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These new rules are expected to stymie the construction of new, and the expansion of existing, coal-fired generating plants – the most dependable, reliable and lowest cost method of making electricity in America today.
If you can’t build new coal-fired power plants or expand the ones we have, EPA’s directly taking West Virginia coal jobs. What makes it worse is that the federal government has refused to determine the economic impact of these rules before they are promulgated! This negative attack is further magnified by efforts to reduce the fossil fuel and carbon control and sequestration budgets in the Department of Energy, which if anything, need to be maintained and increased!
When you look at these rules as a package and their arrogant behavior, there is no other conclusion to be drawn than this EPA and Administration are making good on its promise to put the industry out of business and take our peoples’ livelihoods. Millions of American jobs, as well as the economies of communities across this country, hang in the balance.
The West Virginia Coal Association is calling upon all congressional leaders who recognize that coal is a critical piece of this country’s energy plan and the provider of low cost, affordable electricity to put the brakes on this out-of-control EPA before the economic damage becomes irreversible. There is much more to be said on this issue, but Congress needs to act now.”
For additional information, contact the West Virginia Coal Association at (304) 342-4153.
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Former football coaches Don Nehlen (WVU) and Bob Pruett (Marshall) headline a new radio show that begins Monday on MetroNews affiliates.
The show will air from 7:06 to 8 p.m. each Monday through Nov. 25 on MetroNews affiliates across the state, including WCHS-AM (580) in Charleston and WRVC-AM (930) in Huntington.
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The annual Rocket Boys Festival will be held Oct. 4-6 in Beckley. The event celebrates the lives of the four original “Rocket Boys” whose story was told in the award-winning movie, “October Sky.” This year’s event will begin October 4 with a screening of the film at 9 am in the Governor Hulett C. Smith Theatre at Tamarack. Later that day Rocket Boy Homer Hickam, whose book was turned into the movie, will host a writer’s workshop at the facility. At 7:30 a concert featuring Johnny Staats and the Delivery Boys will be held at the Woodrow Wilson Auditorium in Beckley. Friends of Coal Spokesmen, Coach Don Nehlen and Coach Bobby Pruett will also participate in this year’s event.
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The Friends of Coal has partnered with the B.A.S.S. Nation of West Virginia as a major sponsor for 2013. Friends of Coal materials and signage will be visible at B.A.S.S events, to include the upcoming Northern Qualifier tournament to be held Oct. 5-6 on the Mon River at Prickett’s Fort near Fairmont.
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The Friends of Coal and Consol Energy are prominent sponsors of this year’s West Virginia National Hunting & Fishing Days Celebration, taking place September 28-29, 2013 at Stonewall Resort State Park, near Weston.
Recognized as our state’s main celebration of West Virginia’s outdoor and sporting heritage, we encourage all Friends of Coal to come out, bring their family and enjoy two days of outdoor activities and demonstrations by some of the world’s top outdoorsmen and women.
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The 20th Biennial Bluefield Coal Show was held this week at the Brushfork Armory in Bluefield. The event featured the latest in mining technology, but this year it also included presentations by state and national coal leaders as the industry faces some of its most difficult challenges ever.
Featured among the speakers was West Virginia Coal Association President Bill Raney, who spoke about “pushing forward” through these difficult times. Raney said that despite the current problems he sees a bright future for the mining industry, both here in West Virginia and around the nation as the nation returns to its most dependable and affordable energy resource.
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The Business & Industry Council of West Virginia (BIC) elected the following officers for next year: Chairman – Chris R. Hamilton, Senior Vice President of WVCA; First Vice Chairman, Joe Letnaunchyn, West Virginia Hospital Association; and, Second Vice Chairman, Mike Clowser, Contractors Association of WV.
BIC was founded in 1982 by a group of trade association executives interested in expanding the influence of business at the Capitol by working together on common issues.
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West Virginia Coal Association Senior Vice President Chris Hamilton, Sen. Art Kirkendoll (D-Logan) and bow expert Frank Addington, Jr. were on hand to greet the shoppers at the store along with staff from the Friends of Coal organization.
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Our very own Derek Keeling, son of Roger and Sandi Keeling, who most recently was the Broadway star of the revival of GREASE, appearing on NBC’s “You’re the One That I Want,” and portraying Johnny Cash in the international tour of Million Dollar Quartet will be doing a “Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash” on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in South Charleston at Labelle Theater, 311 D Street, South Charleston. It will begin at 7 p.m. The general admission will be $35.00 and can be obtained online at: www.derekkeeling.com (all major credit cards accepted). Purchased tickets will be available at will call at the theater only. A portion of the proceeds will go to HospiceCare.
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