Studies and Research

$90 Billion Investment in Emissions Reductions

May 2009

According to a new report from Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc., the U.S. power industry has invested nearly $100 billion dollars to deploy clean coal technologies to reduce air emissions since 1990.

The disproportionate impacts of energy costs on lower-income and minority families

March 2009

According to this study by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), for the half of the U.S. families earning $50,000 or less, energy costs consumed 20 percent of after-tax income in 2008. The study also reveals energy costs consumed a quarter of after-tax income when families made $30,000 or less.

The Next Generation of Advanced Clean Coal Technologies to Create Millions of Jobs for American Workers

February 2009

A coalition of key labor and energy industry groups agree that the next generation of advanced clean coal technologies – those that capture and safely store carbon dioxide (CO2) - will create millions of high-skilled, high-wage jobs for American workers. Read more

$100 Oil Crushes American Family Budgets

March 2008

Sharply escalating oil prices are straining the budgets of America’s middle class, and impoverishing lower-income families. In 2008, 60 million American households with annual incomes below $50,000 will spend 22% of their after tax income on energy, double the share of income they spent in 1997. The prices of gasoline, natural gas and home heating oil have skyrocketed, propelled by increased oil costs. Among consumer energy products, only electricity has maintained a relatively stable price trend over the past decade.

Study details impact of domestic coal on American economy

July 2006

According to a Penn State University study, U.S. coal production, transportation and consumption for electric power generation will contribute more than $1 trillion of gross output – including 6.8 million jobs – directly and indirectly to the economy of the contiguous United States in 2015.

The study also details the negative economic impact and job losses that could occur if the U.S. was to curtail coal use or eliminate it from the fuel mix altogether. Read more