Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Breaking News / Woods Morning Roundup: Ramsey Sings 'Rocky Top(less)' and Other Developments
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:15 AM
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Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey is apparently O.K. with destroying mountain ranges in Tennessee, Virginia, and West Vriginia - my question about Ramsey is how does United Coal Company (now headquartered in Bristol,Tennessee) figure in to mountain top coal removal of U.S. coal reserves for export to the former republics of the Soviet Union?:
[b]Airborne particle pollution from coal: why Tennessee is a "red state" (December 2, 2008)[/b]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=179x4455
[b]Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey at May 2008 Keynote Session of ECC conference and exposition (Kingsport, Tennessee; 404 Not Found)[/b]
http://www.easterncoalcouncil.com/2008_Conf_Prog_MAY_2.pdf
[b]Eastern Coal Council
News Release #1 September 9, 2009 - ECC Celebrates 31st Annual Conference[/b]
http://www.easterncoalcouncil.com/2010-Documents/NEWS-RELEASE-1.pdf
"The EASTERN COAL COUNCIL is a membership organization of industries, businesses, educators, and [b]elected officials[/b] who have joined together for the purpose of promoting coal."
"The Eastern Coal Council's 31st annual conference and exposition will be held May 24 & 25, 2010. The meeting will be at the Meadowview Convention Center, Kingsport TN. Limited exhibit space is available. Register today for this important meeting."
[b]Wealthiest man in Europe buys United Coal Co.[/b]
http://www.themountaineagle.com/news/2009-05-06/Front_Page/Wealthiest_man_in_Europe_buys_United_Coal_Co.html
[b]United Coal Company - Wikipedia[/b]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Coal_Company
"United Coal Company (UCC), a nonunion coal mining company headquartered in Teays Valley, West Virginia, is a leading producer of high grade metallurgical coals, with operations in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky and a subsidiary of the United Management Company, headquartered at Bristol, Virginia.
In May 2009 Ukrainian business group Metinvest purchased the company for an estimated $1 billion [1].
United in 2006 allowed former King Pharmaceuticals executives John M. Gregory and Joseph "Joe" Gregory of Bristol, Tennessee and of SJ Investments, LLC and Gregory Energy Partners, LLC to invest in the company. The Gregory brothers are its first investors outside the McGlothlin family.[2]
Executives of the company are listed among the contributors to the United Company Political Action Committee."
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