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The West Virginia Coal Forum was established to promote the viability of the state's coal industry through facilitating public discussion of such coal related issues as the level of competitiveness and productivity of the industry, the image of the industry, miner's health and safety issues, and, identifying new markets and uses for West Virginia coal. The Coal Forum is organized under the West Virginia Mine Safety & Technical Review Committee (TRC). Membership of the Coal Forum is comprised of coal operating personnel, miner's representatives, coal vendors and legislative leaders.
Thank you for your interest in the West Virginia Coal Forum. |
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September, 25 2008 |
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On behalf of the West Virginia Coal Forum and West Virginia University’s National Research Center for Coal & Energy, we would like to extend an invitation to you to attend an energy forum to be held from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the WVU National Research Center for Coal & Energy in Morgantown, West Virginia. There is no fee to attend. |
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August, 20 2008 |
Lawmakers, coal executives and business leaders gathered in Charleston Tuesday for the first in a series of forums aimed at the future of West Virginia coal in this state and around the world.
Imagine West Virginia put the event together It's an independent, nonpartisan, objective group that investigates and identifies issues facing the state. A study they conducted found West Virginia's coal supply is a viable fuel source for decades to come, but there needs to be a plan to address how to best use it. |
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August, 20 2008 |
From climate change to mountaintop removal, environmentalists and coal producers are usually at each other’s throats
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But can they find common ground? Is there a middle way that protects the environment, and still allows the mining and burning of coal?
That was the topic of a special forum in Charleston yesterday called “Coal: Energy, the Environment and West Virginia.”
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August, 20 2008 |
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Now is the time.
If West Virginia wants to capitalize on its abundance of coal, its proximity to the eastern seaboard and its leadership capabilities when it comes to creating clean coal technologies, it needs to do so within the next decade, or sooner, said U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. Otherwise, the state and nation have a long, uphill battle when it comes to addressing the country's energy crisis. |
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Joel L. Watts
Administrator
Chris Hamilton
Co-Chair
Fred Tucker
Co-Chair   Amid soaring fuel prices and energy crunches in various parts of the country, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank an old friend and applaud West Virginia's readily available and abundant energy source - Coal! While many states who rely on natural gas, nuclear, oil and other base fuels for electric generation are facing extremely high bills this winter, West Virginia enjoys some of the lowest electric costs in the nation thanks to coal. West Virginian's should be thankful that we have an inexpensive and dependable energy source to power our lives. Coal, it works for West Virginia |
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