A US Senate hearing on mountaintop mining is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. this Thursday, June 25 in Washington DC. The Mountaintop Mining Coalition and Citizens for Coal are joining forces to provide a presence in Washington during the hearing.
Several buses are being chartered to leave from Logan and Charleston to transport anyone interested in attending the hearing. The buses will leave the Fountainplace Mall in Logan at 6:00 a.m. and will travel to the WVCA offices in Northgate Business Park in Charleston where they will pick up additional passengers at around 7:00 am. The buses will then travel to Washington DC, arriving at Union Station at approximately 2:00 p.m.
Those attending the hearing will have some time at Union Station to eat and get in a bit of sight-seeing prior to attending the hearing in the Dirksen Building, Rm. 406.
If you are interested in attending this event Thursday please give us a call. If you have any questions of need additional information, please contact T.L. Headley at 304-342-4153 or by email at theadley@wvcoal.com or chamilton@wvcoal.com.
We urge you to contact us by noon, Wednesday to reserve your spot on the bus. Attending this hearing is vital to our industry’s future in Appalachia.
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