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DUNBAR, Va., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) today announced that its Cumberland River Coal Company as well as Surface Supervisor Wayne Smith earned Virginia state environmental awards for outstanding reclamation efforts.
Cumberland River's Pardee surface mine was honored with the Virginia Excellence in Reforestation Award for its forestry reclamation project that utilized the Forestry Reclamation Approach to plant native hardwoods in loose soil instead of compacted soil. This project also included the planting of blight-resistant American Chestnuts and native shrubs, along with the creation of wetland features to attract wildlife.
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HARLAN, Ky. - An eastern Kentucky coal miner claims he has been targeted by the Virginia-based company he works for because he spoke out against unsafe working conditions at one of the company's mines.
Charles Howard of Roxana filed a complaint with the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration last week saying he was being discriminated against by Cumberland River Coal Co. The company operates mines in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia.
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Here on the banks of the Clinch River, a hulking, soot-stained structure churns out two things: electricity that powers Southwest Virginia, and emissions that pollute its air.
The common denominator is coal.
...American Electric Power Co., the parent company of Appalachian, says the rules would force it to ...The Cumberland Plateau Health District, which consists of Russell...
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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Barriers constructed to seal off abandoned sections of underground coal mines are supposed to be impenetrable so that explosive methane gas can't seep into working areas.
So when Charles Scott Howard played an eye-catching videotape last year that showed barriers so cracked that water gushed through them, the Kentucky coal miner prompted a federal investigation that led to citations against his employer.
... receive a written reprimand for violating company policy against taking a video camera into the unde... that he was improperly sanctioned by Cumberland River Coal Co. for documenting unsafe working cond...