Harry C. Alford (Deceased)
Credentials
- Bachelorโs degree in Correctional Administration (School of Sociology, University of Wisconsin).1โOur Rotten Prison Systemโ (PDF), African American Voice, October 2013 (P. 8). Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
Background
Harry C. Alford was the president and founder of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC). According to his biography at NBCC (PDF), Alford worked โin a series of key sales and executive positions at Fortune 100 companies such as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson and the Sara Lee Corporation.โ He passed away on December 6, 2021.2โManagement Bios (PDF)โ, National Black Chamber of Commerce, February, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 3โNational Black Business Chamber Champion Harry C. Alford Dies,โย Milwaukee Courier, December 11, 2021.ย Archived December 15, 2021. Archive URL:ย https://archive.ph/ku4Tt
Harry Alford testified before House committees, contending that regulations on the energy industry and limitations on offshore drilling would cause job losses and hikes in electricity prices. NBCC positions minorities at odds with the EPA, and claims that regulations would cause undue harm to these groups.
Alford was also a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and chair of their Government Oversight and Consumer Affairs Committee4โBoard of Directors,โ U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/SZjjk. The U.S. Chamber has declared it will โResist ill-conceived legislationโ that would slow the development of โaffordable, innovative energy technologies.โ5โClimate Change,โ U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Archived February 6, 2013. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
A September 2015 profile by The Washington Post described Alford as โa veteran of multiple campaigns to quash regulations intended to improve air quality or fight climate change.โ Describing Alford’s fight against limits on ozone and other regulations, the post writes that his message โis nearly identical to the one being broadcast widely by the rulesโ opponents from business and industry.โ6Joby Warrick. โIn smog battle, industry gets help from unlikely source: black business group,โย The Washington Post, September 28, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Pfa2P
NBCC Funding
The National Black Chamber of Commerce has received over $1,000,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998.7ExxonSecrets Factsheet: National Black Chamber of Commerce. Accessed August 16, 2016.
Harry Alford has been unapologetic about the group’s funding, with the following statement published in an NBCC article titled โFossil Fuels and African Americans โ Itโs Family!โ (emphasis added):8โโFossil Fuels and African Americans โ Itโs Family!โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fXC1G
โRecently, a writer from USA Today wanted to know if the National Black Chamber of Commerce receives money from fossil fuel companies (coal, oil, natural gas, petrochemicals, etc.). That is a ‘no brainer’. Of course we do and it is only natural. The legacy of Blacks in this nation has been tied to the miraculous history of fossil fuel and the economic growth in communities because of the successful harvest of fossil fuels. Consistent with the emergence of the Industrial Revolution and the availability of the Homestead Act for freed slaves, fossil fuels have been our economic friend.โ9โโFossil Fuels and African Americans โ Itโs Family!โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fXC1G
Stance on Climate Change
โCertainly the climate changes as time goes on – sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. So far, there is no pattern that seems to be very detrimental to our earth. There is an ebb and flow and it takes time to see any significant detrimental trend. It is like Stevie Wonder wrote, ‘When you believe in things you don’t understand; you suffer. Superstition ain’t the way’.โ โ Harry Alford, co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.10โEnvironmental Racism, Global Warming and Climate Change,โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived June 30, 2015.
Key Quotes
Undated
Harry Alford offered a statement of support for the Kemper Power Plant in Kemper County Mississippi, where he also promotes fracking:
โThese are very exciting times for the fuel industry in America. We are at the point of being totally oil independent. We are finding new reserves in various parts of our great nation. Natural gas is now abundant thanks to a new process known as Fracturing or Fracking. In fact, we were once importers of natural gas but now, thanks to Fracking, we are exporting it for attractive profits. No longer do we have to rely on nations that donโt particularly like us for our energy needs. God blesses the child who has his own and we are certainly blessed.โ11โAbout The National Black Chamber of Commerce,โ Kemperproject.org. Archived June 30, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/mcTZ8
October 2016
Writing at at the Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) website, Alford declares:
โClearly, there can be no America without the utilization of coal.”12โHarry Alford: An Epiphany โ Sweet Home Alabama,โ PACE, October 25, 2016. Archived January 25, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/9rbOB
โCoal is a vital component to our infrastructure and will remain a vital resource. God put it here for us to use and for hundreds of years in the future we will continue to produce with improvements and environmentally safe methods.โ13โHarry Alford: An Epiphany โ Sweet Home Alabama,โ PACE, October 25, 2016. Archived January 25, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/9rbOB
November 2015
In an article in The Philidelphia Tribune, Alford claims that both the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported that โthere has been no global warming detected for the last 18 yearsโ:
โNo global warming, but millions of jobs have been erased through adverse regulations in the name of addressing the global warming issue. Billions of dollars, mostly tax dollars, have been spent trying to address the same ‘ghost.’ Many low-income and minority communities have greatly suffered from these onerous regulations that seem to be made in vain.
โThe Sierra Club and similar organizations are clinging to the global warming myth. In fact, they can be fanatical about it. They are funded by billionaires who try to manipulate our economic status and disrupt the common peace. They have even funded a cadre of โgoonsโ who will verbally and sometimes physically attack any person or group that questions the global warming issue.
โBelieve me, I have personally experienced these nuts, and the National Black Chamber of Commerce has been slandered for its energy positions. It appears that we are right and they are wrong. Let the whole world know about it.โ14Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Notably, a June 2015 study (also by the NOAA) states that โthe rate of global warming during the last 15 years has been as fast as or faster than that seen during the latter half of the 20th Century.โ According to the NOAA summary, โThe study refutes the notion that there has been a slowdown or ‘hiatus’ in the rate of global warming in recent years.โ15โScience publishes new NOAA analysis: Data show no recent slowdown in global warming,โ NOAA, June 4, 2015.ย Archived August 18, 2016. Archive.is URL:https://archive.is/LAmwA
October 2015
Harry Alford testified on โhow overregulation harms minoritiesโ (PDF) at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing:
โ[T]he continuous stream of unreasonable and overreaching regulations that have come out of the federal government over the last few years has led to the denial of countless opportunities for minorities.โ16โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
โ[T]he Clean Power Plan in particular seems poised to escalate energy costs for Blacks and Hispanics in the United States, including individuals, families and minority-owned businesses.โ17โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
September 2015
Evlondo Cooper with the Checks and Balances Project tried to interview Harry Alford regarding Coal pollution’s health impacts, but was refused a response.18โEvlondo Cooper interviews Harry Alford,โย The Washington Post, September 28, 2015.
โYou are about the dumbest ass I’ve ever met in my life,โ Alford said. โYou’ve come to Columbus to harass me.โ
February 2013
Harry Alford spoke out against President Barack Obama’s call for more gun control, alongside Niger Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality:
โThe National Rifle Association was started, founded by religious leaders who wanted to protect free slaves from the Ku Klux Klan. They would raise money, buy arms, show the free slaves how to use those arms and protect their families. God bless you. Many of us probably wouldnโt be here today if it wasnโt for the NRA.โ19Nicholas Ballasy. โBlack conservatives: Gun control has โracistโ roots [VIDEO],โย The Daily Caller, February 22, 2013. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/zbOtx
July 2009
Harry Alford testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works opposing climate change reglations:
โThe bottom line is this: any climate legislation that fails to meaningfully reduce the human impact on the climate or does so in an economically unsustainable manner, canโt be effective. Under the House bill, American consumers and businesses would take on a heavy burden. This burden would fall at exactly the wrong time. โ
โ[โฆ] Iโm not a climate change expert, but I have to believe that there are better options than the one currently on the table.โ20โSenate Testimony, July 16, 2009,โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Or3H9
Key Deeds
April 6, 2020
Harry Alford, representing NBCC, is signatory to an American Energy Alliance letter to President Donald Trump supporting the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule which would scrap federal fuel economy mandates under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program.21CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance.
Describing CAFE, the letter contends: โThose families and individuals who prefer or need trucks, SUVs, and crossovers pay more to subsidize those who buy smaller vehicles or electric vehicles under the existing mandate. This significant, needless, and unjust cost is a very real regressive tax on American families that has made our country worse off.โ22CAFE-Coaliton-to-Trump-April-2020-9 (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance.
July 11, 2019
Harry Alford, representing National Black Chamber of Commerce, was a signatory to an American Energy Alliance open letter to President Trump, congratulating him for rolling back Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and urging him not to cut a deal with California to allow them to operate with separate regulations.23โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
โYour efforts to reform this mandate will save consumers money, preserve their choices, and ensure that the federal government, and not a single state, sets national policy,โ the letter reads24.โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
โThe existing mandate makes cars more expensive. โฆ In short, because of the mandate, those consumers who prefer trucks, SUVs, or crossovers pay more to subsidize those who buy smaller vehicles or electric vehicles.โ25โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
May 9, 2019
Harry C. Alford, representing the National Black Chamber of Commerce, signed on to an open letter organized by the American Energy Alliance designed to fight against an electric vehicle tax credit.26โDear Senator Grassley, Senator Wyden, Representative Neal and Representative Brady:โ May 9, 2019. Retrieved fromย The Daily Caller.
โThe American Energy Alliance has organized a coalition to proclaim in one unified voice that there should be no expansion of the misguided electric vehicle tax credit,โ Thomas Pyle wrote in a statement, quoted at The Daily Caller. โThere is no question that the electric vehicle tax credit distorts the auto market to no gain.โ27Christ White. โCONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โOVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โThe Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived May 9, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/qzvF3
According to Pyle and others who signed the letter, electric vehicle tax credits โoverwhelmingly benefit the rich.โ DeSmog’s Koch vs. Clean project has systematically debunked this, among other well-rehearsed talking points and misinformation put forward by industry about electric vehicles.28Christ White. โCONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โOVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โThe Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived May 9, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/qzvF3
The letter cites research by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a group that has received over $600,000 from ExxonMobil and millions from โdark moneyโ groups DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund.
February 12, 2018
Harry Alford was a signatory to an open letter organized by Americans for Prosperity, representing the NBCC. ATR was one of several organizations to join Americans for Prosperity (AfP) in a coalition opposing a federal gas tax increase.29โAmericans For Prosperity Leads Coalition Against Gas Tax Hike,โย Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018. Archived February 20, 2018. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/vNQMN
โRaising the gas tax is a bad idea. It will make the burden of government on families and businesses heavier,โ the coalition’s open letter read.30โAmericans For Prosperity Leads Coalition Against Gas Tax Hike,โย Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018. Archived February 20, 2018. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/vNQMN
Signatories include:31โDear Representative:โ (PDF), Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018.
Name | Title | Company |
Brent Wm. Gardner | Chief Government Affairs Officer | Amer |
Michael A. Needham | CEO | Heritage Action for America |
Grover Norquist | President | Americans for Tax Reform |
David McIntosh | President | Club for Growth |
Nathan Nascimento | Executive Vice President | Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce |
Mark Scribner | Senior Fellow | Competitive Enterprise Institute |
Jason Pye | Vice President of Legislative Affairs | FreedomWorks |
Tom Schatz | President | Citizens Against Government Waste |
Pete Sepp | President | National Taxpayers Union |
Phil Kerpen | President | American Commitment |
Mario H. Lopez | President | Hispanic Leadership Fund |
Daniel Garza | President | The Libre Initiative |
Carrie L. Lukas | President | Independent Womenโs Forum |
Heather R. Higgins | President and CEO | Independent Womenโs Voice |
Harry C. Alford | President and CEO | National Black Chamber of Commerce |
Jeffrey Mazella | President | Center for Individual Freedom |
Donald Bryson | President | Civitas Action |
David Barnes | Policy Director | Generation Opportunity |
Norm Singleton | President | Campaign for Liberty |
Judson Phillips | Founder | Tea Party Nation |
Seton Motley | President | Less Government |
Kim Crockett, Esq. | Vice President, Senior Fellow and General Counsel | Center of the American Experiment |
Tom Brinkman, Jr. | Chairman | Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) |
Matthew Kandrach | President | Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE) |
Katie McAulliffe | Executive Director | Digital Liberty |
Brett Healy | President | John K. MacIver Institute |
Sean Noble | President | American Encore |
Annette Meeks | CEO | Freedom Foundation of Minnesota |
Andrew F. Quinlan | President | Center for Freedom and Prosperity |
September 2017
A Bloomberg article on Harry Alford and the National Black Chamber of Commerce illustrates a connection between NBCC, Alford, and DCI Group LLC. DCI Group is a lobbying and PR firm, which has historically worked with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and was behind the now-defunct Tech Central Station (TCS), a website that worked as a forum for climate change skeptics and received direct funding from ExxonMobil for โclimate change support.โ Bloomberg noted that many groups that benefited from the NBCC’s actions have also hired DCI, donated money to NBCC, or both. Examples included ExxonMobil, Penn National Gaming, and numerous others.32Zachary R. Mider. โWhen Harry Alford Speaks Up, a Washington Firmโs Clients Gain,โย Bloomberg,ย September 14, 2017. Archivedย September 19, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/IuiRd 33Kevin Grandia. โABC News: Gore spoof video linked to Republican/Exxon Spinster,โย DeSmog, August 4, 2006.
Bloomberg offered a summary chart of causes backed by the NBCC that also benefited large companies and investors, reproduced below:34Zachary R. Mider. โWhen Harry Alford Speaks Up, a Washington Firmโs Clients Gain,โย Bloomberg,ย September 14, 2017. Archivedย September 19, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/IuiRd
NBCC ACTION | BENEFICIARY | HIRED DCI | DONATED TO NBCC |
Opposed Puerto Rico bankruptcy bill | Investors in Puerto Rico bonds | Y | |
Criticized government handling of Fannie Mae | Investors in Fannie Mae shares | Y | |
Opposed limits on swipe fees | Visa | Y | |
Opposed pollution regulations | Exxon Mobil | Y | Y |
Bought ad supporting phosphate mine | Mosaic | ||
Backed Samsung at Int’l Trade Commission | Samsung in dispute with Apple | Y | |
Advocated for Argentine bondholders | Investors in Argentine bonds | Y | |
Supported solar measure backed by utilities | Gulf Power | Y | |
Opposed Anna Nicole Smith’s claim on fortune | Heirs of billionaire J. Howard Marshall II | Y | |
Opposed casino expansion in Maryland | Penn National Gaming | Y | Y |
Fought โgainful employmentโ rule | For-profit college operator EDMC | Y | Y |
Defended rum tariff rules in U.S. Virgin Islands | Fortune Brands and Diageo |
January 12, 2017
Harry Alford was a signatory to a January 12, 2017 official letter of support (PDF) for Scott Pruitt, in which numerous groups, including The Heartland Institute, American Energy Alliance (AEA), and others, declared that the Senate should โswiftly approve his nominationโ for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Other signatories of the letter included:35โDear Senators,โ (PDF),ย Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- Thomas Pyle, American Energy Alliance
- Michael Needham, Heritage Action for America
- Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform
- Kent Lassman, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks
- David McIntosh, Club for Growth
- Phil Kerpen, American Commitment
- Craig Richardson, Energy and Environment Action Team
- David Williams, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
- Jim Martin, 60 Plus
- Andrew Langer, Institute for Liberty
- Heather Higgins, Independent Womenโs Voice
- Independence Institute
- Richard Martin, Americans for Limited Government
- Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST)
- Brett Healy, MacIver Institute
- Joseph Bast, Heartland Institute
- George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom
- Randy Eminger, Energy Policy Network
- Paul Gessing, Rio Grande Foundation
- Mike Nasi, Balanced Energy for Texas
- Brent Mead, Montana Policy Institute
- Forest Thigpen, Mississippi Center for Public Policy
October 25, 2016
Harry C. Alford writes that he took part in a tour of coal mines in Alabama sponsored by the energy group PACE (Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy), where he has held a board seat since 2015 according to the group’s available 990 tax forms.36โHarry Alford: An Epiphany โ Sweet Home Alabama,โ PACE, October 25, 2016. Archived January 25, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/9rbOB 372015 990 Tax Form for Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy, Inc. (EIN-26-4374127). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 38โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
โClearly, there can be no America without the utilization of coal,โ Alford writes at the PACE website (energyfairness.org).
โCoal is a vital component to our infrastructure and will remain a vital resource. God put it here for us to use and for hundreds of years in the future we will continue to produce with improvements and environmentally safe methods.โ
The Energy and Policy Institute profiles PACE as a โanti-clean energy front groupโ incorporated by William D. Lineberry, an attorney with Balch & Bingham, a firm that lobbies on behalf of Southern Company and its Alabama Power subsidiary.39โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
PACE is an โofficial partnerโ with the Consumer Energy Alliance, an advocacy group that has attached alternative fuels. In addition to the Consumer Energy Alliance, PACE lists the following fossil fuel interests as official partners:40โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
- Alabama Rural Electric Association of Cooperatives
- Empower Consumers
- Tennessee Mining Association
- The National Federation of Independent Business
November 23, 2015
Alford published an article at The Hill titled โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education.โ HuffPost reported that the article bore signs that it had actually been authored by EDMC (Education Management Corp.) and Alford had put his name on the byline.41Harry C. Alford. โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education,โย The Hill, Archived November 24, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/61rjG 42Jason Linkins. โFor-Profit Education Grift Mill Submits Op-Ed Under Someone Elseโs Byline,โย HuffPost, December 1, 2015.ย Archived September 20, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/yzQtH
The original article contained the following paragraph (emphasis added), which appears to have been accidentally left in by the editor:43Harry C. Alford. โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education,โย The Hill, Archived November 24, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/61rjG
โAs an observer with a rooting interest in providing students with an education that enables jobs that change lives (or from an employer perspective, if that fits the writer), it makes much more sense to allow the private-sector institutions to do their good work, making corrections where necessary and building on the innovation and nimbleness that is characteristic of the sector.โ44Harry C. Alford. โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education,โย The Hill, Archived November 24, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/61rjG
November 4, 2015
The National Black Chamber of Commerce’s President and CEO Harry Alford published an article in the Philadelphia Tribune where he describes global warming as a โcostly farce.โ45Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โ[The NOAA and NASA ]have reported that there has been no global warming detected for the last 18 years. That is over 216 months in a row that there has been no detected global warming. At the same time, sea ice in Antarctica is building up at record levels,โ Alford writes.โ46Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โNo global warming, but millions of jobs have been erased through adverse regulations in the name of addressing the global warming issue. Billions of dollars, mostly tax dollars, have been spent trying to address the same ‘ghost.’ Many low-income and minority communities have greatly suffered from these onerous regulations that seem to be made in vain.โ47Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Alford says that the โthe National Black Chamber of Commerce has been slandered for its energy positions,โ but claims that โwe are right and they are wrong.โ48Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
However, climate scientists provide an explanation for this supposed hiatus in global warming. According to Michael Mann at Penn State University, โThere certainly has not been a hiatus in global warming โ global warming hasn’t stopped, even though you still hear those contrarian talking points.โ49Graham Readfearn. โGlobal warming hiatus explained and itโs not good news,โ ABCEnvironment, April 8, 2015.ย Archived March 22, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/wA3yg
An 2015 analysis by US government scientists in the journal Nature and Climate Change suggested that if temporary natural fluctuations were ignored then world was probably now warming at a rate of about 0.2ยฐC per decade โ higher than the IPCC’s longer-term average.50โNear-term acceleration in the rate of temperature change,โย Nature Climate Change,ย 333โ336 (2015).
October 6, 2015
Harry Alford testified on โhow overregulation harms minoritiesโ (PDF) at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing.51โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
According to Alford, โthe continuous stream of unreasonable and overreaching regulations that have come out of the federal government over the last few years has led to the denial of countless opportunities for minorities.โ52โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
The first set of regulations that Alford accuses is the Clean Power Plan (CPP). He contends: โ[T]he Clean Power Plan in particular seems poised to escalate energy costs for Blacks and Hispanics in the United States, including individuals, families and minority-owned businesses.โ53โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
He points to a June, 2015 NBCC study that suggested the CPP would โ impose severe and disproportionate economic burdens on poor families, especially minorities.โ Alford writes how The NBCC study found โEPAโs rule increases Black poverty by 23% and Hispanic poverty by 26%.โ54โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
In addition to the CPP, Alford also points to the National Ozone Air Quality Standard as a rule that would โdisproportionately affect Americaโs urban, low-income and minority families.โ55โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
September 2, 2015
Harry Alford’s NBCC and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce jointly hosted a symposium opposing the EPA Ozone Rule, describing it as devastating to the Pennysylvania Economy.56(Press Release). โChambers of Commerce: EPA Ozone Rule Will Be Devastating to Pennsylvania Economy,โย PR Newswire, September 2, 2015. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/jhZ5g
โAs world markets shuttered amidst instability in China, the President reminded us that the American economy is resilient and the backbone of the global market. Unfortunately, the EPA’s proposed ozone rule threatens that resiliency, found in our urban centers like Pittsburgh, by bringing the economic recovery to a halt,โ Harry C. Alford said. โToday’s forum was an opportunity for local business owners and elected officials to discuss the effects of this regulation and how to continue our fight to keep EPA’s assault at bay.โ57(Press Release). โChambers of Commerce: EPA Ozone Rule Will Be Devastating to Pennsylvania Economy,โย PR Newswire, September 2, 2015. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/jhZ5g
Other contributors at the event included:
- State Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Allegheny)
- Gene Barr, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
- Robert Agbede, president of Chester Engineers;
- Howard Feldman, director at the American Petroleum Institute
- Mark Kempic, president of Columbia Gas
- Morgan O’Brien, president of Peoples Natural Gas
June 23, 2015
Harry Alford testified at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee opposing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.58Ali Meyer. โBlack Chamber of Commerce: EPA Clean Air Plan Will Increase Black Poverty 23%, Strip 7,000,000 Black Jobs,โย CNSnews.com, June 24, 2015. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/l6bFB
With reference to a NBCC study, Alford said that โThe study finds that the Clean Power Plan will inflict severe and disproportionate economic burdens on poor families, especially minorities.โ He continued, saying โThe EPA’s proposed regulation for GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions from existing power plants is a slap in the face to poor and minority families.โ59Ali Meyer. โBlack Chamber of Commerce: EPA Clean Air Plan Will Increase Black Poverty 23%, Strip 7,000,000 Black Jobs,โย CNSnews.com, June 24, 2015. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/l6bFB
Video below.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) rebutted, saying that states who have taken action on climate change have seen their economies grow:
โMany states, such as New York and Delaware, have already taken action to reduce the largest emitter of carbon pollution – power plant emissions,โ Carper said. โAs we will hear today, the economies of these states continue to grow at a faster rate than the states that have yet to put climate regulations in place. However, we need all states to do their fair share to protect the air we breathe and stem the tide of climate change. The EPA’s Clean Power Plan attempts to do just that.โ60Ali Meyer. โBlack Chamber of Commerce: EPA Clean Air Plan Will Increase Black Poverty 23%, Strip 7,000,000 Black Jobs,โย CNSnews.com, June 24, 2015. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/l6bFB
June 2015
Media Matters reports that the National Black Chamber of Commerce published at least seven Op-Eds by Harry Alford attacking the EPA’s clean power plan.61Denise Robbins and Andrew Seifter. โNational Black Chamber Of Commerce Joins Oil Industryโs Op-Ed Campaign Against EPA Climate Plan,โ Media Matters, June 26, 2016.ย Archived March 22, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/O17Fr
โLike Americans for Prosperity, the Beacon Hill Institute, and the State Policy Network before it, the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) is the latest oil industry front group to run a deceptive op-ed campaign against the EPA’s climate change plan, with NBCC president Harry C. Alford alleging in newspapers across the country that the Clean Power Plan will impose ‘economic hardship’ on blacks and Hispanics,โ Denise Robbins and Andrew Seifter write at Media Matters.62Denise Robbins and Andrew Seifter. โNational Black Chamber Of Commerce Joins Oil Industryโs Op-Ed Campaign Against EPA Climate Plan,โ Media Matters, June 26, 2016.ย Archived March 22, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/O17Fr
Articles published by the NBCC include (articles on file at DeSmog):
- โThe EPA vs. Iowa’s Minorities,โ The Des Moines Register, 6/23/15
- โAnother Voice: โClean powerโ will impose hardships on minorities,โ The Buffalo News, 6/24/15
- โHarry C. Alford: The EPA vs. Oklahoma’s minorities,โ Tulsa World, 6/22/15
- โThe EPA vs. Pennsylvania’s minorities,โ Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 6/24/15
- โReader View: Clean Power Plan a matter of justice,โ The Santa Fe New Mexican, 6/22/15
- โTheir View: Minorities to suffer under proposed EPA emissions standards,โ Centre Daily Times, 6/22/15
- โHarry C. Alford: The EPA vs. West Virginia minorities,โ Charleston Daily Mail, 6/22/15
Harry C. Alford testified on behalf of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), opposing the Gulph moratorium which prevented energy companies from purchasing offshore drilling leases after the the Gulf Oil Spill.63โTestimony of Harry C. Alford on Behalf of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reformโ (PDF), National Black Chamber of Commerce, February 10, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
โNow is the time to dust ourselves off and get back to work,โ Alford’s testimony reads. โWe must learn from this incident and not be afraid to move forward with domestic energy production.โ64โTestimony of Harry C. Alford on Behalf of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reformโ (PDF), National Black Chamber of Commerce, February 10, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
Alford also criticizes the EPA, claiming it โhas gone beyond the intended scope of their authority and implemented far reaching policies by invoking the Clean Air Act (CAA) to defend their actions.โ65โTestimony of Harry C. Alford on Behalf of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reformโ (PDF), National Black Chamber of Commerce, February 10, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
While Alford says that โReducing emissions to mitigate the effects of climate change is a very real challenge for the U.S. and the global community,โ he goes on to state that current regulations on businesses are โunsustainable.โ He also claims that โnearly 800,000 jobs are at risk due to EPA greenhouse gas proposalsโ โ a statistic taken from an Environment and Public Works Report, a Senate Committee chaired by prominent climate change denier James Inhofe.66โTestimony of Harry C. Alford on Behalf of the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reformโ (PDF), National Black Chamber of Commerce, February 10, 2011. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
February 9, 2011
Alford was a witness at a Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing on โH.R. 910,โ which would amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the EPA from regulating carbon emissions.67โFeb. 9, 2011 โ A Hearing on โH.R. 910โ,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โEnergyCommerceโ, July 20, 2011. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Witnesses included:
Name | Position | Affiliation |
Greg Abbott | Attorney General | State of Texas |
Harry C. Alford | President & CEO | National Black Chamber of Commerce |
Betsy Blaisdell | Senior Manager | Timberland Company |
Lonnie N. Carter | President & CEO | Santee Cooper |
Steve Cousins | Vice President | Lions Oil Company |
Peter S. Glaser | Partner | Troutman Sanders LLP |
Lynn Goldman | MD | American Public Health Association |
Fred T. Harnack | General Manager, Environmental Affairs | US Steel Corporation |
James Inhofe | United States Senator | State of Oklahoma |
Lisa Jackson | Administrator | Environmental Protection Agency |
Philip Nelson | President | Illinois Farm Bureau |
James Pearce | Director of Manufacturing | FMC Corporation |
Steven Rowlan | General Manager | Environmental Affairs for Nucor Corporation |
Margo Thorning | Senior Vice President and Chief Economist | American Council for Capital Formation |
July 16, 2009
Harry Alford testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works opposing climate change reglations. He points to a study by the National Black Chamber of Commerce, claiming โ the current legislation out of the U.S. House of Representatives will negatively impact the most vulnerable of our society.โ68โSenate Testimony, July 16, 2009,โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Or3H9
โThe bottom line is this: any climate legislation that fails to meaningfully reduce the human impact on the climate or does so in an economically unsustainable manner, canโt be effective,โ Alford said. โUnder the House bill, American consumers and businesses would take on a heavy burden. This burden would fall at exactly the wrong time.โ69โSenate Testimony, July 16, 2009,โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Or3H9
โ[โฆ] Iโm not a climate change expert, but I have to believe that there are better options than the one currently on the table.โ
During the hearing, Alford had a heated exchange with Chairwoman Senator Boxer regarding global warming job losses (video below).70โNational Black Chamber of Commerce President Takes on Chairman Boxer Over Global Warming Job Losses,โ YouTube Video uploaded by user Senator Jim Inhofe. July 16, 2009.
Affiliations
- National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) โ Former Co-Founder, President & CEO71โManagement Bios (PDF)โ, National Black Chamber of Commerce, February, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce โ Former member, Board of Directors. Chair, Government Oversight and Consumer Affairs Committee.72โBoard of Directors,โ U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/SZjjk
- Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) โ Former Board Member (as of 2015’s 990).73โHarry Alford: An Epiphany โ Sweet Home Alabama,โ PACE, October 25, 2016. Archived January 25, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/9rbOB 742015 990 Tax Form for Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy, Inc. (EIN-26-4374127). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 75โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
Social Media
- Twitter โ @NationalBCC on Twitter
Other Resources
- Ari Phillips. โHow The National Black Chamber Of Commerceโs Leader Is Harming African Americans,โ ThinkProgress, May 17, 2015. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lBrRq
- โHARRY C. ALFORD: President & CEO National Black Chamber of Commerce,โ U.S. Census Bureau, June 14, 2010. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
Resources
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- 6Joby Warrick. โIn smog battle, industry gets help from unlikely source: black business group,โย The Washington Post, September 28, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Pfa2P
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- 14Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 15โScience publishes new NOAA analysis: Data show no recent slowdown in global warming,โ NOAA, June 4, 2015.ย Archived August 18, 2016. Archive.is URL:https://archive.is/LAmwA
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- 17โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
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- 24.โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 25โDear Mr. President:โ (PDF),ย American Energy Alliance, July 11, 2019. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 26โDear Senator Grassley, Senator Wyden, Representative Neal and Representative Brady:โ May 9, 2019. Retrieved fromย The Daily Caller.
- 27Christ White. โCONSERVATIVES WARN LAWMAKERS: TESLAโS TAX CREDITS โOVERWHELMINGLY BENEFIT THE RICHโ,โThe Daily Caller, May 9, 2019. Archived May 9, 2019. Archive.fo URL:ย https://archive.fo/qzvF3
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- 31โDear Representative:โ (PDF), Americans for Prosperity, February 12, 2018.
- 32Zachary R. Mider. โWhen Harry Alford Speaks Up, a Washington Firmโs Clients Gain,โย Bloomberg,ย September 14, 2017. Archivedย September 19, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/IuiRd
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- 35โDear Senators,โ (PDF),ย Competitive Enterprise Institute, January 12, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 36โHarry Alford: An Epiphany โ Sweet Home Alabama,โ PACE, October 25, 2016. Archived January 25, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/9rbOB
- 372015 990 Tax Form for Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy, Inc. (EIN-26-4374127). Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 38โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
- 39โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
- 40โPartnership for Affordable Clean Energy,โย Energy and Policy Institute.ย Archived January 24, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/fFopF
- 41Harry C. Alford. โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education,โย The Hill, Archived November 24, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/61rjG
- 42Jason Linkins. โFor-Profit Education Grift Mill Submits Op-Ed Under Someone Elseโs Byline,โย HuffPost, December 1, 2015.ย Archived September 20, 2017. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/yzQtH
- 43Harry C. Alford. โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education,โย The Hill, Archived November 24, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/61rjG
- 44Harry C. Alford. โEDMC settlements chart new direction for private-sector education,โย The Hill, Archived November 24, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/61rjG
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- 46Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 47Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 48Harry C. Alford. โGlobal warming proponents cling to costly farce,โย The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 49Graham Readfearn. โGlobal warming hiatus explained and itโs not good news,โ ABCEnvironment, April 8, 2015.ย Archived March 22, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/wA3yg
- 50โNear-term acceleration in the rate of temperature change,โย Nature Climate Change,ย 333โ336 (2015).
- 51โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 52โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 53โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 54โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 55โOpportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minoritiesโ (PDF โ Testimony), October 1, 2015. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog.
- 56(Press Release). โChambers of Commerce: EPA Ozone Rule Will Be Devastating to Pennsylvania Economy,โย PR Newswire, September 2, 2015. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/jhZ5g
- 57(Press Release). โChambers of Commerce: EPA Ozone Rule Will Be Devastating to Pennsylvania Economy,โย PR Newswire, September 2, 2015. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/jhZ5g
- 58Ali Meyer. โBlack Chamber of Commerce: EPA Clean Air Plan Will Increase Black Poverty 23%, Strip 7,000,000 Black Jobs,โย CNSnews.com, June 24, 2015. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/l6bFB
- 59Ali Meyer. โBlack Chamber of Commerce: EPA Clean Air Plan Will Increase Black Poverty 23%, Strip 7,000,000 Black Jobs,โย CNSnews.com, June 24, 2015. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/l6bFB
- 60Ali Meyer. โBlack Chamber of Commerce: EPA Clean Air Plan Will Increase Black Poverty 23%, Strip 7,000,000 Black Jobs,โย CNSnews.com, June 24, 2015. Archived July 31, 2015. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/l6bFB
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- 67โFeb. 9, 2011 โ A Hearing on โH.R. 910โ,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โEnergyCommerceโ, July 20, 2011. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 68โSenate Testimony, July 16, 2009,โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Or3H9
- 69โSenate Testimony, July 16, 2009,โ National Black Chamber of Commerce. Archived August 16, 2016. Archive.is URL:ย https://archive.is/Or3H9
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