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The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on the "TRAIN Act", a bill that will slow down EPA's regulatory train wreck and determine whether EPA should go ahead with an onslaught of job-destroying regulations.
New EPA regulations that specifically target coal-fueled power plants, like the "MACT Rule" and the "Transport Rule", will significantly raise energy prices, impact the reliability of America's electricity supply and destroy hundreds of thousands of high-paying American jobs.
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by The Washington Post
Coal miners seldom get glory. Cowboys, astronauts and cops do, but how many boys strut around in coal miner helmets? In my imagination, miners are grim and unsmiling, with futures as bleak as the tunnels they descend into, only making the news if they go on strike or tunnels explode.
Well, LeRoy White is proud to have been a coal miner, thank you very much. He spent nearly 30 years in the mines, just like his father and his grandfather before him. Now he leads tours into Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, coal country's tribute to the men of down below.
On a recent Friday, I took a seat in a rail-riding "man car" with about 19 others as White snapped on his headlamp. The car clattered forward, and he took us 900 feet underground.
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Rep. Raul Labrador, (R-Idaho), on the EPA preventing Mike and Chantell Sackett from building a new home, claiming their property is a wetland
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE:PCX - News) today announced that its five mine rescue teams turned in outstanding results at the Southern West Virginia Mine Rescue Contest held recently in Beckley, West Virginia, including first place awards in eight of the nine events. The competition included mine rescue, first aid, and pre-shift events. Patriot's Federal #2 team won the Grand Champion award, while the Company's Southern Appalachia team won third place in this event. In total, Patriot's teams won 70 percent of the awards given at the competition.
"We are very pleased with these results, particularly as we lead up to the National Mine Rescue Championships to be held next month. Considering there were nearly 50 mine rescue teams from nine states that participated in this event, our teams achieved excellent results," noted Patriot President & Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Whiting. "Maintaining top-tier mine rescue teams is a key component of our comprehensive safety program. I congratulate all five of our mine rescue teams on their winning performances, and I thank our team members for their ongoing efforts to promote a safe workplace."
Read more: Patriot Coal Teams Excel in Souther West Virginia Mine Rescue Contest
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By Bill Archer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va.
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services
Sept. 15--BRUSHFORK -- The entrance to the National Guard Armory in Brushfork was jammed with traffic as 237 vendors from 37 states, and three foreign countries opened their booths at the 19th biennial Bluefield Coal Show sponsored by the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce.
Read more: Coal Show: Much to See - Visitors to Bluefield Get Inside Industry
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Two dreams came true Wednesday night for Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.
Logan's car-washer-turned-crooner was crowned champion on NBC's "America's Got Talent" and performed the duet of a lifetime with Patti LaBelle, one of his all-time heroes.
The win secured him a headlining gig at Las Vegas' Ceasar's Palace in October and $1 million.
Tears formed in his eyes when host Nick Cannon announced him as the winner. Wearing a dark purple velvet jacket, the dreadlocked Murphy clasped his hands and bent his head as his name was called.
Read more: Landau Does it His Way to Win 'America's Got Talent'
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Former International Coal Group Inc. President and CEO Ben Hatfield has taken a job with Patriot Coal Corp.
St. Louis-based Patriot Coal announced Wednesday that it has named Hatfield as executive vice president and chief operating officer.
Patriot says the 54-year-old Hatfield will be based in Charleston.
Hatfield had served as ICG's chief executive for six years before Arch Coal bought the company in June.
Patriot says Hatfield's appointment is part of a reorganization of senior management.
Patriot operates coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky.
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WINFIELD — Thundering Herd fan Joe Haynes, a Putnam County commissioner, kept his part of an annual wager with fellow commissioner Gary Tillis.
But when Haynes showed up at the commission meeting Tuesday wearing a West Virginia University's lapel pin, blue and gold tie and carrying a breakfast biscuit, Tillis, a WVU graduate, wasn't on hand to get his prize.
Read more: Putnam Commissioner Keeps Part of Coal Bowl Wager