How Affordable Energy Can Help Small Businesses in Ohio Win the Future
President Obama visited Cleveland State University today, holding a “Winning the Future Forum on Small Business,” where he and members of his administration are hearing directly from small business...
View ArticleEnergyBiz Leadership Forum Day 2: National and State Importance of Coal
Yesterday was the second and last day of the 2011 EnergyBiz Leadership Forum at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The day started off with a panel of utility CEOs, who all agreed that...
View ArticleHouse, Senate Introduce Legislation To Stop EPA Regulations
Alexandria, Va. – The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity today praised the introduction in the U.S. House and Senate of bipartisan legislation that would ensure the authority to regulate...
View ArticleThe Coal Wire: American-Australian Partnership on Advanced Coal Technologies
President Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard are holding bilateral discussions today at the White House, talking about our two countries’ joint political and economic interests. One of...
View ArticleArkansas Business and Community Leaders Rally to Support Power Plant, Local Jobs
There’s a buzz in Hempstead, a county of almost 23,000 residents in the southwest corner of Arkansas. There about 1,600 workers are busily striving to complete the last half of a 600-megawatt baseload...
View ArticleThe Coal Wire: Industry, Academia and Government Invest in Advanced Coal...
At the Department of Energy, the National Energy Technology Laboratory is beginning research into new information technologies that would help commercialize carbon capture and storage projects faster....
View ArticleThree Things Your Member of Congress Needs to Know About Coal and Energy...
Congress is in recess this week, and many of our elected officials are home in their districts. With several important pieces of energy legislation being considered on Capitol Hill, it’s important to...
View ArticleSalazar Knows Coal is Critical to America’s Energy Portfolio
Yesterday afternoon, the Department of Interior announced that they will be leasing new tracts of land in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, containing an estimated 758 million tons of low sulfur coal....
View ArticleMACT Fact #1: Utility MACT is Expensive
By mid-December, the EPA is planning to enact the Utility MACT rule, which would place unnecessary burden on America’s economic recovery. This week, Behind the Plug will feature five facts about the...
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GOTV for Coal
The presidential campaign started in Virginia early this year, and yet the excitement leading up to the election is palpable. Today, Mitt Romney has a rally in Abingdon – the heart of Virginia coal...
View ArticleWhat’s At Stake: President Obama’s Upcoming Speech on Climate Change
One day before President Obama’s highly anticipated speech on climate change, energy producers, small businesses and families are all preparing for the impact of a potentially serious shift in energy...
View ArticleEPA’s Climate Plan Must Consider Impact on Workers and Consumers
In the wake of President Obama’s major climate plan speech last week, Americans everywhere have been wondering what the real cost of his energy agenda will be. Virginia Attorney General and...
View ArticleIt’s About Jobs
The coal-based electricity industry supports 760,000 jobs in the U.S. and enacting a new energy policy that puts these jobs at risk could have harmful and lasting consequences for our economy and our...
View ArticleIndependence Day and Energy Independence
Happy Fourth of July. As we spend time with our families and friends celebrating our nation’s birthday, America’s Power is pausing to think about the future of our energy independence. Last week, the...
View ArticleIt’s Not About Politics, It’s About People
When it comes to protecting American coal workers, our families and our communities, one thing is clear: it’s not about politics. Earlier this week, a bipartisan group of 22 Members of the U.S. House...
View ArticleEPA Administrator Gina McCarthy is having a Twitter Chat
Earlier this week, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy asked that everyone stop talking about how potential regulations cost hard working Americans their jobs. We think it’s important to talk about the...
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Why We’re All Counting on Coal
With temperatures dropping across the U.S., our families and friends are counting on reliable and affordable energy to keep them warm. It’s no surprise that the demand for energy to heat homes is on...
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Help Us Promote Coal Jobs and Coal Communities
When it comes to the coal industry, our member companies as well as state and regional coal associations are doing some of the most important work promoting coal jobs and coal communities. The job of...
View ArticleMissed Opportunity
Last night, as the President delivered his State of the Union address, he ignored an opportunity to be candid with the American people about the impacts of his Climate Action Plan. The President...
View ArticlePerfectly Legal and Perfectly Dishonest.
This morning, I read an editorial in the Wheeling, WV Intelligencer that calls out the EPA for, yet again, shutting out the voices of coal supporters. In the piece, “EPA’s ‘Listening Tour’ is...
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