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CONSOL Energy's Fola Coal Company Earns Excellence in Forestry Award

The award, presented by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining, on behalf of the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative, recognizes exemplary efforts in forestry reclamation. The Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI), an OSM initiative, is a coalition of groups, including citizens, the coal industry, and government, dedicated to restoring forests on coal mined lands in theEastern United States.

The award has been presented annually since 2005 to individuals, operators and/or organizations, and was created to acknowledge and give public recognition to those responsible for Appalachia's most outstanding achievements in forestry reclamation and to encourage the exchange and transfer of successful reforestation technology.

Fola Coal was nominated for the award by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

In January, Fola Coal also won the West Virginia Foresters Association Excellence in Forestry Award.

Fola Coal has planted more than four million trees on the company's surface mine property inWest Virginia through various reclamation efforts and other events. The company has previously participated in other tree planting outings and in other environmental initiatives, including projects with Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation.

CONSOL Energy Inc., a high-Btu bituminous coal and coal bed methane company, is a member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Equity Index and has annual revenues of $3.8 billion. It has 17 bituminous coal mining complexes in six states and reports proven and probable coal reserves of 4.5 billion tons. CONSOL Energy was named one of America's most admired companies in 2005 by Fortune magazine. It received the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining National Award for Excellence in Surface Mining for the company's innovative reclamation practices in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Also in 2003, the company was listed in Information Week magazine's "Information Week 500" list for its information technology operations. In 2002, the company received a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Protection Award. Additional information about the company can be found at its web site: www.consolenergy.com.

SOURCE CONSOL Energy Inc.