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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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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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USAgNet
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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