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https://nma.org/2019/07/11/hal-quinn-national-mining-association-president-and-ceo-testifies-on-federal-coal-leasing-program/
July 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hal Quinn, National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO, will today testify on the importance of the federal coal leasing program – a program that provides hundreds of millions of dollars of federal, state and local revenue per year, while providing a low cost, reliable source of energy for all Americans.
In his remarks before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Quinn said, in part:
The federal coal program has been a national energy and economic success story. It provides hundreds of millions of dollars of federal, state and local revenue per year, while also providing a low cost, reliable source of energy for all Americans.
Unfortunately, in recent years, there have been misguided efforts to derail the program. The leasing moratorium announced in January 2016 by former Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, for example, was based upon pretext and politics. None of the reasons she provided for taking such a drastic and disruptive action survive an encounter with the facts.
The reasons offered for the moratorium are devoid of any real evidence, lack any analytical rigor and are simply a collection of the contrived claims both she and her predecessor previously rejected. Federal coal production provides a fair return to the public with almost $14 billion in federal royalties, acquisition fees and rentals paid between 2003-2014 alone. Some argue that federal royalties are too low. However, they are substantially higher than rates for private coal in the East, and federal coal producers also pay bonus bids and surface rentals. Federal, state and local governments receive about 38 cents of every dollar on the sale of each ton of coal produced in the Powder River Basin.
If the Secretary really believed that certain issues with the program deserved further evaluation, nothing prevented her from proceeding to do so without imposing the drastic measure of halting coal leasing. And, this is what is so puzzling, to say the least, about a recent court ruling that the Department of Interior was obligated to conduct a NEPA analysis before Secretary Zinke’s order lifting the moratorium. It seems backwards.
Following the court’s reasoning, if any action was subject to NEPA, it would be Secretary Jewell’s decision to halt leasing. The moratorium order was the classic leap first and promise to look later at the consequences. On the other hand, Secretary Zinke’s order merely ceased what Secretary Jewell characterized as a wholly voluntary programmatic review which, as all the evidence demonstrates, is unjustified and unnecessary.
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Background
In January 2016, former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell issued an order halting federal coal leasing while the Interior Department undertook a voluntary review of the coal leasing program and conducted a voluntary programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS).
In March 2017, Trump administration Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke lifted the moratorium on coal leasing, ending the prior administration’s discretionary and exploratory process – a process that the agency itself started. In lifting the temporary suspension, the agency took no actions that would trigger the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
In June 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed, ruling that the Interior Department was under no obligation to conduct a programmatic EIS on the program. The Department completed a programmatic EIS for the current coal leasing program and has continually conducted NEPA reviews for coal leasing on both regional and site-specific bases. Moreover, NEPA reviews are also conducted prior to any mining on a lease when the Department reviews the mine plan submitted by the mine operator under the Federal Coal Leasing Act.
Unfortunately, in April 2019, in a sharp departure from precedent on the types of federal agency actions that trigger NEPA, a federal district court in Montana ruled that a NEPA review was required before former Sec. discontinuing a voluntary programmatic environmental analysis.This ruling not only contradicts the prior DC Circuit ruling, but ignores the fact that under the court’s reasoning the real action violating NEPA was former Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell’s order halting federal coal leasing, not Secretary Zinke’s action lifting the agency’s own voluntary pause on leasing. The court’s decision casts considerable uncertainty over the ability of the federal agencies to adopt policies that traditionally have been considered to be solely within their discretion.[SEE SCOTUS bs TRUMP ACB 3 22]
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national Mining Association (NMA)
Background
The National Mining Association (NMA) is a nation-wide 501(c)(6) non-profit trade organization representing mining and mineral companies in the United States. It was formed in 1995 through the merger of the National Coal Association (NCA), which had represented the mining industry since as early as 1917, and the American Mining Congress (AMC), which went back as far as 1897.1
NMA‘s membership includes coal,metals, industrial, and agricultural mineralscompanies, as well as “manufacturers of mining and mineral processing machinery, equipment and supplies; and the engineering and consulting firms, financial institutions and other firms serving the mining industry.”2
According to its website, NMA‘s objective is to “engage in and influence the public process on the most significant and timely issues that impact mining’s ability to safely and sustainably locate, permit, mine, transport and utilize the nation’s vast resources” (emphasis added).3 It describes itself as “the only national trade organization that represents the interests of mining before Congress, the administration, federal agencies, the judiciary and the media—providing a clear voice for U.S. mining.”4
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NMA has had a long history of lobbying against greenhouse gas reduction measures including the Clean Power Plan (CPP),5 which it once described as “unlawful at the most fundamental level.”6
NMA Initiatives & PACs
PACs
NAM has run a variety of initiatives and Political Action Committees (PACs)over the years, often opposing environmental regulations, includingCoalPAC, and MinePAC.7 8
Count on Coal
NMA is behind the “Count on Coal” initiative, which it describes as “a grassroots advocacy program supported by NMA for the purpose of informing the public about the benefits of affordable electricity from coal.”9
Advocacy Campaign Team for Mining (ACT)
NMA formerly ran an Advocacy Campaign Team for Mining (ACT) which it said was “a national network of individuals from the mining community who recognize the importance of being involved in the political process and being informed about the public policy debates that are shaping the future of the mining industry in America.’ ACT operated a website, www.actformining.org, which now redirects to Count on Coal.10
Minerals Make Life
“Minerals Make Life” is another NMA initiative, designed to “share mining news and educate America’s policymakers, influencers and the public, and enable them to make informed decisions about U.S. mining.”11
U.S. Coal Exports
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The U.S. Coal Export Coalition is a group “hosted by the National Mining Association.”12 The website points to a 2013 report prepared by Ernst & Young for the NMA on the “National and State Economic Contributions” of coal exports.13
Stance on Climate Change
August 2016
The NMA‘s “Crisis Communications Template” emphasizes “natural phenomenon” over the role of humans when describing the greenhouse effect, and does not discuss any dangers of warming. An excerpt reads:14
“Greenhouse effect – The warming of the Earth produced by the presence of certain gases in the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon necessary for life on earth; without it the planet’s average temperature would be 0 degrees Fahrenheit, instead of 60 degrees. Greenhouse gases include nitrous oxides, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, tropospheric ozone and carbon dioxide. They trap heat that would otherwise escape into space and return some of it to the earth’s surface, causing a rise in temperature. These gases result from both natural (oceans, wetlands, lakes, volcanoes, tundra and decaying organic matter) and human (the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, etc.) sources.”
July 2008
The NMA‘s official “position on climate change policies,” approved by NMA‘s Executive Committee, focused on the topic of “energy security.” Any reduction in emissions would be achieved through “clean coal” or carbon capture,saying:15
“Any meaningful effort to achieve long-term, sustainable reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions will depend on the development and deployment of new energy technologies, including advanced clean coal technologies and carbon capture and storage (CCS). The rapid development, demonstration and widespread deployment of such technologies are of paramount importance in any reasoned and effective effort to address climate change concerns.”
The document also emphasizes that mining and metal industries should be protected from greenhouse gas reduction policy, concluding with the following point:
“Energy- and greenhouse gas-intensive industries, including metals and minerals, that compete in a global market are particularly susceptible to competitive disadvantage from increased costs of a domestic climate change policy. Adequate measures should be put in place to maintain the global economic competitiveness of these industries.”
Clean Coal
NMA has promoted the idea of “Clean Coal Technologies.” In one pamphlet, circa 2008, NMA pushed for more federal funding of Clean Coal programs:16
“[I]t is critical that the federal government provide funding through the appropriations process for the Department of Energy’s clean coal programs and the FutureGen project,” the pamphlet concluded. “A strong federal commitment to clean coal technology will allow America to take full advantage of its vast 240 year supply of coal reserves […]”
Lobbying
The following data is taken from OpenSecrets and includes total lobbying by lobbying firm hired from 1998 to 2017. See the attached spreadsheet for additional details on National Mining Association lobbying by year (.xlsx).17
Lobbying Firm Hired Total (1998 – 2017)
National Mining Assn $65,710,387
Alpine Group $2,170,000
Raffaniello & Assoc $1,700,000
McClure, Gerard & Neuenschwander $860,000
Podesta Group $800,000
Ksg LLC $720,173
Nickles Group $500,000
MGN Inc $380,000
Federal Policy Group $320,000
BGR Group $320,000
Frisby, Owen $260,000
National Environmental Strategies $240,000
Washington2 Advocates $220,000
Holland & Hart $180,000
Troutman Sanders $180,000
Lee & Smith $140,000
McBee Strategic Consulting $140,000
PricewaterhouseCoopers $110,000
Policy Navigation Group $85,000
Fay, William $80,000
Carver, Susan $80,000
Carlstrom, Robert E Jr $27,500
Horizons West $20,000
Grand Total $75,243,060
Funding
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Key People
Staff/Leadership
Name 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 NMA Title Company Represented
Bruce Watzman Y Y Y Y Y Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
Hal Quinn Y Y Y Y Y President & CEO
Katie Sweeney Y Y Y Y Y Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, and General Counsel
Kevin Crutchfield Y Y Y Y Y Chairman Contura Energy
Moya Phelleps Y Y Y Y Y Senior Vice President, Member Services
Rich Nolan Y Y Y Y Y Senior Vice President, Government & Political Affairs
Roger Roberts Y Y Y Y Y Senior Vice President, Administration & Finance
Ashley Burke Y Y Senior Vice President, Communications
Phillips S. Baker, Jr. Y Y Vice Chairman of the Board Hecla Mining Company
Harry M. “Red” Conger Y Y Chairman Freeport-McMoRan Americas
Nancy Gravatt Y Y Senior Vice President, Communications
Daniel Gerkin Y Senior Vice President, Political Affairs
Francis Mcallister Y Chairman of the Board Stillwater Mining Co
Directors(Via 990 Forms)
Name 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Company*
Richard Smith Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Komatsu America
Bryan Ronck Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Berwind Natural Resources Corporation
Duane L Richards Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Western Fuels Association
Harold Quinn Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Joseph Usibelli Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Usibelli Coal Mine Inc
Michael W McLanahan Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y McLanahan Corporation
Peter Halpin Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y World Resources Company
Robert Murray Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Murray Energy Corporation
Robert Stenger Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co.
Tom Mackall Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y East Fairfield Coal Co.
Charles Jeannes Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Goldcorp
Tony Jensen Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Royal Gold Inc.
Bruce Watzman Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Berwind Natural Resources Corporation
Luke Popovich Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Mary Sweeney Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Merlyn Nolan Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Roger Roberts Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Benjamin Guenther Y Y Y Y Y Y Y AngloGold Ashanti North America Inc.
Keith Kimble Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Kimble Clay & Limestone
Colin Marshall Y Y Y Y Y Y Cloud Peak Energy
Tawny Bridgeford Y Y Y Y Y Y
Walt Scheller Y Y Y Y Y Y Walter Energy
Ben Hatfield Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Massey Energy
David Willick Y Y Y Y Y GE Mining
Donna Wichers Y Y Y Y Y Americas for Uranium One
Greg Jessee Y Y Y Y Y ArcelorMittal
James M Mattern Y Y Y Y Y Black Hills Corporation
Lauren Roberts Y Y Y Y Y Kinross Gold Corporation
Mark McCormick Y Y Y Y Y
Mitchell J Krebs Y Y Y Y Y Coeur Mining, Inc
Paul Krivokuca Y Y Y Y Y State Generating Co
Randy K Vranes Y Y Y Y Y Monsanto
Tony Panchyshyn Y Y Y Y Y Graymont
Everett King Y Y Y Y Ambre Energy NA
Keith O’Leary Y Y Y Y
Porter W Gregory III Y Y Y Y Materion Natural Resource Inc.
Tom Garges Y Y Y Y Oxbow Mining, LLC
Cliff Forrest Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Freedom Industries
Frank Calandra Jr Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Jennmar Corp
Garry N Drummond Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Drummond Company Inc.
John Blaschak Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Fisher Mining Company
Joseph W Craft III Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Alliance Coal
Mark Dunn Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Veritas Advisors LLP
Phillip S Baker Jr Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Hecla Mining Company
Gregory Boyce Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Peabody Energy Corporation
Robert Benson Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y The North American Coal Corporation
Gary Goldberg Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Jack Atwater Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Dyno Nobel, Inc.
Red Conger Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Tim Gitzel Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Cameco Corporation
Cindy Crane Y Y Y Y Y Y Rocky Mountain Power, Inc
Ali Alavi Y Y Y Y Y
Kevin Crutchfield Y Y Y Y Y Alpha Natural Resources
Gregory E Hinshaw Y Y Y J.H. Fletcher & Co.
Harry L Anthony Y Y Y Uranium Producers of America
John W Eaves Y Y Y Arch Coal
Nancy Gravatt Y Y Y
Robert P Cooper Y Y Y Farrell-Cooper Mining Co.
Rodney Cole Y Y Y Nexans AmerCable
Steve Kopenitz Y Y Y Luminant
Thomas Borer Y Y Y Chevron
Tom Diment Y Y Y Agrium Inc.
Travis Hudson Y Y Y
Moya Phelleps Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Michael Brown Y Y Y Y Y Y Barrack GoldCorporation
Andrew Taplin Y Y BGC Contracting
Brent Bilsland Y Y Hallador Energy Company
Edward Doheny II Y Y
Guy B Dixon Y Y Kyanite Mining Corp.
James E Pinkley Y Y Jennmar Corp
Jim Vincent Y Y Morton Salt Company
Jimmy Brock Y Y Consol Energy
Keith Smith Y Y Tarpon Energy Services
Mick McMullen Y Y Stillwater Mining Co
Paul Painter Y Y Sandvik Group
Virginia Hamisevicz Y Y
William Goranson Y Y Energy Fuels Inc
Wyatt Hogan Y Y GP Natural Resource Partners LLC
Glenn Kellow Y Y Peabody Energy Corporation
Amanda Aspatore Y
Clark Moseley Y NavajoTransitional Energy Co
Duane Peck Y SSR Mining Inc.
Ed Rapp Y Caterpillar Inc.
Gerald Mullins Y Weber Merritt LLC
JC Butler Y The North American Coal Corporation
Jeffrey McChesney Y
Jennifer Grafton Y Westmoreland Coal Company
Manie Dreyer Y Spencer Stuart
Meri Sandlin Y Western Fuels Association
Mike Dirham Y Agrium
Robert Bennett Y
Charles Ungurean Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Oxford Resources
David Potter Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co.
J Brett Harvey Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y CONSOL Energy
Glenn Kelly Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Global Climate Coalition
David Godlewski Y Y Y Y Y Y Teck American Inc.
Victor Stabio Y Y Y Y Y Y Hallador Energy Company
David P Gardner Y Y Y Y Sandvik Group
Gary Halverson Y Y Y Y Cliffs Natural Resources
Kelly Sanders Y Y Y Y Kennecott Utah Copper
Dave Partridge Y Y Y Chevron Mining Inc.
Patrick Risner Y Y Y BHP Billiton
Steven Wunning Y Y Y Caterpillar Inc.
Gene B Dixon Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Kyanite Mining Corp.
Guy Leblanc Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Morton Salt Company
Nick Carter Y Y Y Y Y Natural Resource Partners L.P.
Diego Chanto Y Y Komatsu America
James D Garrett Y Y
Jim Fowler Y Y Kinross Gold Corporation
Jim Wolf Y Y
John T Boyd Y Y John T. Boyd Company
Terrell Ackerman Y Y Stillwater Mining Co
Jerry Mullins Y
Douglas Hardman Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y J.H. Fletcher & Co.
Leroy Hagenbuch Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc.
Kevin Loughrey Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Thompson Creek Metals
Michael Sutherlin Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Joy Global Inc.
Daniel Gerkin Y Y Y Y Y Y
Richard O’Brien Y Y Y Y Y Y Newmont Mining Corporation
Mike Williams Y Y Y Y Luminant
Gary Self Y Y Y
Peter Luthiger Y Y Y Mestena Uranium LLC
Francis McAllister Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Stillwater Mining Co
Keith Clark Y Y Compass Minerals
Veronika Kohler Y
Robert Hogan Jr Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y AmerCable
Steven Leer Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Arch Coal
Mark A Smith Y Y Y Y Y Y
Carol Raulston Y Y Y Y Y
Richard Whiting Y Y Y Y Y Patriot Coal Corp.
Jac Fourie Y Y Y BHP Billiton
John King Y Y National Gypsum Company
Mark Premo Y Y Avanti Mining
Paul Georgia Y Frontiers of Freedom
Tate Rosenbusch Y QEP Resources
Alex Boulton Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Brush Resources
David Farnsworth Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Monsanto
Dennis Wheeler Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
Greg Lang Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Barrack Gold Corporation
John Rich Jr Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Reading Anthracite Co.
Ron Hochstein Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Denison Mines Corp.
John Hamrick Y Y Y Y Y Cotter Corporation
Joseph Carrabba Y Y Y Y Y Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
John Galassini Y Y Y Y Sunshine Silver Mines Corporation
Karen Bennett Y Y Y Y
Robert L Evans Y Y Y Y Norwest Corporation
William Tate Y Y Y Y Y Y Bucyrus International (Caterpillar)
Dan Allan Y Y Y Sandvik Group
Janpeter Bekkering Y Y Caterpillar Inc.
Jay Wileman Y Y GE Energy
Baxter Phillips Y Massey Energy
Bradford Frisby Y
John Disharoon Y Caterpillar Inc.
Christopher Curfman Y Y Y Y Y Y Caterpillar Inc.
Donald Blankenship Y Y Y Y Y Y Massey Energy
Gerard Carroll Y Y Y Y Y Y National Gypsum Company
James Boyd Y Y Y Y Y Y John T. Boyd Company
John Grisham Y Y Y Y Y Y Buckeye Industrial Mining Co.
Mark Snyder Y Y Y Y Y Y State Industries, Inc.
Raymond Dubois Y Y Y Y Y Y Trapper Mining Inc.
Thomas Janeck Y Y Y Y Y Y Goldcorp
Brian Sullivan Y Y Y Y Y Alpha Natural Resources
Michael Quillen Y Y Y Y Y Alpha Natural Resources
Daniel Roling Y Y Y Y National Coal Corp.
George Richmond Y Y Y Y Y Jim Walter Resources, Incl.
David Campbell Y Y Y Luminant
Fred Nelson Y Y Y Chevron Mining Inc.
Keith Alessi Y Y Y Westmoreland Coal Company
C Bolton Jr Y Y
Julia Gustafson Y Y
Kraig Naasz Y Y Y Y
David Finkenbinder Y Y
Doug Horswill Y Y Y Y Teck Cominco Limited
James Roberts Y Y Y Y Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
Timothy Sullivan Y Y Y Y Bucyrus International (Caterpillar)
Robert Jornayvaz Y Y Y Intrepid Potash
Bill Sharrer Y Y Molycorp Minerals, LLC.
Donald Ewigleben Y Y AngloGold Ashanti North America Inc.
Wayne Wagner Y Y Y
Brenda Cordova Y
Richard Litt Y
Bonny A Huffman Y Y Y Sand Hills Coal Col, Inc.
Brenda Jamieson Y Y Y Jamieson Construction Co., Inc.
Gerald Grandey Y Y Y Cameco Corporation
Jeff Schmaling Y Y Y Komatsu America
Michael Brandt Y Y Y Lafayette Coal Company
Michael T. Puskarich Y Y Y
Mike McCall Y Y Y TXU Power
Wayne Murdy Y Y Y Newmont Mining Corporation
William Champion Y Y Y Rio Tinto
Bill Hodgson Y Y
Chuck Mottley Y Y El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc.
John Stilley Y Y Amerikohl Mining, Inc.
John Stoehr Y Y Dyno Nobel, Inc.
Lewis Wayne Isaacs Y Y BHP Billiton
Richard Adkerson Y Y Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
Benjamin Statler Y PinnOak Resources
Donovan Symonds Y Norwest Corporation
Dorian Nicol Y Queenstake Resources Ltd.
Doug Jackson Y TransAlta
Neil Getzelman Y Interwest Mining Company
Allen Randle Y Y Chevron
C.E. Bryant, Jr Y Y Continental Conveyor & Equipment Company
Clifford Miercort Y Y The North American Coal Corporation
Dee W Jense Y Y Energy West Mining Company
J Cam Batemen Y Y TransAlta
J Steven Whisler Y Y Phelps Dodge Corporation
Jack Gerard Y Y American Petroleum Institute
James Laforce Y Y
Jeffrey Zelms Y Y The Doe Run Resources Corp.
Jerry Danni Y Y Kinross Gold Corporation
John Brinzo Y Y Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
John Miles Y Y
John Nils Hanson Y Y Joy Global Inc.
Matt Howell Y Y Zinifex Clarksville Inc.
Nori C Jones Y Y
Pete Neilans Y Y Placer Dome US
R David Russell Y Y Appolo Gold Corporation
Richard Ziegler Y Y Cotter Corporation
Stanley Dempsey Y Y Royal Gold Inc.
Steve Mooney Y Y Thompson Creek Metals
Steven J Parker Y Y
Debra Struhsacker Y Kinross Gold Corporation
Jon Nix Y National Coal Corp.
Adrian F Jackman Y Kennecot Minerals Inc.
Brett Clayton Y
Chris Davie Y Celeste Mining Corp.
Gerald Geraghty Y
Gregory Cork Y
Irl F. Engelhardt Y Peabody Holding Company
John Grubb Y
Myron S Burdette Y Eagle-Picher Minerals, Inc.
Randy Foote Y Intrepid Potash
Thomas Schelat Y
W. Russell King Y
*Company representation based on best available data, where not available via original 990 forms. If any affiliations are misrepresented, please contact DeSmog. All sources on file.
Actions
October 3 – 4, 2017
The NMA held its 2017 board meeting. According to The Intercept,18 and E&E News, the meeting was scheduled to take place at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. and featured some of the largest coal and mining companies in the country.19
The New Yorker reported that Charlie Kirk, head of Turning Point USA attended the meeting. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was also scheduled to speak at the event.20 21
Rooms for the days scheduled cost approximately $800 per night. Election law expert Brendan Fischer commented that because Trump had refused to divest from the Trump Organization, “money spent at the president’s D.C. hotel will make it into the president’s pocket.”22
“The National Mining Association or any other lobbying group has likely concluded that spending money at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. is a solid way of currying favor with the administration — and that spending money anywhere else runs the risk of offending our very sensitive president,” he added.23
According to the event invitation, “the evening reception on the rooftop will be the first reception since the 2016 elections and will provide an excellent opportunity to meet the new members of Congress, build on our relationships, and share our perspectives with our guests from Congress and federal agencies.”24
June, 2017
NMA‘s president and CEO Hal Quinnreleased a statement on the WOTUS (Waters of the United States) Rule,25 supporting its repeal. The EPA‘s WOTUS rule seeks to clarify the limits of federal jurisdiction to protect wetlands.26
April 2017
Politico reported the NMA board of directors had voted to urge President Donald Trump to withdraw from theParis climate agreement.The decision happened shortly after NMA leadership reportedly met with EPA Administer Scott Pruittto discuss the accord. Pruitt had personally attended an NMA executive meeting to discuss the Paris accord. A spokesman for NMA denied that Pruitt had urged the group to support withdrawing from the accord, despite a source telling Politico the opposite.27
March 2017
The NMA applauded President Donald Trump’s executive order on the Clean Power Plan (CPP).28
“The clean power plan and the moratoriumserved the interests of political activists, not the American people,” said Hal Quinn, NMA president and CEO. “The president’s actions today help to restore common sense priorities and the important balance between costs and benefitsthat have been missing fromfederal regulatory policies.”
NMA also described the CPP as “extremely costly while providing no significant environmental benefits.”29
January 27, 2017 ENFORCER // GROVER
The Count on Coal coalition launched a Congressional Scorecard for the 115th congress to track votes on coal-related issues.30
“Count on Coal ‘s scorecard was developed to ensure vital coal industry priorities remain at the top of members’ priority lists and are translated into action that provides coal communities with urgent relief from further economic harm,” the NMA press release reported.
One of the key votes tracked would be what NMA described as a “unnecessary” stream rule:
“Swift and decisive action on the Stream Rule is required to restore balance, save high-wage jobs and protect an energy source integral to our nation’s success,” said NMA president and CEO Hal Quinn. “The combination of unnecessary government overreach, regulatory duplication and harm done through this rule meets every test for CRA action and for a key vote to kick off our scorecard for the 115th Congress.”31
On February 16, President Donald Trump signed an order to repeal the Stream Protection Rule.The Sierra Club noted that the rule covers waterways near surface coal mining operations includingmountaintop-removal mines.The rule, introduced in 1983 and later strengthened by the Obama Administration, wrote that coal mines could not damage the “hydrologic balance” outside of their permit areas by doing things like dumping debris into valleys that could pollute rivers and streams with heavy metals such as selenium, mercury, and arsenic.32
August 2016
The NMA released a “Fact Sheet” on the Clean Power Plan (CPP) titled “An Unlawful, Ineffective, Expensive Federal Government Power Grab” (PDF).33
According to the document, “Climate change benefits will be virtually unmeasurable,” the CPP was “unlawful,” “unworkable,” and “weakens grid reliability.” Notably, sources cited included several industry-backed groups including the Cato Institute and The American Coalition on Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE).34
January 2016
NMA requested an immediate stay of the Clean Power Plan, along with industry applicants Murray Energy Corporation, Peabody Energy Corporation, and American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE).35
October 2015
The NMA, ACCCE and Murray Energy Corporation signed on to a coal industry motion for a stay of the Clean Power Plan, claiming that “EPA‘s legal basis for transforming the electric sector is farfetched at best.”36
In August, NMA had also sent a letter to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, requesting a stay of the “Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units.” NMA president and CEO Hal Quin claimed in the letter that “staying the rule will not affect the climate” and “ even when fully implemented, will not meaningfully lower temperatures, reduce sea level rise or otherwise have climate impacts.”37
September 2015
Luke Popovitch, a spokesman for NMA, went on Newstalk KGVO radio to discuss the EPA‘s Clean Power Plan. Audio below.“38
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here is really a hidden agenda here, which is to say, this President is going to be the climate president but he is doing so at the expense of American industry, to say nothing of American households,” Popovitch said.
December 1, 2014
NMA submitted comments on the EPA‘s emissions guidelines for existing power plants, claiming that “EPA’s proposed regulations are unlawful at the most fundamental level.”39
July 29, 2014
Hal Quinn, NMA President and CEO, testified at an Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public hearing in Washington, D.C. where he opposed the EPA‘s proposed regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants.40
“EPA’s proposal is another step in this administration’s policies designed to eliminate low cost and reliable electricity and replace it with more expensive and less reliable sources. By reducing the diversity of our nation’s electricity supply and raising its costs, EPA will create a structural barrier for our economic recovery and future growth,” Quinn said.
May 2011
The American Coal Foundation paid Scholastic, Inc.—the children’s books publisher—to produce maps and worksheets called the “United States of Energy” and place them in classrooms.41
“At first glance, it looks like an exploration of all sources of electricity. But much of the information comes from the National Mining Association, a coal-lobbying group. And these exercises for children subtly emphasize coal’s benefits,” PRI reported, noting that the maps do not mention environmental damages associated with mining. Solar power only appeared once in the map.
Faith Boninger, a research analyst with Arizona State University’s Commercialism in Education Research Unit, described them as “not really education.” Rather, she said “they’re propaganda.”
A Scholastic representative provided a statement, noting: “Since the program is designed for elementary schoolchildren, the materials do not attempt to cover all of the complex issues around the sourcing and consumption of energy.”42
On May 13, 2011, Scholastic issued the following statement:
“This week, Scholastic came under criticism for an 11” x 16” poster map which displays different sources of energy – coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind and natural gas – not so much for the content of the poster but primarily for its sponsorship by the American Coal Foundation. We acknowledge that the mere fact of sponsorship may call into question the authenticity of the information, and therefore conclude that we were not vigilant enough as to the effect of sponsorship in this instance. We have no plans to further distribute this particular program.”
January 2011
Politico reported that the NMA—along with the American Petroleum Institute, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other industry-friendly groups—attended a closed-door meeting with Republican staff members to strategize a way to “handcuff the Obama administration’s climate change agenda.”43
Politico described the goal as an “all-out push to block federal and state climate rules.”
“The feedback we got was ‘hey, great, go for it guys,’” one Republican aide told Politico. “And we pretty strongly told them we do need your help to get this done. And when we walked away from the meeting the feeling was we got that.”44
Fred Upton and Jim Inhofe‘s aides were among those seeking for the push to block climate change regulations.
June 2009
The NMA was behind a PowerPoint document highlighted supposed regional costs that energy consumers would face under the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill. Grist reported that the document was discussed on a conference call held by the “Rural America Solutions Group” within the GOP caucus, hosted by Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), Sam Graves (R-Mo.), and Doc Hastings (R-Wash.).45
Tamara Hinton, spokesperson for the Republicans on the Agriculture Committee, says that the PowerPoint document originated from the NMA.
“If the coal industry wants to provide information to show how it will impact people, we’re just letting people know that that information exists,” said Hinton. “There is no conflict of interest.”46
November 28, 2008
The NMA submitted comments on the proposed regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (CAA). According to the submitted comments, “NMA believes that the CAA is ill-suited for addressing climate change and that regulation of GHGs under the CAA in its current form will result in highly inefficient and wasteful regulation with extremely high costs for little or no societal benefit.”47 48
NMA Members
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3 Proton Lithium, Inc. 1
3M Mining & Minerals Extraction Group 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/3M
A.T. Massey Coal Company Inc. 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Massey_Energy
ABC Industries, Inc. 1 1 1
Abel Pumps Corp. 1
ABL Services, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
ABS Pumps Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Accenture LLP 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Accenture
ACME Dynamics, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Acordia Mid-Atlantic 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Action Mining, Inc. 1
Aecon 1 1
AIG 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_International_Group
AK Coal Resources 1 1
AK Resources 1 1
Alabama Bag Company, LLC 1 1 1
Alabama Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Alabama Mining Association 1 1
Alaska Miners Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Albarrie Technical Services 1 1
Alden Resources, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Alexander Proudfoot 1 1 1 1 1 1
Allegheny Power Service Corp. 1 1 1 1
Alliance Coal, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alliance_Resource_Partners
Alliance Resource Partners LP 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alliance_Resource_Partners
Allmand Bros. Inc. 1 1 1
Alpha Engineering Services 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Alpha Natural Resources, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alpha_Natural_Resources
Ambler Metals, LLC 1
Ambre Energy NA Inc. 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ambre_Energy
AmerCable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Amerex Corporation 1 1 1 1
American Augers 1 1 1
American Coal Company, The 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
American Coal Council 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Coal_Council
American Consolidated Natural Resources 1 1
American Electric Power Service Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
American Energy Corporation 1 1 1 1 1
American Exploration & Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
American Insulated Wire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
American International Group (AIG) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_International_Group
American Isuzu Motors Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
American Mining Insurance Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
American Productivity, Inc. 1
American Zinc Recycling Corp 1 1
Amerikohl Mining, Inc. 1 1 1
Ames Construction, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
AMS Technologies 1 1 1 1
AMVEST Minerals 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Anderson & Schwab, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Anglo American Exploration (USA) Inc. 1 1 1 1
AngloGold Ashanti North America Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
AngloGold North America Inc. 1 1 1 1
Anker Energy Corporation 1 1 1 1
ANR Coal Company 1
Ansul Incorporated 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Antaeus Energy Corporation 1 1
Antraquip Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
APG Lime Corp. 1 1 1
Apollo Gold Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Arava Natural Resources Co. 1 1
ArcelorMittal 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arcelor-Mittal
Arch Coal, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arch_Coal
Arch Environmental Equipment 1 1 1
Arch Mineral Corporation 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arch_Coal
Arch Resources, Inc. 1 1
ARESCO, Inc. 1 1 1
ARIPPA 1 1 1 1 1 1
Arizona Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ARO Mining Products, Inc. USA 1 1 1 1
Arthur Andersen LLP 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arthur_Andersen
ASARCO Incorporated 1 1 1
Ashland Inc. 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arch_Coal
Assn. of Oklahoma General Contractors 1
Association of Oklahoma General Contractors 1 1 1 1
ASTEC Industries 1
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. 1 1
ATIC Services Americas, Inc. 1 1 1
ATKINS & OBLAK, PLLC 1 1 1 1 1 1
Atlantic Industries Limited 1 1
Atlantic Richfield Company 1
Atlas Copco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
AUC LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1
Austin Powder Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Aztec Mining 1 1
Baldwin Filters 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bank of Montreal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Barclays Bank PLC 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barclays_Bank
Barr Engineering Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Barrick Gold 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barrick_Gold_Corporation
Battelle 1 1 1 1 1
Battle Mountain Gold Company 1 1 1
Bayer U.S. – Crop Science 1 1 1 https://www.desmog.com/agribusiness-database-bayer/
Bechtel Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bechtel_Group,_Inc.
Becker Mining America/Becker Global America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Behre Dolbear 1 1 1 1 1
Berkeley Forge & Tool, Inc. 1 1
Berkley Industrial Comp 1
Berwind Natural Resources Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
BEUMER Group 1 1 1 1
BGR Group/BGR Capital & Trade, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BGR_Holdings_LLC
BHP Billiton New Mexico Coal 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BHP_Billiton
BHP Minerals 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BHP_Billiton
BKT Tires Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Black Cat Blades, Ltd. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Black Cat Wear Parts 1 1 1 1
Black Range Minerals 1 1 1 1
Blackhawk Mining 1
BMO Nesbitt Burns 1 1
Boart Longyear Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bonfiglioli USA 1 1 1 1
Boral Resources 1 1
Bowie Resource Partners, LLC. 1 1 1
Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, LLP 1 1 1 1
BP/ARCO Environmental Remediation 1 1 1 1
Breaker Technology, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brelko Conveyor Products, Inc. 1 1
Bridgestone 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bridgestone
Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd (BHP) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/BHP_Billiton
Brookville Mining Equipment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brown and Caldwell 1 1 1 1
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brush Resources Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brush Wellman 1 1 1 1 1
BryDet Development Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1
BST 1 1 1 1
Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Buckeye Industrial Mining Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bucyrus International, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Caterpillar
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Burlington_Northern_Santa_Fe_Railroad
C.E. Niehoff & Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
California Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cambior USA, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Cameco Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Canica-Jaques Crusher Mfg. Co. 1 1 1
Canterbury Coal Company 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Canterbury_Coal
Canyon Resources Corporation 1 1
Capital Guardian Research Co. 1 1
Capstone Mining 1
Carbon Industries, Inc. 1
Cardno 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cardno
Carlota Copper Company 1 1 1
Case, Pomeroy & Company, Inc. 1 1 1
Caterpillar Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Caterpillar
Cattron Group International 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Centennial Resources, Inc. 1 1
Centrifugal & Mechanical Inds. 1 1 1 1 1
CertainTeed Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Charles River Associates, Inc. 1 1
Chase Securities, Inc. 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/JPMorgan_Chase
Chevron Mining Inc. 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chevron_Mining
CIBC Oppenheimer Corp. 1
Cincinnati Mine Machinery Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CIT Group/Equipment Finance 1 1 1 1 1
Citibank, N.A. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clark Hill PLC 1 1 1 1 1
Clayton Group Services, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cliffs Engineering, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cliffs_Natural_Resources
Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CNC Industries Ltd. 1 1 1 1
Coal Operators & Associates 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Coastal Coal Company, LLC 1 1 1 1 1
Cobb, Frank 1 1
Coeur Mining, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cogentrix, Inc. 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cogentrix
Colorado Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Columbia Steel Casting Co., Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Commercial Testing & Engineering Co. 1 1 1 1 1
Compass Minerals 1 1 1
Composit 1 1
ConocoPhillips Company 1 1 1 1 http://www.polluterwatch.org/conocophillips
CONSOL Energy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CONSOL_Energy
Continental Conveyor & Equipment Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Continental Tire The Americas LLC 1 1
Contura Energy, Inc. 1 1 1
Cotter Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CR Mining Equipment USA LLC 1 1
Cravat Coal Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Crowell & Moring L.L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CSX Transportation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CSX
Cubex Limited 1 1 1
Cumberland Surety, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Cummins Engine Company, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CyPlus Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cyprus Amax Minerals Company 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cyprus_Amax_Minerals
Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA Inc. 1 1 1
Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP 1 1 1 1
DBT America Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DCL International Inc. 1 1 1
Degussa Corp. 1 1 1 1 1
Denison Mines (USA) Corp. 1 1 1 1
Derrick Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Det Norske Veritas 1 1 1
Detroit Diesel Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Deutz Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dingess-Rum Properties, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DNV 1 1
Doe Run Company, The 1 1 1 1 1
Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC 1
Dolet Hills Mining Venture 1
Donald P. Brown 1 1 1 1
Dorsey 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Draeger 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dravo Lime Company 1 1
Driver Industrial 1 1 1 1
Drummond Company, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Drummond
Dry Systems Technologies LLC 1 1 1 1
DSI Underground Systems Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc. 1 1 1
Duff Norton Air Jack Co. 1 1 1 1
Duquesne Light Company 1 1 1
Dux Machinery Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
DYNO NOBEL INC. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dywidag Systems International 1 1 1 1
Eagle Mine, Lundin Mining 1
Eagle Specialty Materials LLC 1 1
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
East Fairfield Coal Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Eastern Coal Council 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Echo Bay Mines 1 1
Ecosystem Investment Partners, LLC. 1 1 1 1
Eickhoff Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EIMCO LLC 1 1 1 1 1
Eklund Drilling Company, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. 1 1 1
Electro-Coal Transfer Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1
enCore Energy Corp 1 1
Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Energy Metals Corporation 1 1
Energy Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Energy Trading Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Enron Capital & Trade Resources 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Enron_Corporation
Ensign-Bickford Company, The 1 1 1 1
Enviance, Inc. 1 1 1 1
ENVIRON International Corp. 1
Environmental Products & Applications, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Environmental Standards, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
EnviroTech Pumpsystems 1 1
Epiroc 1 1 1 1
Equify Financial 1
Equilon Enterprises LLC 1 1 1
Equinox Gold Corp. 1 1
Ernst & Young LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ernst_%26_Young
ESCO Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ESP International 1 1 1 1
ESRI 1 1
Euclid-Hitachi Heavy Equipment, Inc. 1 1 1
Eurotire, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Excel Machinery Ltd. 1 1 1 1 1
Excel Mining Systems, Inc. Div. of ANI Metal Products 1 1 1
ExxonMobil Corporation 1 1 1 1 1
https://www.desmogblog.com/exxonmobil-funding-climate-science-denial
Fairchild International 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Farrell-Cooper Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fascan International, Inc. 1 1
Fennemore Craig, P.C. 1 1 1 1
FFE Minerals USA Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fieldston Company, Inc. 1
Fieldston Consulting, a Hagley-Bailly Business 1 1
FilterMag International 1 1 1
Financial Times Energy, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
First National Bank of Chicago 1
First Union National Bank of Virginia 1 1 1
Fisher Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fisher_Mining_Mine
Fisher Phillips LLP 1 1 1
FLANDERS 1 1
FLEXCO 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Flexible Steel Lacing Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Florence Copper 1 1
Florence Mining Company, The 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Florida Phosphate Council, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
FLSmith Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fluor Daniel Mining & Metals 1 1 1
FMC Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/FMC_Corporation
FMC Technologies 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fogmaker – United Safety and Survivability Corporation
1
Foresight Energy 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foresight_Reserves
Fosroc Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Foundation Coal Corporation 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Foundation_Coal
Franco-Nevada Mining Corp., Ltd. 1
Frank Cobb 1 1
Franklin Electric 1 1 1 1
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Furbee Amos Webb & Critchfield 1 1 1 1
Galaxy Tire & Wheel, Inc. 1 1
Gallagher & Kennedy 1 1 1
Gamma-Metrics 1 1 1 1
Garson, Peter M. 1 1 1
GE Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GE Transportation Systems 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Electric
GEMCOM (USA) Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
General Kinematics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Geneva Steel 1 1
Gentex Corporation 1 1
Geoprobe Systems 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Georgia Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GFS Corp. 1 1
GHH Mining and Tunneling 1 1 1 1
GL Environmental, Inc. 1 1
Glamis Gold Ltd. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Glen Raven Technical Fabrics 1 1 1
Global Energy Consultants, LLC 1
Global External Relations 1 1 1 1
Global Marine and Energy,a Division of AIU Holdings 1 1
Global Shop Solutions 1 1 1 1 1
Godwin Pumps of America, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GoldCorp 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Goldcorp
Goodman Equipment Corporation 1 1 1 1 1
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Goodyear
Gorman-Rupp Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Graymont 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC 1 1
GRIDCOM Enterprises 1
Griles, J. Steven 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/J._Steven_Griles
Ground Force Mfg. LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gundlach Equipment Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haile Gold Mine, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Hallador Energy Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hard-Line USA Inc. 1 1 1 1
Harding Lawson Associates 1 1 1 1
Harnischfeger Corporation 1 1 1
Harnischfeger Industries, Inc. 1
Harrison Mining Corporation 1 1 1
Harrison-Wyatt L.L.C. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hauhinco LP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hauhinco Trading 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Haver & Boecker 1 1 1 1 1 1
HBC-radiomatic, Inc. 1
Headwaters Incorporated 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hecla Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hecla_Mining_Company
Heenan, Althen & Roles 1 1 1 1 1
Helac Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hendrix Manufacturing Co., Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hepburnia Coal Company 1 1 1
Hercules Sealing Products 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hexagon Mining 1
Hill & Associates, Inc. 1 1 1
Hilti, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hitachi Construction Machinery (America) Corp. 1 1 1 1
Hitachi Consulting 1 1 1 1
Hitachi Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hogan Lovells US LLP 1
Holland and Hart 1 1 1 1 1
Holmes Limestone Company 1 1 1 1 1
Homestake Mining Company 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Homestake_Mining
Horsehead Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Horton, Inc. 1
Host, T. Parker, Inc. 1 1
Houston Lighting & Power Co. 1
Howden North America 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hudbay Minerals 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.desmog.ca/directory/vocabulary/15961
Humphreys Enterprises, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hunton & Williams LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hunton_%26_Williams
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 1 1 1
Hurricane Compressors 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Husch Blackwell 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hydratight Sweeney 1
Hydreco 1
Hydrocarbon Technologies, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
ICI Explosives U.S.A. 1
Idaho Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
IFS Intercoal Fuel Supplies 1 1
Illinois Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.desmogblog.com/illinois-coal-association
IMA Environmental Insurance 1
IMC Global Inc. 1 1 1 1
Immersive Technologies, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Imperial/Milburn Colliery Co. 1 1
INCO United States, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Independence Mining Co., Inc. 1 1
Indiana Coal Council, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Indiana Mineral Aggregates Association, Inc. 1 1
IndustrialSoup 1 1
Ingersoll-Rand Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ingersoll_Rand
Innovative Wireless Technologies 1 1 1
Integrinautics Corporation 1
INTERA Incorporated 1 1
International Coal Group, Inc. 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Coal_Group
International Nickel, Inc. 1 1 1 1
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. 1 1 1
International Uranium (USA) Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Intertec Publishing Corp. 1 1 1 1
Interwest Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Intrepid Mining LLC 1 1
Intrepid Potash 1 1 1
Ioneer USA Corporation 1
Iowa Mold Tooling Co., Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Iron Mining Association of Minnesota 1 1 1 1 1 2
IronPlanet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Itafos Conda LLC 1
ITOCHU Coal International Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
ITR America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ITT Flygt Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ITT Water & Wastewater U.S.A. 1
ITW Performance Polymers 1 1 1 1
ITW Polymers Adhesives North America 1 1 1 1
J. R. Simplot Company 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/J.R._Simplot
J. Steven Griles 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/J._Steven_Griles
J.H. Fletcher & Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
J.P. Morgan & Co. 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/JPMorgan_Chase
J.R. Simplot Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/J.R._Simplot
Jackson Kelly PLLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jackson Lewis LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jackson_Lewis
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. 1
Jamieson Construction Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc. 1
JCH Insurance 1 1 1 1 1
JE MinCorp 1
Jennmar Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Jim Walter Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
John T. Boyd Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Johnson Matthey Inc. 1 1
Jones Day 1 1 1 https://www.desmogblog.com/topics/jones-day
Joy Global Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kaeser Compressors, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical Corp. 1
Keith Mfg. Co. 1 1 1
KenAmerican Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kennecott 1
Kennecott Energy Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kennecott Minerals Company 1 1 1 1 https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kennecott_Minerals
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kentucky Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kentucky_Coal_Association
Kentucky River Coal Corp. 1 1 1 1 1
Kentucky River Properties LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kerr-McGee Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kerr-McGee
KFx Incorporated 1 1
Kinder Morgan 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kinder_Morgan_Energy_Partners
Kinross Gold 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kinross
Klein Products, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Knapheide Manufacturing Company (The) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Komatsu America Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Komatsu Mining Corporation 1 1 1
Komatsu Mining Systems, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Konecranes 1 1
KPMG LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Krebs Engineers 1 1
Kress Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kvaerner Metals 1 1 1 1
Kyanite Mining Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
L & M Radiator, Inc. 1
L&H Industrial 1 1 1 1
Lafayette Coal Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lake Shore Mining Equipment 1 1 1
Lamarche Manufacturing Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lancaster Malleable Castings 1 1 1 1
LaRoche Industries Inc. 1 1
Latham & Watkins 1 1 1 https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Latham_%26_Watkins
Layne Christensen Company 1 1 1 1
Leica Geosystems, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
LeTourneau, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith 1 1 1
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP (Lewis Roca) 1
Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lighthouse Resources Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lignite Energy Council 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lignite_Energy_Council
Linde Hydraulics Corporation 1 1 1 1
Line Power Manufacturing Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Liquid Coal, LLC 1
Lithium Americas – Lithium Nevada 1 1
LMC INTERNATIONAL/ Deister Environmental Division 1 1 1
Lockton Companies 1 1 1 1
Long-Airdox Company 1 1 1 1
Louis Dreyfus Energy Services 1 1
Luminant 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Luminant
Lurgi Corporation 1
MackPower 1 1
MacLean Engineering and Marketing Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Magellan Resources Group 1
Magni Telescopic Handlers 1 1
Magnum Coal Company 1
Maintainer Corporation of Iowa, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Manitou Americas 1 1 1 1 1 1
Manitou North America 1 1 1 1 1
MAPCO Coal Inc. 1
Mapei Corporation 1 1 1
Maple Creek Mining, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Marietta Coal Company 1 1 1 1 1 1
Marigold Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1
Marsh 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Marshall Miller & Associates 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Marston & Marston, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Martin Consulting LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1
Martin Engineering 1 1 1 1 1 1
Maryland Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Massey Energy Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Massey_Energy
Master Builders Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Materion Natural Resources 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MB America 1 1 1 1 1
MBT Underground 1
McDermott, Will & Emory 1 1 1 1 1 1
McLanahan Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
McLellan Equipment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Medi-Rub Corporation 1 1
Media Solutions International, Inc. 1 1 1 1
MEGA Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mercer Rubber Company 1 1 1 1
Mestena Uranium, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1
Metallurgical Coal Producers Association 1 1
Metso Minerals Industries, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Michelin North America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michelin_North_America,_Inc.
Micon Products International 1 1
MICON/Phoenix First Response 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MidAmerican Energy Company 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/MidAmerican_Energy
Midas Gold Idaho, Inc. 1 1 1
Midland Enterprises Inc. 1 1 1
Millenium Bulk Terminals – Longview, LLC. 1 1 1 1 1 1
MINCOM Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Mine Rite Technologies 1 1 1 1
Mine Safety Appliances Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mine Site Technologies (USA) 1 1 1
MineARC Systems 1 1 1 1
MineDepot,Inc. 1
MineSafe Electronics Inc. 1 1
Mingo Wyoming Coal Land Company 1 1
Mining Industry Council of Missouri 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mining Media 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mining Technologies International 1 1 1 1
MiningMinnesota 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Minova USA Inc. 1 1
Miskin Scraper Works Inc. 1 1
Mississippi Potash, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mitchell Equipment Corporation 1
Mitsubishi Canada Limited 1 1 1 1 1
Mitsubishi International Raw Material Division 1 1 1
MKS Finance (USA), Inc. 1
MMD Mineral Sizing (America), Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mobil Oil Corporation 1 1
https://www.desmogblog.com/exxonmobil-funding-climate-science-denial
Modular Mining Systems, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Molycorp, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Monsanto 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Monsanto
Montana Mining Association 1 1
Montanhydraulik 1 1
Morgantown-National Supply, Inc. 1
Morrison-Knudsen Corporation 1 1 1
Morton Salt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MST Global 1 1 1
MTG 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MTU 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Muncie Power Products 1 1 1 1
Murray Energy Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Murray_Energy_Corporation
Murrill Electric, LLC 1 1
Myrtle Consulting Group 1 1
Nalco Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NALCO
National Chemical Company, Inc. 1
National Coal Corporation 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Coal_Corporation
National Gypsum Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
National Mine Service Inc. 1 1
National Westminster Bank PLC 1 1
Natural Composites, LLC 1
Natural Resource Partners L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Natural_Resource_Partners
Navajo Transitional Energy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nebraska Public Power District 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nelson Brothers, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nevada Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Mexico Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Newmont 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Newmont_Mining_Corporation
Nexans AmerCable 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nicolet Minerals Company 1 1 1 1 1
Niece Products of Kansas 1 1 1
Noranda Mining & Exploration 1
Noranda, Inc. 1 1
Nordberg Inc. 1 1 1
Nordmin Group of Companies USA, Inc. 1 1 1
Norfolk Southern 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Norfolk_Southern
North American Coal Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/North_American_Coal_Corporation
North Star Strategies, LLC. 1 1 1
Northern Star Resources Limited 1 1
Northwest Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Northwest_Mining_Association
Norwest Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
NOVAGOLD Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
NPK Construction Equipment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
NRG Texas LLC 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/NRG_Energy
NTI Global 1 1 1
Nu-West Agrium CPO 1 1 1 1 1 1
Nusluice LLC 1
Nutrien 1 1 1 1
Nyrstar 1 1 1 1 1
O&K Orenstein & Koppel Inc. 1
O2 Diesel Inc. 1 1 1
OceanaGold Corporation 1 1
OCI WYOMING, L.P. 1
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ohio Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ohio Mining & Reclamation Association 1 1
Ohio Valley Coal Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Oldenburg Group, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ONDEO Nalco Company 1 1 1
Optical Cable Corporation 1 1
Oremco, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Orica USA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Oro Nevada Exploration Inc. 1 1
Outokumpu Technology Inc. 1 1 1
Oxbow Mining, LLC 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Oxbow_Mining
Oxford Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PA Consulting 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pacific Coast Coal Co., Inc. 1 1
PacifiCorp Energy 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PacifiCorp
Pall Machinery & Equipment 1 1
Pardee Resources Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Paringa Resources 1 1
Parker Hannifin Corporation 1
Parsons Brinckerhoff 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Parsons_Brinckerhoff
Parsons, Behle & Latimer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Partner in Performance 1
Partners in Performance 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Partners_in_Performance
Partsmaster 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pasminco, Clarksville Zinc Plant 1 1 1 1 1
Patriot Coal Corporation 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patriot_Coal
Patton Boggs, L.L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Payhauler Corporation 1 1 1 1 1
Peabody Energy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peabody_Energy
Peabody Group 1 1 1
Pebble Ltd. Partnership 1 1
Pebble Partnership Limited 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/15098
Penn Virginia Corporation 1 1
Penn Virginia Resource Partners, LP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Penn-Ohio Coal Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PennAmerican Coal, LP 1 1 1 1 1
Pennsylvania Anthracite Council 1 1 1 1 1
Pennsylvania Coal Alliance 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pennsylvania Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pennsylvania_Coal_Association
PERI 1 1 1
Perkins Coie LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Perkins Engines, Inc. 1
Perpetua Resources 1 1
Peter M. Garson 1
PHB Hagler Bailly 1
Phelps Dodge Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Phelps_Dodge
Philippi-Hagenbuch, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Phillips Coal Company 1 1 1
Phillips Machine Service, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Piedmont Lithium 1
Pincock, Allen & Holt, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Piney Land Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PinnOak Resources, LLC 1 1 1
Pioneer Pump 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pittston Coal Company 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pittston_Coal_Company
Pittston Coal Management Company 1 1
Placer Dome Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PNC Bank, N.A. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Pocahontas Land Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Polsinelli Shughart PC 1 1 1
PolyMet Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Power Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Powertech Uranium Corporation 1 1 1
Prairie State Generating Company, LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Praxair Distribution, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Predictive Safety SRP, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Preiser Scientific, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/PricewaterhouseCoopers
Primedia Business 1 1
Prok International-USA Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Proudfoot Consulting 1 1 1 1 1 1
Proudfoot Global Mining and Metal Group 1
Prox Company, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Purvis Industries 1
Putzmeister America, Inc. 1 1 1
PVR Coal, a division of Regency Gas 1 1
PwC 1 1 1 1
QinetiQ 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/QinetiQ
Quadrem 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Quaker Chemical Corporation 1 1 1
Quaker Houghton 1 1 1
Queenstake Resources Ltd. 1 1 1 1
Quikrete Companies, The 1 1 1
R. T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc. 1
RAG American Coal Holding, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rajant Corporation 1
Ramaco Resources 1 1 1 1
Ramboll Environ 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ramco Construction Tools, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Raton Technology Research 1 1
Raytheon Engineers & Constructors 1 1 1
RCF Management LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reading Anthracite Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Reading_Anthracite_Company
RECuVER, Inc. (a subsidiary of SepraDyne Corp.) 1 1 1
Redpath Group, The 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reedrill Corp. 1 1
REICHdrill, Inc. 1
Reliable Energy, Inc. 1
Reliant Energy, HL&P 1 1 1 1 1
Rema Tip Top, North America Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Reschini Agency, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Resource Capital Fund L.P. 1 1 1 1 1
Resource Data International 1 1 1
Revett Minerals Inc. 1 1 1
Revett Silver Company 1
Reynolds International L.P. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rimex Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rimpull Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ringers Gloves 1
Rio Algom Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rio Tinto America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Tinto_Energy_America
RM Biltrite 1 1
Roberts & Schaefer Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roberts_%26_Schaefer
Rock Tools, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rockwell Automation, Power Systems 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Romarco Minerals Inc. 1 1
Rosebud Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rothschild Natural Resources LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Royal Gold, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
RPMGlobal 1 1 1
RSC Equipment Rental 1 1
RSL Fiber Systems, LLC 1 1
Rudd Equipment Company 1 1 1
Ruhrkohle Trading Corp. 1
RungePincockMinarco 1 1 1 1 1
RWF Bron 1 1
Safety Solutions International, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Sahara Coal Company Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Saminco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sands Hill Coal Co., Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sandvik Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sany Heavy Equipment Co., Ltd. 1 1
Sasol Synfuels International 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sasol_Synfuels_International
Savage Industries Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Savage Zinc, Inc. 1
Scheer's Incorporated 1 1
Schneider Electric 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Schramm, Inc 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Schroeder Industries 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sedgman, LLC 1 1 1 1
Sedgwick, Inc. 1 1 1
SEETECH LLC 1 1 1 2
Senstar Capital Corporation 1 1 1 1 1
Sentis 1
SEW Eurodrive 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SGS North America Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Shaft Drillers International 1 1
Shantui America Corp 1 1
Shaw Pittman LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Shell Lubricants 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shell
Shell Oil Products 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shell
Shur-Co. 1
Sibanye-Stillwater 1 1 1 1
Sibayne-Stillwater 1
Siemens Energy and Automation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Siemens Industries 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Siemens Power Generation, Inc. 1 1 1
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SMC Electrical Products Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SmithCo Side-Dump Trailers 1 1 1 1
Snell & Wilmer LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SoluForce 1
Solutia, Inc. 1 1 1
Sonic Dry Clean 1 1 1 1
South Dakota Mining Association 1 1 1 1
Southwire 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Spencer Fane LLP 1
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Squire Patton Boggs 1
Squire Sanders 1 1
SRK Consulting (U.S) Inc. 1 1 1 1
SSM Coal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SSR Mining 1 1
Stamler Corporation 1 1 1
Standard Lithium 1 1 1
Stantec 1 1
State Industries, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stellar Industries Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stillwater Mining Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stites & Harbison, PLLC 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stolar Horizon, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Strata Energy, Inc. 1 1
Strata Products (USA) LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Strathmore Minerals Corp. 1 1 1
Stu Blattner, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Summers Fuel Inc. 1
Summitt Truck Equipment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Superior Highwall Miners 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Superior Industries, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Svedala Industries, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Swanson Industries, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sweeney, a Dover Diversified Co. 1
Syntroleum Corporation 1
Syntron Material Handling 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
T. Parker Host Inc. 1
T.J. Gundlach Machine Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TAG IQ 1 1 1
Taggart Global LLC 1 1 1 1
Talon Nickel (USA) LLC 1
Tamrock Oy 1
Tanoma Coal Company, Inc. 1 1 1
Teck American Incorporated 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TECO Coal Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/TECO_Energy
TEI Rock Drills 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Telsmith, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Tennessee Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Terex Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Terramac 1 1 1 1 1
TerraSource Global 1 1 1
Tetra Tech 1 1 1 1 1
Texas Genco 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Texas_Genco
Texas Mining & Reclamation Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Texas Utilities Mining Co. 1
The American Coal Company 1
The Clarkson Company 1 1
The Doe Run Company 1 1 1 1
The Ensign-Bickford Company 1 1
The Florence Mining Company 1 1
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Goodyear
The Hilliard Corporation 1 1 1 1
The Quikrete Companies 1 1
The Raring Corporation 1
The Redpath Group 1
Thermadyne 1 1 1 1
Thermo Electron 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thermo_Fisher_Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thermo_Fisher_Scientific
Thermo Gamma-Metrics 1 1
Thompson Creek Metals Company 1 1 1
Thompson Creek Mining Co. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Thompson Tractor Company, Inc. 1
ThoroughTec Simulation USA Inc. 1 1 1 1
Thunderbird Mining Systems 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tiefenbach North America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Titan Uranium USA Inc. 1 1
TJB Incorporated 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tognum America Inc. 1 1
Toll Mining Services 1 1
Tons Per Hour 1 1
Total Power, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TowHaul Corporation dba Smith Equipment USA 1
TP Manufacturing 1
TransAlta Utilities Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/TransAlta
Trapper Mining Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Trapper_Mine
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tri-State_Generation_and_Transmission_Association
Tricon Metals & Services, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Trinity Consultants 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Trinity Mining Services 1 1 1
Troutman Pepper 1 1
Twin Metals Minnesota 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TXU Mining 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tyco Valves & Controls, Reno Div. 1 1 1 1 1 1
U.S. Borax Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
U.S. Energy Corporation 1
U.S. Generating Company 1 1 1
U.S. Gypsum Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
U.S. Pumice Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
U.S. Tsubaki, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. 1
UGM ADDCAR Systems, LLC 1 1 1 1 1
UMETCO Minerals Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1
Underwriters Safety & Claims 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Unit Rig 1
United Coal Company LLC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Coal_Company
United Conveyor Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
United Nuclear Corporation 1
United Park City Mines Company 1 1 1 1 1 1
UNOCAL (Molycorp, Inc.) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ur-Energy USA Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Uranerz Energy Corporation 1 1 1 1
Uranium Energy Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Uranium One, Americas 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Uranium Resources, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
URS Washington Division 1
Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Usibelli_Coal_Mine
Utah Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/12317
Van-American Insurance Co. 1 1
VDG (Van der Graaf) 1 1 1 1
Venable LLP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Venable
Vermeer Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Virginia Coal & Energy Alliance 1 1 1 1 1 1
Virginia Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Virginia Coal Council 1 1 1 1
Virginia Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Virginia Uranium, Inc. 1 1 1 1
Volunteer Coal & Natural Resources Co., Inc. 1 1
Volvo Construction Equipment 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Volvo_Group
W.S. Tyler 1
Wabtec 1 1 1
Walter Energy 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Walter_Energy
Wanner Engineering 1 1 1 1
Ward Resources Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 1 1
Warren Rupp, Inc. 1
Warrior Met Coal 1 1 1 1 1 1
Washington Group International, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Waterloo Coal Co., Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Watson-Marlow Bredel Pumps 1 1 1
WEIR ESCO® 1 1 1
WEIR International, Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wells Fargo Insurance Services 1 1 1 1
West Virginia Coal Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/West_Virginia_Coal_Association
West Virginia Mining and Reclamation Association 1 1 1
WESTECH 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Western Coal Council 1 1 1 1
Western Fuels Association Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 https://www.desmogblog.com/western-fuels-association
Western Lithium 1 1
Western Pocahontas Properties 1 1 1 1 1 1
Western Rare Earths 1
Westinghouse Electric Corp 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation
Westmoreland Coal Company 1 1 1 1 http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Westmoreland_Coal
White Oak Resources 1 1
WildHorse Energy, Inc. 1
Wire Rope Corp. of America Inc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
WireCo World Group 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wirtgen America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Women's Mining Coalition 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wood MacKenzie 1 1 1 1
Woods Equipment Company 1 1
World Resources Company 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wyodak Resources Development Corporation 1 1 1 1
Wyoming Mining Association 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Xcoal Energy & Resources 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Xcoal_Energy_%26_Resources
Xylem Dewatering 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yokohama Off-Highway Tires, America, Inc 1 1
Yokohama Tire Corporation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Young’s Machine Co. 1 1 1
Zamora & Associates, L.L.C. 1
Zinc Corporation of America 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Zinifex Clarksville Inc. 1 1 1 1
Zurich US
contact & Address
National Mining Association49
101 Constitution Ave. NW
Suite 500 East
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 463-2600
Social Media
National Mining Association on LinkedIn.
@countoncoal on Twitter.
@NationalMining on Twitter.
Other Resources
“NMA,” Influencemap.
“National Mining Association,” Wikipedia.
“National Mining Association,” Polluterwatch.
“National Mining Association” SourceWatch.
Resources
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Mining industry lobbyist
Relationships Interlocks Giving
In The Office Of
Joe Barton Legislative Assistant (not current)
Walter William Herger Legislative Director (not current)
Other Positions & Memberships
National Mining Association Vice President of Government Affairs
Croplife America Vice President, Government Affairs (not current)
American Forest & Paper Association Director of Congressional Affairs (not current)
Ball Janik LLP Government relations consultant (not current)
Donation/Grant Recipients
Mitt Romney Campaign Contribution ⋅ $250 ⋅ 1 filing ('07)
http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=7418
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The National Mining Association, which represents large coal companies such as Peabody Coal Co, Arch Coal Inc, Alpha Natural Resources and Cloud Peak Energy Inc., “has spent $1 million on a radio and digital campaign in five states depicting shocked consumers opening expensive electricity bills,” Reuters reported. The advertisements claim that electricity bills will jump by 80 percent as a result of the Obama administration’s proposal to limit carbon pollution from new coal and natural gas plants, something the Washington Post’s Fact Checker recently said was “wholly unsupported” and reliant on “bogus, hyped evidence to make its claim.”
The NMA has spoken out against new coal dust regulations aimed at reducing cases of black lung disease in coal miners, claiming the administration’s long-awaited rule is unnecessary and criticizing multiple studies that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined were sound. The NMA also intervened in a recent court decision to restore a law overturned by the Bush administration designed to keep toxic coal mining spoil from entering sensitive waterways, saying they found the ruling “obviously very disappointing.”
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https://www.climateofdenial.org/track-climate-change-denial/robert-e-murray-2/
founder and former CEO of Murray Energy, Robert E. Murray is a notorious climate change denier and avid supporter of coal. Mr. Murray has risen to fame in part due to his excessive self-paid salaries, support of the Republican Party, and his advocacy for the coal industry. Mr. Murray is on the board of directors at numerous coal associations, including:
- **National Mining Association**
- American Coal Foundation
- National Coal Council
- Ohio Coal Association
- Pennsylvania Coal Association
Mr. Murray is also a former president and trustee of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc., as well as the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc., in addition to having been the past president of The Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. Mr. Murray has worked to reduce environmental regulation and bring coal back to the forefront of the energy sector. He notably wrote President Trump a memo outlining an energy ‘Action Plan’ to roll back regulations with 16 requests.
Some particularly heinous examples include withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, overhauling mine safety and health regulations, cutting the EPA by half, revising coal mine dust regulation, and eliminating the Clean Power Plan. The level of access Mr. Murray has had to cabinet officials has been alarming, and many of his plans have come to fruition. The New York Times in a published article titled “How a Coal Baron’s Wish List Became President Trump’s To-Do List” states: “I really don’t think it’s at all unusual that Murray would have this wish list or a set of recommendations. What makes it different is that it’s pretty clear that he has a personal relationship with the president,” Mr.Holmstead said. “It seems like given Mr. Murray’s relationship with the president that he had more of an expectation that these things were going to be accepted or implemented.” Mr. Murray is a dangerous and outspoken critic of environmental protection and is a heavy contributor to climate denial. See also: Julie A. Piggot, Roger Nober, Kathryn Farmer, Steven Bobb, and Charles R. Ice.
https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/theyre-crooks-coal-industry-aims-to-exploit-coronavirus-crisis-to-cut-payments-to-miners-with-black-lung
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‘They’re crooks’: Coal industry aims to exploit coronavirus crisis to cut payments to miners with black lung
Written by Jake Johnson / Common Dreams April 12, 2020
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Some of the largest coal companies in the United States are using the coronavirus crisis to pressure Congress to slash the tax that finances the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, a lifeline for more than 20,000 miners whose lung disease makes them more vulnerable to COVID-19.
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The Washington Post reported this week that the National Mining Association (NMA), a trade group that represents the biggest U.S. coal operators still standing,“asked Congress last month for a 55 percent cut in the excise tax for the trust fund, and a suspension of another fee that pays to clean up abandoned mines. Altogether the operators say they could save about $220 million.”
“While the level of taxation to back the fund has fluctuated sharply over the past two years,” the Post noted, “it currently stands at $1.10 for every ton of coal mined underground and 55 cents for surface coal.”
Harold Sturgill, a 60-year-old retired miner who was diagnosed with black lung in 1998, said in an interview with the Post that coal companies are “going to try to use this virus thing to stop paying benefits.”
“They’re crooks,” Sturgill said
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“The burden should be on the coal operators,” Bounds said. “They come in our state, they mine our coal, they fill their pockets up, they declare bankruptcy. They leave with all the cash, and there’s no money to pay the miners.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/08/coal-black-lung-coronavirus/ … #blacklungkills #covid19
As covid-19 hits, coal companies aim to cut the tax they pay to support black lung miners
The nation’s coal companies, citing the economic impact of the covid-19 pandemic, want to roll back their payments to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. That would leave the federal government to...
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Apr 9, 2020
The NMA explicitly pointed to the coronavirus crisis in its tax cut request to Congress (pdf)—which was not included in the stimulus package that Congress passed last month—and labeled the coal industry “essential” to energy production in the United States. A group of Republican senators is currently pressuring the Federal Reserve to allow coal companies to benefit from the multi-trillion-dollar CARES Act.
“As the country faces this unique and mounting challenge around the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. coal miners continue to work to provide the resources necessary to power America while bracing for the severe financial distress facing all sectors across the nation,” NMA wrote to congressional leaders. “To minimize the impact of this crisis on the coal industry, Congress should ensure all businesses have the financial resources necessary to ride out the pandemic.”
The group, according to the Post, intends to keep pushing for the tax cut in future stimulus legislation.
As EcoWatch reported earlier this week, “in some states like West Virginia, coal mines have been classified as essential services and are staying open during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though the close quarters miners work in and the known risks to respiratory health put miners in harm’s way during the spread of the coronavirus.”
“Nobody knows what this virus is going to do when it gets to this area,” Jimmy Moore, a 74-year-old black lung patient in Shelby Gap, Kentucky, told HuffPost. “It’s probably just going to wipe us out.”
Miners and advocates have long warned about the financial health of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, which is deeply in debt, and repeatedly asked lawmakers to act to ensure that the program is sustainable over the long term. Last July, as Common Dreams reported, a group of around 120 retired miners traveled to Washington, D.C. to demand congressional action to secure the fund’s finances, only to be brushed aside by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican.
Lynda Glagola, chairwoman of the National Coalition of Black Lung and Respiratory Disease Clinics, told the Post that if Congress grants the coal industry its desired tax cut, “the fund will spiral deeper and deeper into debt causing it to become a red financial flag.”
“Especially at this time, as the economy is collapsing right before our eyes,” Glagola warned, “lawmakers will soon be looking for programs to cut to save money and reduce the national debt and deficit.”
In response to NMA’s request, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.)—chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee—and Rep. Matthew Cartwright (D-Pa.) wrote a letter (pdf) to congressional leaders last month urging them to reject the coal industry’s “wish-list” and “focus federal resources on the workers, families, and communities that are being hardest hit by this crisis.”
“The coal industry is taking advantage of the country’s current circumstances to advocate for policies that are completely unrelated to the current crisis, policies that would in fact set back efforts to improve the health and lives of people across the country,” the lawmakers wrote. “At a time when the country is facing a pandemic due to a respiratory illness, it isparticularly egregious for the coal industry to advocate reducing the Black Lung Excise Tax.”
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Leadership
The association is currently led by Chairman of the Board, Jimmy Brock, President and Chief Executive Officer, CONSOL Energy Inc. Rich Nolan, NMA President and Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for managing the day-to-day operation of the association.
NMA Leadership
Jimmy Brock, Chairman of the Board
President and Chief Executive Officer, CONSOL Energy Inc.
james A. Brock serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of CONSOL Energy and has served as a member of CONSOL Energy’s Board since November 2017. He currently serves as a member of the Board’s Health, Safety and Environmental Committee.
Mr. Brock previously served as the Chief Operating Officer – Coal of CNX Resources Corporation (CNX) from December 10, 2010 until November 28, 2017, when CONSOL Energy separated from CNX. Mr. Brock also currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of the general partner of CONSOL Coal Resources LP, a position he has held since March 16, 2015. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President – Northern Appalachia – West Virginia Operations of CNX from 2007 to 2010, and as Vice President – Operations of CNX from 2006 to 2007.
Mr. Brock began his career with CNX in 1979 at the Matthews Mine and since then has served at various locations in many positions including Section Foreman, Mine Longwall Coordinator, General Mine Foreman and Superintendent.
Rich Nolan
President & CEO
.i bet he is very rich Nolan is president and chief executive officer of the National Mining Association (NMA). NMA is the national trade association for the U.S. mining industry and represents coal, metal and industrial mineral producers, mineral processors, equipment manufacturers and other suppliers of goods and services to the domestic mining industry. As president and CEO, he directs the association’s public policy efforts before Congress, regulatory agencies and the White House, and sets the association’s strategic agenda for media relations, grassroots communications and political involvement.
With more than 20 years of experience advocating on many natural resources sector issues, Mr. Nolan most recently served NMA for 13 years as Senior Vice President of Government and Political Affairs. His three decades in government affairs and political advocacy have spanned a number of industries including mining, forestry, paper, chemicals and agriculture. His career began on Capitol Hill, where he served as an aide to several members of Congress and worked as an advisor on multiple campaign committees. After his time on the Hill, he held leadership roles at associations and firms focusing on natural resources and environmental issues, including the American Forest & Paper Association, CropLife America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, among others.
Mr. Nolan is a member of the Board of the U.S. Energy Association
Katie Sweeney
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Ryan Jackson
Senior Vice President, Government and Political Affairs
ryan Jackson is responsible for NMA’s government and political affairs. He brings over 20 years of experience reaching bipartisan achievements. As chief of staff for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mr. Jackson successfully negotiated the U.S. Senate confirmation votes of two EPA administrators, nine assistant administrators, and inspector general candidates and recruited well over 100 additional political appointees producing EPA’s regulatory agenda which included the Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. As staff director for the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee he led the negotiations for the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, the first major environmental legislation enacted in twenty years, principal national transportation and water infrastructure legislation, and the enactment of over 60 other bipartisan bills.[WHAT OTHERT BILLS BOOSTED/KILLED?]
Mr. Jackson began his career in Oklahoma as an assistant district attorney and as chief of staff for U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe receiving his B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and J.D. from Oklahoma City University
Jerry Mullins
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Industry Relations
jerry Mullins has spent his career leading and implementing political, public affairs and education campaigns that influence targeted audiences as well as the public at large. By combining his experience as a former reporter, producer and campaign consultant, Mr. Mullins has been active in national elections for 25 years. He is currently the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and External Relations for the National Mining Association.
Mr. Mullins’ work in the political arena included four years with the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee creating over 2,000 radio and television advertisements as well as producing hundreds of hours of programming from the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Republican National Conventions. Mr. Mullins also serves as the spokesperson for the Pentagon Memorial Fund.
Mr. Mullins is a graduate of North Carolina State University where he received Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Communications and Finance. He and his family reside in Annapolis, MD.
Ashley Burke
Senior Vice President, Communications
ashley Burke is responsible for the association’s communications program. She has two decades of communications experience in leading strategic external and internal communications, crisis communications, and corporate social responsibility programs.
Prior to joining NMA in 2016, Ms. Burke was Global Director of Communications forDentons, the world’s largest law firm. Previously she served as Senior Vice President of Communications for DynCorp International, a multi-billion dollar government contractor. She also served as Executive Vice President for Prism Public Affairs, a strategic communications firm, where she specialized in litigation and crisis communications for clients including corporations, coalitions and international governments.
Ms. Burke is a graduate of Washington and Lee University.
Roger Roberts
Senior Vice President, Administration & Finance
Communications Committee
Economics Committee
Coal Policy Task Force
Environment Committee
Government Affairs Committee
International Committee
Lands Committee
Minerals Policy Task Force
PAC Steering Committee
State Coal Association Executive Council
Tax Committee
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The National Mining Association (NMA) is the national trade organization of the U.S. mining industry which "represents the interests of mining before Congress, the Administration, federal agencies, the judiciary and the media." [1]
It is represented by the public affairs firm Democracy Data & Communications, LLC (DDC).
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Ramping up lobbying efforts
In September 2007, The Hill reported that NMA was planning to "dramatically increase its lobbying and advertising budget," in response to high-profile mining disasters, increased rates of black lung disease, and concerns about climate change, among other issues. NMA's overall budget is slated to increase from $15.6 million for 2007 to $19.7 million for 2008.[2]
NMA was also reported to be increasing its outreach to Democrats. Its two political action committees, COALPAC and MINEPAC, "are moving towards a more even split" between the two major parties, after years of giving nearly 90 percent of its PAC money to Republicans, reported The Hill. NMA is also "looking to add a Democratic consultant to its list of outside lobbyists," which includes the Alpine Group, Federal Policy Group, Washington Advocates and the Nickles Group. NAM is also hiring four more in-house lobbyists and "two additional regulatory experts."[3]
"Opposition to new coal plants is mounting because they generate greenhouse gases," observed the Washington Post in January 2008. "In Kansas, where a state agency rejected a permit for two proposed coal plants, opinion polls show that roughly two out of three people opposed the plants. That sentiment, plus soaring construction costs and uncertainty about federal climate change legislation, last year prompted U.S. companies to abandon or postpone plans to build dozens of new coal plants." [4]
But "the coal mining industry is fighting back. It increased the budget of the National Mining Association, the industry's main lobbying group, by 20 percent this year, to $19.7 million" for 2008.[4]
Partnering with Scholastic Books
In May 2011, it was reported that the American Coal Foundation paid Scholastic to help produce and place in grade school classrooms maps and worksheets called the "United States of Energy," with much of the information from the National Mining Association. One widely distributed chart did not mention damage from mining or pollution. The Coal Foundation had been distributing materials on its own, then partnered with Scholastic so that 66,000 fourth grade teachers received materials to build into lesson plans.
In the Appalachian mining communities of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, mining companies sponsor something called CEDAR, Coal Education Development and Resources, which offers teachers booklets and DVDs produced by coal-burning utility AEP and mining giant Peabody Coal. One emphasizes how Kentucky has benefited from coal mine reclamation, with little mention of any negatives of strip mining. And on the issue of coal's carbon dioxide emissions, CEDAR offers teachers a video, titled "The Greening of Planet Earth" that asserts: "As more and more scientists are confirming, our world is deficient in carbon dioxide and a doubling of atmospheric CO2 is very beneficial."
On May 13, 2011, Scholastic, Inc., issued the following statement regarding its partnership with the American Coal Foundation (emphasis added): "This week, Scholastic came under criticism for an 11" x 16" poster map which displays different sources of energy – coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, wind and natural gas – not so much for the content of the poster but primarily for its sponsorship by the American Coal Foundation. We acknowledge that the mere fact of sponsorship may call into question the authenticity of the information, and therefore conclude that we were not vigilant enough as to the effect of sponsorship in this instance. We have no plans to further distribute this particular program."[5]
Lobbyists
According to U.S. Senate Office of Public Records filings, NAM has spent $18,840,000 on lobbying, from 1998 to 2004. Lobbying firms and individuals lobbying on behalf of NAM during that time include MGN Inc, Owen Frisby, National Environmental Strategies Company, Holland & Hart, KSG, Lee & Smith, the Alpine Group, Horizons West, James Allen Wampler, The Allbaugh Company and Patton Boggs. [6]
As of September 2007, NAM's in-house Washington DC lobbyists were, according to the Lobbyists.info online database: Karen Bennett, Susan B. Carver, David O. Finkenbinder, Bradford V. Frisby, Daniel R. Gerkin, Anne Marie L. Jacob, Craig F. Montesano, Kraig R. Naasz, M. Richardson "Rich" Nolan, Moya Phelleps, Luke Popovich, Harold P. Quinn Jr., Carol Raulston, Stephanie Salvagno, Katie Sweeney, and Bruce Watzman. [7]
Political action committees
In the 2006 election cycle, NAM's "MINEPAC" political action committee gave $223,250 to federal candidates. More than 80% of this money went to Republicans. [8]
In the 2006 election cycle, NAM's "COALPAC" political action committee gave $424,748 to federal candidates. More than 80% of this money went to Republicans. [9]
Members
The NMA lists its current members as including major mining companies, state-based mining associations, and companies that service the mining sector. [10]
SourceWatch resources
- Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth
- Americans for Balanced Energy Choices
- Coal-to-Liquids Coalition
- Dennis E. Wheeler
- International Coal Group
- Jack N. Gerard
- Kraig R. Naasz
- Rich Nolan
External links
References
- ↑ National Mining Association, "About NMA", accessed September 2007.
- ↑ Jim Snyder, "Facing new threats, mining industry undergoes a facelift," The Hill (Washington DC), September 18, 2007.
- ↑ Jim Snyder, "Facing new threats, mining industry undergoes a facelift," The Hill (Washington DC), September 18, 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Steven Mufson, "Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign," Washington Post, January 18, 2008.
- ↑ "Scholastic distributed coal propaganda in schools" PRI's Living on Earth, May 16, 2011.
- ↑ LobbyWatch profile: National Mining Association, Center for Public Integrity, accessed September 18, 2007.
- ↑ Lobbyists.info profile: National Mining Association (sub req'd), accessed September 18, 2007.
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org profile: MINEPAC, Center for Responsive Politics, accessed September 18, 2007.
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org profile: COALPAC, Center for Responsive Politics, accessed September 18, 2007.
- ↑ "Member Directory", accessed September 2007.
Articles
- Jim Snyder, "Facing new threats, mining industry undergoes a facelift," The Hill (Washington DC), September 18, 2007.
- Jim Snyder, "Naasz out at National Mining Association," The Hill (Washington DC), August 21, 2008.
- "Industry groups file lawsuit over polar bear rule," Associated Press, August 28, 2008.