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More Rallies Scheduled

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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Miners for Romney to Hold Ohio Informational Caravan

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.headley1#!/events/143701149104754/

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Capito Issues Op-ed Expressing Full Support for Coal

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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West Virginians for Coal Endorse "West Virginia's Team" of Manchin and Tomblin

CHARLESTON – At no time in our history has strong, effective proven leadership been more important than today. West Virginia is truly lucky to have one of the strongest and most effective leadership teams in the nation – “West Virginia's Team” of Sen. Joe Manchin and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.

West Virginians for Coal, the Coal Association’s political action committee, is proud to endorse Sen. Manchin for a full term as our U.S. Senator and Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin for a full term as our governor.

Manchin and Tomblin have worked together over the past decade to build a strong economic foundation for our state – a foundation that has weathered the worst recession our nation has experienced in nearly a century. Their strong, financially responsible, common-sense, aggressive leadership has carried us through our nation's financial crisis. 
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Ctiizens for Coal and The COALition Testify in Washington: News Conference on House Passage of "Stop War on Coal Act"

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WASHINGTON -- A delegation from the Citizens for Coal, Friends and Families of Coal and The COALition traveled to the U.S. Capitol Thursday to show support for the "Stop the War on Coal Act." Citizens for Coal President Roger Horton, co-chair of The COALition, Citizens for Coal Vice President Dennis Adkins and Friends and Families of Coal Activist and House of Delegates candidate Joshua Nelson, made the trip to Washington and participated in a news conference after the House overwhelmingly passed the bill.

The bill, which combines several previously passed House bills into a single bill that would essentially bring the Obama War on Coal to an end, now goes to the U.S. Senate, which has refused to consider the bills individually to this point.

Horton, Adkins and Nelson served notice on the Senate and on President Obama to pass the bill and bring the War on Coal to end, or they would marshal their support groups to take their refusal to act door-to-door and hold them accountable for their inaction.