The public outreach effort of the Friends of Coal continued this past week with two events. WVCA Senior Vice President Chris Hamilton spoke this week’s breakfast meeting of the Vandalia Rotary Club in Charleston. Hamilton talked to the crowd about the current state of West Virginia’s coal industry, as well as the impact of the Obama Administration’s GHG standards on the economy of the state. Hamilton then took questions from the crowd. All-in-all it was an excellent turnout and event.
WVCA ‘s Executive Staff also attended the 100th Anniversary of the West Virginia Mining Extension Service in Morgantown on Thursday.
“That West Virginia’s flagship university has had a mining training program in place for 100 years clearly shows the importance of the industry to the state and the nation,” WVCA President Bill Raney said. “It has trained tens of thousands of the nation’s best miners over its history – people who have literally helped build this nation and we are proud to have been part in this celebration.”