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While campaigning for vice president in September 2008, Joe Biden confided
to a voter in Ohio, ""No coal plants here in America."
"Build them, if they're going to build them, over there. Make them clean. We're not supporting clean coal."
By "over there," Biden meant China.
His campaign and the press covering the event dismissed this as a "gaffe," an erroneous statement.
But nearly three years later, Biden's words ring more and more true.
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The Friends of Coal continue their outreach efforts with the following events:
- Developed a new 60-second Friends of Coal radio spot to thank West Virginia’s Congressional delegation for their work to end the EPA’s assault on West Virginia coal with their introduction of HR 2018.
- Continued work on the State Journal direct message piece. The section now looks to be 40-48 pages and will feature news and profile pieces for industry issues and Association members.
- Provided Friends of Coal yard signs at the request Arch Coal CAP posted throughout Boone County. Worked with the CAP for media contacts, as well.
- The Friends of Coal (Coal Friend) Facebook page topped 1,600 actual “Friends.” This page is not set up as a fan page but rather to facilitate two-way communication.
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WVCA’s Annual Meeting at The Greenbrier is set for August 4th – 6th. Registration has been e-mailed. If you did not receive information on registering for the Annual Meeting please contact Sandi Davison (304) 342.4153 or
A special casual weekend is being planned with our congressional delegation being invited to participate. Saturday night will also be casual “Beach Party Night” with some of the original Beach Boys entertaining our group.
Also, The Greenbrier has instructed us that once our block of rooms is depleted, the price of rooms will return to their usual rates – so make your room reservations immediately.
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WVCA Senior Vice President Chris Hamilton will serve as the keynote speaker at the Northeastern Area Association of State Foresters’ summer meeting July 11-13 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston. The group will also tour the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System and the Hobet operations in Boone County. Hamilton will speak on the importance of coal and the progress of reclamation and reforestation of surfaced mined areas.
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Chris Hamilton, senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association, testified on behalf of the Association at two public hearings held this week in Charleston by the US Dept of Labor’s MSHA on the agencies’ Pattern of Violation POV and “Examination of Work Areas” proposed rules.
Concerning the “Examination of Work Areas” proposal, Hamilton cited the improprieties of MSHA requiring state certified mine examiners who are presently required to cite hazardous conditions as part of their fire boss runs in underground coal mines, to additionally be responsible for enforcing federal law and citing federal violations.
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The West Virginia Coal Forum will host a conversation on the potential state impact of new air quality rules being promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
This conversation will feature UMWA President Cecil Roberts, representatives of our Congressional Delegation (invited), leaders of the State Legislature, representatives of industry, experts in environmental & energy policy and leaders in the electrical industry.
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The coal industry joined 12 other affected industry groups in filing “friend of the court” briefs in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia supporting Arch Coal’s Mingo Logan Coal Company motion for summary judgment in the Spruce Mine case.
In the first brief, the National Mining Association, the West Virginia Coal Association and other state coal associations focused on exposing the flawed science and predetermined outcomes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relied upon in making its final determination to retroactively revoke the Mingo Logan Spruce Mine Clean Water Act Section 404 permit.
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In a press release issued Thursday, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., co-founder of the Congressional Coal Caucus, expressed disappointment and frustration that American Electric Power will be forced to cut jobs and decrease production in order to comply with a series of regulations proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would impact coal-fueled power plants.
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242 Jobs will be lost at AEP due to EPA regulations
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin issued the following statement after learning American Electric Power (AEP) will close three West Virginia power plants by 2014 resulting in the loss of 242 jobs. AEP cites environmental regulations issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the cause of the impending closures.
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