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House to Abolish Select Climate Change Committee

The U.S. House of Representatives will abolish its Climate Change Committee when the new Congress is seated in January.

According to a spokesman for incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), “The Committee was created by Democrats simply to provide political cover to pass their job-killing national energy tax.”  It was established in 2007 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and chaired by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.).

Statement of the West Virginia Coal Association to the US Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration proposed rule "Lowering Miners' Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, Including Continuous Personal Dust Monitors.” Public Hearing at the National Mine Health & Safety Academy, Beaver, WV -- December 7, 2010.

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Grinch!

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.

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Creation of Jobs at McDowll Federal Prison

A public-private partnership years in the making for McDowell County has accomplished its primary mission of job creation.
And to help celebrate the creation of 300 new jobs at the Federal Correctional Institution McDowell, hundreds of people representing communities throughout McDowell and Wyoming counties as well as representatives of agencies that serve the region converged on Indian Ridge for the official dedication and staff recognition ceremony at FCI McDowell.
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OMHST to Wihdraw Proposed Surface Safety Rules

The WV Office of Miners Health Safety & Training has withdrawn the proposed amendments to Title 56, Series 3 Rules Governing the Safety of Those Employed in and Around Surface Mines in West Virginia.  The rules were proposed in June and a public hearing was held in July. The agency intends on establishing an ad-hoc work group to review the proposed rules before they are (re)submitted to the Legislature for approval.

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WVBIC Holds Legislative Events

The WV Business & Industry Council (BIC) had four well attended legislative events this week.  On Tuesday, Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin was the featured guest speaker, along with many of the State Senators and Delegates from Kanawha and Putnam counties.  Later Tuesday evening, most of the Senators and Delegates from Cabell and Wayne counties met with BIC members in Ceredo.  The other two meetings, on Thursday, were held in Beckley for Raleigh and Fayette county representatives and at Chief Logan State Park with House Finance Chairman Harry Keith White and Delegates from Lincoln, Logan and Mingo counties attending.  The Coal Association is a charter member of BIC.