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MCT REGIONAL NEWS
By Bill Archer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Sept. 15--BRUSHFORK -- The entrance to the National Guard Armory in Brushfork was jammed with traffic as 237 vendors from 37 states, and three foreign countries opened their booths at the 19th biennial Bluefield Coal Show sponsored by the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce.
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE:PCX - News) today announced that its five mine rescue teams turned in outstanding results at the Southern West Virginia Mine Rescue Contest held recently in Beckley, West Virginia, including first place awards in eight of the nine events. The competition included mine rescue, first aid, and pre-shift events. Patriot's Federal #2 team won the Grand Champion award, while the Company's Southern Appalachia team won third place in this event. In total, Patriot's teams won 70 percent of the awards given at the competition.
"We are very pleased with these results, particularly as we lead up to the National Mine Rescue Championships to be held next month. Considering there were nearly 50 mine rescue teams from nine states that participated in this event, our teams achieved excellent results," noted Patriot President & Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Whiting. "Maintaining top-tier mine rescue teams is a key component of our comprehensive safety program. I congratulate all five of our mine rescue teams on their winning performances, and I thank our team members for their ongoing efforts to promote a safe workplace."
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Former International Coal Group Inc. President and CEO Ben Hatfield has taken a job with Patriot Coal Corp.
St. Louis-based Patriot Coal announced Wednesday that it has named Hatfield as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Patriot says the 54-year-old Hatfield will be based in Charleston.
Hatfield had served as ICG's chief executive for six years before Arch Coal bought the company in June.
Patriot says Hatfield's appointment is part of a reorganization of senior management.
Patriot operates coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky.
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White said the decision by the Association’s Executive Committee is in recognition of Tomblin’s lifetime of service to the people of West Virginia and his proven record of fiscal responsibility and leadership while serving as president of the Senate.
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WINFIELD — Thundering Herd fan Joe Haynes, a Putnam County commissioner, kept his part of an annual wager with fellow commissioner Gary Tillis.
But when Haynes showed up at the commission meeting Tuesday wearing a West Virginia University's lapel pin, blue and gold tie and carrying a breakfast biscuit, Tillis, a WVU graduate, wasn't on hand to get his prize.
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The Chesapeake Bay has been a magnet of regulatory rules to prevent pollution through the watershed that spans six states.
From financial services to farming, plumbing to computer repair, business owners say new regulations have them so bogged down in compliance that it is hindering their ability to plan and expand for the coming years.
Even though President Obama recently acknowledged the need to minimize regulations, the number appears to be growing. Obama administration regulations on new business rose to 3,573 final rules in 2010, up from 3,503 in 2009 -- the equivalent of about 10 per week.
Indeed, the 2010 volume of the Federal Register, the "newspaper" of regulatory agencies, stands at an all-time record-high 81,405 pages composed of final rules, proposed rules, meeting notices and regulatory studies.
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The company will be idling — stopping the usage of — two energy generating units. It will also cease extracting lignite from three different Texas mines.
The EPA regulation Luminant cites as too burdensome is the new Cross-State Air Pollution rule, which requires Texas power generators to make “dramatic reductions” in emissions beginning on January 1, 2012.
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Climate change spending won't slow any time soon, says Larry Bell, a professor at the University of Houston.
Indeed, there are several indications of substantial spending increases on climate change:
- ·According to the Government Accountability Office, annual federal climate spending has increased from $4.6 billion in 2003 to $8.8 billion in 2010, amounting to $106.7 billion over that period.
- ·Technology spending, the largest category, grew from $2.56 billion to $5.5 billion over this period.
- ·An addition $79 billion was spent for climate change technology research, foreign aid and tax breaks for "green energy."
- ·Subsidies intended to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions accounted for $7.2 billion in federal revenue losses during 2010 alone.
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