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By Greg Carter, Content Manager
CHARLESTON (December 18, 2013) — The West Virginia Coal Association today issued the following statement regarding West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's friend of the court filing urging the U.S. Supreme Court review the U.S. EPA's retroactive veto of a Clean Water Act permit for Mingo Logan Coal Co.'s Spruce surface mine in Logan County.
"We applaud today's action by A.G. Morrisey on behalf of West Virginia's coal mining families," said Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association. "Since his taking office earlier this year, A.G. Morrisey has been at the forefront of confronting the out-of-control EPA's assault on our hard working coal miners. Today's announcement of a friend of the court filing is just the latest example of his commitment to restoring the necessary balance between federal and state authority.
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New York Post Article
The 2013 hurricane season just ended as one of the five quietest years since 1960. But don’t expect anyone who pointed to last year’s hurricanes as “proof” of the need to act against global warming to apologize; the warmists don’t work that way.
Warmist claims of a severe increase in hurricane activity go back to 2005 and Hurricane Katrina. The cover of Al Gore’s 2009 book, “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis,” even features a satellite image of the globe with four major hurricanes superimposed.
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Remember The Miners will hold its 3rd Annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry onJanuary 31st at Mylan Park in Morgantown, WV. The event will help support Remember The Miners Scholars Program and the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund. You won't want to miss this signature event, with VIPs including Honorary Chairman Coach Bob Huggins and many more to be announced.
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Lynn Smith, Secretary-Treasurer for the Kanawha Valley Mining Institute, as well as a Coal River Energy full-time employee, was awarded the honor of being inducted into the Kanawha Valley Mining Institute’s Hall of Fame (the first woman to be given this honor).
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By TOM BONE Bluefield Daily Telegraph
GREEN VALLEY — Many coaches can attest to Tahj Sho-Johnson’s speed and talent on the football field. Many Princetonians can testify to his character. Many statistics could try to quantify his individual accomplishments as a Princeton Tiger.
But perhaps Rick Taylor summed up the 2013 Pocahontas Coal Association-Bluefield Daily Telegraph Football Player of the Year Tuesday night with his closing comment at the annual banquet.
“What a champ,” said Taylor, the coal association president and master of ceremonies.
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New plant will use coal to produce key steelmaking ingredient; marks third major jobs announcement this month
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announced Carbonyx, Inc., a Texas-based company, will invest tens of millions of dollars in a new Jackson County plant, creating at least 60 jobs. The new plant will use state-of-the-art technology to produce a key ingredient for steelmaking and rely on coal as the main input for its manufacturing process, making it an important new customer for regional coal producers.
"We are excited and honored to welcome Carbonyx to West Virginia," Gov. Tomblin said. "Carbonyx is a tremendous innovator in the steelmaking business--and they've decided to invest right here in the Mountain State because of our top-notch workforce and winning business climate."
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