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by J.D. CHARLES, Staff Writer
The revocation of an approved surface mining permit could have devastating effects on Logan County and all of Appalachia if it sets a precedent, a Logan County official is warning.
Rocky Adkins said that there is more in the balance than just 250 good paying mining jobs and coal severance taxes.
Adkins said only surface mining operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and other parts of Appalachia have been singled out by the Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration and that West Virginia — in particular — has been hit hard by how the current EPA administration has chosen to interpret laws regarding the Spruce Mine permit.
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Are you a fan of the West Virginia University Mountaineer's? The Marshall Thundering Herd? Are you a Friend of Coal? If you answered yes to those questions you could be on your way to the next home game at Morgantown or in Huntington, all you have to do is send us an email telling us in a paragraph or two why coal is important to you and your family? We will chose two winners prior to each home game through the end of the season. Each winner will get two tickets to the game -- one will get the WVU game and the other will get the MU game tickets.
Read more: Tell Us Why Coal is Important to You and Win Tickets to upcoming WVU and MU Home Games
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CHARLESTON – Today’s decision by the Obama Administration and the U.S. EPA to revoke the permits for Mingo-Logan’s Spruce Mine shows an unbelievable arrogance and a total disregard for the impact this decision will have on the lives of West Virginia’s families.
The people of West Virginia cannot allow our economy to be destroyed as we wait for months or even years for a court decision on this issue. It is vital that our congressional leadership take the steps necessary to bring the EPA’s senseless assault against Appalachian coal production to an end.
This issue goes beyond coal. Across our country, job after job is threatened by the arrogance of the EPA bureaucracy. Congress must step up and bring this nightmare to an end. Call your Congressional representatives and senators today. Tell them to end the tyranny of the EPA and restore the balance needed to bring jobs back to America.
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CHARLESTON – Today’s decision by the Obama Administration and the U.S. EPA to revoke the permits for Mingo-Logan’s Spruce Mine shows an unbelievable arrogance and a total disregard for the impact this decision will have on the lives of West Virginia’s families.
The people of West Virginia deserve better treatment from their federal government. Time and again, the State of West Virginia and the Corps of Engineers have affirmed the issuance of this permit. For the EPA to ignore the needs of West Virginia communities represents malicious arrogance on the part of an agency determined to cripple Appalachian coal production.
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CHARLESTON – Today’s announced closure of AK Steel’s Ashland Coke Plant is yet another example of the arrogance of the Obama Administration and the U.S. EPA. The closure of the the coke plant will put some 263 people out of work at a time when the nation’s reported unemployment rate is approaching 10 percent and many estimates place the real rate at nearly 15 percent.
According to the company, the decision to close the plant is the result of significantly higher operational costs related to the EPA’s imposition of increasingly stringent regulations.
“As a result, the total per-ton cost of coke produced by the plant is significantly higher than all other sources of coke for the company,” AK Steel said in its news release.
Read more: AK Steel Coke Plant Closure Shows Impact of EPA Arrogance
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Coal operators, environmentalists ponder rebranding
By Taylor Kuykendall Register-Herald Reporter The Register-Herald Mon Dec 27, 2010, 12:03 AM EST
BECKLEY — Coal operators and environmentalists have been pondering the value of a name since the revelation that the coal industry may push for “rebranding” surface mining as “mountaintop development” instead of “mountaintop removal.”
The process of blasting the top of a mountain to obtain its underground coal reserves instead of digging a mine has been a much easier target for environmentalists since it has become known as mountaintop removal. However, coal industry executives say the term “mountaintop development” would paint a more accurate picture of the practice.
Read more: What's In a name? "Mountaintop Removal" vs. "Mountaintop Development"
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The Friends of Coal is putting together its outreach calendar for 2011. Currently we are putting the finishing touches on our Legislative Calendar, preparing our support materials and scheduling events.
Among the events already scheduled are:
Seminar Presentation and Sponsorship of the West Virginia Construction and Design Exposition, set for March 23rd and 24th here in Charleston. Seminars presented by the Friends of Coal include “Surface Mining: Restoration and Post-Mine Land Use” and “The Potential Impact of EPA Policy on the Economy of West Virginia.” (Note: Seminar topics are subject to change.
A series of legislative briefings on issues related to coal mining.
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BECKLEY — Just four days ago in this space, we lamented the depths to which thieves sink when they steal bronze markers from veterans’ graves and copper pipe from churches.
Today we can add another low to the list.
Word recently came out of Wyoming County that a break-in at the storage site of the Wyoming County Toy Fund has left the fund just about toyless for its Dec. 19 distribution party.The fund had taken advantage of an opportunity to buy toys in the off-season at a significant discount. Then, as workers began their prep for the party, they made the horrifying discovery that many of the toys had been stolen and most of the remainder vandalized.