Issues and Policy

We know that meeting America’s growing energy demand and keeping electricity supplies reliable and affordable requires the use of American coal. We are also certain that coal will remain a primary fuel for meeting future energy needs even as we enact more stringent environmental standards – including meeting goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How will this happen? Primarily through the use of technology.

The coal-based electricity sector remains committed to continuous environmental improvements. We have a long history of deploying clean coal technologies to reduce air emissions – while at the same time providing affordable, reliable electricity to meet our country’s growing energy needs.

Today, energy companies continue to work with the federal government to develop, demonstrate and deploy the next generation of advanced technologies that will make it possible to reduce emissions to very low levels and capture and store CO2 emissions.

ACCCE supports an integrated U.S. climate strategy that will:

• Provide affordable, reliable energy by bringing new technology to the marketplace and driving down the cost of deploying those technologies

• Protect existing jobs while creating new jobs for American workers; and

• Promote greater American energy independence through the use of coal and other domestic energy resources.

For more details on ACCCE’s support for a climate policy, click here to see our 12 federal legislative climate change principles (PDF).

• Click here to learn more about federal climate legislation.