advocacy and Outreach
Terry Ross	Y								Vice President for West Region

ACCCE Directors

The following is taken from publicly available 990 forms.

Name

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Description

Mark Ourada

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – Central Region

Matthew Rose

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Robert Murray

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Charles R Eminger

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – South Region

Paul Bailey

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Senior VP – Federal Affairs

Stephen Little

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Joseph Craft III

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Anthony Ahern

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Bryan Ronck

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Garry Drummond

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Kevin Crutchfield

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Thomas Fanning

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Robert Paduchik

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Chief of Staff

Michael Ward

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Jeffrey Bloczynski

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – Federal Relations

John Eaves

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Robert M Duncan

Y

Y

Y

Y

President and CEO

Maureen Healey

Y

Y

Y

VP – East Region

James Jura

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Darren Bearson

Y

Y

Senior VP – State Affairs

Laura Sheehan

Y

Y

Senior VP – Communications

Mike McInnes

Y

Y

Director

Paul Sukut

Y

Y

Director

Ted Doheny

Y

Y

Director

Victoria Sullivan

Y

Y

VP – Federal Affairs

Wyatt Hogan

Y

Y

Director

Charles Price

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Duane D Higley

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Nicholas Akins

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Stuart Lowry

Y

Y

Director

Ben Yamagata

Y

Director

Don Gaston

Y

Director

Fred Parker

Y

Director

Gary Smith

Y

Director

Glenn Kellow

Y

Director

James Boyd

Y

Director

Jim Matern

Y

Director

Jim Squires

Y

Director

Ken Taylor

Y

Director

Lance Fritz

Y

Director

Lisa Kost

Y

Director

Meri Sandin

Y

Director

Mike Nasi

Y

Director

Mike Smith

Y

Director

Nicholas Delulis

Y

Director

Peter Glaser

Y

Director

Vic Staffieri

Y

Director

Warner L Baxter

Y

Director

Duane Richards

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Gerard Anderson

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Charles Moorman

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Christopher Curfman

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Clay Robbins

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

David Sinclair

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Clare Gustin

Y

Y

Y

Director

John Koraleski

Y

Y

Y

Director

Joseph Power

Y

Y

Director

Bennett Hatfield

Y

Y

Director

Dennis Welch

Y

Y

Director

Ashlie Kuehn

Y

Director

Kemal Williamson

Y

Director

Kirkley Thomas

Y

Director

Nicholas Deluliis

Y

Director

Philip T Klingelhofer

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Secretary-Treasurer

Michael Sutherlin

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Nick Carter

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Peter Dequattro

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Kenneth Anderson

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Frank Calandra Jr

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

J Brett Harvey

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Bianca Prade

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – Digital Strategy

David Fiorelli

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Evan Tracey

Y

Y

Y

Senior VP – Communications

Andrew Serri

Y

Y

Director

Frederick Palmer

Y

Y

Director

Scott Hutter

Y

Y

Director

Stephen Miller

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Past President & CEO

Lisa Miller

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – Media Relations

Edward Leonard

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – Program Services

David Lynch

Y

Y

Director

Jayne Somes-Schloesser

Y

Y

VP – Operations

Thomas Voss

Y

Y

Y

Director

John Paul

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – North Region

Ronald Harper

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Steven F Leer

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Mark Dudzinski

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Gregory H Boyce

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

James Young

Y

Y

Y

Director

David Mengebier

Y

Y

Director

Gary Voigt

Y

Y

Director

Joel Kaplan

Y

Y

Director

Anthony Alexander

Y

Director

Patrick Cavanagh

Y

VP – Federal Relations

Rosemary L Wilson

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – Policy

Terry Ross

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

VP – West Region

Shelby Joe Lucas

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Senior VP – Communications

Michael G Morris

Y

Y

Y

Director

Paul Evanson

Y

Y

Y

Director

William S Tate

Y

Y

Y

Director

L Earl Watkins Jr

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

John Wadsworth

Y

VP – Communications

Scott Wiseman

Y

Y

Y

Y

Senior VP – State Affairs

Paul Thompson

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Shirley Crawford

Y

Y

Director of Administration

Stephen Gates

Y

Y

Communications Director

Thomas A Smith

Y

Director

Randy Eminger

Y

Y

Y

VP – South Region

Nancy C Mohn

Y

Y

Y

Y

Director

Gary L Rainwater

Y

Director

John R McArthur

Y

Director

Kenneth W James

Y

Director

Mark Premo

Y

Director

Michael P Opalinski

Y

Director

Scott Darling

Y

Director

David Ratcliffe

Y

Y

Y

Chairman

Brett Harvey

Y

Y

Vice Chairman

David Slump

Y

Y

Y

Director

Don Blankenship

Y

Y

Y

Director

Edward Hamberger

Y

Y

Y

Director

Eric Hennen

Y

Y

Y

Director

Gary Roulet

Y

Y

Y

Director

Glenn English

Y

Y

Y

Director

Greg Kraft

Y

Y

Y

Director

J.M. Shafer

Y

Y

Y

Director

James Roberts

Y

Y

Y

Director

John Carroll Jr

Y

Y

Y

Director

John Grisham

Y

Y

Y

Director

Randy Haymaker

Y

Y

Y

Director

Richard Midulla

Y

Y

Y

Director

Richard Walling Sr

Y

Y

Y

Director

Thomas Kuhn

Y

Y

Y

Director

Tom Schelat

Y

Y

Y

Director

Douglas McFarlan

Y

Y

Director

Ed Pettigrew

Y

Y

Director

Kraig Naasz

Y

Y

Director

Marcella Szel

Y

Y

Director

Mark Nelson

Y

Y

Director

Scott Miller

Y

Y

Director

Steve Sharp

Y

Y

Director

Colin Marshall

Y

Director

John Wendling

Y

Director

Mark Smith

Y

Director

Mike McCall

Y

Director

Robert Marshall

Y

Director

Vicky Will

Y

Director

William Barbieri

Y

Director

Bret Clayton

Y

Y

Director

Charles Wakild

Y

Y

Director

Clifford Miercort

Y

Y

Director

David Wilks

Y

Y

Director

Dwight Evans

Y

Y

Director

Michael Menne

Y

Y

Director

Richard Davidson

Y

Y

Director

Rick Lancaster

Y

Y

Director

Rick Thomas

Y

Y

Director

Robert Powers

Y

Y

Director

Roy Palk

Y

Y

Director

Steven Parker

Y

Y

Director

Theodore Tobeck

Y

Y

Director

Fredrick Kuester

Y

Director

Kelly Prasser

Y

Director

Steve Holloway

Y

Director

Albert Pitcher

Y

Director

D. Menzies

Y

Director

David Goode

Y

Director

Irl F. Engelhardt

Y

Chairman

Jack Coffman

Y

Director

Jack Gerard

Y

Director

John Grubb

Y

Director

Richard Benson

Y

Director

Richard White

Y

Director

Rick Sallee

Y

Director

Steven Sharp

Y

Director

Top Compensated Directors/Employees

The following data is sourced from publicly available 990 forms.

Name	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Grand Total
Stephen Miller	$524,765	$610,000	$969,460	$850,000		$1,010,675	$1,615,135	$1,437,636	$1,235,135				$8,252,806
Paul Bailey						$358,670	$626,890	$662,783	$597,016	$651,512	$670,005	$690,091	$4,256,967
Robert M Duncan									$349,617	$1,057,188	$1,000,992	$1,154,303	$3,562,100
Philip T Klingelhofer	$118,362	$148,076	$153,005	$197,217	$215,696	$267,392	$306,378	$351,429	$305,196	$319,383			$2,382,134
Mark Ourada			$161,362	$177,025	$193,334	$203,548	$282,302	$231,001	$233,110	$246,667	$244,846	$259,734	$2,232,929
Robert Paduchik								$380,247	$354,747	$410,572	$424,571	$493,991	$2,064,128
Charles R Eminger	$147,805	$168,017				$216,698	$240,663	$279,194	$230,252	$246,676	$247,954	$270,138	$2,047,397
John Paul	$190,000	$192,721	$196,194	$211,827	$223,297	$240,794	$241,333	$244,108					$1,740,274
Rosemary L Wilson	$158,983	$194,912	$171,088	$194,910	$217,144	$229,442	$236,665						$1,403,144
Terry Ross	$155,182	$166,259	$168,372	$191,244	$210,053	$218,579	$227,901						$1,337,590
Jeffrey Bloczynski									$242,021	$254,050	$261,393	$236,590	$994,054
Scott Wiseman			$156,727	$184,357	$210,089	$379,059							$930,232
Evan Tracey								$320,762	$357,749	$250,276			$928,787
Bianca Prade							$222,640	$221,427	$218,653	$227,951			$890,671
Edward Leonard					$181,257	$221,572		$243,123	$235,497				$881,449
Shelby Joe Lucas	$60,373	$67,410			$279,280	$224,687	$189,349						$821,099
Lisa Miller						$151,737	$221,505	$222,005	$207,723				$802,970
Laura Sheehan											$348,770	$388,736	$737,506
Maureen Healey										$241,395	$242,231	$226,789	$710,415
Darren Bearson											$248,497	$347,780	$596,277
Randy Eminger			$170,256	$191,791	$207,452								$569,499
Jayne Somes-Schloesser								$247,884	$225,044				$472,928
Victoria Sullivan											$223,603	$236,283	$459,886
Shirley Crawford					$108,096	$126,008							$234,104
Patrick Cavanagh								$227,822					$227,822
Stephen Gates					$105,222	$113,741							$218,963
John Wadsworth							$187,076						$187,076

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June 3, 2021

America’s Power filed a brief in West Virginia v. EPA, a U.S. Supreme Court case that reduced the EPA’s ability to regulate power plants under the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The brief filed by America’s Power was prepared by a Washington D.C. law firm, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. In June 2022, the court ruled 6-3 against the EPA.¹⁹“RESPONSE OF AMERICA’S POWER IN SUPPORT OF CERTIORARI in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND MICHAEL REGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States docket no. 20-1530, June 3, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. ²⁰“Re: West Virginia, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 20-153″ (PDF), Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, November 24, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. ²¹“BRIEF OF RESPONDENT AMERICA’S POWER IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND MICHAEL REGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States docket nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, and 20-1780, December 13, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

January 13, 2020

Heartland Institute Senior Fellow Fred Palmer published an article at the coal mining industry publication CoalZoom describing a plan to form a new group called “Saving US Coal.²²”Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8 The Saving US Coal Campaign is a partnership between CoalZoom and Craig Idso’s Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change (CSCDGC/CO2 Science)²³“Saving US Coal,” CO2 Science. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ZBSIC with donations being funneled through CSCDGC.²⁴“Saving US Coal” (PDF), Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

“’Saving US Coal’ has been created to be the vehicle for turning the tide for the full acceptance of coal in the US energy market by undertaking a campaign to repeal CO2 Endangerment at EPA. That requires a compelling EPA filing, of course, one that proves the benign and beneficial nature of more CO2 in the air based on the incredible work that Craig Idso has carried on for his Dad, Sherwood Idso and mentor, Sylvan Wittwer. However, it also requires creation of a coal coalition, like the Climate council quoted above, and the make-up of that coalition can be learned from coal’s past,” Palmer wrote.²⁵Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8

He envisions the group to be a modern equivalent to CEED, the coal industry group that later merged to form ACCCE. As Palmer described it:²⁶Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8

“In 1992, CEED was formed to meet the challenge to coal plants due to coal combustion and its CO2 profile and engage at the state level.”²⁷Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8

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“CEED was successful in the 90s and the approach used then can inform for today. Coal’s challenge today at the state level is much more serious than it was in 1992, for the simple reason that the great investor owned utilities in CEED have switched sides and they own the regulated coal plants. But the CEED model never depended on the nature of CEED‘s members, it depended and depends on defending CO2 in defense of Coal. ‘Saving US Coal’ is the only entity that can do this today and its leaders were engaged directly in the 90s with CEED and succeeding years. ‘Saving US Coal’ can perform the same function today as CEED did then in a virtual way.”²⁸Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8

Palmer envisions CO2 proponent Craig Idso taking a key role in the new group by promoting benefits of CO2:²⁹Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8

“Once filed at EPA, ‘Saving US Coal’ will engage virtually at the state level with regulators directly and through NARUC to educate on the benefits of CO2 to the biosphere and the human environment. At the same time Craig will develop additional, original research showing the truth of CO2 which will be distributed as generated to the regulators. By doing so, coal suppliers can then engage directly with the regulators with challenges to the announced closures; rep-opening previous announcements where the plants are still operating is not out of the question.”

He also makes recommendations on coal industry groups that could be encouraged to join the pro-coal coalition:³⁰Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8

“Today, there are groups sitting right in front of us and ready to go in coalition, I believe. These include:

Count on Coal through NMA

Friends of Coal in West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania

RMCMI in Colorado

The American Coal Council

The state coal associations, a very powerful and overlooked resource

Trade press”

Palmer first joined CoalZoom along with Craig Idso, in coordination with Bill Reid, in December 2019 to focus on the initiative with “the ultimate deliverable: repealing the EPA CO2 Endangerment Finding highlighting coal use as the vehicle and Champion that it is and will be.”³¹“Saving US Coal – Watch This PowerPoint,” CoalZoom, December 16, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/nQDEA

December 2, 2019

Two of the nation’s leading coal companies and CO2 emitters announced that they would be withdrawing from ACCCE in 2020. American Electric Power Co. and Southern Co., both of which have closed some of their smaller coal plants while pledging to reduce emissions, were the last two investor-owned utility companies supporting ACCCE.³²Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr 

In 2018, Southern Co. paid $50,000 in dues to ACCCE, while AEP paid $10,000. ACCCE’s budget has steadily declined from $45 million in 2009 to less than $6 million in 2017, as investors have pressured utility companies to reduce emissions.³³Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr

Following the announcement, a Southern Co. spokesperson told E&E News:³⁴Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr

“Southern Company recognizes the importance of climate change and is a leader in advancing low- to no-carbon solutions that provide clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to our customers and communities. Our strategy to achieve these goals includes the continued development and deployment of a diverse portfolio of energy resources to reliably and affordably serve our customers and communities with a focus on reducing CO2 emissions.”³⁵Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr

September 29, 2017

ACCCE applauded Rick Perry³⁶David Koenig. “Administration favors change in electricity pricing,” SFGate, September 29, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jm2ny for pushing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to speed the approval of a proposal which would reward coal and nuclear power for “resilience” they give to the power grid. ACCCE president Paul Bailey said the move “will finally value the on-site fuel security provided by the coal fleet.”³⁷John Siciliano. “Rick Perry urges FERC protect coal, nuclear power plants,” The Washington Examiner, September 29, 2017. Archived September 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qdPEl

Advocates for both natural gas and renewables were critical of Perry’s proposal:³⁸David Koenig. “Administration favors change in electricity pricing,” SFGate, September 29, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jm2ny

“We worry today’s proposal would upend competitive markets that save consumers billions of dollars a year,” said Amy Farrell, a senior vice president for American Wind Energy Association.³⁹David Koenig. “Administration favors change in electricity pricing,” SFGate, September 29, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jm2ny

Don Santa of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said the plan would favor “a very limited set of fuels and technologies.”⁴⁰David Koenig. “Administration favors change in electricity pricing,” SFGate, September 29, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jm2ny

ACCCE had commissioned a study in August that highlighted the “resiliency” of coal-fired power plants. The study, conducted by PA Consulting Group, concluded that “no single electricity resource has all of the attributes necessary for a reliable and resilient grid.”⁴¹Amanda Durish Cook. “Echoing DOE Report, Industry Study Touts Coal ‘Resiliency’,” RTO Insider, August 30, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/1IJ3c

“This new report shows the coal fleet is essential to help maintain the reliability and resilience of the electricity grid,” said ACCCE CEO Paul Bailey. “For that reason, we are especially supportive of DOE’s recent recommendation that policymakers need to establish criteria to value attributes, such as on-site fuel, that help protect the grid against low probability events that have extreme consequences.”⁴²Amanda Durish Cook. “Echoing DOE Report, Industry Study Touts Coal ‘Resiliency’,” RTO Insider, August 30, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/1IJ3c

July 2017

ACCCE released a document on the “Myths about coal-fired power plants” including the following:⁴³“Myths About Coal-Fired Power Plants” (PDF), ACCCE, July 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

• “Myth … Coal-fired power plants are dirty
• Myth … Coal-fired power plants do not use clean coal technology. 
• Myth … Coal-fired power plants are retiring because of low natural gas prices.
• Myth …The U.S. doesn’t need coal-fired power plants. 
• Myth … Pollution from coal-fired power plants causes premature mortality.
• Myth … ‘The Clean Power Plan … takes real action on climate change.’ [EPA Fact Sheet on the Clean Power Plan]”⁴⁴“Myths About Coal-Fired Power Plants” (PDF), ACCCE, July 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

For the last myth listed, ACCCE cites a 2015 report by the notorious climate change denier Bjorn Lomborg for support, claiming that “the Clean Power Plan would have a trivial effect on climate change. For example, global average temperature increase — the driver for climate change — would be reduced by an insignificant 0.013 degree (less than 1/80th degree) Celsius by the year 2100. On the other hand, the Clean Power Plan could cost more than $20 billion per year.”⁴⁵“Myths About Coal-Fired Power Plants” (PDF), ACCCE, July 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

June 30, 2017

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt spoke at an ACCCE board meeting where he discussed his “red team-blue team”⁴⁶Emily Holden. “Pruitt will launch program to ‘critique’ climate science,” E&E News, June 30, 2017. Archived August 15, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wyjPz strategy for challenging mainstream climate change science, The New York Times reported.⁴⁷Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport. “E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus,” The New York Times, June 30, 2017. Archived October 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x3foH

Critics have said that Pruitt’s approach would undermine the role of academic research at the EPA.⁴⁸Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport. “E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus,” The New York Times, June 30, 2017. Archived October 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x3foH

I think this is fundamentally a dumb idea,” Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric science at Texas A&M University, told The New York Times in an email. “It’s like a red team-blue team exercise about whether gravity exists.”⁴⁹Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport. “E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus,” The New York Times, June 30, 2017. Archived October 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x3foH

March 28, 2017

ACCCE released a statement commending Donald Trump for signing an Executive Order that would overturn the EPA‘s Clean Power Plan:⁵⁰Michelle Bloodworth. “ACCCE Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order Halting EPA’s Clean Power Plan,” ACCCE, March 28, 2017. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzKk4

“ACCCE commends President Trump for withdrawing bad regulations that are hurting our economy. The Clean Power Plan is the poster child for regulations that are unnecessarily expensive and have no meaningful environmental benefit,” said Paul Bailey, President and CEO of ACCCE.  “We look forward to working with EPA Administrator Pruitt to develop sensible policies that protect the environment without shutting down more coal-fueled power plants, one of our most resilient and affordable sources of electricity.”⁵¹Michelle Bloodworth. “ACCCE Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order Halting EPA’s Clean Power Plan,” ACCCE, March 28, 2017. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzKk4

November, 2015

E&E News reported that ACCCE commissioned a study by National Economic Research Associates (NERA) Economic Consulting that predicted the Obama administration’s plans to reduce CO2 emissions from power plants would cost nearly $300 billion. [54]

NERA also produced the March 2017 report⁵²Graham Readfearn. “Tobacco To Fossil Fuels: Tracing the Roots of Trump’s Claims on Paris Climate Deal,” DeSmog, June 1, 2017. President Donald Trump used as support for his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.⁵³“Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Regulations On the Industrial Sector” (PDF), NERA Economic Consulting, March 2017.

August, 2015

ACCCE released a paper titled “Climate Effects of EPA’s Final Clean Power Plan.” The paper concluded that climate effects of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan are “meaningless.”⁵⁴“‘CLIMATE EFFECTS’ OF EPA’S FINAL CLEAN POWER PLAN” (PDF), American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.

January, 2014

ACCCE released a study titled “The Social Costs of Carbon? No, the Social Benefits of Carbon!“ The Daily Caller reported that the study claimed “the benefits of carbonized fuel, like coal, to society are 50 to 500 times greater than the costs.”⁵⁵“THE SOCIAL COSTS OF CARBON? NO, THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF” CARBON” (PDF), Management Information Services, Inc., January 2014. Retrieved from Amercaspower.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. ⁵⁶Michael Bastasch. “Report: The social benefits of fossil fuels outweigh the costs 50 to 1,” The Daily Caller, January 22, 2014. Archived August 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vEDrJ 

The study’s lead author, Roger Bezdek, said: 

“Even the most conservative estimates peg the social benefit of carbon-based fuels as 50 times greater than its supposed social cost. And the benefits are actual fact; founded on more than two centuries of empirical data, not theoretical summaries based on questionable assumptions, dubious forecasts, and flawed models.”⁵⁷Michael Bastasch. “Report: The social benefits of fossil fuels outweigh the costs 50 to 1,” The Daily Caller, January 22, 2014. Archived August 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vEDrJ 

Bezdek has been a vocal opponent of greenhouse gas regulations. In 2015, he testified on behalf of Peabody Energy where he went on record to say “CO2 is not harmful and is actually good for the planet.”⁵⁸Kevin Grandia. “Peabody Energy ‘Experts’ Sow Doubt About Reality of Climate Change,” DeSmog, August 25, 2015. He has also been a speaker at the Heartland Institute‘s International Conference on Climate Change.⁵⁹“ROGER BEZDEK,” Climateconference.heartland.org. Archived April 7, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/b08W6

November 13, 2013

ACCCE released the following statement on EPA regulations:⁶⁰“Statement on Manchin/Whitfield Legislation and House Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing,” Americaspower.org, November 13, 2013. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Cplj4

“ACCCE has long held that EPA regulations are not an effective way to address concerns about global climate change. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY) continue to show that bipartisan leadership on this important issue is possible, even in the face of an Administration recklessly determined to phase out coal.

Senator Manchin’s and Representative Whitfield’s newly proposed legislation is an important step in halting EPA from shutting down our nation’s coal plants and preventing the construction of new ones, which won’t even have any meaningful impact on global climate change. Thankfully, Senator Manchin and Representative Whitfield recognize the serious threat to electric reliability if coal is taken offline, but also the real-life economic and social consequences seemingly neglected from EPA’s own analysis.

This new legislation and tomorrow’s House Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing show that both chambers are beginning to recognize the urgency of Congressional action that’s needed to stop EPA’s dangerous rulemaking.”

June, 2011

ACCCE released a report claiming that clean air rules proposed under the Obama administration would cost utilities $17.8 billion per year and raise electricity rates on average 11.5 percent in 2016. The report was conducted by National Economic Research Associates Inc. Bloomberg described the report as “part of a campaign to delay compliance deadlines in the pending rules.”⁶¹Jim Snyder. “Air Rules to Cost Almost $18 Billion a Year, Coal Group Says,” Bloomberg, June 8, 2011. Archived August 14, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/k37gL

March, 2011

ACCCE ran radio ads opposing the Clean Air Act, shortly before Congress would vote on the issue. The Hill reported that the ads, which ran during a congressional recess, stated:⁶²Ben German. “Coal group presses senators on looming vote to kill EPA climate rules,” The Hill, March 25, 2011. Archived June 4, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/aft1l

“You wouldn’t use a hammer to fix your computer. You don’t use a folding map if you have a GPS. The point is, we don’t use yesterday’s tools to solve today’s challenges. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency has started regulating greenhouse gas emissions under a 40-year-old law that doesn’t even mention the term ‘greenhouse gases.’ The result could be higher energy prices and lost jobs.”⁶³Ben German. “Coal group presses senators on looming vote to kill EPA climate rules,” The Hill, March 25, 2011. Archived June 4, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/aft1l

They urge listeners to ask their senators to vote for the amendment, which The Hill notes mirrors Sen. James Inhofe’s (R-Okla.) legislation designed to block the EPA. The ads ran in Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and numerous other states.⁶⁴Ben German. “Coal group presses senators on looming vote to kill EPA climate rules,” The Hill, March 25, 2011. Archived June 4, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/aft1l

2011—

ACCCE has been a regular sponsor of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) annual meetings since at least 2011. Examples have included:⁶⁵“American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity,” Energy and Policy Institute. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/KpEDc

• “Chairman” level sponsor, 2011 Annual Conference – $50,000
• “Chairman” level sponsor, 2013 Summer Meeting – $50,000
• “Chairman” level sponsor, 2013 Annual Conference – $50,000
• “Director” level sponsor, 2014 Annual Conference – $Unknown

October 29, 2009

ACCCE President and CEO Joe Miller testified before the House Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee about the forged letters sent by Bonner & Associates. During his testimony, Miller claimed that his organization had never opposed the Waxman-Markey Climate bill. View video below, pulled by Media Matters and reported on by HuffPost:⁶⁶Arthur Delaney. “Pro-Coal Lobby Boss Claims Never To Have Opposed Climate Change Bill (VIDEO),” HuffPost, March 18, 2010. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/1p2f2

Note that, in a June 2009 press release, ACCCE had issued the following statement:“⁶⁷ACCCE Statement in Regards to the Passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act,” America’s Power, June 26, 2009. Archived July 16, 2010. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/H2FUQ

“ACCCE cannot support this bill, as it is written, because the legislation still does not adequately protect consumers and the domestic economy or ensure that the American people can continue to enjoy the benefits of affordable, reliable electricity, which has been so important to our nation.”

October 2009

Released a study titled “Benefits of Investments in Clean Coal Technology.” The study concluded:⁶⁸“BENEFITS OF INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY,” (PDF), Management Information Services, Inc. Washington, D.C. Retrieved from Americaspower.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

• “Benefits over the 20-year period total $111 billion (2008 dollars)
• The benefits in individual categories range from $15 billion in fuel cost  savings to $39 billion for capital and technology cost savings in new and existing plants
• Total jobs created total 1.2 million, with an annual average of about 60,000 jobs created”

August 6, 2009

Despite investigation of a Hawthorn Group subcontractor for sending fraudulent letters to members of Congress, ACCCE proceeded to re-hire the firm for a $1 million campaign to gain support with Senate Democrats, The New York Times reported.⁶⁹Anne C. Mulkern. “’Citizen Army’ Carries Coal’s Climate Message to Hinterlands,” The New York Times, August 6, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hwVLw

“While the issue involving these falsified letters is a very serious matter, an outrageous matter, it still remains to be an isolated incident,” said Joe Lucas, an ACCCE spokesman. “We’re not going to throw the baby out with the bath water here.”⁷⁰Anne C. Mulkern. “’Citizen Army’ Carries Coal’s Climate Message to Hinterlands,” The New York Times, August 6, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hwVLw

The new project would use 225,000 volunteers dubbed “America’s Power Army” to visit functions attended by members of Congress and ask questions about energy policy.⁷¹Anne C. Mulkern. “’Citizen Army’ Carries Coal’s Climate Message to Hinterlands,” The New York Times, August 6, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hwVLw

August 2009

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity was under investigation for letters sent by Bonner & Associates, a subcontractor of the coalition that had sent letters to members of Congress regarding climate legislation. Markey announced his investigation of ACCCE, with a hearing scheduled for October, 2009.⁷²“UPDATE: Select Committee to Hold Hearing on Fraudulent Letters Sent to Congress,” The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Archived December 3, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pVI3r

ACCCE dropped Bonner & Associates as a result of the scandal:⁷³Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Coal Lobby Drops Bonner & Associates Over Forged Letters,” DeSmog, August 21, 2009.

“We will not be working with Mr. Bonner again,” Joe Lucas, senior vice president for communications at ACCCE, told NationalJournal.com. “ACCCE did nothing wrong. Looking back, there would be many things we would do differently.”⁷⁴Amy Harder. “ACCCE Will No Longer Work With Bonner,” National Journal, August 21, 2009. Archived August 26, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/o4nGR

View DeSmog reporting on the forged letters:

• “Astroturf King Jack Bonner’s Long History of Deceitful ‘Grassroots’ Lobbying,“ DeSmog, October 28, 2009.
• “House Committee Hearing To Investigate Coal Lobby’s Fraudulent Letters to Congress,” DeSmog, October 13, 2009.
• “Public Support for Energy Bill Shows the Deception in Bonner Astroturf Campaign,” DeSmog, September 3, 2009.
• “Bonner & Associates Never Contacted Rep. Perriello and Several Charities Defrauded In Forged Letter Scandal,” DeSmog, August 31, 2009.
• “Bonner & Associates Coached Employees To Lie To Generate Letters to Congress – Will Congress Rein In Such Astroturf?” DeSmog, August 28, 2009.
• “Bonner & Associates Paid Bonus to Letter Forger Before Firing Him,” DeSmog, August 28, 2009.
• “Bonner & Associates Spin Machine in Full Gear To Defend Sullied Brand,” DeSmog, August 28, 2009.
• “ACCCE Coal Lobby Drops Bonner & Associates Over Forged Letters,” DeSmog, August 21, 2009.
• “Five More Forged Letters Uncovered From Bonner & Associates’ Work for ACCCE – Read Them Here,” DeSmog, August 18, 2009.

According to The New York Times, at least 12 of the letters were fraudulent, purporting to be from groups opposed to the Waxman-Markey climate bill. ACCCE placed the blame on one Bonner & Associates employee. At least 199 letters and over 4,000 phone calls opposing the climate bill were made as the result of work by Bonner & Associates and Lincoln Strategies LLC—both Hawthorn Group subcontractors.⁷⁵Anne C. Mulkern and Alex Kaplun. “Markey Expands ACCCE Investigation From Forged Letters to Lobbying Disclosures,” The New York Times, October 26, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/QXYt2

The Wall Street Journal reported he letters had purported to represent elderly service organizations and seniors centers when, in fact, an aide to Mr. Markey said in an interview, the letters were forgeries.⁷⁶Stephen Power. “You’ve got (bogus) mail,” The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/EBde3

“We’ve seen fear-mongering with our nation’s senior citizens with health care, and now we’re seeing fraud-mongering with senior citizens on clean energy,” Edward Markey, chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said in a written statement. “We must return to an honest discussion of the issues, and ensure that this sort of campaign does not further poison the well of trustworthy debate.”⁷⁷Stephen Power. “You’ve got (bogus) mail,” The Wall Street Journal, August 18, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/EBde3

A memo listing “Talking points for ACCCE” was distributed to temporary employees. “Crucially, the talking points specifically instructed employees to lie to the community organizations they were calling, telling them they were working with seniors/veterans groups and that other seniors/veterans groups had written the letter they would be signing. They were in fact working directly for a coal industry front group, and the letter was written by Bonner and associates,” Enviroknow reported.⁷⁸“Bonner Talking Points Instructed Employees to Lie to Generate Letters to Congress,” Enviroknow, August 28, 2009. Archived September 3, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/gnwGt

View PDF copies of the letters below, courtesy of EnviroKnow:

Perriello:

• Senior Center Inc., Charlottesville, VA 
• Creciendo Juntos, Charlottesville, VA [previously made public]
• Jefferson Area Board on Aging, Charlottesville, VA [previously made public]
• American Association of University Women, Charlottesville, VA [previously
 made public]
• NAACP-Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA [5 letters] [previously made 
public]
• NAACP-1, NAACP-2, NAACP-3, NAACP-4, NAACP-5

Dahlkemper:

• Slippery Rock Senior Center, Slippery Rock, PA 
• Erie Center on Health & Aging, Eire, PA 
• Butler Senior Center, Lyndora, PA

Carney:

• Dunmore Senior Citizens Center, Dunmore, PA

December 2008

As reported at ThinkProgress, ACCCE released a campaign through the holidays promoting clean coal.⁷⁹Ryan Powers. “‘Frosty the Coalman’: King Coal Launches Holiday-Themed Greenwashing Campaign,” ThinkProgress, December 10, 2008. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Npvpv The “Clean Coal Carolers” described coal as “clean,” “affordable,” and “adorable.”⁸⁰“Carolers,” Americaspower.org. Archived December 11, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6t8Gl

An excerpt from “Frosty the Coalman”:

“Frosty the Coal Man, is a jolly happy soul.
He’s abundant here in America and he helps our economy roll.
Frosty the Coal Man, is getting cleaner every day. 
He’s affordable and adorable and helps workers keep their pay.
There must have been some magic in clean coal technology,
For when they looked for pollutants there was nearly none to see.”

Video of the original animations, via TreeHugger, below:

April 17, 2008

Stephen Miller, ACCCE‘s president, was interviewed by E&ETV/OnPoint.⁸¹Page van der Linden. “Same Front Group, Different Day,” DeSmog, April 21, 2008. View a transcript here. Key points included:⁸²“New coalition touts clean coal in primary states, supports emissions reduction legislation,” OnPoint, April 17, 2008. Archived May 24, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/m1xX6

• “If we push too hard, too fast, we will force fuel switching away from coal.”
• “The president and the congress have a role to play to make sure the public sector invests in coal-fired power.”
• We’ve spent a lot of money on t-shirts, trucks, and advertising to affect the primary campaign, and it’s working.

2008

As covered by Greenpeace investigations, ACCCE spent over $35 million in 2008 on a major public relations campaign on “clean coal” during the Presidential race. The campaign included the mobilization of over 150,000 supporters, who they called their “civilian army” as well as a print ad campaign. ACCCE also paid CNN $5 million to be a major co-sponsor of six presidential debates.⁸³“American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricit Greenwashing Dirty Coal,” Greenpeace, September 11, 2008.

Related Organizations

Websites

• Coalfacts.org
• CleanCoalTechnologyWorks.org
• CleanCoalUSA.org
• America’sPower.org (Current)

Members

The following members of ACCCE have been listed on the ACCCE/America’s Power website, year over year:

Member	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2017	2018	2019
ALCOA	Y
Allegheny Energy, Inc.	Y	Y	Y
Alliance Coal, LLC	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Alliance Resource Partners. L.P.								Y	Y
Alpha Natural Resources		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Alstom Power*	Y
AMEREN Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
American Electric Power	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Arch Coal, Inc.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.	Y	Y					Y	Y	Y
Basin Electric Power Cooperative	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Berwind Natural Resources Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
BHP Billiton	Y
Big Rivers Electric Corporation								Y	Y
BNSF Railway	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co.	Y	Y	Y
Buckeye Power, Inc.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
BUCYRUS			Y
Bucyrus International, Inc.	Y	Y
Carbon Utilization Research Council (CURC)							Y	Y	Y
Caterpillar Incorporated	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Charah, Inc.					Y	Y	Y	Y
CONSOL Energy Inc.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y
Consumers Energy	Y	Y	Y	Y
Crounse Corporation		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
CSX Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
Drummond Company, Incorporated	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
DTE Energy (Detroit Edison)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Duke Energy Corporation*	Y
E.ON U.S.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Express Marine, Incorporated	Y
First Energy Corporation	Y			Y	Y
Foundation Coal Corp.	Y
Freightcar America, Inc.	Y	Y
GE Energy		Y	Y	Y
General Electric Capital Corporation	Y
GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance								Y	Y
Indiana Coal Council									Y
Inez Deposit Bank								Y
International Coal Group		Y	Y
Jackson Walker LLP							Y
Jennmar Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
John T. Boyd Company							Y	Y	Y
Joy Global Mining	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Kentucky Coal Association								Y	Y
Kentucky River Coal Corporation							Y
Kentucky River Properties, LLC								Y	Y
Komatsu Mining Corporation							Y	Y	Y
LG&E KU PPL companies					Y	Y
Luminant	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Martin Engineering					Y
Midwest Generation	Y	Y
Mirant Corporation	Y	Y
Murray Energy Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Natural Resource Partners L.P.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Norfolk Southern Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
OG&E Energy Corp.	Y
Oglethorpe Power Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Ohio CAT							Y
Peabody Energy Corporation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative							Y	Y	Y
Prairie State Generating Company, LLC			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Progress Energy, Incorporated	Y	Y
Rosebud Mining Company								Y	Y
Seminole Electric Cooperative	Y
SEP Corporation (Sunflower Electric)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Southern Company	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Tenaska, Inc.			Y	Y	Y
Trapper Mining							Y
Tri-state Generation & Transmission Assn. Inc.	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Union Pacific Railroad	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative	Y
Western Fuels Association	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
White Stallion Energy								Y

*In 2009, both Duke Energy and Alstom Power left ACCCE,⁸⁴Anne C. Mulkern. “Another Company Leaves ‘Mixed Messaging’ Coal Alliance,” The New York Times, September 9, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/f23SQ citing concerns about the Alliance’s opposition to the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill.⁸⁵Brad Johnson. “Duke Energy Quits Scandal-Ridden American Coalition For Clean Coal Electricity,” ThinkProgress, September 2, 2009. Archived August 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mYojA

PR Firms

ACCE has retained a range of PR firms to spread its message, including Bonner & Associates, which was caught sending at least a dozen forged letters to Congress members urging them to vote against clean energy and climate legislation.⁸⁶Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Hires New PR Firm With Bush Ties To Push Coal,” DeSmog, February 5, 2010.

Bonner & Associates

In her book, Global Spin, author Sharon Beder noted that past Bonner clients have included tobacco companies Philip Morris and U.S. Tobacco Co.; the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association; the utility trade group Edison Electric Institute; military contractor McDonnell Douglas; nuclear industry and military services giant Westinghouse; chemical companies Monsanto and Dow Chemical; and the major Detroit auto companies Chrysler, Ford and General Motors (who hired Bonner to help derail Congressional efforts to raise fuel efficiency standards back in the 1990s).⁸⁷Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Hires New PR Firm With Bush Ties To Push Coal,” DeSmog, February 5, 2010.

Bonner has referred to his own firm as a “white collar sweatshop,” run largely by temporary employees and interns paid low hourly wages.⁸⁸Zachary Roth. “Behind The Forged Letters: Jack Bonner’s ‘White-Collar Sweatshop’,” TalkingPointsMemo, August 4, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zeJif

Hawthorn Group

The New York Times reported that ACCCE paid more than $7 million in 2008 and nearly $3 million in the first half of 2009 to Hawthorn Group towards work designed to influence U.S. climate legislation.⁸⁹Anne C. Mulkern and Alex Kaplun. “Markey Expands ACCCE Investigation From Forged Letters to Lobbying Disclosures,” The New York Times, October 26, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/QXYt2

In a December, 2008 newsletter “To Hawthorn Friends & Family,” the group outlined some of the work it had done for ACCCE.⁹⁰“To Hawthorn Friends & Family—” Hawthorn Group, December, 2008. Archived July 11, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/EeDqt

“This campaign was focused in key states during the 2008 primary and general election campaign. Our challenge was to get the candidates, media, and opinion ‘influencers’ to start talking about the importance of American coal to our energy future and the need to fund clean coal technology,” the newsletter said. “Building on our existing 200,000-strong grassroots citizen army, we leveraged the presidential candidates’ own supporters, finding advocates for clean coal among the crowd to carry our message. “

HDMK

Replacing Bonner and Associates, ACCCE hired two groups including HDMK,⁹¹Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Hires New PR Firm With Bush Ties To Push Coal,” DeSmog, February 5, 2010. a public relations firm that National Journal reported had strong ties to  former President George W. Bush and the Republican Party.⁹²Peter H. Stone. “Coal’s New PR Mouthpieces,” National Journal, February 3, 2010. Archived November 20, 2011. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ctQeX

HDMK is run by Terry Holt, the national campaign spokesperson for George W. Bush in the 2004 election and the former spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner.  Other HDMK partners include Trent Duffy, a former deputy press secretary to President George W. Bush, Jim Morrell, former deputy chief of staff to the House Republican Conference and a speechwriter for former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL), and Chad Kolton, another long-time Republican communications operative who served in the Bush administration as press secretary at the OMB and FEMA.⁹³Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Hires New PR Firm With Bush Ties To Push Coal,” DeSmog, February 5, 2010.

Howard Consulting Group

Dan Ronayne, a managing director of the Howard Consulting Group, was retained to work with regional reporters alongside HDMK.⁹⁴Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Hires New PR Firm With Bush Ties To Push Coal,” DeSmog, February 5, 2010.

R&R Partners

R&R Partners did significant work for ACCCE, including the development of ACCCE‘s $400,000 (now-defunct) website, CleanCoalUSA.org.⁹⁵Kevin Grandia. “Ad firm touts its ‘clean coal’ persuasion work,” DeSmog, June 1, 2009. An R&R Partners Case Study described their strategy as follows:⁹⁶“American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity,” R&R Partners. Archived June 19, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/NR8cJ

“R&R and ACCCE created a fully integrated marketing, branding and issue-advocacy campaign to educate our audiences on the importance of coal in their daily lives. Our strategy was to convince our audiences that through the use of modern technology, coal is cleaner than ever and getting cleaner still, and present coal as a vital component in our march toward energy independence.

The ACCCE campaign focused primarily around a fully integrated marketing approach that used the presidential campaign as a platform for our messaging, resulting in highly visible and well-publicized campaign tactics throughout the year. Outreach consisted of grassroots, earned media, paid media and advocacy tactics that created a ‘surround-sound’ effect targeting each of our audiences through all mediums and communications. Grassroots efforts included street teams, walking billboards, mobile billboards and recruitment and mobilization of an ACCCE Army (supporters of ACCCE and its mission) at presidential primaries, debates, conventions and other key campaign events. Earned media efforts included maintaining ongoing media relations and generating consistent press coverage of ACCCE-related issues and successes. A national television campaign focusing on the ACCCE core-message strategy – along with state and issue-specific campaigns that included news and magazine print, outdoor billboards, and radio and online components – comprised the paid media efforts that supported the overall campaign strategy.”

In an article responding to DeSmog/HuffPost’s reporting, ACCCE noted that the website CleanCoalUSA.org was originally a project of a now-defunct group called the Coal-Based Generation Stakeholders (CBGS), and “While CBGS had many of the same members as ACCCE has today, the membership list was not identical.”⁹⁷“Behind the Plug,” Americaspower.org. Archived June 8, 2009. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/DItG3

Contact & Address

ACCCE listed the following contact information on its website, as of December 2018:⁹⁸“Contact us,” ACCCE. Archived December 12, 2018. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/3FVsT

ACCCE
1069 West Broad Street, Suite 913
Falls Church, VA 22046

202-459-4800

[email protected]

Social Media

• America’s Power on Facebook.
• @AmericasPower on Twitter.
• America’s Power in YouTube.
• The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity on LinkedIn.

Other Resources

• “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity,” Wikipedia. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Yya2o
• “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity,” Sourcewatch. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/U7sVX
• “Coal Is Dirty” — Website by DeSmog debunking some of the top Clean Coal myths.
• “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity ACCCE,” Polluterwatch.

Resources

• 1
  “New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h
• 2
  “About,” America’s Power. Archived December 20, 2019. Archive.ph URL:  https://archive.ph/lk5db
• 3
  “New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h
• 4
  “New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h
• 5
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• 6
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• 7
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• 8
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• 9
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• 10
  “APA News,” Spring 2009 issue. Archived with Archive.is.
• 11
  Brendan DeMelle. “ACCCE Coal Lobby Targeting Key Democrats In Senate Climate Debate,” DeSmog, September 23, 2009.
• 12
  “Legislative Issue Advertising in the 107th Congress,” The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, July 2003. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 13
  “About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.
• 14
  “About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.
• 15
  “About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.
• 16
  “About the Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED),” DeSmog.
• 17
  Kevin Grandia. “Leaked Clean Coal Strategy Memo to Peabody Energy,” DeSmog, January 16, 2009.
• 18
  “American Cltn for Clean Coal Electricity,” OpenSecrets.org. Accessed August 2, 2017.
• 19
  “RESPONSE OF AMERICA’S POWER IN SUPPORT OF CERTIORARI in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND MICHAEL REGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States docket no. 20-1530, June 3, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 20
  “Re: West Virginia, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 20-153″ (PDF), Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, November 24, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 21
  “BRIEF OF RESPONDENT AMERICA’S POWER IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND MICHAEL REGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States docket nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, and 20-1780, December 13, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 22
  ”Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 23
  “Saving US Coal,” CO2 Science. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ZBSIC
• 24
  “Saving US Coal” (PDF), Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 25
  Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 26
  Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 27
  Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 28
  Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 29
  Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 30
  Fred Palmer. “Saving US Coal – A Path Forward to Preserve the Existing Coal Fleet,” Coalzoom.com, January 13, 2020. Archived January 14, 2020. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/ERIm8
• 31
  “Saving US Coal – Watch This PowerPoint,” CoalZoom, December 16, 2019. Archive.ph URL: https://archive.ph/nQDEA
• 32
  Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr
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  Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr
• 34
  Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr
• 35
  Benjamin Storrow. “Under pressure, 2 utilities ditch pro-coal trade group,” E&E News, December 2, 2019. Archived December 2, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/UslGr
• 36
  David Koenig. “Administration favors change in electricity pricing,” SFGate, September 29, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jm2ny
• 37
  John Siciliano. “Rick Perry urges FERC protect coal, nuclear power plants,” The Washington Examiner, September 29, 2017. Archived September 30, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qdPEl
• 38
  David Koenig. “Administration favors change in electricity pricing,” SFGate, September 29, 2017. Archived October 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jm2ny
• 39
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• 40
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• 41
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• 42
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• 43
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• 44
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• 45
  “Myths About Coal-Fired Power Plants” (PDF), ACCCE, July 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 46
  Emily Holden. “Pruitt will launch program to ‘critique’ climate science,” E&E News, June 30, 2017. Archived August 15, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wyjPz
• 47
  Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport. “E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus,” The New York Times, June 30, 2017. Archived October 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x3foH
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  Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport. “E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus,” The New York Times, June 30, 2017. Archived October 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x3foH
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  Brad Plumer and Coral Davenport. “E.P.A. to Give Dissenters a Voice on Climate, No Matter the Consensus,” The New York Times, June 30, 2017. Archived October 3, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x3foH
• 50
  Michelle Bloodworth. “ACCCE Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order Halting EPA’s Clean Power Plan,” ACCCE, March 28, 2017. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzKk4
• 51
  Michelle Bloodworth. “ACCCE Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order Halting EPA’s Clean Power Plan,” ACCCE, March 28, 2017. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/wzKk4
• 52
  Graham Readfearn. “Tobacco To Fossil Fuels: Tracing the Roots of Trump’s Claims on Paris Climate Deal,” DeSmog, June 1, 2017.
• 53
  “Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Regulations On the Industrial Sector” (PDF), NERA Economic Consulting, March 2017.
• 54
  “‘CLIMATE EFFECTS’ OF EPA’S FINAL CLEAN POWER PLAN” (PDF), American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.
• 55
  “THE SOCIAL COSTS OF CARBON? NO, THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF” CARBON” (PDF), Management Information Services, Inc., January 2014. Retrieved from Amercaspower.org. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 56
  Michael Bastasch. “Report: The social benefits of fossil fuels outweigh the costs 50 to 1,” The Daily Caller, January 22, 2014. Archived August 2, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/vEDrJ 
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