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=sample on 2014 transition<section class="content" style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) is bringing in new staff to the House Energy and Commerce Committee minority office as he takes over the top Democratic spot from retired California Democrat Henry Waxman.Many of Waxman's former staffers -- including several longtime aides -- have left their posts, and Pallone has begun to fill their slots.Jeffrey Carroll is the new Democratic staff director, and Tiffany Guarascio has been appointed deputy staff director. Carroll is a longtime Pallone aide who has been chief of staff in the New Jersey Democrat's personal office. Guarascio has been working as legislative director in Pallone's office.Timothy Robinson, who's been working as senior policy counsel and legislative director for Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), is the new chief counsel for Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats. Ashley Jones has been hired as director of outreach and member services; she was previously chief of staff to former Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.), who lost his 2014 re-election bid.Michael Goo and Jacqueline Cohen have been heading up the panel's energy and environmental work in recent months, but Democratic staffing for the Energy and Power Subcommittee and the Environment and Economy Subcommittee is still being worked out. Goo was a longtime congressional staffer before working at U.S. EPA and DOE during the Obama administration; he returned to the Energy and Commerce Committee in July. Cohen is a longtime Waxman staffer.The Energy and Commerce Committee Republican roster working under staff director Gary Andres is expected to remain largely the same this year. The panel, led by Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), promoted Karen Christian to become its top lawyer in October and hired former Boeing executive Charles Ingebretson to be the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee's chief counsel (<a href="http://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060007232/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; background: transparent;">Greenwire</a>, Oct. 10, 2014).Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) will remain chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee this year, but the panel is still seeing some staff changes.Two new staffers have been hired from the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Molly Boyl is the Science panel's new deputy general counsel and parliamentarian, which was also her role on the oversight committee under former Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). And Mark Marin, former deputy staff director for oversight under Issa, is now the Science Committee's staff director for the Energy and Environment subcommittees.Todd Johnston, who has been Republican staff director for the Environment Subcommittee, is expected to soon leave the committee. Stephen Sayle, previously staff director for the Energy Subcommittee, has already left the committee.The new Oversight and Government Reform chairman, Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), announced a new spate of staffers last month. Former Podesta Group principal Sean McLaughlin is the committee's staff director; former Chaffetz senior adviser Rachel Weaver is the new deputy staff director. Andrew Dockham is the new general counsel, joining the panel from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Steve Castor is the new deputy general counsel for oversight and investigations, and Ryan Little is the committee's operations director (<a href="http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/stories/1060009785" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; background: transparent;">E&ENews PM</a>, Dec. 2, 2014).Incoming House Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has also shaken up staffing on the panel that oversees federal lands, wildlife and fisheries. Bishop announced in late November that he had hired committee veterans Jason Knox as staff director and Todd Ungerecht as deputy staff director.Bishop appears to have cleaned house, as at least 11 staffers have departed from the panel. The staffers who have left include former Chairman Doc Hastings' (R-Wash.) staff director, Todd Young; Tim Charters, who was staff director for the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee; Amanda Tharpe, who handled onshore energy development on the EMR Subcommittee; and several others (<a href="http://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1060011153/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; background: transparent;">E&E Daily</a>, Jan. 6).</section><section class="promotion" id="promotion_8805" style="border-width: 2px 0px 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.6030006408691px; background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rbravender" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background: transparent;">@rbravender</a> | Email: <a href="mailto:rbravender@eenews.net" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background: transparent;">rbravender@eenews.net</a></section>

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<p style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow: visible; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-indent: 1.5em; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 21px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;">WASHINGTON -- Former and current House members, along with several former staffers who now work as lobbyists, have launched a new group representing pro-coal Democrats.

CoalBlue Project, which <a href="http://coalblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CoalBlue-Launch-Press-Release-7.24.pdf" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">began operating at the end of July</a>, promotes itself as "Democrats committed to securing coal's place in America's sustainable energy future." The group includes Reps. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Bill Enyart (D-Ill.), and former Reps. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and Tim Holden (D-Pa.). The group also includes current and former state elected officials.

CoalBlue's secretary, Stefan Bailey, said the group formed out of a desire to elevate Democratic pro-coal voices. "We knew there were a lot of Democrats out there that support coal and wanted to provide a forum for them to make their support known," said Bailey. The group's objective is to "identify, organize, educate, and mobilize Americans" in support of coal, Bailey said. The group plans to work with congressional, state, and local elected officials, he said. Bailey said he could not say the exact measures the group would push for, but it would generally work to advance coal technologies and find ways to keep coal in the energy mix.

The announcement of the group came weeks after the Obama administration <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/obama-climate-speech-georgetown" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">rolled out a far-reaching climate plan</a> that included a directive to the EPA to set emission limits for existing power plants and finalize limits for new power plants that would <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/03/end-coal-we-know-it" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">end the construction of coal plants</a> unless they capture greenhouse gas pollutants.

BlueCoal will <a href="http://coalblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CoalBlue-Brochure_FINAL.pdf" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">advocate the position</a> that "a clean, low-carbon economy cannot be achieved without clean, low-carbon coal."

CoalBlue is registered as a non-profit in the District of Columbia. Baily said the group is seeking IRS recognition as a 501(c)4 nonprofit. Bailey declined to name the group's funding sources.

Bailey was a congressional staffer for nine years, working for Rahall and former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.). He is now <a href="http://www.prime-policy.com/talent/bailey" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">a director</a> at the government relations firm Prime Policy Group, whose <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=D000045879&year=" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">lobbying clients</a> include energy companies such as Duke Energy, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/business/energy-environment/duke-energy-merger-creates-largest-us-utility.html" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">largest electric utility</a> in the U.S. Bailey said that he's working with CoalBlue as a volunteer, and that the group is not affiliated with his firm.

CoalBlue Project resident Jon Wood is the former vice president of government and external affairs for Alpha Natural Resources, one of the largest coal producers in the U.S. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/firmsum.php?id=F26836&year=2013" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">Wood is still a registered lobbyist</a> for Alpha. He <a href="http://www.sseb.org/images/woodbio.pdf" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">worked previously</a> for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.).

Senators representing coal states, Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) co-authored a statement of support for the group, posted on the front page of <a href="http://coalblue.org/" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">its website</a>. "We are proud to support the important and worthy mission of CoalBlue Project, and welcome CoalBlue as a valuable and necessary voice in the national conversation regarding our nation’s energy future," the senators wrote.

Manchin spokesman Jonathan Kott said that the senator has "no official role" in the group, while he is "supportive of their agenda." (As <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/senate-obama-ferc-coal-binz_n_3796736.html" style=" list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-decoration: underline; overflow: visible; color: rgb(0, 136, 195) !important; text-indent: 0px !important; outline: 0px;">HuffPost reported last week</a>, Manchin is expected to go head-to-head with President Barack Obama over the president's nominee to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency, coal foe Ron Binz.)

Heitkamp spokeswoman Abigail McDonough said the senator is not affiliated with CoalBlue, but is "supportive of efforts to find real solutions for coal."

Rahall's office confirmed the congressman's involvement with the group. "Congressman Rahall has worked throughout his entire tenure in Congress to promote the use of coal as a major component of the nation’s domestic energy portfolio and as a means to lessen dependence on foreign fuels," said Rahall spokesman John Noble in an email to The Huffington Post. "He has been proud to lend his strong support to CoalBlue, which is working with individuals from all levels of government to achieve a broad commitment to the use of coal as a sustainable fuel, while advancing the technologies that will allow for coal to be burned more efficiently and cleanly."

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