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.
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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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