In addition to our conservation efforts, CONSOL Energy is constantly looking for new ways to incorporate environmental stewardship into our day-to-day operations. For example, we developed techniques to extract coalbed-methane from coal seams prior to mining. This process limits the amount of gases released into the air, and it also makes our mining operations safer and more productive. We’re also able to capture and sell that gas for energy use.
CONSOL also participates in several reforestation projects with organizations such as Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation. In fact, in 2007, the company was awarded the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative’s Excellence in Forestry Award for its work at Fola Surface Mine 6. CONSOL planted more than four million trees on the property through various reclamation efforts and other events. The mine also received the West Virginia Foresters Association Excellence in Forestry Award in 2008.
PITTSBURGH, April 5, 2011 - CONSOL Energy was awarded the 2010 Best Combination Mining Award from the Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation and the Virginia Mining Association for reclamation of its VP#4 mine site near Dismal, VA. The award recognizes CONSOL Energy for its reclamation efforts at the 73-acre VP#4 site.
To be eligible for the award, a site must be recommended by an inspector with the Virginia Department of Mines Minerals and Energy. Bob Bowen, who recently retired, was the nominating DMME reclamation inspector. He called the VP#4 reclamation site "one of the best reclamation efforts" he had seen in his 30-year career at the Virginia Division of Mined Land Reclamation.
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CONSOL Energy CNX Gas division employees accept the awards CNX Gas received for its reclamation efforts in West Virginia. Pictured, from left, (front) are Rocky Malamisura; James Martin, chief of the WV DEP Office of Oil and Gas; and Nathan Rakestraw; and (back) Dave Johnson, Greg Cunningham, Pat Nicholas and Craig Edmonds.
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CONSOL Energy's CNX Gas division was recognized earlier this year for its environmental business practices and reclamation standards in West Virginia during the Independent Oil & Gas Association's winter meeting in Charleston, WV.
The West Virginia Operations of CNX Gas received the Oil & Gas Reclamation Award for first place in category one from the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection Office (WVDEP). The award recognizes reclamation efforts at 199 sites reclaimed in 2009-2010 through the former Dominion E&P division acquired by CONSOL.
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FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The Wildlife Resources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has announced the establishment of a new wildlife management area in Marion County, according to “The Dents Run Wildlife Management Area has been leased to the WVDNR by CONSOL Energy Inc. for the public’s enjoyment and benefit,” said Frank Jezioro, director of the WVDNR.
The Dents Run WMA lies in western Marion County and consists of 1,226 acres. It will provide hunting opportunities for deer, wild turkey, squirrel, waterfowl and other game species. In addition, a 30-acre impoundment will provide the public with warmwater fishing opportunities.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 – Green Holdings Enlow, Inc., a greenhouse gas abatement company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Holdings Corporation, has listed a landmark coal mine methane abatement project with the Climate Action Reserve, the leading carbon offset registry in North America.
CONSOL Energy will host the project, which will abate ventilation air methane emissions from its Enlow Fork operation in southwestern Pennsylvania, the largest underground coal mine in the U.S. It is estimated that, pending final permitting, the project will become operational in July 2011, and that it will destroy the equivalent of 190,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide on an annual basis.
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By Amy Crawford - TRIBUNE-REVIEW - Friday, July 16, 2010
The new State Game Lands 93. The 665-acre site, in Shade Township near the Flight 93 Memorial, was dedicated the passengers and crew of United Flight 93.
Barry Zaffuto, land management supervisor with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, said the game lands were created to preserve the natural setting around the Flight 93 memorial while still allowing local people to use the land for hunting.
Zaffuto said that much of the land, a reclaimed strip mine, was donated by Consol Energy and Waste Management.
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