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[PSC Docket] Activity on PSC Case 07-0508-E-CN(Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company)
by WV Public Service Commission 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

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Fwd: [WPST-WILD] Rahall energy bill
by Paul Wilson 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

here's something on the Rahall Energy bill, which the Club is supporting. best, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Athan Manuel <Athan.Manuel(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Jul 18, 2007 10:56 AM Subject: [WPST-WILD] Rahall energy bill To: CONS-WPST-WILD-FORUM(a)lists.sierraclub.org Folks - I want to give you a quick update on the Rahall energy, which will probably come up for a vote on the House floor next week. This is the bill that we discussed on Wildlands (and other calls) last month regarding making sure the wind energy folks comply with existing laws such as the ESA, Migratory Bird Treaty and other conservation laws. Anyway, as you know we settled that and like the bill, which has some very good language on western lands oil drilling and protecting species and habitat. As part of our effort to pass the Rahall bill we have signed on to the attached community letter. And we are also organizing a community lobby day on Thursday - targeting Blue Dogs and moderate Rs - to protected the western lands drilling language. Apparently the Blue Dogs don't like the language Rahall has in the bill, and may offer an amendment to strip that part out. We're fairly confident that Rahall will hold the caucus together, but as usual we are not taking anything for granted. I'll let you know how the lobby day goes, but if you're from a Blue Dog district call your member of Congress and urge them to support the Rahall bill and oppose any weakening amendments. If you have any questions, etc. please contact me or Myke Bybee. Thanks. - Athan ********************************************************* Athan Manuel Director of Lands Protection Sierra Club 408 C St. NE Washington, DC 20002 202-548-4580 / fax 547-6009 cell: 202-716-0006 athan.manuel(a)sierraclub.org -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club Wildlife & Endangered Species Comm. 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Fwd: WVNS story for July 17, 2007. WV Mayor: Proposed Mine Threatens Only Source of W
by Paul Wilson 18 Jul '07

18 Jul '07

This is why you cannot give carte blanche on all deep well mines. The Mayor is a retired coal miner, BTW. best, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)publicnewsservice.org> Date: Jul 17, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: WVNS story for July 17, 2007. WV Mayor: Proposed Mine Threatens Only Source of W To: pjgrunt(a)gmail.com West Virginia News Service A statewide news service for West Virginia 5312 MacCorkle Avenue, SW, #315, South Charleston, WV 25309 Phone: 800.317.6705 Fax: 540-301-0801 E-mail: wvns(a)publicnewsservice.org July 17, 2007 WV Mayor: Proposed Mine Threatens Only Source of Water Bayard, WV - A proposed coal mine would cut through the watershed that supplies all the drinking water for two Grant County towns. The mining company says the water won't be affected - but Bayard (BAIRD) mayor Steven Durst says he wants an independent survey before the mining starts, to make sure the town's drinking water will stay clean. Suggested Script: A West Virginia mayor is sending out an S-O-S for his town's only supply of drinking water. A proposed coal mine in Grant County would dig into a watershed that supplies two towns in the area. The Wolf Run Mining Company has said it can get the coal without hurting the water. Steven Durst is mayor of Bayard and a retired coal miner - he says he and most area residents aren't taking the company's word that their drinking water is safe. Actuality Cut 30777 (:07) "The problem is that if they're wrong about what they say, they're going to destroy a water system for nine hundred families." Suggested Tag: He's calling for an independent geological survey before mining starts - he'd like that to come from a third party, not affiliated with mining interests or with the state's Department of Environmental Protection. The mine is waiting for a permit from Environmental Protection; they're expected to rule in the next two months. **** Second Cut: Durst says when it comes to small towns like his that don't have a lot of political clout, the state government tends to put business interests ahead of protecting the quality of life of local citizens. Actuality Cut 31777 (:10) "Our concerns, of course, are that the Department of Environmental Protection will not protect us, they're not gonna be concerned as to whether or not our water system is endangered." (ends) OPTIONAL REPORTER WRAP - uses first soundbite: LEAD: A West Virginia mayor is sending out an S-O-S for his town's only supply of drinking water. Rob Ferrett has more. Actuality Cut 32 777 TRT: 35 Q...in the next two months. Editor's Note: Durst is at 304 693 7300. Still available: scripts and sound on the web page, or call toll-free # and use the cut # listed below followed by the 3-digits in the web ID above. Cuts 45-47: Few Treatment Options in WV for "Signature Wound" of Iraq War - Comments from Hilda Heady, associate vice president for rural health at West Virginia University. --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club Wildlife & Endangered Species Comm. 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Global Warming and Energy conference calls
by Grubb, Karen 17 Jul '07

17 Jul '07

________________________________ From: Glen Besa [mailto:glen.besa@sierraclub.org] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:01 PM Cc: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: FW: [energy activists] Activist resources for House action Folks, Many of you were on our Appalachian Regional call last Thursday to discuss congressional actions related to energy. Allison Forbes with our National Energy Team, who gave us an update on the Congress, hosts calls each Tuesday evening at 8:30 PM and she maintains an energy activist list to which she send updates like the one below with attachments. Note that there will be no call this Tuesday because of Congressional recess over the July 4 holiday. Allison has attached a number word documents for you. Sample LTEs, Electronic alerts you can forward and lists of the bills co-sponsors. Many other documents including fact sheets on bills are posted on the web in two locations: 1. The public website: http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/grassroots/ 2. On Clubhouse at: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/committees/energyhq/grassroots/ which is password protected Additionally, on the call we discussed accessing the text of the bills and their status which can be viewed on www.thomas.gov <http://www.thomas.gov/> 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: Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:45 PM To: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: [energy activists] Activist resources for House action Before the House energy bill hits the floor, we need to show that renewable energy and clean car legislation has broad support from our Representatives. The Sierra Club is working hard to ensure that a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) and an increase in fuel economy (CAFE) standards will be included in the energy package Speaker Pelosi brings to the floor in July. Please find activist materials for constituent calls, emails and media work below. Next Call We will resume regular weekly calls on Tuesday, July 10. Join the Global Warming and Energy team to discuss the challenges ahead. Tuesday, July 10, 8:30pm Eastern 1-866-501-6174 2239223# House Update Attached is a House energy update from Debbie Sease. On Thursday, Representatives Baron Hill and Lee Terry introduced a bad CAFE bill (H.R. 2927) with John Barrow, Henry Brown, Mike Ross, Paul Ryan and Edolphus Towns as co-sponsors. According to a United Auto Workers union action alert supporting the bill, it sets a target of 32 mpg by 2022 (and might prohibit NHTSA from going above 35 mpg in that year), while maintaining the light truck loophole in current law. This bill lets automakers off the hook and will not secure the oil savings and greenhouse gas reductions we need to reduce our oil dependence and curb global warming. Activists: Is your Representative a co-sponsor of the Markey-Platts fuel economy bill (H.R. 1506) and Udall-Platts RES bill (H.R. 969)? Check out www.thomas.gov for the latest updates. If they are, send your thanks! If your Rep is not already a co-sponsor, please schedule an in-district meeting with the member (or staff) this week and distribute the following materials to fellow activists in your district: 1) A sample call script 2) A sample email alert that you can forward to your local lists 3) Sample Letters to the Editor (LTEs) to generate media buzz around the House energy bill More materials, factsheets and background information are available at clubhouse.sierraclub.org/energy/grassroots Activist Materials - Please forward! Scientists tell us we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, or an average of two percent a year. We believe that in order to reach this goal we must begin by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from our vehicles and electric utilities. Raising miles-per-gallon standards for cars and light trucks is the biggest single step we can take to curb global warming pollution, reduce our dependence on oil and save consumers money at the pump. Requiring electric utilities to invest in renewable energy resources will slash greenhouse gas emissions while creating thousands of new jobs across the U.S. and boosting our clean energy economy. Ask your Representative to cosponsor legislation that establishes a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) of at least 20 percent by 2020 (Udall-Platts bill H.R. 969) and legislation that mandates a four percent annual increase in fuel economy (CAFE) standards (Markey-Platts bill H.R. 1506). Call Your Representative today! E-mail alert for local lists - please distribute! Sample Letters to the Editor: LTEs printed in local and state newspapers help generate media buzz are raise the profile of our issues. Send your own today. Allison Forbes National Conservation Organizer Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program (202) 548-6583

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Fwd: H.R. 809
by James Kotcon 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

All, Letty is from Preston County and is opposing the TrAILCo line. I have been hearing similar rumors from other sources. So if Mollohan starts telling us that he voted against the appropriations amendment, but is co-sponsoring this bill, we need to make it clear that people in Mon County think that is not good enough and he has some more "splaining" to do. JBK >>> Letty Butcher <multiflora123(a)yahoo.com> 7/10/2007 10:33 PM >>> I guess you heard that the bill is as dead as a door nail. Even Hinchey, Wolf and Murtha won't take the lead. --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.

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[FW]Fwd: Wind generation dropped in heat wave
by Paul Wilson 13 Jul '07

13 Jul '07

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Meeting scheduled with Mollohan office
by Grubb, Karen 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

We are scheduled to meet in Mollohan's Morgantown office with Anna Rittenhouse Thursday July 12 at 4:00. Her office is in the PO Building on High Street, 2nd floor. She wants information on your group's letterhead to fax to Mollohan. We should try to gather by 3:30 (I may be late as I have a doctor's appointment in Morgantown before that) to arrange who will say what. I am planning to give her the Markey-Platts and Udall-Platts fact sheets I attached, but it would be good to have something on coal to liquids and AP Trail also, perhaps a revision of the TrAILCO fact sheets. Thanks, Karen

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CLEANBRIER REMINDER - Hearing Thursday
by Beth Little 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Thursday, July 12, 6:00 - 9:00pm at the Western Greenbrier Middle School in Crawley Please come. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/893 - Release Date: 7/9/2007 5:22 PM

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Fwd: ACT: Set Up a meeting with your Congress member on Energy and Global Warming
by James Kotcon 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Josh, Karen, Barbara, et al.: Paul Wilson and I were on a conference call last week to talk about the Energy bills in Congress. As you may recall, the Senate passed an increase in the CAFE standard, and action now turns to the House. The Club is making an all out effort to pass the bill there, with the strongest possible CAFE standard and a renewable energy portfolio standard. In addition, we must oppose coal-to-liquid subsidies in any form, as America must not start down that path if we are to avoid a dramatic surge in greenhouse gas emissions. Over the next couple weeks, we will be targeting Molohan and Rahall to ask their support. This will be more difficult than it seems, as both have sponsored coal-to-liquids bills, and both have raised objections to wind farms in their districts. Nevertheless, an increase in CAFE standards has been a Club goal for many years, and the Senate bill is a good start. We are unlikely to see a better bill in this Congress, so we must do our part to get them on board. We should discuss at least three efforts, 1) getting calls to the Congressmen; 2) letters to the editor (guest op/ed pieces would be even better); and 3) setting up a meeting with Mollohan, preferably while he is on the July 4th recess during the next two weeks. (Suvch a meeting might also be a good time to talk about Allegheny's TrAILCo powerline). JBK >>> "Glen Besa" <glen.besa(a)sierraclub.org> 6/30/2007 5:21 PM >>> ACT: Please call your Congress member's office to set up a meeting in the district before July 16. See details below: Folks, One of the most important actions you can take is to set up a meeting with your Congress member or his staff in their district. If you can set up a meeting in the next two weeks, before July 16 when we anticipate the House to take action that would be outstanding TIPS: 1) please check in with staff to coordinate setting up in-district meetings so we don't have multiple asks. Here are your staff contacts: DE - Ezra Temko EzraJT(a)gmail.com GA -- Anna Cherry anna.cherry(a)sierraclub.org MD -- Glen Besa glen.besa(a)sierraclub.org NC - Chatham Olive chatham.olive(a)sierraclub.org SC - Dave Muhly vafw(a)naxs.net TN -- Dave Muhly vafw(a)naxs.net VA - Glen Besa glen.besa(a)sierraclub.org WV - Dave Muhly vafw(a)naxs.net 2) coordinate with other Sierra Club volunteers in the district in setting up the meeting date and time. 3) Invite other groups to accompany you. Make sure they support our position. Other groups might be reps from the faith community, other enviro groups, Trout Unlimited, etc. 4) You'll probably meet a staffer rather than your congress member -ask them to relay your position to the Congress member. 5) Be courteous! Be Prepared! Use the fact sheets as talking points. If there are several of you, assign roles and rehearse what you want to say. See goals below: 6) Report the outcome of your meeting on the attached form above and return it to your staff contacts. GOAL OF IN-DISTRICT MEETINGS: To secure action by Congress that addresses global warming and oil dependence, we will ask Representatives in the House to support legislation to accomplish the following three goals: 1) Establish a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES) of at least 20% by 2020; See Udall-Platts Factsheet 2) Mandate a 4% annual improvement in fuel economy (CAFE) standards; See Markey-Platts Factsheet 3) Prevent environmental damage from motor fuels with a particular focus on blocking any provisions that would jumpstart a new liquid coal industry. See Coal Energy Bill factsheet. Our Priority Targets: State House DE AL (Castle) GA GA8 (Marshall); GA12 (Barrow); GA13 (Scott) MD MD2 (Ruppersberger); MD5 (Hoyer); MD6 (Bartlett); MD7 (Cummings) NC NC1 (Butterfield); NC2 (Etheridge); NC4 (Price); NC7 (McIntyre); NC11 (Shuler); NC12 (Watt); NC13 (Miller) SC SC4 (Inglis); SC5 (Spratt); SC6 (Clyburn) TN TN4 (Davis); TN5 (Cooper); TN6 (Gordon) VA VA3 (Scott); VA10 (Wolf); VA11 (Davis) WV WV1 (Mollohan); WV3 (Rahall) RESOURCES: Many other documents including fact sheets on bills are posted on the web in two locations: 1. The public website: http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/grassroots/ 2. On Clubhouse at: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/go/committees/energyhq/grassroots/ which is password protected Additionally, you can access the text of the bills and their status on www.thomas.gov <http://www.thomas.gov/> 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

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FW: Vacancy on the Greenbrier County Planning Commission
by Beth Little 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Any takers? -----Original Message----- From: William Deegans [mailto:deegans@mac.com] Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 9:31 AM To: Beth Little Subject: Vacancy on the Greenbrier County Planning Commission Hi Beth: The Greenbrier County Commission is soliciting applications for a 3-year position on the County Planning Commission. I think it would be a good opportunity to push someone from the Cleanbrier Group if you want to spread the word. At one time in the past, Florian Schleiff indicated he would be interested, and I have encouraged him to consider it (not sure if you have to be a USA citizen). The deadline is MONDAY, JULY 9 at 4:30. Thanks, Skip No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/891 - Release Date: 7/8/2007 6:32 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/891 - Release Date: 7/8/2007 6:32 PM

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