U.S. coal industry lobbyists 2008

U.S. coal industry lobbyists in 2008, as detailed in the Center for Public Integrity's "The Climate change Lobby" database are:

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCE) spent $10,465,276 on lobbying in 2008,. Its lobbyists are listed as:
 * ACCE staff spent $9,945,276 on in-house lobbying costs. The listed lobbyist was Stephen Miller ;
 * Quinn Gillespie & Associates who were paid $480,000 for lobbying services of Christopher McCannell, Jeff Connaughton, Manuel Ortiz, Mike Hussey, Patrick Von Bargen, Dave Hoppe.
 * The Keelen Group, LLC was paid $40,000 for the lobbying services of Paul Bailey.

Arch Coal
Arch Coal spent $760,000 on staff lobbyists in 2008 which during the year included Thomas Altmeyer and John Snider

Bituminous Coal Operators Association
The Bituminous Coal Operators Association lobbyists are listed as:
 * spent $118,200 in the first quarter of 2008 on lobbying by its own staff members, David M. Young and Morris D. Feibusch;
 * Forscey & Stinson was paid $80,000 in the first half of 2008 for the services of Michael Forscey

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc
Cliffs Natural Resources spent $80,000 in the second half of the year on lobbying activities by its in-house staff Dana W. Byrne and Patrick Bloom.

Coal Utilization Research Council
The Coal Utilization Research Council paid $280,000 in 2008 to Van Ness Feldman. The firm's staff working on the account were Ben Yamagata and Shannon Angielski.

Consol Energy
Consol Energy spent $3,330,000 in 2008 on lobbying by its in-house staff lobbyist, Tommy Johnson.

Consol Energy also paid $140,000 to Thomas Advisors, Inc for the lobbying services of Thomas J. Medaglia III

It also paid $80,000 to Forscey & Stinson for the lobbying services of Michael Forscey.

Doe Run Company
The Doe Run Company also paid $320,000 to Cassidy & Associates, Inc for the lobbying services of Kai Anderson, Gregg Hartley, Jordan Bernstein, Christy Evans, Donna Jo Denison and Sara Mills;

Drummond
Drummond spent $140,000 in the first half of 2008 on lobbying by its in-house staff lobbyist, Bruce Windham.

Drummond also paid $320,000 to Hogan & Hartson LLP for the lobbying services of W. Michael House and C. Michael Gilliland.

Foundation Coal Corporation
Foundation Coal Corporation paid the Klein and Saks Group $117,000 for the lobbying services of Ric Fenton.

Foundation Coal Corporation also paid Platinum Advisors an unspecified amount for the lobbying services of Lucie Gikovich.

Foundation Coal Holdings Inc
Foundation Coal Holdings spent $35,000 in 2008 on its in-house lobbyists for the services during the first three-quarters of the year of Mark G. Ellis and Chris Greissing.

Industrial Minerals Association
The Industrial Minerals Association paid Scherder & Associates $144,000 for the services during the first three-quarters of the year of Daniel Scherder.

Joy Global Inc
Joy Global paid J. Gordon Stephens Jr $70,000 for the services during the first three-quarters of the year of Skip Stephens.

National Mining Association
The National Mining Association spent $4,564,285 in 2008 on the efforts of its in-house lobbying team of Harold P. Quinn, Jr., David O. Finkenbinder, Maggie Hlobik, Kraig R. Naasz, Glenn Kelly, Rich Nolan, Emily Schlect, Julia Gustafson Rich Nolan, Karen Bennett and Hewitt Strange.

The NMA also paid the Alpine Group $200,000 in 2008 for the services of James Massie, Jason Schendle and Michael Henry.

The NMA also paid the Klein and Saks Group $72,000 for the services of Ric Fenton.

The NMA also paid The Nickles Group $225,000 in 2008 for the services of Brian Wild, Doug Badger, Hazen Marshall, Don Nickles.

Peabody Energy
Peabody Energy's 2008 lobbyists, based on public disclosure documents, are listed as


 * Holland & Hart LLP which was paid $120,000 in 2008;
 * Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston which was paid $80,000 in 2008;
 * Richard F. Hohlt who was paid $16,000 in 2008;
 * Stinson Morrison Hecker which was paid $360,000 in 2008;
 * Gephardt Group, LLC which was paid $480,000 in 2008;
 * Dickstein Shapiro LLP which was paid $770,000 in 2008;
 * Crowell & Moring LLP which was paid $50,000 in 2008.

Peabody Holding Company, Inc
The Peabody Holding Company spent an undisclosed amount in 2008 on the efforts of its in-house lobbying team of  Frederick D. Palmer, Lars W. Scott, John M. Wootten.

Peabody Investments Corp
The Peabody Investments Corp spent $5,870,000 in 2008 on the efforts of its in-house lobbying team of  Frederick D. Palmer and Christopher Leahy.

Rio Tinto Services

 * Rio Tinto Services spent $305,000 on in house lobbying costs in 2008 including the services of Kathleen Ambrose, Marcelle Shoop and Jeff Hopkins.
 * The Smith-Free Group were paid $120,000 for the lobbying services of James C. Free and Robert Hickmott.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * U.S. coal politics
 * U.S. power company and utility lobbyists 2008 and 2009

External resources

 * "Mining and Coal", Center for Public Integrity database on lobbyists working on climate change