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The Waterfront Hotel in Morgantownwill be headquarters for the Friends of Coal Bowl.
Wewill be doing a few things a little differently at this year’s Coal Bowl. TheTechnical Session that was scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday has been changed toa Membership Meeting that will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday. There will not be a golf outing, as originally indicated. Fridayevening at 6 p.m. we will join Remember The Miners for a VIP reception and the2nd Annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry at the Waterfront. This FishFry will feature Jerry West and will benefit Remember the Miners scholarshipprogram and the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Fund. This event shouldbe a lot of fun as it was last year.
Saturday will begin with a bus departing the main entrance of the hotel at 9a.m. with the pre-game tailgate tent opening at 9:30 a.m. with a brunch typemenu and all of our legislative, government and both Marshall & WVU friendsbeing invited to join us. The game begins at 12 noon and tickets areavailable through the Association at $60.00 per ticket. After return tothe hotel we will be having a post-game buffet dinner.
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Environmental & Technical: JohnMcDaniel of Arch Coal
Health & Safety: Terry Hudson of PatriotCoal
Public Relations: Sarah Smith of AlphaNatural Resources
Government Affairs: Gary Whiteof James River Coal/International ResourcePartners
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More than 2,000 gather to hear energy message.
BEALLSVILLE, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney believes a strong coal industry is key to a strong America.
During a campaign rally Tuesday at American Energy Corp.'s Century Mine, Romney said his administration's energy policy would differ from that of President Barack Obama. Romney said his administration would include coal, natural gas, oil, renewables and nuclear as part of an all-in energy portfolio.
"We have 250 years of coal, why in the heck wouldn't we use it?" Romney told a crowd of more than 2,000 coal miners and their families.
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Posted on EMPOWERTEXANS by Dustin Matocha
Texas has again wona battle against the EPA thanks to a 5th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals ruling. As a result, Texas cancontinue utilizing its flexible permitting program — a victory for the 10thamendment, and Texas’economy.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court ofAppeals ruled Monday the EPA overstepped itsbounds by prohibiting the State of Texasfrom utilizing its “flexible permitting program.” The programallowed refineries, power plants and other major industrial facilities toimplement their own pollution-control protocols, so long as their aggregateamount of emissions did not exceed levels set by the federal government.
Not good enough, said the ObamaAdministration. In typical disregard for the 10th Amendment, theyargued such policy gave “too much discretionarypower” to the director of the Texas Commission on EnvironmentalQuality.
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In its decision in the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. United States Army Corps of Engineers case the Court said in essence that it is the sole purview of the states, their elected policymakers (such as the Legislature) and state regulatory agencies to determine water quality standards when granting mining permits.
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