ACC Member Companies

By Tom Borelli, National Center for Public Policy Research

The coal industry is enduring an unprecedented assault, one that has been led by President Obama and aided by powerful ideological and business allies. The accumulating political and regulatory pounding is threatening to push the coal industry over the tipping point, jeopardizing thousands of jobs, and denying consumers a cheap, domestic and reliable source of electricity.

Obama’s attack on the coal industry is, however, not a surprise. In fact, the president’s revulsion for coal has been consistent, unrelenting and crystal clear. Before he was elected president, then-candidate Obama openly expressed his feelings about [...]

By Kim Link, Arch Coal

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mining (OSM) for reforestation efforts recently recognized Arch Coal’s Coal-Mac, Inc. for its reclamation work on the Phoenix #2 surface mine located in Logan County, West Virginia, near Omar. The presentation of the 2010 Excellence in Reforestation Award in West Virginia culminates nearly a decade-long reclamation effort by the company.

The presentation of the 2010 Excellence in Reforestation Award in West Virginia was made by Rick Buckley, Branch Chief, Field Support OSM Charleston Field Office with the OSM’s Charleston Field Office. “These reforestation efforts are being recognized under the [...]

Correcting Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality

By Tom Harris, International Climate Science Coalition

Unfortunately for Al Gore, but fortunately for the rest of us, much of what we heard in his 24 Hours of Reality extravaganza was pure fantasy.

Gore is completely wrong when he tells us that the science of climate change is settled. If his “Climate Reality Project” actually did promote climate realism, he would tell us that the science is in a period of negative discovery – the more we learn, the more we realize we do not understand about this, arguably the most complex science ever tackled. Rather than [...]