National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today commended Reps. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) and his colleagues Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), for introducing the “Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act” (STREAM) designed to improve the... Read More
April 1, 2015
The National Mining Association (NMA) commended Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today for his amendment clarifying the limits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to pressure states to accept its proposed Clean Power Plan for reducing carbon emissions from existing... Read More
March 27, 2015
The following statement was released today by National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn applauding the introduction of Senate Energy Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) bill, the “Mineral Security and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2015,” to secure the nation's... Read More
March 26, 2015
Get Ready for Higher Bills, Less Reliable Electricity, Says National Mining Association
WASHINGTON, - Last winter was one of the harshest, hitting millions of Americans with spikes in their winter utility bills. Unfortunately, here we are, one year later, facing yet another polar vortex. Meteorologists... Read More
February 23, 2015
National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the statement below in support of a bill (H.R. 896) introduced in Congress this week by House Transportation & Infrastructure Water and Environment Subcommittee Chair Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), who in a press statement today said:... Read More
February 13, 2015