The West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame inducted two new members, Charles Holland and Paul Morton, during ceremonies May 4 at the Stonewall Resort in … [Read more...]
WV Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act
May 10, 2012 By
The “West Virginia Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act” established during the 2011 regular legislative session is now operative and a tax credit for qualifying, new mine safety technologies is available. A copy of the application form, implementing rules and the list of qualifying mine safety technologies is available from WVCA. … [Read more...]
Time Running Out For Comments
May 10, 2012 By
A little more than one month is left before the end of the comment period on the EPA’s proposed GHG New Source Performance Standards Rule. The EPA published its proposed rule last month in the Federal Register, setting New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for greenhouse gases. The 60-day comment period ends June 12. The public can view comment submissions at regulations.gov under the docket ID no. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0660. … [Read more...]
FOC Ladies Auxiliary Has New Web Site
May 10, 2012 By
The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary has a new web site and they are asking that you visit the new web site www.friendsofcoalladies.com as many times as you can. … [Read more...]
Draft 303(D) List of Impaired Waters Published by WV DEP
May 10, 2012 By
Today the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) published its draft listing of impaired streams that fail to meet state water quality standards and fail to meet their Clean Water Act (CWA) designated use. … [Read more...]
New Members
May 10, 2012 By
The Association is proud to welcome four new members this week, including … [Read more...]
Coal Forum to Host Three Meetings
May 10, 2012 By
The West Virginia Coal Forum will host three forums acrossWest Virginia … [Read more...]
Submissions to Annual State Journal Coal Insert
May 10, 2012 By
Less than two weeks remain to submit stories and idea or reserve ad space in the upcoming annual West Virginia Coal Association/Friends of Coal State Journal insert. … [Read more...]
Wind Farms Are Warming the Earth, Researchers Say
April 29, 2012 By
New research finds that wind farms actually warm up the surface of the land underneath them during the night, a phenomenon that could put a damper on efforts to expand wind energy as a green energy solution. Researchers used satellite data from 2003 to 2011 to examine surface temperatures across as wide swath of west Texas, which has built four of the world's largest wind farms. The data showed a direct correlation between night-time temperatures increases of 0.72 degrees C (1.3 degrees F) and … [Read more...]
Association of State Legislators Report Confirms WVCA Assertion that EPA has Derailed the Nation’s Economy
April 24, 2012 By
Group issues scathing review of Obama EPA’s record of job destruction CHARLESTON – A report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – an association of state legislators – says the Obama EPA is out of control and is “creating regulatory chaos, stagnating investment … [and] destroying jobs.” “During the past couple of years, the [EPA] has undertaken the most expansive regulatory assault in history on the production and distribution of affordable and reliable … [Read more...]
Syd S. Peng: We Need To Back Fossil Fuels
April 21, 2012 By
We have an urgent national priority: moving forward with the development and demonstration of energy-efficient technologies that would enable America to burn fossil fuels more cleanly and cheaply. With the outlook dimming for nuclear power and renewable energy sources, there are growing concerns that efforts to maintain air quality and combat global warming will fail as energy production increases in the years ahead. … [Read more...]
Time Running Out
April 19, 2012 By
A little more than a month remains to submit story ideas or get ad space for the annual WV Coal Association/Friends of Coal State Journal insert. We are in the process of developing an editorial plan for this publication. We are very interested in photos and story ideas from our membership. … [Read more...]
WV Joins Multi-State Challenge to EPA
April 19, 2012 By
Governor Tomblin this week moved to join … [Read more...]
BCMH&S Files Comments
April 19, 2012 By
The State Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety has (re)filed for public comment the following five (5) sets of administrative rules, including four (4) of which, that have been held in abeyance for nearly two years. Ø -- … [Read more...]
West Virginia CEDAR Golf Tournament
April 19, 2012 By
The West Virginia Eleventh Annual CEDAR Golf Classic will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the Twisted Gun Golf Course in … [Read more...]
EPA Publishes GHG NSPS Proposed Rule
April 19, 2012 By
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed rule last week setting New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the Federal Register (77 Fed. Reg. 22,392). The 60-day comment period commenced on Friday, and comments on the proposal are due on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. The public can view comment submissions atregulations.gov under the docket ID no. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0660. A link to the online federal register site, as well as the PDF federal register … [Read more...]
Important Information About the Upcoming May Primary
April 19, 2012 By
EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE Early voting for the May 8th primary election begins April 25th and concludes May 5th. For more information contact yourCounty … [Read more...]
WVU COE Forms Mine Rescue Team
April 19, 2012 By
The WVU College of Engineering is starting its own mine rescue team. Immediate Past-President Travis Hartsog said the team is looking for donations of new or used equipment, communication gear, parts and repair tools for air packs and other items as they prepare to begin competition next spring. “We have fourteen members right now,” Hartsog said, “and we want to start competing by the beginning of next year. We are looking for everything from donations of equipment to advice, just about … [Read more...]
2012 Joint Spring Meeting
April 19, 2012 By
The WV Coal Mining Institute, the WVCA and the Central Appalachian Section of SME will be held at the Stonewall Jackson Resort May 3-5, 2012. Registration information was sent out previously via e-mail with detailed information. If you did not receive please let us know and it will be resent. … [Read more...]
WVCA to Take Part In National Coal Conference
April 19, 2012 By
The West Virginia Coal Association will be taking part in a panel discussion at this year’s Nemacolin Energy Institute National Coal Conference April 24-25 in … [Read more...]
PCCA 26th Annual Golf Outing & Diner
April 19, 2012 By
Peter’s Creek Coal Asociation will holds it’s 26th Anniversary of the annual PCCA Golf Outing and Dinner at Edgewood Country Club in … [Read more...]
McKinley Coal Ash Bill Added to Transportation Bill as Amendment
April 18, 2012 By
By Pam Kasey With its bill delegating the regulation of coal ash to the states stalled in the Senate, the House of Representatives added it on April 18 as an amendment to the Surface Transportation Extension Act. "After fighting hard on this issue for over a year, I'm grateful for my colleagues' support," said Rep. David B. McKinley, R-W.Va., original sponsor of the coal ash bill. "The chance to save thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in costs now rests in the Senate's hands." The … [Read more...]
Researcher discusses correlations between mining and health problems, not proven causes
April 17, 2012 By
By Ivy BrashearInstitute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues The scholar who has done the most to connect mountaintop removal coal mining with public health issues explained and defended his work last week during a lecture at Morehead State University. The studies by Michael Hendryx and his colleagues at West Virginia University have become controversial because they show correlations between coal mining and public health, not that mining causes health problems. Showing the relationship … [Read more...]
Shell Oil Recovers Fly Ash from Coal Syngas
April 15, 2012 By
United States Patent: 4838898 Since we have been, and will … [Read more...]
Pittsburgh’s Gulf OIl Improves Coal Gasification
April 12, 2012 By
Fluid bed coal gasification - Gulf Oil Corporation As we've previously reported and commented, there exists in the technical literature, especially in the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an immense body of demonstrated knowledge clearly establishing the fact that Coal, and just about any other Carbon-based substance, including all sorts of Carbon Dioxide-recycling organic or botanical materials, and even Carbon Dioxide itself, can be transformed into what is known as … [Read more...]
PSC tells FirstEnergy to Keep Three Coal-Fired Power Plants Open in WV
April 12, 2012 By
By The Associated Press ST. MARYS, W.Va. -- West Virginia regulators are questioning FirstEnergy Corp.'s plan to close three aging coal-fired power plants. The state Public Service Commission has ordered the company to keep the Albright, Willow Island and Rivesville power stations operable while it reviews the plan. Akron, Ohio-based FirstEnergy plans to retire the plants by Sept. 1. The company attributes the shutdowns to new federal environmental regulations that are designed to reduce … [Read more...]
Associations Petitioning for Review of the EPA’s
April 12, 2012 By
The West Virginia Coal Association has joined an alliance of state coal, manufacturing and energy associations, as well as state chambers of commerce in petitioning for a judicial review of recent actions by the EPA related to mercury standards at steam electrical generation facilities. The petition challenges the rule filed by the EPA on February 16. This rule sets a standard that is impossible to meet by new coal-fired power plants and it will force the short-term shutdown of many of the … [Read more...]
WVCA to Take Part in National Coal Conference
April 12, 2012 By
The West Virginia Coal Association will be taking part in a panel discussion at this year’s Nemacolin Energy Institute National Coal Conference April 24-25 in … [Read more...]