Each year, CONSOL Energy donates more than 1 million dollars,
as well as, time and resources to help improve and grow the communities we serve.
From new equipment to help promote public safety, to programs that encourage rural
high schoolers to pursue
graduation, our mission is to become a vital part of the communities where we are
located.
Here are some of our most recent stories:
CNX Gas team volunteers Owen Umbarger, Audie Spangler, Megan Smith, James Brown,
Josh Ball and Adam Salyers, along with Town Council Member Tonya Wicks worked with
in conjunction with the town of Cedar Bluff’s “Great American Clean-Up,”
picking up trash along Indian Creek in Cedar Bluff, Va.
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Meanwhile, the CONSOL team, from left, Mike Case, Nell Hurt, Randy Jackson, Nancy
Johnson, John Teets, Debbie Teets, Craig Chadwell, Darrell Keene, Eric Smith and
Jimmy Stiltner, volunteered their time in Buchanan County, Va., cleaning up the
Levisa River.
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CONSOL Energy and CONSOL Energy’s CNX Gas employees were busy this Summer
– volunteering their time to keep area rivers clean and tidy.
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Thomas F. Hoffman - CONSOL Energy’s Senior Vice President
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CONSOL Energy’s Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Thomas F. Hoffman
is the latest recipient of the Pittsburgh Business Marketing Associations, “Business-to-Business
Advertiser of the Year” Award.
The award is given each year to an individual who excels in business-to-business
marketing and communications.
Hoffman is responsible for corporate brand and reputation communications and for
public and community relations for CONSOL Energy Inc.
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Nicholas J. DeIuliis, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CONSOL
Energy Inc. and President and Chief Operating Officer of CNX Gas Corporation, has
received the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Duquesne University’s
(Pa.) Palumbo/Donahue School of Business.
The annual award recognizes School of Business alumni who have demonstrated outstanding
professional achievement in the public and private sectors. Nick obtained his Master
of Business Administration degree in 1994.
and
Bart J. Hyita, CONSOL Energy Inc.’s chief operating officer – coal,
has received the John E. Willson Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University
of Utah’s Mining Engineering Program.
The award was established in 2000 to recognize a graduate of the university’s
engineering program who has set a high standard by his or her accomplishments in
the mining industry.
Bart is a 1981 graduate of the University of Utah and is a native of Dragerton,
Utah
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CONSOL Energy recently teamed up with Aim Autosports and food banks in West Virginia
and Virginia to help feed the hungry.
The Prototype Daytona Race Car, which bore the CONSOL logo for a race at the Grand
Am Rolex Sports Car Series Bosch Engineer 250 Race at the Virginia International
Speedway in April, made stops in Morgantown, W.Va. and Grundy, Va.
Visitors who donated food were given the opportunity to meet the driver, sit in
the car and get their picture taken. Nearly $10,000 was raised for foodbanks in
West Virginia and Virginia.
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CONSOL Senior Vice President Thomas F. Hoffman presenting a check for $16,000 to
Canon McMillan School Superintendent Dr. Helen McCracken.
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Several school districts throughout Washington County Pa. have received grants from
CONSOL Energy Inc. through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program.
The EITC Program helps businesses who pay Pennsylvania taxes receive tax credits
of up to 90-percent by contributing to qualified organizations. These contributions
are then used to provide funding for a variety of educational programs and equipment
for public school students and to provide scholarships for students who attend pre-kindergarten
programs.
The EITC donations are administered through the Washington County Community Foundation
and this year, the Ringgold, Trinity, Canon McMillan, Beth Center and McGuffey school
districts received donations.
The funding will be used to support programs such as “Science Matters,”
and “Accelerated Reader.” Science Matters provides local schools with
nationally endorsed learning materials for grades K-8 needed to deliver challenging
science curricula in a problem-solving environment. Accelerated Reader is a computer-assisted
reading enhancement program in which elementary students read books and then use
the computer to answer questions with the system recording their progress.
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Jim McCaffrey, CONSOL senior vice president - sales; William S. Plassio, PaDEP district
manager – mining; James V. Maher, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor, University
of Pittsburgh; Rush G. Miller, Hillman University Librarian, University of Pittsburgh;
and Tom Shope, Appalachian Regional Director, United States Department of the Interior
- Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
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A public/private pledge of $200,000 to the University of Pittsburgh Archives will
help catalog and preserve a collection of local mining maps that date back to the
1850s. The collaborative effort, called the CONSOL Energy Mine Map Preservation
Project, is designed to increase access to these valuable documents, which could
impact mining safety, operations, land reclamation, development and research.
The commitment represents a partnership in funding among CONSOL Energy Inc., the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP), and the U.S. Department
of the Interior Office of Surface Mining (OSM). CONSOL Energy has pledged a total
of $100,000; PaDEP, $75,000; and OSM, $25,000.
The bulk of the CONSOL Energy Mining Archives dates from the 1890s through the first
half of the 20th century. There are more than 8,000 individual map sheets, the earliest
one from 1854, as well as coal mine artifacts and other historical items.
Pitt preservationists and archivists are working on the initial phase of the project.
Some of the maps, which can measure 30 feet by 5 feet, have been rolled up for more
than a century and must first be placed into a humidity dome so the paper fibers
can absorb moisture, thus preventing cracking. Once the map is able to be unrolled,
the conservators then work to remove coal dust and other grime from the map’s
surface.
After the maps are properly conserved, they are transferred to another site for
digitization. Pitt archivists will create information about each map that will be
entered into a database—the Pennsylvania Historical Underground Mine Maps
Inventory System (PHUMMIS) which is managed by PaDEP.
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Jack Richardson, third from left, presents Buchanan County’s Garden District
Supervisor Berlin Viars with a check for $300,000 representing a donation toward
the Osborne Mountain water project. Also pictured are from left, Osborne Mountain
area resident Oris Cantrell, Buchanan County PSA Director Darrell Cantrell, Richardson,
Viars, Virginia Sen. Phillip Puckett, CONSOL Land Agent Philip Lowe; and Buchanan
County PSA Board Chairman Gary Prater.
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CONSOL Energy recently presented $300,000 to the Buchanan County (Va.) Public Service
Authority to be used for the Osborne Mountain water project in Virginia.
The gift fulfills CONSOL’s pledge to provide $600,000 toward the project,
which when complete, will provide water service to residents in the Osborne Mountain
area of Buchanan County.
Water is currently being hauled to homes on the mountain and the project will not
only provide direct water service, but will open up the area to future development.
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Helen Blevins, BSN-CONSOL manager/Clinical Occupational, Non-Occupational Healthcare,
presents the first $10,000 check to Telford Thomas, president and CEO of The Washington
Hospital.
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CONSOL Energy has pledged $50,000 to help fund The Washington Hospital’s newly
completed emergency department.
The new facility, located in Washington, Pa., features a critical care unit and
additional operating rooms.
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Commissioner L.W. “Bill” Bartolo; CONSOL District Land Manager Neil
Jenkins; Commission President Asel Kennedy; CONSOL Senior Vice President, Northern
West Virginia Operations, Jimmy Brock and Commissioner Robert “Bob”
Bell.
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Monongalia County, W. Va. will have a new training site available in the near future,
thanks to a land donation from CONSOL Energy Inc.
The deed to 60 acres was presented to the Monongalia County Commission for use by
the West Virginia Regional Response Team (WVRRT). The WVRRT was formed as the result
of the events of September 11, 2001, when the Department of Homeland Security began
to release grant funds to states to prepare for acts of terrorism. The team includes
more than 500 individuals representing the fire service, emergency medical services
and law enforcement. They are trained to respond to all types of hazards, including
natural disasters. The land will also be used for a Fire and Rescue School, as well
as a training site for local law enforcement agencies.
The tract of land is located near the intersection of Route 19 and Little Indian
Creek Road, just north of CONSOL’s old Arkwright Portal near Morgantown. The
land was originally acquired from the Arkwright Coal Company in 1944.
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CNX Gas Corporation, a CONSOL Energy company, recently awarded a $1,000 grant to
the Rostraver Central Volunteer Fire Company in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland
County, Pa. The grant will be used to fund improvements and equipment throughout
the department.
In addition, the Folsom, W.Va. Volunteer Fire Department will use a $1,000 grant
from CONSOL Energy Inc. to fund new equipment and building maintenance. The Folsom
VFD is the first responder in case of an emergency at CONSOL’s Loveridge Mine.
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William Lyons, Executive VP & CFO of CONSOL Energy presents the
“Defensive Player of the Year Award” to Jordan Staal from the Pittsburgh
Penguins, winners of the Stanley Cup.
CONSOL Energy is a sponsor of Pittsburgh Penguins.
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