Former West Virginia Coal Association President and Chairman of the Board, Gary White, was chosen as one of two winners of the Lorenelle White Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s State Journal Who’s Who in West Virginia Business Awards. Gary was joined by longtime Association and industry friend, Ruth Lemmon, who is president of the West Virginia Automobile and Truck Dealer’s Association.

The awards are made each year in honor of the State Journal’s former publisher, the late-Lorenelle White.

On Monday, 4/28/14, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin joined other dignitaries to “break ground” for  the Logan-Mingo Readiness Center on the former Hobet Mining 07 mining site on the county line between Logan and Mingo Counties.  This is a further example of the WV National Guard partnering with the industry to expand its Joint Base West Virginia.  When completed, the Center will be home to the National Guard units currently headquartered in Williamson and Logan. 

The Supreme Court in a 6-2 decision Tuesday upheld a rule that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air pollution from power plants that crosses state lines, handing a major victory to President Obama.

The rule requires 28 states in the East, Midwest, and South to cut back on sulfur and nitrogen emissions from coal-fired power plants that “contribute significantly” to air problems in other states.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air emission regulations have helped facilitate the closure or planned closure of more than 165 coal generating plants across the country, equating to over 22,000 megawatts of electricity.  New Source Performance Standards being proposed by EPA will make it nearly impossible to build new coal-based power plants in the future.  These regulations will further erode West Virginia’s coal economy.

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