EC October 2007

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Fwd: AlterNet: The Government Sanctioned Bombing of Appalachia
by James Kotcon 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

If anyone ever asks you what you are fightin' for, this is it. JBK >>> <paula.carrell(a)sierraclub.org> 10/15/2007 5:26 PM >>> This story has been forwarded to you from http://www.alternet.org by paula.carrell(a)sierraclub.org wanted to make sure you saw this ------------------------------------- The Government Sanctioned Bombing of Appalachia http://www.alternet.org/environment/64547 Thanks to Bush, Big Coal uses 3 million pounds of explosives each day in West Virginia to fuel our addiction to dirty energy. -------------------------------------

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Fw: Validation of your work
by Allan Tweddle 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Rick How kind of you. This remarkable honour to Al Gore for his energetic and inspirational leadership is so well deserved. And to think that he has won BOTH the Nobel Prize and an Academy Award may be a first. Attached is the memo that we all just received. He has dedicated all the funds to continue the education of the public. He is quite an inspiration, and I feel honoured to have met him and to have been selected by him and his organization to have all his resources at my disposal to spread the word. All the best...and put me to work around the State...I am open to presentations whenever and wherever we can set one up logically and logistically. There is no charge...just travel expenses if there are any..."Have slides...will travel" Thanks again Rick for your kind words Allan Cell: (304) 610-2656 Allan Tweddle Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum Sir Henry Royce, 1924 ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Remish<mailto:rick.remish@cesd.wvu.edu> To: Allan Tweddle<mailto:allantweddle@msn.com> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 9:46 AM Subject: Validation of your work Allan - it was joy to learn about Al Gore's award this morning! I wanted to send a note to you. Just remember, even in the most difficult times, much of your personal work, message, and beliefs on environmental stewardship have been elevated by this announcement. And I am very happy for you. Kind regards rick Rick Remish Executive Director Imagine West Virginia Phone: (O) 304/293-5551 ext. 38 (Mobile):304/282-4022 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers.

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Fwd: A Federal Energy legislation: [energy activists] Important activist materials
by Paul Wilson 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Greetings: this seems like a good task for the Energy Committee. And something that could be done fairly quickly if a volunteer or 2 step forward to do an LTE. I will do one LTE for an EP newspaper. Can we also hit Morgantown and Charleston? thanks, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Wilson <pjpaulgrunt(a)gmail.com> Date: Oct 12, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: Fwd: A Federal Energy legislation: [energy activists] Important activist materials To: Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Folks, The Sierra Club's No. 1 federal legislative priority is to pass a strong energy bill this fall. While some other organizations are devoting time to possible action later this fall on the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming legislation, we frankly believe that real action on global warming will be achieved if we can pass an energy bill that increases the MPG of cars and light trucks and mandates renewable energy standards for utilities. This is a MUST pass bill for us. In our region, our principal congressional work will be centered in MD, TN and VA. That is not to say that you can't be very helpful in other states by calling your member of congress and writing letters to the editors. Each Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM our DC Energy Team sponsors a conference call to update us on the current status of the energy legislation and strategy. If you would like to join these calls and play a role in passing the energy legislation, please let Allison.forbes(a)sierraclub.org know of your interest. Also, please let me know, if you have any questions or if you need assistance. See materials attached that Allison sent our to her energy activist list –I apologize you have already received these materials. Thanks, Glen Glen Besa, Regional Director Sierra Club Appalachian Region (DC, DE, GA, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) 422 East Franklin Street, Suite 302 Richmond, VA 23219 O-804-225-9113 x 104 F-804-225-9114 C-804-387-6001 glen.besa(a)sierraclub.org ________________________________ From: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org [mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:15 PM To: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: [energy activists] Important activist materials As we continue to build expectations for a strong energy bill that includes the best provisions from the House- and Senate-passed legislation, there are several key activities that will help us raise the noise and create demand. Ideally, in each congressional district this month, we would place several LTEs in local newspapers, hold a Solutions Tour and get Sierra Club leaders to an in-district meeting with the member of Congress and their staff. I look forward to what we will accomplish... October actions 1. Send a Letter to the Editor (LTE) of your state and local newspapers. Congressional staff collect any printed references to their bosses: Getting a short letter printed is an easy way to send a strong message to members of Congress and the public. Take advantage of local and national energy news to respond with an LTE calling for action by your Senators and Representative. Get other activists involved. Sample LTEs are attached. 2. Organize a "Solutions Tour" in order to highlight real clean energy and energy efficiency solutions at work in your town or county. The tour should engage your members of Congress and the media: At a press conference at the end of the Tour, call on Congress to take action and pass a strong energy bill this fall. Tours should take place before October 31, if possible, or in early November. Tour materials are attached. 3. Meet with your Representative and Senators. Every member of Congress can demand a strong final energy bill that takes critical steps to curb global warming, create jobs and lower energy bills. Please coordinate with fellow activists, Sierra Club staff and Chapter leaders to set up meetings with your Representative and Senators AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. In-district meeting guidance, including lobby report form, is attached. Allison Forbes National Conservation Organizer Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program (202) 548-6583 -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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PSC hearings phone bank
by James Kotcon 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Some of the students have tentatively agreed to help out with phone banking to our members next Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 6-8 PM. We need to get a list of members in Monongalia, Preston, Marion, Taylor, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, and Hampshire Counties, as well as their phone numbers (specifically avoid those who have asked not to be called. I will prepare a simple script along the lines of: "Hi, I am ___ and I am calling on behalf of Sierra Club. We want you to come to a public hearing to speak against the proposed Allegheny line. The hearings are ..... Dates, times, locations, etc.... Can we count on you to join us? Would you be able to bring friends?, etc. etc. Is that date OK? Does anyone have a suggestion on where to do this? Any other volunteers? (I said I would bring a pizza). The first hearing is the following week, Oct. 23 in Morgantown, so we need to get started. JBK

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Fw: ANNOUNCEMENT: September 12 Stakeholder Session
by Allan Tweddle 10 Oct '07

10 Oct '07

emailScott I just received this announcement today for a meeting that was scheduled in mid September? Energy is so important to the State, this "brainstorming session" should have had PEA members there. This looks like a potentially productive session, even more so than the public hearings we have been holding. Are these going to be rescheduled and held around the State? Why not in Charleston? the Eastern Panhandle...Beckley? Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: A Vision Shared<mailto:VisionShared@mail.cesd.wvu.edu> To: A Vision Shared<mailto:VisionShared@mail.cesd.wvu.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 6:14 PM Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: September 12 Stakeholder Session If you are unable to view this email, please visit http://www.visionshared.com/2007stakeholdersessions/email.html<http://wwwvisionshared.com/2007stakeholdersessions/email.html>. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [forestcouncil] Fwd: EPA ANNOUNCES LARGEST SINGLE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTLEMENT IN HISTORY]
by Regina Hendrix 09 Oct '07

09 Oct '07

Can anyone fill me in on the background of this suit? Was this the suit originated sometime ago by Elliott Spitzer of New York? You will notice the State of WV was not among the plantiffs; however, OVEC and Sierra Club was. Regina

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Re: [EC] Fwd: Re: Allegheny Media Event
by Grubb, Karen 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

I can't miss any more work this week, since I am taking off Friday already for training in MD. Karen -----Original Message----- From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of James Kotcon Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:46 PM To: EC(a)osenergy.org Subject: [EC] Fwd: Re: Allegheny Media Event Anybody busy Wednesday morning? We could participate by handing out our fact sheet, and be available to the press. I have class till 10 AM, but could be there 10:30-noon. Jim Kotcon >>> "Alan J. Sexstone" <asexston(a)wvu.edu> 10/8/2007 5:24 PM >>> >From: Decorwin(a)aol.com >Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:27:08 EDT >Subject: Re: Allegheny Media Event >To: jbalasko(a)wvu.edu, brad.w.stephens(a)gmail.com, ejett(a)labyrinth.net, > bjoyceward(a)yahoo.com, mjmb(a)westco.net, foxtrotwv(a)comcast.net, > erose(a)rosepaddenpetty.com, lewmcdan(a)hrea.coop, sam.dyke(a)gmail.com, > alan.sexstone(a)mail.wvu.edu JIM KOTCON, I can't think of a more perfect venue for a Sierra Club and Associates Protest Rally. See attachment below. Alan Sexstone See attached media event sponsored by our friends at Allegheny. Who among us is a member of the media and can attend this event? > >Don E. Corwin Jr. >General Manager >WinCor Properties LLC >304-292-0400 ><http://www.wincorproperties.com/>www.wincorproperties.com

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Fwd: Re: Allegheny Media Event
by James Kotcon 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

Anybody busy Wednesday morning? We could participate by handing out our fact sheet, and be available to the press. I have class till 10 AM, but could be there 10:30-noon. Jim Kotcon >>> "Alan J. Sexstone" <asexston(a)wvu.edu> 10/8/2007 5:24 PM >>> >From: Decorwin(a)aol.com >Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 16:27:08 EDT >Subject: Re: Allegheny Media Event >To: jbalasko(a)wvu.edu, brad.w.stephens(a)gmail.com, ejett(a)labyrinth.net, > bjoyceward(a)yahoo.com, mjmb(a)westco.net, foxtrotwv(a)comcast.net, > erose(a)rosepaddenpetty.com, lewmcdan(a)hrea.coop, sam.dyke(a)gmail.com, > alan.sexstone(a)mail.wvu.edu >X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5041 >X-Spam-Flag: NO >X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.311128, >Antispam-Data: 2007.10.8.130350 >X-WVU-PMX-SCORE: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='HTML_70_90 >0.1, NO_REAL_NAME 0, __AOL_FROM 0, __C230066_P5 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY >0, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __HAS_MSGID >0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID >0, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML 0' JIM KOTCON, I can't think of a more perfect venue for a Sierra Club and Associates Protest Rally. See attachment below. Alan Sexstone See attached media event sponsored by our friends at Allegheny. Who among us is a member of the media and can attend this event? > >Don E. Corwin Jr. >General Manager >WinCor Properties LLC >304-292-0400 ><http://www.wincorproperties.com/>www.wincorproperties.com > > > > >---------- >See what's new at ><http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170>AOL.com and ><http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169>Make AOL >Your Homepage.

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Fwd: Rockefeller & CTL
by James Kotcon 08 Oct '07

08 Oct '07

There were two columns in the Gazette this week that CTL is the wrong way to go, but apparently Rockefeller has not gotten the message. The requirement for carbon capture may make this moot, but it is still a dangerous precedent. See story below from Huntington News Net. JBK ***** Oct. 6, 2007 Finance Committee Endorses Rockefeller Coal-to-Liquid Development Proposal By HNN Staff >From Senator Rockefeller's Office Washington, DC (HNN) – Late last night, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) brokered an agreement with members of the Senate Finance Committee to keep the development of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology advancing in the right direction. “Many of us have come to understand that a responsible energy policy requires us to harness all of our abundant natural resources, including coal, and to demand and help spawn clean technologies. Clean coal-to-liquids conversion can and should play a big part in achieving energy independence that is so critical to our national security,” Rockefeller said. Specifically, Rockefeller worked with his colleagues to extend the alternative fuel tax credit for CTL development for three more years. To qualify, developers will need to demonstrate that they can capture 50 percent of the carbon emissions from a CTL facility over the next two years; then 75 percent by 2010. The agreement was reached as part of the Finance Committee’s deliberations on a major agricultural assistance bill that included tax incentives aimed at spurring rural development. The bill also includes tax incentives aimed at other alternative fuel research, such as ethanol and other biofuels, natural gas and wind power. “There is no single alternative fuel source that will address our growing energy needs and lessen our dependence on foreign sources of energy. We need to be investing in every solution and hold every solution to a high “green technology” standard. The responsible use of clean coal to meet our electricity and transportation needs must be in the mix,” Rockefeller said. “By including coal-to-liquids in this bill, we’re sending a signal to Wall Street and investors that coal conversion is a technology worth investing in.” Senator Rockefeller has long-supported efforts that would promote CTL development and believes CTL can and must meet high environmental standards. As part of the Senate debate on the Energy Act of 2007, Senator Rockefeller supported efforts to begin a substantial federal government investment – along the lines of the Apollo space program – to begin researching and developing a workable carbon capture and sequestration solution. Additionally, he’s working on legislation that would create a Future Fuels Corporation – a large scale joint government and private effort to finally solve carbon capture. Rockefeller noted that the ability to capture industrial carbon emissions will be the challenge of the coming decades and is crucial to addressing the problem of global climate change. Rockefeller also promoted CTL development in legislation he authored earlier this year to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration. The Senator is advocating for the creation of a national center of excellence to develop coal-to-jet fuel technologies. Rockefeller noted that several countries around the world already use fuels derived from coal with great success -- and the U.S. military has some projects underway, specifically, the Air Force is already testing the use of Appalachian coal-based jet fuels. >>> "Vickie Wolfe" <wolfev(a)verizon.net> 10/7/2007 5:06 PM >>> Seen this? Finance Committee Endorses Rockefeller Coal-to-Liquid Development Proposal http://www.huntingtonnews.net/political/071006-staff-politicalrockefeller.h… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vickie L. Wolfe 510 Rosemont Avenue South Charleston, WV 25303-2126 PHONE: (304) 744-8777 E-MAIL: wolfev(a)verizon.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Think coal-derived electricity is "cheap"? Visit http://www.appalachian-center.org/media/2006/vanity_fair_may06.pdf ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ When he was 10, Ralph Nader said, he came home from school and his father, a restaurant owner, demanded of him, "Well, Ralph, what did you learn today? Did you learn how to think? Or did you learn how to believe?"

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Re: [EC] PSC Order-Public Hearings Start Oct. 23
by Grubb, Karen 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

I will not be able to attend these hearings. I have another commitment. -----Original Message----- From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of James Kotcon Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:45 PM To: EC(a)osenergy.org Subject: [EC] PSC Order-Public Hearings Start Oct. 23 Below is the critical part of the PSC Order filed Oct. 3. JBK On March 30, 2007, Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAILCo) filed an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for the construction and operation of the West Virgin-a segments of a 500 kV electric transmission line and related facilities in Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Grant, Hardy and Hampshire Counties. By Commission Order issued on September 27, 2007, the Commission directed that the Commission's Division of Administrative Law Judges hold public comment hearings in Morgantown, Canaan Valley, Grafton and Moorefield, West Virginia, in addition to the public comment hearings to be held before the Public Service Commission in Charleston, in November. Accordingly, the following public comment hearings have been scheduled for this proceeding: 1. On October 23, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Erickson Alumni Center, West Virginia University, Fine Arts and Patteson Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia; 2. On October 24, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Reception Room, 1"' Floor, Taylor County Senior Citizens, Inc., at the intersection of US Routes 119 and 250 South in Grafton, West Virginia; 3. On October 29, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Spruce Room, Canaan Valley Resort & Conference Center, Route 32 North, Canaan Valley, Davis, West Virginia; 4. On October 30, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Conference Room, South Branch Inn, 1500 US Route 220 North, Moorefield, West Virginia; and 5. On November 28 and 29, 2007, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on both days, in the HMC Hearing Room, Public Service Commission Building, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia. Anyone interested in this proceeding may appear at any of the designated public comment hearings and make such statements as may be deemed appropriate with respect to this proceeding. _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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