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Jobs … that’s what is important today.
Our nation is struggling 14 million people out of work, homes and cars being repossessed and children going hungry. Yet for some folks it seems their narrow political agenda has to come before any consideration for its impact on people.
The West Virginia Sierra Club seems so intent on imposing its “green” agenda on our people that they are willing to bankrupt our people and our state to do so.
A recent story by AP’s Vicki Smith is an example in point …
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The Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, John Mica (R-FL.) and Ranking Member Nick Rahall (D-WV) have introduced the "Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011", H.R. 2018.
The bipartisan bill is an effort to amend the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to return responsibility of water pollution control to the states. The legislation would restrict EPA's ability to override or delay a state's
permitting and water quality certification decisions under the CWA once EPA has already approved a state's program, unless the state concurs that a new standard is necessary.
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Registration is now open for the 22nd Annual Hatfield Scramble Golf Outing, hosted by the Kanawha Valley Mining Institute. The scramble will be Tuesday, September 20, at the Brier Patch Golf Course in
Monies collected from hole sponsorships support KVMI’s scholarship program!
For more information on the event, call 304.414.4500. Thanks for supporting coal and thanks for supporting KVMI.
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July 15-17th – Will maintain an informational booth at the Friends of Coal Auto Fair in Beckley.
July 21st– Friends of Coal will provide the keynote speaker for the Cabell County Schools’ West Virginia Coal Project to discuss the economic impact of coal on the West Virginia economy.
The Association joined with FACES, the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce and other local, northern panhandle chambers in a breakfast on Monday morning in Wheeling, featuring Congressman David McKinley.
Coach Nehlen and
The Association will participate in Senator Rockefeller’s field hearing of the United States Senate Commerce Committee on Monday morning in Charleston. The subject of the hearing is “Making it in America: Innovate Locally, Export Globally” and will be held in the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse.
Following Senator Rockefeller’s hearing, the Association has been asked to join the White House Business Council and the Charleston Area Alliance for a discussion “Winning the Future Roundtable with American Business “in Charleston.
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PITTSBURGH, June 22nd, 2011 -- Lockheed Martin and Carroll Technologies Group have signed a distribution agreement for a new wireless, through-the-earth communications system designed specifically to help the mining industry improve post-accident emergency communications.
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Under the agreement, Lockheed Martin will provide the technology and manufacturing of the MagneLink™ Magnetic Communication System (MCS), which delivers voice communication and texting to trapped miners during a disaster. Carroll Technologies Group, through its two operating subsidiaries – Carroll Engineering Co. and Delta Electric, Inc. – will act as the distributor, sales and service supplier of the system. “Lockheed Martin’s technology, paired with Carroll Technologies Group’s presence and experience in the mining industry, provides trapped miners the means to communicate with rescuers when no other form of contact is possible,” said Richard Holmberg, Lockheed Martin’s vice president who oversees the program. “It’s gratifying to apply our advanced communications and signal processing expertise in a new way to save lives.”
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