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As Momentum Builds, Inhofe Announces Date for Utility MACT Vote
National Federation of Independent Business, Senator Landrieu Join in Effort to Stop EPA War on Coal
Washington, D.C. - Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, announced today that he anticipates the Senate will vote on his resolution (SJR 37) to stop the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Utility MACT rule - the centerpiece of President Obama's war on coal - on Wednesday, June 20. Senator Inhofe noted that the momentum of support continues to grow ahead of the vote: the National Federation of Independent Business has publically backed Senator Inhofe's resolution. This news comes just as Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) announced that she will vote for the measure, joining Democratic Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) in support of Senator Inhofe's efforts.
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As Senator Inhofe’s press release pasted below notes, the Senate will vote next Wednesday, 20th June, on S. J. Res. 37. Also note that major business groups such as NFIB are supporting the resolution because they recognize that the Utility MACT Rule is not primarily an attack on one industry or one area of the country; it is an attack on consumers and the American economy.
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Mining companies are being targeted across the board
As much as President Barack Obama claims to be concerned about jobs for Americans, he has a strange way of showing it.
Three recent actions in Alaska, West Virginia, and Arizona reveal the astonishing ways in which the Obama administration is twisting our nation's environmental laws in order to block natural resource production, and destroy jobs in the process.
On May 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released an assessment of the Bristol Bay watershed, an area of approximately 20,000 square miles (roughly twice the size of Maryland) in southwest Alaska.
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Over the years the electric utility industry here in West Virginia has repeatedly asked the coal industry to weigh in and join them in matters of economics, environmental policy and encroachment by other base fuels into the electric generation process.
Ranging from funding for the federal clean coal technology programs, sitting and permitting issues, water usage and routine “rate increase” hearings before the Public Service Commission or even pathways for new power lines, the power industry has not hesitated to summon the assistance of coal to intervene on its behalf. And, over the years the coal industry has been quick to respond.
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At the very same time that U.S. electricity producers are slashing their use of coal for economic and environmental reasons, countries around the world are dramatically increasing their use of the fuel. A look at coal and electricity demand in locations from Hanoi, Vietnam to Dusseldorf, Germany shows that the rest of the world is not going beyond coal. In fact, just the opposite is happening.
Between 2001 and 2010, U.S. coal consumption fell by 5 percent. But over that same time period, global coal consumption soared by 47 percent, or the equivalent of 23 million barrels of oil per day. Put another way, over the past decade or so, global coal consumption increased by about the same amount as the growth in oil, natural gas, and nuclear combined.
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The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary has a new web site and are asking everyone to visit the new web site www.friendsofcoalladies.com as many times as you can. For each time you visit, the web site moves up so when you type “coal” into your search engine the web site will be one of the top listed in your search. The site also hosts a full store for purchase of FOC items and wearing apparel.
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Registration information was sent yesterday (Wednesday). Please check your e-mail to be sure you received it?
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The 2012 Friends of Coal Auto Fair is set for July 20 – 22 at the Beckley YMCA Paul Cline Memorial Sports Center. Saturday Night Concert Line-up is Ronnie Dunn with special guest James Wesley and is being sponsored by Alpha Natural Resources. For concert tickets, pre-registration for the car show and vendors, please go to: http://www.
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The comprehensive mine safety bill (HB 4531) passed earlier this year by the Legislature officially took effect this week on June 4th. HB 4531 establishes a myriad of new mine safety and training requirements including mandatory drug testing which will be implemented by subsequent rule by December 31st of this year.
An “Enrolled” copy of HB 4531 as passed by the West Virginia Legislature and signed into statutory law by Governor Tomblin is available at the Association Office.
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