Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2017) – ACC President Mike Siebers represented the organization at last week’s signing by President Trump of the executive order promoting energy independence and economic growth, effectively rolling back the Obama administration’s anti-coal regulatory regime. Siebers and other coal industry leaders were there at the invitation of the White House.

 

The signing ceremony was held at the Environmental Protection Agency and included remarks by Vice President Mike Pence, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. Siebers is the senior vice president for sales and marketing at Peabody Energy.