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ICG was recently acquired by Arch Coal. By Andrea Lannom A former senior vice president, secretary and general counsel at International Coal Group, has decided to rejoin Jackson Kelly, the firm announced July 5 in a news release.
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Two years ago, U.N. researchers were claiming that it would cost “as much as $600 billion a year over the next decade” to go green. Now, a new U.N. report has more than tripled that number to $1.9 trillion per year for 40 years.
So let's do the math: That works out to a grand total of $76 trillion, over 40 years -- or more than five times the entire Gross Domestic Product of the United States ($14.66 trillion a year). It’s all part of a “technological overhaul” “on the scale of the first industrial revolution” called for in the annual report. Except that the U.N. will apparently control this next industrial revolution.
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The new 251-page report with the benign sounding name of the “World Economic and Social Survey 2011” is rife with goodies calling for “a radically new economic strategy” and “global governance.”
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8th Annual Friends of Coal Auto Fair
July 15-17
Paul Cline Memorial Youth Sports Complex, Beckley, WV
Showground Hours
Friday, July 15th: 10am to 11pm
Saturday, July 16th: 8am to 11pm
Sunday, July 17th: 8am to 3pm
Showground Admission is $2 Friday and Saturday, Children 12 & Under get in FREE!
Admission is FREE to the public all day Sunday!
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Ft. Wayne News Sentinel
President Obama has embarked on a campaign to destroy the coal industry.
Working through the US Environmental Protection Agency, Obama has: ♦In defiance of Congress, planned a cap-and-trade initiative to make it prohibitively expensive for utilities.
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Published: Wednesday, Jun. 29, 2011 - 1:15 pm
ST. LOUIS, June 29, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX) announced that Apogee Coal, Patriot's Logan County complex, received the Employer of the Year Award from WorkForce West Virginia, an affiliate of the West Virginia Department of Commerce. The award was presented during the "Building Workforce Success Together" conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor.
"One of Patriot's core values is to hire and retain the most qualified people and maximize their opportunities through personal growth and development," stated Patriot President and Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Whiting. "Our employees are key to the success of our operations. We are pleased to receive this award in recognition of our employee development and training programs and our commitment to building a skilled workforce devoted to a culture of safety and continuous improvement."
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