Protesting this, Mary Anne Hitt, Senior Director of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, released the following statement: “Despite the overwhelming evidence that shows Bernard McNamee has an overt preference for fossil fuels and a retrograde, mocking attitude toward America’s ascendant clean energy industry, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has recklessly advanced his nomination to the full Senate. Chairwoman Murkowski’s decision to support his nomination is especially egregious, considering she rejected Ron Binz’s nomination in 2013 for his simply regulating clean energy resources in Colorado. The Senate must now reject McNamee’s nomination outright, should it come to the floor, in order to preserve FERC’s integrity and independence.”
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Stephanie Roker
Editor
Stephanie joined Palladian Publications in 2015 and is now the Editor of World Coal, Dry Bulk and Global Mining magazine. She has enjoyed learning about the industry and hopes to develop this understanding more, for many years to come.
Stephanie spent most of her life living in Norway, where she attended an international school, before returning to England for university. She graduated from the University of Winchester in 2015, with a BA (Hons) in English Literature.
Her pastimes include reading, travelling, cooking and annoying her cat.
