Export-Import Bank Could Soon Correct Its Mistake
Tim Sullivan, President and CEO of the Wisconsin-based manufacturer Bucyrus, was on CNBC’s Squawkbox this morning to discuss the Export-Import Bank’s handling of the loan guarantees to support Bucyrus’...
View ArticleDisputed Loan Guarantees Aside, Ex-Im Bank Should Do More
The National Association of Manufacturers has been vocal in calling for the Export-Import Bank to reconsider its 2-1 vote denying loan guarantees for a power generation project in India, a denial that...
View ArticleConsequences of Backing Waxman-Markey: Welcome Rep. Griffiths
Here’s the vote that ended the Congressional career of Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), a 14-term House member from the southwestern corner of Virginia. It’s the 219-212 vote by which the House passed H.R....
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AFL-CIO’s Trumka Tells Mine Workers to Go Pound Sand
A thousand or so protesters marched by our offices on Monday, shouting, banging drums, carrying signs that identified them as environmental activists. We learned that the group came from a rally at...
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Questions for AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka at the Press Club
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, an appearance billed thusly: Trumka will speak out on recent efforts to curb collective bargaining rights in several...
View ArticleExcessive Regulations Do Not Fit into Equation of Job Creation
The EPA has pursued an aggressive regulatory agenda, creating barriers for job creation, future investment and expanded operations by placing burdensome and costly rules on manufacturers. Coal-fired...
View ArticleFormer Senator on EPA’s New Power Plant Regs
Over the weekend, former Missouri Senator Kit Bond wrote in the Southeast Missourian about the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which requires power plants to reduce...
View ArticleSenate Panel Investigates the EPA’s Utility MACT Rule
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has not been very active on examining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that impact manufacturers, but today the Committee’s Clean Air...
View ArticleAll of the Above or Some of the Above?
The Energy Information Agency in March published the break down in sources of U.S. Electricity Generation, 2011. It showed 42 percent of all electricity in this country is generated by coal. Next is...
View ArticleHouse to Vote on Measure to Halt Overregulation of Coal
This morning, Alpha Natural Resources, one of the world’s leading producers of coal, announced plans to idle eight mines and lay off 1,200 workers in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, some as...
View ArticleNew Review Could Further Delay Job Creation
Last week, Whatcom County and Washington State officials announced they will perform an additional environmental review that could result in further unnecessary delays to the proposed Gateway Pacific...
View ArticleAn Opportunity for Manufacturers and Exporters in the Pacific Northwest
A big debate on energy exports is playing out in the Pacific Northwest. Passions are running high on both sides, no doubt fueled in part by meticulously brewed cups of java. NAM President and CEO Jay...
View ArticleOregon Deals Blow to Exports by Denying Permit for Morrow Export Terminal...
Yesterday, the Oregon Department of State Lands slapped a “closed for business” sign on future export projects along its coast. In what sadly comes as no surprise given Gov. Kitzhaber’s vocal...
View ArticleEnvironmental Impact Statement Released for Washington State Export Terminal
On Friday, Cowlitz County, Wash., and the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) released a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for Millennium Bulk Terminals – Longview, a planned export...
View ArticleDNC Energy Platform Long on Commands, Short on Hope
The most important sentence on energy in the Democratic National Committee (DNC) platform document is the one it took out: this version of the platform no longer supports an “all-of-the-above” energy...
View ArticleAll of the Above or Some of the Above?
The Energy Information Agency in March published the break down in sources of U.S. Electricity Generation, 2011. It showed 42 percent of all electricity in this country is generated by coal. Next is...
View ArticleHouse to Vote on Measure to Halt Overregulation of Coal
This morning, Alpha Natural Resources, one of the world’s leading producers of coal, announced plans to idle eight mines and lay off 1,200 workers in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, some as...
View ArticleNew Review Could Further Delay Job Creation
Last week, Whatcom County and Washington State officials announced they will perform an additional environmental review that could result in further unnecessary delays to the proposed Gateway Pacific...
View ArticleAn Opportunity for Manufacturers and Exporters in the Pacific Northwest
A big debate on energy exports is playing out in the Pacific Northwest. Passions are running high on both sides, no doubt fueled in part by meticulously brewed cups of java. NAM President and CEO Jay...
View ArticleOregon Deals Blow to Exports by Denying Permit for Morrow Export Terminal...
Yesterday, the Oregon Department of State Lands slapped a “closed for business” sign on future export projects along its coast. In what sadly comes as no surprise given Gov. Kitzhaber’s vocal...
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