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Voter Registration Deadline Oct 16 – THIS COMING TUESDAY
Early Voting Begins Oct. 24
General Election November 6th
We have never faced an election more vital to the future of our industry, our state and our nation. As you well know, this election is most important as the future of coal and our industry hangs in the balance.
As we have said many times, the major challenges and issues facing the industry today are political in nature being driven by political agendas that require political solutions. Please make every effort possible to mobilize your friends and family to assist in getting out the vote.
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Congresswoman Shelley Capito this week issued an op-ed outlining the contents of the “Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012” – a measure passed by the House of Representatives last week that combined several key pieces of legislation supporting coal into one comprehensive package intended to bring the Obama War On Coal to an end.
In her op-ed, printed in the Gazette and other newspapers, Capito said,
“The War on Coal affects families in West Virginia perhaps more than any other state. Over 2,000 coal-related jobs have been lost, crippling towns and local economies. Besides layoffs by mining companies, job losses in related fields such as transportation usually accompany job losses in mines. The domino effect is staggering.
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A group of coal miners, their families and friends are embarking tomorrow morning (Saturday, September 29th) for an interstate rally to support the coal industry at 10:00am in Lawrence County, Ohio. The miners will caravan from West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia to Lawrence County, stopping briefly in Charleston and Huntington to add folks to the caravan.
The group begins the day at 7 a.m. tomorrow in the Logan Wal-Mart parking lot off US 119 at the Fountainplace Mall. A rally and picnic in Ohio will follow a day of campaigning. If you are interested in going, please contact Shaun Adkins via the Miners for Romney Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/terry.
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The grassroots support group, Friends and Families of Coal Miners, along with the Friends of Coal, The COALition for Romney, the Logan Coal Vendors Association and Citizens for Coal have scheduled additional coal rallies and events leading up to the November election.
The events so far scheduled include:
October 4, at 7 p.m. COAL FORUM AND RALLY at the Logan High School Little Theatre.
October 14, (time TBD) COAL FORUM AND RALLY at Lick Creek Park in Danville.
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The national tour bus for the “American Products, American Power” group rolled into Charleston last week on the latest leg of its tour across the country to raise awareness of the importance of America’s energy and manufacturing sectors to our economy.
The group visited the West Virginia Coal Association offices in Northgate Business Park, discussing the issues and filming an interview segment with WVCA President Bill Raney. Association staff signed the bus, joining the tens of thousands of others who have done so to show their support not only for our industry, but our nation’s industrial core, which faces similar threats from federal regulatory overreach. The bus will be delivered to Congress as a large petition supporting coal as the fuel of choice for America.
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On September 20, 2012 the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources published a report regarding the federal Office of Surface Mining’s (OSM) efforts to revise several federal mining regulations under the banner of a “Stream Protection Rule.” The revisions were undertaken by OSM in 2009 and sought to void a previous rulemaking effort which was completed in 2008 that revised the federal stream buffer zone regulations regarding mining activities in and around streams. The Natural Resources Committee began an oversight investigation of OSM’s actions up to and including the issuance of subpoenas for documents and to compel Congressional testimony from certain OSM officials. (continued)
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Please remember, the following deadlines for the upcoming general election:
Voter Registration Deadline Oct 16
Early Voting Begins Oct 24
General Election November 6th
We have never faced an election more vital to the future of our industry, our state and our nation. As you well know, this election is most important as the future of coal and our industry hangs in the balance.
As we have said many times, the major challenges and issues facing the industry today are political in nature being driven by political agendas that require political solutions. Please make every effort possible to mobilize your friends and family to assist in getting out the vote.
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