Verizon Wireless. Dear Mr. McAdam, We are writing on behalf of the millions of members of our organizations to request that you withdraw sponsorship of the Friends of America Rally being put on by the coal industry …

Then came coal's 2021 rebound. Emissions rose as the U.S. economy came back to life from the COVID-induced recession, and coal-fired electricity generation grew 17% according to Rhodium Group ...

VERIZON ADDS ANOTHER: Verizon retained its 26th outside lobbying firm this month, ... Manchin was born into a coal mining family and for decades has worked closely with the UMWA, which named ...

He insists that the company does not support mountaintop removal coal mining, nor does it oppose federal climate legislation. He goes on to clarify that Verizon Wireless "supports the goals of ...

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According to Coal Tattoo journalist Ken Ward today, Verizon Wireless spokesman Jim Gerace, "said his company simply paid $1,000 for the right to be able to sell its products at the rally." Gerace added: "It's nothing more than that ... and the groups who are trying to make it more than that are misguided.

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Today a coalition of groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to Verizon Wireless asking the corporation to withdraw its sponsorship of a Labor Day rally being held in …

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Verizon should withdraw its sponsorship of this bogus rally immediately — or explain its support of mountaintop removal, climate-change denial, and union-busting to its 87 million customers.

Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, received a letter today from Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam, stating that the company's sponsorship of the rally was "not an expression of support for mountaintop removal coal mining or in opposition to climate legislation" and that "Verizon supports the ...

Verizon is cosponsoring the Friends of America rally, which is being organized by Massey Energy Company to support mountaintop removal coal mining and to oppose climate change legislation. The rally features conservative pundit Sean Hannity and climate-change denier Lord Christopher Monckton.

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Does Gerace know that a Massey subsidiary in eastern Kentucky dumped over 300 million gallons of toxic sludge into the area's waterways and aquifers in 2000, or that Massey paid $20 million in penalties for dumping more toxic mine waste into the region's waterways in 2008; or that Massey paid a record $4.2 million for civil and criminal fines in the death of two …

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In an effort to "set the record straight," McAdams explains that Verizon Wireless' sponsorship was not meant as an expression of support for the coal industry's political agenda. He …

The cellphone carrier Verizon Wireless has explained its sponsorship of a coal industry rally in West ia earlier this month.. In a Sept. 12 letter to the Center for Biological Diversity, the company's chief executive, Lowell McAdam, said that Verizon's payment of $1,000 to support the "Friends of America" rally "certainly was not an expression of support for …

However, the pro-coal policies that Verizon is now sponsoring actually hurt communities in West ia. ... Despite $118 million in coal-mining annual income, West ia has the nation's lowest median income, worst educational services, worst social assistance, the highest population with disabilities, and nearly a quarter of ...

Verizon Wireless Dear Mr. McAdam: Thank you for your letter, dated September 10, responding to our letter asking Verizon Wireless to withdraw its sponsorship of the pro-mountaintop removal coal mining, anti-climate legislation rally put on by the coal industry in West ia on September 7, 2009.

Verizon has created an online uproar and calls for a boycott over its sponsorship of an anti-climate event. ... West ia organized by mountaintop-removal coal mining company Massey Energy ...

In a Sept. 12 letter to the Center for Biological Diversity, the company's chief executive, Lowell McAdam, said that Verizon's payment of $1,000 to …

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"Americans want clean drinking water and a transition to a green economy that the planet can sustain and that provides a good quality of life for our children and grandchildren. Verizon Wireless, unfortunately, has aligned itself with the extremists who advocate for the catastrophic effects of mining and burning coal," added Curry.

In a Sept. 12 letter to the Center for Biological Diversity, the company's chief executive, Lowell McAdam, said that Verizon's payment of $1,000 to support the "Friends of America" rally "certainly was not an expression of support for mountaintop removal coal mining or in opposition to climate legislation."

— The Center for Biological Diversity is ramping up pressure on Verizon Wireless to withdraw its sponsorship of a coal-industry rally in West ia that is being held on Labor Day to promote mountaintop-removal coal mining and to oppose climate change legislation. In just two days, supporters from the Center and ally CREDO Action have sent ...