National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn released the following statement regarding the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued today in White Stallion Energy Center v. EPA that denies challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxic standards for power... Read More
April 15, 2014
National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn released the following statement regarding the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing today on grid reliability and security:
"'Keeping the Lights On – Are We Doing Enough to Ensure the Reliability and Security... Read More
April 10, 2014
Discussion of the impact of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulations, including proposed greenhouse gas emissions rules for new power plants, dominated the joint hearing of two U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee subpanels on April 2, which was held to review the agency's $7.9... Read More
April 2, 2014
National Mining Association President and CEO Hal Quinn commented regarding the Supreme Court's declining to review a 2013 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruling in Mingo Logan Coal Company v. EPA that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the right to veto a Clean Water Act section... Read More
March 24, 2014
Washington, D.C. – The National Mining Association (NMA) is reviewing the potential impact on the mining industry of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman David Camp's (R-Mich.) tax reform discussion draft. Tax reform should increase competitiveness of domestic industries, create jobs and spur economic... Read More
March 7, 2014
In the following statement, National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn applauded Representative Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for co-sponsoring the "Electricity Security and Affordability Act" to safeguard the full diversity of energy sources necessary for... Read More
March 6, 2014