===Lobbying===
[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=CONSOL+Energy&year=2010 Open Secrets] reported that CONSOL spent $3.1 million on lobbying in 2010, and $870,000 in 2011, as of July. Tommy Johnson is the principle lobbyist for CONSOL.
CNX also uses Stanley Rapp with Greenlee Partners, who also represents Range Resources-Appalachia.<ref>[http://www.newsinferno.com/fracking/hydraulic-fracturing-lobbyists-advising-incoming-pennsylvania-governor-tom-corbett/ "Hydraulic Fracturing Lobbyists Advise Incoming Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett"], News Inferno.com</ref>