Innovate. Don’t eliminate.
That’s the commonsense position Senator Manchin takes when environmental extremists say we should do away with fossil fuels, and coal mining specifically.
What may be surprising is the coal industry and our utilities have been working to decrease emissions from our operations through innovation for decades.
In fact, over 90% of all airborne contaminants have been eliminated, while the amount of coal used to manufacture electricity has tripled.
This is a phenomenal and noteworthy record!
Unfortunately, industry detractors call for the immediate elimination of coal usage. They deny any benefit to the approximately fourteen billion dollars in economic impact our industries provide to West Virginia and the workers we employ.
They also deny the critical importance of fossil energy to assuring uninterrupted power, grid stability, and overall energy security.
They choose to eliminate, not innovate.
West Virginia is demonstrating it’s possible to have a world class energy sector that provides jobs while being a model for employing carbon-reduction technologies.
A message from the Friends of Coal.
WV Coal Association
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Many hold up California and New York as shining examples of the clean energy movement.
But West Virginia, with all its fossil energy commerce and thousands of energy workers, ranks nearly four times better than California and two times better than New York in overall carbon output.
“California Dreamin” takes on new meaning when confronted with the facts!
West Virginia’s coal industry and electric utilities have been working to decrease emissions for decades.
In fact, over 90% of all airborne contaminants have been eliminated, while the amount of coal used to manufacture electricity has tripled.
This is a phenomenal and noteworthy record!
Unfortunately, industry detractors call for the immediate elimination of coal usage. They deny any benefit to the fourteen billion dollars in economic impact our industries provide and the workers we employ.
They also deny the critical importance of fossil energy to assuring uninterrupted power, grid stability, and energy security.
West Virginia is demonstrating we can have a world class energy sector that provides jobs, while being a model for employing carbon reduction technologies.
A message from the Friends of Coal.
Charleston, W.Va. - - The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, a joint initiative between the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and the West Virginia Coal Association and housed at the WVU Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources in Morgantown, inducted its newest class of honorees at a ceremony Tuesday evening, June 22, at the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown.
Charleston, W.VA. ─ The West Virginia Coal Association is joining together with the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute to sponsor a special summer program for mining professionals on June 22-23, at the Marriott at Waterfront Place in Morgantown.
The program is intended for mining professionals to learn about developing technologies, mine safety and environmental programs and emerging threats and challenges facing the industry. United States Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito will join with West Virginia’s First Congressional Representative David McKinley and State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to headline the program. A variety of technical presentations are also slated for the two-day program.
Calling on all Friends of Coal to “Stand Up and Be Counted”— Let our voices be heard!
As previously announced, the West Virginia Coal Association filed a petition to intervene in a case brought by American Electric Power (AEP) before the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) that is centered around the Mitchell Power Plant is Marshall County, West Virginia.
The issue is whether the Mitchell Plant should close twelve years ahead of schedule. If approved, this decision will prematurely eliminate hundreds of coal mining and plant worker jobs and tens of millions of dollars of economic activity that supports Northern West Virginia communities.
