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ACC - 30 years of service and support
"One faces the future with one's past." This year ~ 2012 ~ we celebrate our 30th Anniversary. Throughout this year and into the future, we will continue to pursue our Association objectives, grounded in the strength of our original charter ~ to represent the interests of the full spectrum of the coal chain, from the hole-in-the-ground to the plug-in-the-wall. Those objectives include:
In this election year, the debate about priorities, costs and policies associated with energy, economics and the environment will be intense. ACC will contribute factual information to the discussion through our website, as well as through our ACC publications and social media outlets (www.coalblog.org, http://www.facebook.com/AmericanCoal).
I encourage our ACC members to take advantage of the one of the many benefits of membership by accessing the marketplace information available in the Members Page section of our website. You'll find a year-end membership report with an update on what's new for 2012, as well as recordings and presentations from our webcast and on-site conference programs.
Finally, for information on our upcoming conferences and archived conference information, please check out www.accevents.org.
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions regarding our website. Let us know how else we can use the site to meet your business needs.
Cheers ~
Janet Gellici, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
American Coal Counci 2012 Spring Coal Forum
DATE: March 13-15, 2012 Register Now!The ACC's Spring Coal Forum (SCF'12) program examines marketplace and public policy issues of critical importance to the utility-coal industry. The event serves as a forum for senior industry executives from companies that produce, supply, transport, ship, trade and consume coal. The program features presentations from coal suppliers, utilities, railroads and energy traders, along with industry-wide perspectives from leading consultants and government representatives. More information is available on the ACC Events website. Click here to see it. AmericanCoalOnline.com
 Don't forget! You can access all of the content from the latest edition of American Coal magazine in a digital format - online - at www.americancoalonline.com We're always looking for ways to give you a better and more enjoyable product. Don't hesitate to let us know what you think, send us a letter to the editor, send us an email, give us a call @ 202-756-4540. Also, if you are interested in publishing an article in American Coal - whether you're editorializing on an issue, preparing a case study, or describing a challenge the industry is facing - we would love to hear from you. Please call Jason Hayes (202-756-4540) or email us with your article ideas. You could be the next featured author in American Coal spring 2012 issue. 2011 Membership Report
 "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." Thank you for your membership in the American Coal Council (ACC). We greatly appreciate your support of our Association and hope you'll continue to consider the ACC as a partner in helping to protect and expand your business interests. As we head into 2012 and a celebration of the ACC's 30th anniversary, I'd like to provide you with a brief 2011 year in review and a look at what's ahead. ... ACC Members can read the rest of the ACC Year End report by clicking this link. Advertising Opportunities - ACC website, newsletter, calendar, and more
 Start your 2012 ad campaign out right! Getting accurate and up-to-date information on your company, your products, your services in front of potential customers is essential. There's no better way to do this than in ACC print and online publications like:
Our Media Kit - with full information on ad locations, sizes, and pricing - is available for download from the ACC website. We are also happy to answer any other questions that you might have. Please contact Jason Hayes, ACC Communications Director at 602-769-3872 or jhayes@americancoalcouncil.org. EPA: Implementing MACT while CSAPR is blocked
For those who may have missed it, the EPA released the final version of its Utility MACT rule on December 21st. The rule was ostensibly designed to address the release of mercury emissions from large coal-fueled utility generation sources. [...] At the same time as the EPA is pressing forward on the Utility MACT a federal appeals court issued a stay, blocking the January 1, 2012 implementation date for another important EPA rule. Pending further court review, the U.S. District Court of Appeals has blocked the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which rushed to set strict new limits on the release of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SOX). A "death spiral"? Seriously?
I keep reading articles and hearing stories forecasting the death of the coal industry. While some might think that these are a new challenge, veterans of past lean spells will recognize the forecasts as an ongoing background noise that the industry must address. I recently saw another article predicting doom for the coal industry. I responded to it on the Coalblog.
I've also questioned (with tongue placed firmly in my cheek) whether similar problems indicated the "death spiral" of the wind and renewables industry. Carnegie-Krupp Template for Coal Deployment Optimisation (Pt. II)
Editor's Note: As part of the Coalblog's continuing commitment to bringing you new and innovative editorial and ideas, I have invited Walter James O'Brien to expand on his 2010 American Coal magazin article, "Carbon Compliance Using the Carnegie Model." In this new article, O'Brien expands on the theme of using CO2 to promote industrial development. Please feel free to comment and suggest other means of making CO2 pay.
Coalblog Posts: The costs of runaway regulation
With radical change becoming the norm for the energy industry -whether in the form of new regulations, updated technologies, changing policies, or funding options - it is essential to stay up to date on what is coming next. Be sure to check out the Coalblog for regular updates and editorial from the ACC, as well as coal and energy sector companies. Here are links to just a few of the issues that we have covered since the last issue of American Coal Advisory
We have also posted several of the growing list of stories outlining the policy impacts and social and economic costs of the impending EPA Train Wreck.
Please contact Jason Hayes if your company has an interesting editorial, story,news release, or case study to feature in the ACC newsletters and on the Coalblog. We'd love to hear from you. Genscape Weekly Coal Burn Data
ACC has partnered with Genscape to bring our members and readers regular updates on the amount of coal being consumed in the U.S. Click on the graph below to see the weekly updates on coal use. Good for you! - Black & Veatch building clean coal in Malaysia
Congratulations to ACC member, Black & Veatch on the news that they will be working with China National Machinery Import & Export Corp in Malaysia to build clean coal generation equipment at the Manjung Unit 4 power project.
Read the remainder of this Coalblog post by clicking here. Bounce Back Higher - Setting SMART Goals in 2012
Does the new beginning represented by a New Year get you dreaming of how you can achieve more in the coming 12 months? ACC members can click here to read award-winning author and media veteran, Colleen Kettenhofen's latest monthly leadership management column. This month Colleen describes how managers and leaders can actually lead their teams or organizations through turbulent times. The Un-Comfort Zone #41 ~ Good Stuff also Comes in Threes
A few years ago I was surfing the internet on a Friday afternoon when I discovered a contest asking amateurs to make TV commercials for a famous ketchup brand. The prize was several thousand dollars and your commercial would actually run on television. Instantly I had an idea for a romantic comedy in which ketchup brought two young lovers together. Romance was on my mind; I had recently started dating someone with whom I was very interested. In this latest edition of The Un-comfort Zone, Robert Wilson considers the idea that making a commitment creates remarkable opportunities that never existed before. ACC members can click this link to finish reading this article. Click here to read archived editions of the Un-Comfort Zone. ACC Social Media
Don't forget to check our websites and social-media sites for the latest information on the coal industry, events, news and policy changes. We're active on the Coalblog, Facebook and Twitter. Our magazine is also available online at americancoalonline.com. We've also just added an ACC LinkedIn and Flickr page. Be sure to stop by and "subscribe," "friend," or "follow" us.      2012 ACC Events
We also host monthly webcasts designed to provide a forum for the discussion of critical issues affecting the U.S. coal industry. Please be sure to check out the ACC Events website for registration and event information for our conferences and our regularly scheduled webcasts. |
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