By Charles Young, The Exponent Telegram
CHARLESTON (WV News) — The West Virginia Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 18 on Monday.
The resolution, which now goes to the West Virginia House of Delegates, is the start of a state effort to protect and support the coal industry.
The West Virginia Coal Renaissance Act directs the West Virginia Department of Commerce, West Virginia Coalfield Development, West Virginia Public Energy Authority and West Virginia Office of Energy to work together to develop strategies to “fully develop coal production and in-state coal consumption.”
“The war on coal has went on for decades, but it was done under a lie,” said Sen. Chris Rose, R-Monongalia, chair of the Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee. “The energy that the federal government has tried to subsidize to put coal and gas out of business has been based on a lie.”
