Men of Big Coal Send Women to Lobby Congress

The coal lobby is sending women to lobby Congress this week. The Women's Mining Coalition includes "companies like Arch Coal Inc. and Cloud Peak Energy Inc.," reports Manuel Quinones of E&E News.

"This group of females really represents such tremendous leadership across the entire mining sector," says the group's president. Does it? Let's take a look at the numbers:

• Coal mining employment (2013): 91% men, 9% women
• Arch Coal Board of Directors: 10 men, 1 woman
• Arch Coal Corporate Governance Officers: 14 men, 1 woman
• Cloud Peak Energy Management Team: 8 men, 0 women

It's the latest reminder that polluting industries are run almost exclusively by rich old white guys.