Sentences with phrase «coal industry front»

In addition, Southern is represented by the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, a coal industry front group run out of Bracewell's office in Washington, DC.

But the most interesting part of the segment is an interview with Joe Lucas, head of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (nee Americans for Balanced Energy Choices), a coal industry front group that has spent tens of millions of dollars on deceptive advertising and political activities, as well as more than $ 10.5 million to lobby Congress directly on behalf of dirty coal and against legislation to fight global warming and promote clean, renewable electricity.

The $ 35 million «clean coal» campaign, spearheaded by a coal industry front group called American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (formerly known as Americans for BalancedEnergy Choices), is nothing less than a nationwide effort to paint coal white.

The Information Council on the Environment, which is a coal industry front group, was formed to «reposition global warming as theory (not fact).»

This fallacy is promoted by other notable non-experts, such as oil billionaire David Koch and junk scientist Craig Idso, who produced propaganda films for the Greening Earth Society (a coal industry front group).

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

Not exact matches

I agree with the suggestion that someone made earlier, that it would be great for Andrew to write a letter, with relevant and excellent questions, to the person in the coal industry (whose name I don't have in front of me), containing questions pertaining to global warming, coal, and the coal industry's stance.

Oh and watch for backlash lawsuits and rhetoric from right wing front groups: Congress of Racial Equality, Pacific Research Institute (Exxon funded front groups) and the Western Business Roundtable (industry group loaded with coal and oil) See motherjones.com story for details.

Meanwhile, we have CNN debates sponsored by a coal - industry front group, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, with nary a question to the candidates about climate.

In addition, the CPI analysis excluded industry front groups like ACCCE — the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity who fell outside the 501 c 6 category of trade associations.

Industry misinformation is then pushed to the public through astroturf front groups (like the Koch - funded and - founded Americans for Prosperity), through advertising campaigns (like those run by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity), and by hiring «scientists» or «experts» with that special lack of integrity and credibility that allows a person to earn money at the expense of a far, far broader population.

He is also the president and CEO of the American Coallition for Clean Coal electricity (ACCCE), a front group for the coal indusCoal electricity (ACCCE), a front group for the coal induscoal industry.

«There is a direct link between coal - based, low - cost electricity and economic prosperity... On all fronts, we need a strong sense of urgency to support the people and the industry who have fueled the American Dream, and who will continue to do so.»

While the institute rejects claims it is a front group, one of its senior fellows, coal industry veteran Fred Palmer, told DeSmog in February 2017 that he was «reaching out to the fossil fuel community right now and raising money for Heartland.»

'' Paid advertising by oil and coal industry companies, as well as by front groups funded by the oil and coal industries; and

In other words, the coal industry has scrapped one front group name for another, as if we wouldn't figure it out.

Further, the corporate - funded campaign to play up uncertainties in climate science, carried out through industry associations like the American Petroleum Institute and front groups like the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, has done its part to sow public confusion about the level of consensus in climate science.

Robert Balling, Idso's mentor, was one of the leading scientists paid by the Greening Earth Society, the climate science - denying front group created by the Western Fuels Association, one of the first and earliest coal industry groups funding the denial of climate change.

A Greenpeace investigation released last week highlights the recurring themes of Big Coal advertising, with decades of ads from coal mining companies, coal - burning utilities, and industry front groCoal advertising, with decades of ads from coal mining companies, coal - burning utilities, and industry front grocoal mining companies, coal - burning utilities, and industry front grocoal - burning utilities, and industry front groups.

«From our industries point of view, there are certainly a lot of details that will need to be filled in on multiple different fronts, but in general we're quite supportive of the use of natural gas and the phase out of coal,» CAPP president Tim McMillan said.

ELPC's founder - president, Howard Learner, joined forces with the coal industry coalition, the «BEST Coalition» — a front group for NRG, a big coal generator — to attack the legislation as a «bail - out» for nuclear, something much of the Illinois media dutifully repeated.

But please don't insult my intelligence by claiming that the wind and solar industries are fronts for big coal.

While there certainly is wisdom in this, as well as undeniably more research being needed before this is commercially ready, my fear is that it will continue to be dangled in front of the public as something always just on the horizon as the coal industry continues to pollute.

People attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week are the target of a $ 2 million advertising and PR blitz by a coal industry - funded front group called the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) whose goal is to sell the idea that coal is somehow clcoal industry - funded front group called the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) whose goal is to sell the idea that coal is somehow clCoal Electricity (ACCCE) whose goal is to sell the idea that coal is somehow clcoal is somehow clean.