CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Friends of Coal license plate has now passed its final approval – a “reflectivity” test due to its one-of-a-kind black background.  According to the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles the plate will be released to the public in May.  

If you would like to order a Friends of Coal license plate you can visit the Friends of Coal webpage at http://www.friendsofcoal.org or click here for a printable application.

CHARLESTON (The Logan Banner - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, joined by mine disaster victims' families, coal mining experts, miners, and state leaders together unveiled a one-of-a-kind mine rescue truck Tuesday at the State Capitol.

The Command Unit Rapid Response Task Force 1 and Mine Rescue Truck, was created as a direct result of last year's Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster, a press release issued by the governor's office said. "I am still saddened by the loss of 29 lives nearly one year ago," Gov. Tomblin said in the press release. "The families of the UBB tragedy have said 'Don't let this happen again'. This mine rescue truck is our response to help fulfill that request. We have made sure that it is fully equipped to provide mine rescue teams with the tools needed to greatly improve a mine rescue operation if and when called upon in the future." Read more …

Southern Community and Technical College developed the new vehicle, which will serve as a command post for mine rescues.

 

State officials Tuesday gathered at the Capitol to dedicate a new tool for mine rescue.

Command Unit Rapid Response Task Force 1 and Mine Rescue Truck was developed by Southern Community and Technical College in response to last year's Upper Big Branch Mine explosion.

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Scientists have been forced to retract a paper that claimed sea level were rising thanks to the effects of global warming, after mistakes were discovered that undermined the results.

The study was published in Nature Geoscience and predicted that sea levels would rise by as much as 2.7 feet by the end of the twenty-first century.

The paper also highlighted that it reinforced the conclusions of the U.N.'s controversial Fourth Assessment report, which warned of the dangerous of man-made climate change.

 

However, mistakes in time intervals and inaccurately applied statistics have forced the authors to retract their paper -- the first official retraction ever for the three-year-old journal, notes the Guardian. In an officially published retraction of their paper, the authors acknowledged these mistakes as factors that compromised the results.

Urge your Member of Congress to vote in support of three critically important pro-mining amendments being considered by the House today. If enacted, these amendments will help push back against EPA's regulatory destruction of the coal industry, bring back balance to the regulatory uncertainty hindering the coal industry, and provide high-paying jobs for our nation's hardworking miner's.

We urge you to call your representative or visit our Action Center and tell your Member of Congress to vote in support of:

• Amendment No.109 offered by Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia 
  
  
• Amendment No. 216 offered by Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia
  
  
• Amendment No.498 offered by Rep. Bill Johnson of Ohio.
  

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