Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED)

Background

The Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) began in 1992 as a “partnership between the U.S. coal and rail industries.” The president of CEED was Stephen L. Miller and the founding chairman of the board was John Snow, President and CEO of CSX Corporation.

CSX Corporation is a major transporter of coal to electricity plants in the U.S.¹“About CEED: History,” CEEDnet.org. Archived February 5, 2003. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SpBIu ²“Coal,” CSX. Archived August 4, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qSnS9

CEED describes itself as “a non-profit group dedicated to protecting the viability of coal-based electricity.” It offered the following description on its website:³“About CEED,” CEEDnet.org.  Archived October 26, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Doj1t

“Working at the local, state, and regional levels, CEED communicates the truth about coal—conducting research, dispelling falsehoods, and educating the public and government officials about coal-based electricity’s importance to our way of life.”

Snow has said that CEED was formed because, “our nation’s most abundant energy resource was under attack, placing our energy security in jeopardy. Something more had to be done.” According to an archive of the CEED website:⁴“About CEED: History,” CEEDnet.org. Archived February 5, 2003. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SpBIu

“CEED‘s early battles focused on plant siting and opposing state environmental externality initiatives. With early wins under its belt and new issues on the horizon, CEED proved to be an effective advocate on behalf of coal-based electricity generation.”⁵“About CEED,” CEEDnet.org.  Archived October 26, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Doj1t

According to a 2006 press release, CEED joined with Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) to form the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), a group of “more than 40 leading U.S. companies from the electricity generation, transportation, coal production, energy technology, and equipment manufacturing industries.”⁶“New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h The group would become “The driving force behind coal’s rebranding effort.”⁷Ari Berman. “The Dirty on Clean Coal,” The Nation, March 26, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/43sb0

Oregon Petition

CEED actively marketed the Oregon Petition and Tobacco Scientist Frederick Seitz

CEED called to the thoroughly discredited Oregon Petition as the “Seitz Petition” in reference to the originator of the petition, Dr. Fred Seitz. Prior to his work with conservative think tanks on climate change, Seitz was the prinicpal scientific advisor to the RJ Reynolds medical research program. But as far back as 1989, the tobacco industry believed that the elderly Seitz (who is now deceased) was “not sufficiently rational to offer advice.”

CEED archived webpage screenshot below:

Stance on Climate Change

2000

According to an archive of CEED‘s website, one of its “major areas of engagement” has been the “Global Climate Debate”:⁸“About CEED: Mission,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVlGo

“Global Climate Debate. CEED is working to raise public awareness on this issue. CEED is opposed to the proposed U.N. Global Climate Treaty (the Kyoto Protocol), which will result in the loss of about 3.2 million American jobs and raise energy and consumer costs in all U.S. households for a treaty that scientists cannot even agree is necessary.”⁹“About CEED: Mission,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVlGo

At the time, CEED also promoted a range of petitions under “Kyoto Science” including the Leipzig Accord,¹⁰“Issues: Kyoto Science,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TKpE7 the Heidelberg Appeal,¹¹“The Leipzig Accord on Global Climate Change,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tOmbp and the infamous “Oregon Petition.”¹²“The Heidelberg Appeal,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/y1FeS

CEED called to the thoroughly discredited Oregon Petition as the “Seitz Petition” in reference to the originator of the petition, Dr. Fred Seitz. Prior to his work with conservative think tanks on climate change, Seitz was the principal scientific advisor to the RJ Reynolds medical research program. But as far back as 1989, the tobacco industry believed that the elderly Seitz (who is now deceased) was “not sufficiently rational to offer advice.”

September 6, 2000

In a digital newsletter, CEED President Steve Miller claimed that “”Research is not supporting apocalyptic predictions of climatic tragedies from global climate change.”¹³“Digital Newsletter:  Global Warming Believers Change Their Tune Kyoto Protocol Takes Some Hits,” CEEDnet.org, September 6, 2000. Archived OCtober 26, 2000. Archive.is URL:  https://archive.is/ThFUB

1998

The following is a screenshot from a 1998 PowerPoint presentation titled “Broken Promises-Shattered Dreams) by CEED: (View a PDF version here).¹⁴“Issues: Gobal Climate: Slide 14 of 35,” CEED. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UNqdF

Funding

990 Forms

In 2008, CEED‘s 990 forms were posted under the “American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity” (ACCE), sharing the same EIN of 52-1799853. See 990s for both below:

Key People

Directors

The following names were listed in publicly available 990 forms, before CEED became ACCCE in 2008.

Name	2004	2005	2006	2007	Description
Anthony Ahern	Y	Y	Y	Y	Director
John Paul	Y	Y	Y	Y	VP – North Region
Philip T Klingelhofer	Y	Y	Y	Y	Secretary-Treasurer
Rosemary L Wilson	Y	Y	Y	Y	VP – Policy
Stephen Miller	Y	Y	Y	Y	Past President & CEO
Terry Ross	Y	Y	Y	Y	VP – West Region
David Ratcliffe		Y	Y	Y	Chairman
Brett Harvey			Y	Y	Vice Chairman
Mark Ourada			Y	Y	VP – Central Region
Randy Eminger			Y	Y	VP – South Region
Scott Wiseman			Y	Y	Senior VP – State Affairs
Bryan Ronck	Y	Y	Y		Director
David Slump	Y	Y	Y		Director
Don Blankenship	Y	Y	Y		Director
Duane Richards	Y	Y	Y		Director
Edward Hamberger	Y	Y	Y		Director
Eric Hennen	Y	Y	Y		Director
Frank Calandra Jr	Y	Y	Y		Director
Garry Drummond	Y	Y	Y		Director
Gary Roulet	Y	Y	Y		Director
Gerard Anderson	Y	Y	Y		Director
Glenn English	Y	Y	Y		Director
Greg Kraft	Y	Y	Y		Director
J.M. Shafer	Y	Y	Y		Director
James Jura	Y	Y	Y		Director
James Roberts	Y	Y	Y		Director
John Carroll Jr	Y	Y	Y		Director
John Grisham	Y	Y	Y		Director
Joseph Craft III	Y	Y	Y		Director
L Earl Watkins Jr	Y	Y	Y		Director
Matthew Rose	Y	Y	Y		Director
Michael Ward	Y	Y	Y		Director
Nancy C Mohn	Y	Y	Y		Director
Paul Thompson	Y	Y	Y		Director
Randy Haymaker	Y	Y	Y		Director
Richard Midulla	Y	Y	Y		Director
Richard Walling Sr	Y	Y	Y		Director
Ronald Harper	Y	Y	Y		Director
Steven F Leer	Y	Y	Y		Director
Thomas Kuhn	Y	Y	Y		Director
Tom Schelat	Y	Y	Y		Director
Charles Moorman		Y	Y		Director
Christopher Curfman		Y	Y		Director
Douglas McFarlan		Y	Y		Director
Ed Pettigrew		Y	Y		Director
Gregory H Boyce		Y	Y		Director
Kraig Naasz		Y	Y		Director
Marcella Szel		Y	Y		Director
Mark Nelson		Y	Y		Director
Robert Murray		Y	Y		Director
Scott Miller		Y	Y		Director
Steve Sharp		Y	Y		Director
Colin Marshall			Y		Director
Dennis Welch			Y		Director
James Young			Y		Director
John Wendling			Y		Director
Mark Smith			Y		Director
Mike McCall			Y		Director
Robert Marshall			Y		Director
Vicky Will			Y		Director
William Barbieri			Y		Director
Bret Clayton	Y	Y			Director
Charles R Eminger	Y	Y			VP – South Region
Charles Wakild	Y	Y			Director
Clifford Miercort	Y	Y			Director
David Wilks	Y	Y			Director
Dwight Evans	Y	Y			Director
J Brett Harvey	Y	Y			Director
Michael Menne	Y	Y			Director
Richard Davidson	Y	Y			Director
Rick Lancaster	Y	Y			Director
Rick Thomas	Y	Y			Director
Robert Powers	Y	Y			Director
Roy Palk	Y	Y			Director
Shelby Joe Lucas	Y	Y			Senior VP – Communications
Steven Parker	Y	Y			Director
Theodore Tobeck	Y	Y			Director
Fredrick Kuester		Y			Director
Kelly Prasser		Y			Director
Steve Holloway		Y			Director
Albert Pitcher	Y				Director
D. Menzies	Y				Director
David Goode	Y				Director
Irl F. Engelhardt	Y				Chairman
Jack Coffman	Y				Director
Jack Gerard	Y				Director
John Grubb	Y				Director
Kevin Crutchfield	Y				Director
Richard Benson	Y				Director
Richard White	Y				Director
Rick Sallee	Y				Director
Steven Sharp	Y				Director

Leadership & Staff

As of 2000, CEED listed the following information on its “leadership”:¹⁵“About CEED: Leadership,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZKP3g

“Charles McCrary, President of Generation for Southern Company, serves as the Chairman of CEED‘s Board of Directors; and Steven Leer, President and CEO of Arch Coal, Inc., serves as Vice Chairmen.

Stephen L. Miller serves as CEED‘s President and CEO. He directs the CEED staff, which is comprised of 15 full-time employees, and oversees an annual budget of $5 million. CEED‘s National Office is located in Alexandria, Virginia, and four regional offices are located in New Jersey, Missouri, Texas, and Colorado.”¹⁶“About CEED: Leadership,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZKP3g

Some individual staff members were also listed on the CEED website:¹⁷“Contact Us: Employee Directory,” Center for Energy and Economic Development. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/A5WCH

Name	Description
Shirley Allen	Manager of Membership & Special Events
Shirley Crawford	Manager of Human Resources and Administration
Randy Eminger	Vice President, South Region
Diann Forshee	Program Coordinator, Midwest Region
Phil Klingelhofer	Vice President, Finance & Administration
Joe Lucas	Vice President, Communications
Mary McWatters	Program Coordinator
Steve Miller	President
John Paul	Vice President, North Region
Jennifer Peterson	Receptionist, CEED National Headquarters
Terry Ross	Vice President, West Region
Shani Watts	Technical and Information Specialist
Teri Werner	Program Coordinator
Rosemary Wilson	Vice President, Midwest Region

Member Companies (2000)

Board of Directors¹⁸“About CEED: Member Information: Board of Directors,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CCZTI 

• AEI Resources
• A. T. Massey Coal Company, Incorporated
• Allegheny Power
• Alliance Coal, LLC
• Aluminum Company of America
• AmerenUE
• American Electric Power Company
• AMVEST Corporation
• Anker Group Incorporated
• Arch Coal, Inc.
• Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Association of American Railroads
• Baltimore Gas and Electric
• Berwind Natural Resources Corporation
• BHP Minerals
• Black Beauty Coal Company
• Buckeye Industrial Mining Company
• Buffalo Coal Company
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
• Canadian National/IC
• Carolina Power & Light
• Caterpillar Incorporated
• Central & South West Services, Inc.
• Cinergy Corporation
• Coastal Coal Company, LLC
• CONSOL Incorporated
• Cravat Coal Company
• CSX Corporation
• Detroit Edison
• Drummond Company, Incorporated
• Duquesne Light Company
• East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.
• Edison Electric Institute
• Electric Fuels Corporation
• Express Marine Corporation
• General Electric Capital Corporation
• General Motors
• Great River Energy
• Hepburnia Coal Company
• James River Coal Company
• Jennmar Corporation
• Jim Walter Resources, Incorporated
• Johnstown America Corporation
• Kansas City Southern Railway Company
• Kennecott Energy Company
• Kiewit Mining Group, Inc.
• Louisville Gas & Electric Company
• Marietta Coal Company
• National Mining Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Norfolk Southern Corporation
• North American Coal Corporation
• Northern States Power Company
• Ohio Valley Coal Company
• Peabody Group
• RAG American Coal Company
• Southern Company
• TECO Energy
• The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company
• Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
• Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assoc.
• Trinity Industries Inc.
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Western Fuels Association
• Western Resources

Contributing Members¹⁹“About CEED: Member Information: Contributing Members,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HQiXb

• Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• ARIPPA
• Ausley & McMullen
• Basin Electric Power Cooperative
• Canterbury Coal Company
• CONECTIV
• Coyle Kelly & Associates
• Executive Associates, Inc
• Friedlob Sanderson Raskin Paulson & Tourtillott, LLC Law Firm
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• Hoosier Energy
• J. Steven Griles & Associates, LLC
• John T. Boyd Company
• Joy Mining Machinery
• KenAmerican Resources, Inc.
• Kentucky River Coal Corporation
• Kurt Brenner, P.E.
• Lignite Energy Council
• Lloyd, Gosselink, Blevins, Rochelle, Baldwin & Townsend, P.C.
• Maple Creek Mining, Inc.
• Minnkota Power
• Northwestern Resources
• Oklahoma Gas & Electric Services
• Ohio River Company
• PennAmerican Coal Company
• Phillips Coal Company
• Red River Coal Company, Incorporated
• Savage Industries, Incorporated
• Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, LLP
• Sunflower Electric
• The American Coal Company
• Tidewater Coal Inspection Bureau, Incorporated
• Trapper Mining Incorporated
• United Utility Supply Cooperative Corp.
• Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
• Western Pocahontas Properties

Associate Members²⁰“About CEED: Member Information: Associate Members,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mnCAB

• Ailphatrac, Incorporated
• Alabama Coal Association
• Alabama State Energy Office
• Alaska Miners Association, Inc.
• Alberta Power Limited
• AlphaTRAC, Inc.
• American Commercial Barge Line Company
• Arkansas Railroad Association
• Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce
• Bullock & Associates
• Canadian Pacific Rail System
• Charles S. McNeil & Company
• Chriswell D. Langhorne, Jr.
• Coal Association of Canada
• Coal Sales Consulting, Inc.
• Coal Operators & Associates, Inc.
• Colorado Mining Association
• Elkhorn-Hazard Coal Land Corporation
• Energy Resources International, Inc.
• Florida Electric Cooperatives Association
• Georgia Industry Association
• Hawaiian Electric Company
• Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Hunton & Williams
• Illinois Coal Association
• Indiana Coal Council, Incorporated
• Jack D. Lovely, Sr.
• JML, INC.
• John Van Gieson Media Relations
• Kentucky Association of Electric Cooperatives
• Kentucky Coal Association
• Kentucky Coal Marketing & Export Council
• Louisiana Association of Business & Industry
• Maryland Coal Association
• Maxie Davie, Consultant
• Michigan Railroad Association
• Missouri Basin Systems Group
• Montana Coal Council
• Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company
• National Coalition for Public Lands & Natural Resources
• National Energy Education Development
• National Energy Foundation
• Nebraska Railroad Association
• Odyssey Strategies, Inc.
• Ohio Coal Development Office
• Ohio Mining and Reclamation Association
• Oklahoma Railroad Association, Incorporated
• Oklahoma State Chamber/Association of Bussiness & Industry
• Oregon Railroad Association
• Penn, Stuart, & Eskridge
• Pennsylvania Coal Association
• People for the USA
• Pocahontas Coal Association
• Quintain Development LLC
• Retread Resources Ltd.
• Roberts & Schaefer Company
• Silver City Consolidated Schools
• Specific Surface Corporation
• Strategic America
• Sullivan & Associates
• Tennessee Valley Authority/Paradise Plant
• The Coal Association of Canada
• The Elk River Railroad, Incorporated
• The Mining Record
• United Mine Workers of America
• United Transportation Union
• Utah Mining Association
• Venable, Baetjer, Howard, & Civiletti, LLP
• Virginia Coal Association
• Virginia Coal Council
• Virginia Mining Association
• West Virginia Coal Association
• West Virginia Mining & Reclamation Assoc.
• Western Coal Council
• Western Kentucky Coal Association
• Western States Coalition
• Women in Mining: Battle Mountain Chapter
• Women in Mining: Denver Chapter
• Women in Mining: National Organization
• Women in Mining: Ohio Chapter
• World Coal Institue
• Wyoming Mining Association
• Young Law Offices

Actions

2001–2006

As of 2001, CEED was still promoting the message that there was a high degree of uncertainty around climate change. See archived screenshot:

According to DeSmog‘s assessment of archived web data, CEED continued to spread the message that the realities of climate change were in doubt amongst scientists and that it would not be prudent to introduce greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies until the end of 2006.

Up until 2006, the CEED website stated on climate change that:

“We’ve all heard of climate change or global warming. Many of us even have our own opinion about whether this is a serious problem or an exaggerated concern.
If predicting the weather were easy, we’d never be caught in the rain without an umbrella. Predicting weather conditions a day or two in advance is hard enough … so just imagine how hard it is to forecast what our climate will be 75 to 100 years in the future.”

And,

“Some scientists believe that the one degree of warming that has taken place over the past 100 years is evidence that potential catastrophic climate change is an imminent threat. However, other equally-qualified experts are not so sure. They point to the fact that most of the warming that occurred in the 20th century happened prior to the 1920’s – when manmade emissions began a rapid increase.”

CEED archived webpage screenshot:

CEED claimed in the “global climate change” section of their website that:

“More than a decade ago, global climate change emerged from the realm of science into the world of politics. Global climate change refers to the theory that certain emissions of “greenhouse gases” (including carbon dioxide or CO2) will, over time, contribute to a dangerous warming of the Earth’s climate. Unfortunately, when climate change entered the political arena, political agendas trumped scientific inquiry in addressing the issue.”

Archived screenshot:

June–December 2021

On June 2, 2021 CEED member Basin Electric Power Cooperative filed an Amici Curiae brief in West Virginia v. EPA, a U.S. Supreme Court case that reduced the EPA’s ability to regulate power plants under the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The brief was filed by the Washington D.C. based law firm Holland & Hart LLP. ²¹“BRIEF OF RESPONDENT BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND MICHAEL REGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket No. No. 20-1530. ²²“Re: West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al., No. 20-1530” (PDF), Holland & Hart LLP, November 24, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. ²³“BRIEF OF RESPONDENT BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, et al., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | THE NORTH AMERICAN COAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | NORTH DAKOTA, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. ²⁴“REPLY BRIEF OF RESPONDENT BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, et al., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | THE NORTH AMERICAN COAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | NORTH DAKOTA, Petitioner, v U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket Nos. Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.

Eight corporate members of the CEED were among the parties that filed an additional brief in West Virginia v. EPA in an additional brief filed on December 16, 2021:²⁵“BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE LIGNITE ENERGY COUNCIL, ILLINOIS COAL ASSOCIATION, KENTUCKY COAL ASSOCIATION, METALLURGICAL COAL PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, MONTANA COAL COUNCIL, NEW MEXICO MINING ASSOCIATION, OHIO COAL ASSOCIATION, PENNSYLVANIA COAL ALLIANCE, RELIABLE ENERGY, INC., ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINING INSTITUTE , TEXAS MINING AND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION, UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION, WEST VIRGINIA COAL ASSOCIATION, AND WYOMING MINING ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL., Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780.

The CEED members on the filing brief were: 

1. Lignite Energy Council,
2. Illinois Coal Association,
3. Kentucky Coal Association,
4. Montana Coal Council,
5. Pennsylvania Coal Alliance,
6. Utah Mining Association,
7. West Virginia Coal Association,
8. Wyoming Mining Association

The brief was filed by the Texas law firm Jackson Walker LLP. In June 2022, the court ruled 6-3 against the EPA.²⁶“West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency,” NRDC, July 7, 2022. Archived April 6, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pnvVq

2000

CEED produced two “educational” videos on climate change. The first was called “America Speaks Out” which promised to “tell the personal stories of real-life Americans who will be negatively affected by this flawed treaty that even the world’s scientists can’t agree is necessary.”²⁷“Resources: CEED Videos,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pAbcr

The second video was called “A Flawed Treaty Impacts America” that claimed to show how a “flawed international negotiations process produced a flawed treaty—the Kyoto Protocol” and described how, “if implemented, the Kyoto Protocol, or Global Climate Treaty, could negatively impact our economy and sovereignty.”²⁸“Resources: CEED Videos,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pAbcr

November 1998

CEED released a statement following the Clinton Administration’s signing of the Kyoto Protocol, claiming the act “shows once again that this Administration is more interested in promoting a political agenda than protecting the future of American working families, small businesses, and senior citizens.”²⁹“CEED Responds to Clinton Administration’s Signing of the Kyoto Protocol – A Flawed Treaty that Impacts America,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3H3qY

July 31, 1998

CEED published a presentation titled “Broken Promises-Shattered Dreams”³⁰“Broken Promises–Shattered Dreams,” CEEDnet.org 8/31/98. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/z2Nm2 which it claimed “walks you through the flaws of the United Nations Global Climate Treaty – the Kyoto Protocol.”³¹“Issues: Global Climate,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/14aR8

The report argued that the Kyoto Accord is “just plain wrong: wrong in its science, wrong in its approach, wrong to surrender, wrong for America.” It also made a range of common arguments made by industry to oppose the regulation of greenhouse gases—for example, it claims:

1. CO2 only makes up about 3% of the atmosphere and therefore cannot play a significant role in climate change.
2. C02 is a basic building block of life, so how could it be considered a pollutant.
3. Scientists predicted global “cooling” before they predicted global “warming.”
4. Climate change is nothing more than natural variations in temperature.

View the presentation as a PDF here.

Digital Newsletter

CEED formerly released a digital newsletter on its website. Archived pages below:

• Volume 7 Number 3 (April/May 2000)
• Volume 7 Number 2 (March 2000)
• Volume 7 Number 1 (January/February 2000)
• Volume 6 Number 7 (December 1998)
• Volume 6 Number 6 (October 1998)
• Volume 6 Number 5 (September 1998)
• Volume 6 Number 4 (July/August 1998)
• Volume 6 Number 2 (March 1998)
• Volume 6 Number 1 (January/February 1998)
• Volume 5 Number 10 (November/December 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 9 (October 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 8 (September 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 7 (August 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 6 (June 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 5 (May 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 4 (April 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 3 (March 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 2 (February 1997)
• Volume 5 Number 1 (January 1997)
• Volume 4 Number 10 (November/December 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 9 (October 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 8 (September 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 7 (July/August 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 6 (June 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 5 (May 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 4 (April 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 3 (March 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 2 (February 1996)
• Volume 4 Number 1 (January 1996)
• Volume 3 Number 12 (December 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 11 (November 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 10 (October 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 9 (September 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 8 (August 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 7 (July 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 6 (June 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 5 (May 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 4 (April 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 3 (March1995)
• Volume 3 Number 2 (February 1995)
• Volume 3 Number 1 (January 1995)
• Volume 2 Number 11 (December 1994)
• Volume 2 Number 10 (November 1994)
• Volume 2 Number 9 (September/October 1994)

Related Organizations

• American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE)³²“New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h

Companies listed in CEED‘s archived directory of “Board Members” are:

• AEI Resources
• A. T. Massey Coal Company, Incorporated
• ALCOA
• Allegheny Energy Supply
• Alliance Coal, LLC
• Aluminum Company of America
• AmerenUE
• American Electric Power Company
• AMVEST Corporation
• Arch Coal, Inc.
• Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporations
• Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
• Association of American Railroads
• Baltimore Gas and Electric
• Basin Electric Power Cooperative
• Berwind Natural Resources Corporation
• BHP Minerals
• Black Beauty Coal Company
• Buckeye Industrial Mining Company
• Buffalo Coal Company
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
• Canadian National/IC
• Carolina Power & Light
• Caterpillar Incorporated
• Cinergy Corporation
• Coastal Coal Company, LLC
• CONSOL Energy Incorporated
• Cravat Coal Company
• CSX Corporation
• Detroit Edison
• Drummond Company, Incorporated
• Duquesne Light Company
• East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.
• Edison Electric Institute
• Electric Fuels Corporation
• Express Marine Corporation
• General Electric Capital Corporation
• General Motors
• Great River Energy
• James River Coal Company
• Jennmar Corporation
• Jim Walter Resources, Incorporated
• Johnstown America Corporation
• Kansas City Southern Railway Company
• Kennecott Energy Company
• Kiewit Mining Group, Inc.
• Louisville Gas & Electric Company
• Marietta Coal Company
• National Mining Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• Norfolk Southern Corporation
• North American Coal Corporation
• Ohio Valley Coal Company
• Peabody Group
• RAG American Coal Company, Incorporated
• Southern Company
• Sunflower Electric Power Corporation
• TECO Energy
• The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company
• Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
• Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assoc.
• Trinity Industries Inc.
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Western Fuels Association
• Western Resources
• Xcel Energy

List of Companies listed under a category called “Contributing Members (additional financial contributors):

Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. The American Coal Company ARIPPA Ausley & McMullen Coyle Kelly & Associates Empire District Electric Company Executive Associates, Inc Friedlob Sanderson Raskin Paulson & Tourtillott, LLC Law Firm John T. Boyd Company Joy Mining Machinery KenAmerican Resources, Inc. Kentucky River Coal Corporation Kurt Brenner, P.E. Lignite Energy Council Lloyd, Gosselink, Blevins, Rochelle, Baldwin & Townsend, P.C.

Maple Creek Mining, Inc. Minnkota Power Northwestern Resources Oklahoma Gas & Electric Services PennAmerican Coal Company Red River Coal Company, Incorporated Savage Industries, Incorporated Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, LLP Tidewater Coal Inspection Bureau, Incorporated Trapper Mining Incorporated United Utility Supply Cooperative Corp. Western Farmers Electric Cooperative Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP Western Pocahontas Properties

Contact & Address

CEED listed the following address on its website as of October, 2000:³³“Contact US,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 26, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SpoRK

National Office, CEED
1800 Diagonal Road
Suite 370
Alexandria, VA 22314    
Phone/Fax

703-684-6292 (phone)
703-684-6297(fax)    
E-mail: [email protected]

Social Media

CEED was not active on social media. ACCCE, however, can be found here:

• America’s Power on Facebook.
• @AmericasPower on Twitter.
• America’s Power in YouTube.
• The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity on LinkedIn.

Other Resources

• “Center for Energy and Economic Development,” SourceWatch.

Resources

• 1
  “About CEED: History,” CEEDnet.org. Archived February 5, 2003. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SpBIu
• 2
  “Coal,” CSX. Archived August 4, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qSnS9
• 3
  “About CEED,” CEEDnet.org.  Archived October 26, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Doj1t
• 4
  “About CEED: History,” CEEDnet.org. Archived February 5, 2003. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SpBIu
• 5
  “About CEED,” CEEDnet.org.  Archived October 26, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Doj1t
• 6
  “New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h
• 7
  Ari Berman. “The Dirty on Clean Coal,” The Nation, March 26, 2009. Archived August 1, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/43sb0
• 8
  “About CEED: Mission,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVlGo
• 9
  “About CEED: Mission,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CVlGo
• 10
  “Issues: Kyoto Science,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/TKpE7
• 11
  “The Leipzig Accord on Global Climate Change,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/tOmbp
• 12
  “The Heidelberg Appeal,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/y1FeS
• 13
  “Digital Newsletter:  Global Warming Believers Change Their Tune Kyoto Protocol Takes Some Hits,” CEEDnet.org, September 6, 2000. Archived OCtober 26, 2000. Archive.is URL:  https://archive.is/ThFUB
• 14
  “Issues: Gobal Climate: Slide 14 of 35,” CEED. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UNqdF
• 15
  “About CEED: Leadership,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZKP3g
• 16
  “About CEED: Leadership,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZKP3g
• 17
  “Contact Us: Employee Directory,” Center for Energy and Economic Development. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/A5WCH
• 18
  “About CEED: Member Information: Board of Directors,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/CCZTI 
• 19
  “About CEED: Member Information: Contributing Members,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/HQiXb
• 20
  “About CEED: Member Information: Associate Members,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mnCAB
• 21
  “BRIEF OF RESPONDENT BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE IN SUPPORT OF THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND MICHAEL REGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket No. No. 20-1530.
• 22
  “Re: West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al., No. 20-1530” (PDF), Holland & Hart LLP, November 24, 2021. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 23
  “BRIEF OF RESPONDENT BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, et al., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | THE NORTH AMERICAN COAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | NORTH DAKOTA, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 24
  “REPLY BRIEF OF RESPONDENT BASIN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, et al., Petitioners, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | THE NORTH AMERICAN COAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | WESTMORELAND MINING HOLDINGS LLC, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. | NORTH DAKOTA, Petitioner, v U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket Nos. Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
• 25
  “BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE LIGNITE ENERGY COUNCIL, ILLINOIS COAL ASSOCIATION, KENTUCKY COAL ASSOCIATION, METALLURGICAL COAL PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, MONTANA COAL COUNCIL, NEW MEXICO MINING ASSOCIATION, OHIO COAL ASSOCIATION, PENNSYLVANIA COAL ALLIANCE, RELIABLE ENERGY, INC., ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINING INSTITUTE , TEXAS MINING AND RECLAMATION ASSOCIATION, UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION, WEST VIRGINIA COAL ASSOCIATION, AND WYOMING MINING ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS in WEST VIRGINIA, ET AL., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL., Respondents,” Supreme Court of the United States Docket Nos. 20-1530, 20-1531, 20-1778, 20-1780.
• 26
  “West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency,” NRDC, July 7, 2022. Archived April 6, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/pnvVq
• 27
  “Resources: CEED Videos,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pAbcr
• 28
  “Resources: CEED Videos,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pAbcr
• 29
  “CEED Responds to Clinton Administration’s Signing of the Kyoto Protocol – A Flawed Treaty that Impacts America,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 28, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3H3qY
• 30
  “Broken Promises–Shattered Dreams,” CEEDnet.org 8/31/98. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/z2Nm2
• 31
  “Issues: Global Climate,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 27, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/14aR8
• 32
  “New Multi-Industry Coalition Aligns to Advocate Energy Security and Environmental Stewardship,” BusinessWire, April 17, 2008. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7Do4h
• 33
  “Contact US,” CEEDnet.org. Archived October 26, 2000. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/SpoRK