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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.
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Coal: Energy, The Environment & West Virginia |
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August, 11 2008 |
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 On behalf of the West Virginia Coal Forum and Marshall University, we would like to extend an invitation to you to attend an energy forum to be held from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia. There is no fee to attend.
The purpose of this forum is to expose civic, legislative and opinion leaders in West Virginia to Imagine West Virginia’s “Coal: Energy, The Environment & West Virginia Policy Recommendations” and to facilitate discussion on coal’s role in our state and nation’s energy strategy.
Speakers include: West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, Senator John D. Rockefeller (taped remarks). Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp and representatives from Imagine West Virginia and individuals representing various segments of West Virginia’s energy economy.
The event will include three parts, which include:
Comments by elected officials;
Presentation by Imagine West Virginia outlining their study recommendations;
Panel discussion on the Imagine West Virginia report and coal’s position in state and national energy policy.
You can learn more about Imagine West Virginia and their report at www.imaginewestvirginia.com .
Please RSVP by emailing your name and organization name to
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by Friday, August 15, 2008.
We appreciate your consideration and hope to see you on August 19.
Respectfully,
Joel Watts
Administrator
WV Coal Forum
Fred Tucker Chris Hamilton
Co-Chairman, WV Coal Forum Co-Chairman, WV Coal Forum
United Mine Workers of America West Virginia Coal Association |
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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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