CEC (Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.) has employed Jonathan M. Pachter as corporate vice president and John A. Gefferth as a new principal  and Mining ICG lead.  Both were employees of CONSOL Energy.  Pachter will be headquartered in Pittsburgh and Gefferth will be located in the St. Louis office.  New contact information:  Jonathan Pachter (412) 429-2324 (jpachter@cecinc.com) and John Gefferth (314) 656-4566 (jgefferth@cecinc.com).

It is hard not to believe that the Obama Administration is hell-bent on putting the coal industry out of business forever.

The latest evidence of the Administration's anti-coal bias is the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to issue unprecedented regulations governing new fossil fuel-based electric plants.

These proposed regulations would effectively stop the construction of any new coal power plants by requiring new coal-fueled power plants to meet the same standards as new gas-fired plants.

CHARLESTON – Four Logan County mining operations – Alex Energy, Mingo-Logan Coal Company, Apogee Coal Company and Eastern Arrow – were honored recently for environmental stewardship during the West Virginia Coal Association’s 40^th Annual West Virginia Mining Symposium, held Mar. 6-8 in Charleston.

“We would like to congratulate Alex Energy, Mingo-Logan Coal Company, Apogee Coal Company, Eastern Arrow and the other companies who were recognized for their hard work and responsible reclamation,” said Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association. “Each of these companies goes far beyond what is required to restore former mine lands. We always say coal miners are the real environmentalists. They don’t just talk about doing something…they go out and do it. They do it because this is their home. We are proud to represent these companies and the 63,000 coal mining families who live and work here in West Virginia.”

 

CHARLESTON – Ten-A Coal Company’s Koon Surface Mine in Marion County received the Surface Mine Reclamation North Award for environmental stewardship at the West Virginia Coal Association’s 40^th Annual West Virginia Mining Symposium held Mar. 6-8 in Charleston.

“We would like to congratulate Ten-A Coal Company and the other organizations who were recognized for their hard work and responsible reclamation,” said Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association. “Each of these companies goes far beyond what is required to restore former mine lands. We always say coal miners are the real environmentalists. They don’t just talk about doing something…they go out and do it. They do it because this is their home. We are proud to represent these companies and the 63,000 coal mining families who live and work here in West Virginia.”

 

Consol Coal Co. Claims Greenlands Award

CHARLESTON – Consolidation Coal Company’s Turkey Gap Refuse Impoundment in Mercer County claimed the state’s top award for environmental stewardship, the Greenlands Award, during the West Virginia Coal Association’s 40^th Annual West Virginia Mining Symposium held Mar. 6-8 in Charleston.

Additionally, Met Resources, LLC’s McComas Surface Mine #1 in Mercer County claimed the Drainage and Sediment Control South Award as well as the Haul Road Construction South Award.

Eleven other companies were also recognized for their commitment to the environment at the Symposium, one of the nation’s top coal industry events.