Tag: Peabody Energy
Attacks on wind and solar power by the coal and gas industries
Wind and solar power projects are under attack by coal and gas companies that fear competition from the booming renewable energy industry. Below are examples from the past year of...
Tom Stacy: A top anti-wind activist who got paid by a fossil fuel funded group
Tom Stacy once staked the credibility of his Ohio-based anti-wind power group on a claim that they had received “zero dollars and zero cents” from the energy industry, but that...
Utility CEOs try to rob shareholders of rights to express climate concerns
The Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs that lobbies for policies that support the fossil fuel industry, is attempting to restrict shareholders’ rights as utilities and fossil fuel companies face...
Travis Fisher: Author of Rick Perry’s grid study called clean energy policies a greater threat than terrorism
August 24, 2017 Update: The Department of Energy just released its long awaited grid study, along with a cover letter from Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. DOE staff was flooded...
Arizona’s Andy Tobin Asks for Subsidy to Keep Coal Plant Running
Last week, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin proposed a Settlement Agreement to keep one of the oldest, most polluting coal plants in the Western U.S., Navajo Generating Station (NGS), running...
Peabody Uses Flawed Study to Push For Navajo Generating Station Lifeboat
Peabody Energy, the largest coal company in the U.S. that just emerged from bankruptcy, wants to keep the Navajo Generating Station running at least 20 more years.
Jay Clayton, the SEC, and climate change disclosure
What does Donald Trump’s plan to nominate Jay Clayton as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mean for the future of corporate climate change disclosure? The election of...
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Opponents Led By Just A Few Power Companies
Recent investigations have revealed that some of the nation’s largest electric utilities, including the industry's trade association, have quietly funded UARG to sue President Obama's Clean Power Plan.
Peabody Energy Funding Climate Change Denial and Anti-Renewable Campaigns
Analysis of bankruptcy court documents reveals Peabody Energy funding climate denial that span trade associations, lobby groups, and industry front groups.
Roy Spencer, Climate Skeptic, wants RICO Investigation of Environmentalists
Roy Spencer has a career filled with outrageous statements.