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FOC to Take Part in Annual Expo |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 00:00 |
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The Friends of Coal will be co-sponsoring and presenting at the 2010 West Virginia Construction and Design Expo March 24 and 25 in Charleston. The event is a major part of the annual convention season and draws more than 6,000 attendees from across the country (last year attendees were from 26 states). The event begins at 10 am each day. |
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FOC Hosts Another Wheeling Jesuit Tour |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 00:00 |
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The Friends of Coal and the West Virginia Coal Association played host to another group tour by Wheeling Jesuit University this past Tuesday. This time the students were from Nebraska and were interested in getting a complete picture of the practice of mining, its economic impact on the state and the role it can play in building a new future for the people of the coalfields region.
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Support American Coal Mining Jobs & Afforable Energy |
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 21:46 |
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Legislation introduced in the U.S. House by Rep. Frank Palone (D-N.J.) and in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) will severely restrict all types of coal mining, threatening thousands of high-paying coal jobs.
ACT now and urge Congress to reject the so-called "Clean Water Protection Act" (H.R. 1310) and the "Appalachian Restoration Act" (S. 696).
These bills jeopardize the future of domestic coal mining and will saddle American consumers and businesses with massive energy price hikes. Hundreds of thousands of mining jobs could be lost and many projects that help stimulate the economy will never be brought to fruition.
ACT now and urge Congress to reject misguided and ill-informed efforts to prohibit mining practices that create good American jobs and help power our homes and businesses with abundant and affordable domestic energy.
To write your members of Congress, please click here. |
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NMA: West Virginia Tops List of Coal Exporting States |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 02:01 |
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 Newly released data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) show West Virginia by far continues to be the leading source of coal distributed to foreign destinations.
In 2008, the most recent year for which EIA data are available, West Virginia shipped almost 26 million tons of coal, accounting for more than 39 percent of total U.S. coal distributed to foreign markets. 2008 also marked the fourth consecutive year that West Virginia coal shipments to foreign markets have increased.
In total, the U.S. shipped approximately 66 million tons of coal to foreign markets, with production east of the Mississippi River accounting for 85 percent of those shipments.
More information is available at: EIA Coal Distribution Data.
NMA staff contact: Leslie Coleman at (202) 463-9780 or
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FOC License Place Legislation Advances |
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 00:00 |
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Legislation creating the official State Friends of Coal license plate was approved by the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure of the West Virginia Senate this morning. The stand-alone bill, SB 206, was unanimously adopted by the committee and will now advance to the full Senate for its approval.
The specific language of SB 206 was also amended into SB 4, which creates additional license plates, and will effectively increase its chance of passage.
We will keep you informed as this bill progresses through the legislative process.
In the meantime, please take a moment to contact both your Senate and House representatives to urge their support of SB 206 and SB 4, as amended. |
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