Register-Herald: The leader of the state`s biggest coal industry advocacy group expressed optimism concerning developments in the U.S. Senate related to efforts to pass climate change legislation this year. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, reacted Friday to reports out of Washington that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has withdrawn the Senate`s present carbon reduction legislation, with the intention of drafting a new plan aimed at addressing the oil spill in the Gulf of …