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Jesse Johnson Fundraiser
by Regina Hendrix 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Ladies and gentlemen, I need your help to publicize the fund raiser event for Jesse Johnson. (See attached.) For the first time ever, I believe, (in WV I'm sure and maybe nationally) the Sierra Club is endorsing a third party candidate. There's such a short lead time that I need my friends to help get the word out. (There's a Word document attached and I will paste the body of the text below just in case anyone has trouble opening it.) Would you mind putting it on your E-mail list serve and asking anyone else who might have a large circle of friends to do the same. I am strongly motivated to help Jesse bring in as large a vote total as possible, especially after attending the hearing before Judge Jennifer Bailey Walker last week. She took the PC and easy way out when she denied Jesse's request for an injunction and ruled for the Broadcast Association and the Clay Center. Attorney Barnett from Jackson & Kelly tried to intimate that we really don't have a campaign going and he tried to belittle our efforts. He intimated that Jesse is not serious and "just craves publicity." Well, we do all "crave publicity" for our issues. Jesse is on the ballot in all 55 counties and he has been waging a statewide campaign on a shoestring. He needs help NOW with funds to get his office open and to get literature printed. He has been traveling statewide--we all know how expensive that is. He has some good plans to bring attention to our issues right before the election. Governor Manchin's arrogance in totally blowing away our issues and ordering those head bashing arrests last March should not be tolerated by any of us. I feel we should have gone back to the Capitol right away. We just couldn't get it together quick enough and several people actually have (or had) serious injuries to deal with after that melee. So here we are in October asked to listen to a "debate" between two candidates who've sold their soul to the coal barons. (I plan to boycott the "debate") Two-thirds of the citizens in WV want to ban mountaintop removal and in Jesse we finally have a candidate who supports us. We need to support him. Thanks for your help. Please call me if you have any questions. I also need a couple of volunteers to help me during the fund raiser event. Regina Hendrix (304) 343-5211 *WV CHAPTER SIERRA CLUB AND CITIZENS ACTION FUND * *are jointly sponsoring a **Jesse4WVGov **Fundraiser **for Jesse Johnson, Mountain Party Candidate for Governor,** on:* * * *Date: Friday, 17 October 2008 * * * *Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.* * * *Location: Citizen Action Group Headquarters, * *1500 Dixie Street, Charleston, WV* * * *Refreshments: WVSC PAC will supply finger foods and wine and music. **Please come out to support the candidate and BYOB and a dessert, if you like.* * * * * WV Sierra Club announced their endorsement of Jesse Johnson (Mountain Party) for West Virginia Governor on October 3 and Citizen Action Fund will be announcing their endorsement at this fundraising event. Our candidates support clean air and water, protection of the mountains and forests and social justice connected to environmental issues, so we need to support them. Electing environment-friendly officials takes money. Jesse needs $$’s for printing, stamps, office supplies, newspaper ads and other expenses incidental to the statewide campaign he has been conducting. In these final weeks he needs your help more than ever. Please come and bring your checkbook or, if you cannot attend, please mail contributions to: *Jesse4WVGov, P. O. Box 814, Charleston, WV 25323.* If you have questions or need directions, please call or email Regina Hendrix at 304-343-5211 or regina1936(a)verizon.net. * * * * *Thi*

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[Fwd: [fom] More from BBC: Surface tension]
by Regina Hendrix 11 Oct '08

11 Oct '08

FYI.

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Re: [EC] Fwd: NEWS ADVISORY: Renewable Electricity Surges by 32%--Provides 11% of U.S. Net Generation
by Jim Sconyers 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

And renewables were 11% of the total - awesome! Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 603.969.6712 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ________________________________ From: James Kotcon <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> To: ec(a)osenergy.org Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 11:46:51 AM Subject: [EC] Fwd: NEWS ADVISORY: Renewable Electricity Surges by 32%--Provides 11% of U.S. Net Generation If total electricity sales go up 3 %, while nukes drop 1 %, and renewables increase by 32%, that tells me the marketplace is speaking about the future of energy. Those who think nukes are the way of the future need to pay attention. Enjoy. JBK >>> Kenneth Bossong <sustainableenergy_news(a)yahoo.com> 10/10/2008 11:02 AM >>> SUN DAY Campaign 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 x.23 sun-day-campaign(a)hotmail.com Media Advisory U.S. RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION SURGES BY 32%; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACCOUNTS FOR 11% OF TOTAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY WIND, SOLAR, HYDROPOWER ALL EXPERIENCE DRAMATIC INCREASES AS NUCLEAR POWER’S SHARE DIPS For Immediate Release: October 9, 2008 Contact: Ken Bossong 301-270-6477 x.23 Washington DC -- According to the latest "Monthly Electricity Review" issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (October 3, 2008), net U.S. generation of electricity from renewable energy sources surged by 32 percent in June 2008 compared to June 2007. Renewable energy (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) totaled 41,160,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) in June 2008 up from 31,242,000 MWh in June 2007. Renewables accounted for 11.0% of net U.S. electricity generation in June 2008 compared to 8.6% in June 2007. Compared to June 2007, wind power grew by 81.6% in June 2008 while solar and conventional hydropower experienced increases of 42.6% and 34.7% respectively. Geothermal energy also enjoyed a slight increase (0.8%) while biomass (wood + waste) remained relatively unchanged. Renewable energy sources now account for 37% of the non-fossil net electricity generation in the United States. Net electricity generation from non-hydroelectric renewables (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, wind) increased by 24 percent to 10,357,000 MWh and now accounts for just under three percent of total net U.S. electricity generation. By comparison, nuclear power’s share of total net U.S. electricity generation dipped from 19.0% in June 2007 to 18.8% in June 2008. Total U.S. net electricity generation increased by 2.9% to 373,632,000 MWh. “The Bush Administration’s own data clearly illustrate which energy options should be the focus of future investment,” said Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign “The dizzyingly high growth rates that renewable energy sources continue to enjoy - compared to the stagnant figures for nuclear power - strongly argue for directing limited federal energy dollars into sustainable energy technologies.” A summary table prepared by the SUN DAY Campaign based on the data in the EIA report is attached. The full EIA report “Electric Power Monthly” can be accessed at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html # # # # # # # # The SUN DAY Campaign is a non-profit research and educational organization founded in 1993 to promote sustainable energy technologies as cost-effective alternatives to nuclear power and fossil fuels. ========================

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Fwd: NEWS ADVISORY: Renewable Electricity Surges by 32%--Provides 11% of U.S. Net Generation
by James Kotcon 10 Oct '08

10 Oct '08

If total electricity sales go up 3 %, while nukes drop 1 %, and renewables increase by 32%, that tells me the marketplace is speaking about the future of energy. Those who think nukes are the way of the future need to pay attention. Enjoy. JBK >>> Kenneth Bossong <sustainableenergy_news(a)yahoo.com> 10/10/2008 11:02 AM >>> SUN DAY Campaign 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 x.23 sun-day-campaign(a)hotmail.com Media Advisory U.S. RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION SURGES BY 32%; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACCOUNTS FOR 11% OF TOTAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY WIND, SOLAR, HYDROPOWER ALL EXPERIENCE DRAMATIC INCREASES AS NUCLEAR POWER’S SHARE DIPS For Immediate Release: October 9, 2008 Contact: Ken Bossong 301-270-6477 x.23 Washington DC -- According to the latest "Monthly Electricity Review" issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (October 3, 2008), net U.S. generation of electricity from renewable energy sources surged by 32 percent in June 2008 compared to June 2007. Renewable energy (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) totaled 41,160,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) in June 2008 up from 31,242,000 MWh in June 2007. Renewables accounted for 11.0% of net U.S. electricity generation in June 2008 compared to 8.6% in June 2007. Compared to June 2007, wind power grew by 81.6% in June 2008 while solar and conventional hydropower experienced increases of 42.6% and 34.7% respectively. Geothermal energy also enjoyed a slight increase (0.8%) while biomass (wood + waste) remained relatively unchanged. Renewable energy sources now account for 37% of the non-fossil net electricity generation in the United States. Net electricity generation from non-hydroelectric renewables (i.e., biomass, geothermal, solar, wind) increased by 24 percent to 10,357,000 MWh and now accounts for just under three percent of total net U.S. electricity generation. By comparison, nuclear power’s share of total net U.S. electricity generation dipped from 19.0% in June 2007 to 18.8% in June 2008. Total U.S. net electricity generation increased by 2.9% to 373,632,000 MWh. “The Bush Administration’s own data clearly illustrate which energy options should be the focus of future investment,” said Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign “The dizzyingly high growth rates that renewable energy sources continue to enjoy - compared to the stagnant figures for nuclear power - strongly argue for directing limited federal energy dollars into sustainable energy technologies.” A summary table prepared by the SUN DAY Campaign based on the data in the EIA report is attached. The full EIA report “Electric Power Monthly” can be accessed at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html # # # # # # # # The SUN DAY Campaign is a non-profit research and educational organization founded in 1993 to promote sustainable energy technologies as cost-effective alternatives to nuclear power and fossil fuels. ========================

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Jesse4wvgov
by Regina Hendrix 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

Pasted in below is the text of a press release just issued by Sierra Club concerning our endorsement of Jesse Johnson for WV Governor. This information was released this morning by Sierra Club National Press Office in Wash. D.C. Oliver Bernstein suggested anyone with press contacts send it around around also. If you have contacts and would like a copy with the logo and header on it, please contact me or Jim Sconyers at the phone numbers listed on the release. I pasted it in because the FOM listing will not accept attachments. (I have already forwarded it to Ken Ward.) Another action that Jesse has asked that we take is to contact Jim Haught at Chas. Gazette (Haught(a)wvgazette.com) and ask him to run the op-eds by Mike Gravel and Charlotte Pritt in the hard copy Gazette. (or contact Haught by phone on 304-348-5199) They have been running the op-eds only in the online version. Also, check out the online versions and make comments, since Gazette keeps track of the hits. Bill Price asks that Sierra Club members contact him on 304-389-8822, if they are able to donate some time to a Sister Chapter Adoption Program sponsored by SC. Bill is serving in Ohio right now to help Barack out in that battleground state and they need more volunteers. Bill has info on the details, such as where do you stay, etc. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2008 CONTACTS: Regina Hendrix 304-343-5211 or Jim Sconyers 603-969-6712 SIERRA CLUB ENDORSES JESSE JOHNSON FOR WV GOVERNOR Conservation Group Highlights Opposition to Mountaintop Removal, Praises Work to Protect West Virginia’s Environment "We are very pleased to announce today that the Sierra Club WV Chapter endorses Jesse Johnson for West Virginia Governor," said Political Chair Regina Hendrix. "As the only gubernatorial candidate working for a statewide ban on mountaintop removal, we believe his candidacy will give West Virginians a chance to vote for a governor who is dedicated to helping West Virginia’s workers by promoting renewable energy and keeping our state clean.” “Johnson showed how seriously he takes this issue by speaking to tens of thousands of people nationwide during the last year about the harsh realities of mountaintop removal. His plan for the economy proposes tax breaks and incentives for businesses using renewable energy technology and he has urged that citizens be given a dividend from taxes generated from non-renewables such as coal and natural gas. Unfortunately, Governor Manchin’s support of mountaintop removal has kept West Virginia from moving towards a clean energy future that would benefit the economy and the environment.” Mountaintop removal mining is a destructive form of coal mining that has already buried more than 1,200 miles of streams and threatens to destroy 1.4 million acres of land by 2020. The mining poisons drinking water, lays waste to wildlife habitat, increases the risk of flooding and wipes out entire communities. “Johnson shares many of the conservation principles that the WV Sierra Club stands for,” said WV Conservation Chair Jim Sconyers. “He understands the energy crisis, the need to transition from coal to renewable energy, and the looming threat of global - and local - climate change. And he is dead set against taking away West Virginia citizens’ land for the sake of building huge power lines that do not benefit West Virginia in any way.” “The Sierra Club also praises Johnson’s opposition to proposed new electric transmission lines,” said Jim Kotcon, Chair of the WV Sierra Club’s Energy Committee. “These lines would allow private, out-of-state electric companies to take private property from West Virginia citizens primarily so those companies can make exorbitant profits by gouging local electric ratepayers. Unfortunately Governor Manchin supports this bad deal for West Virginia. Is that what Manchin means by "Open For Business"? Instead of supporting environmental destruction and higher taxes, Johnson says he will work to derail these lines. That is what West Virginia needs.” Along with the endorsement, the Sierra Club will lend its volunteer strength to Johnson’s campaign. We look forward to a victory party for the environment on election night and to many years of Jesse Johnson fighting for the environment as Governor of West Virginia." # # # Regina Hendrix

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Re. Gubernatorial debate
by Vernon Haltom 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

Here's my revision; please take a look. Michele Crist Executive Director West Virginia Broadcasters Association 140 Seventh Avenue South Charleston, WV 25309-1452 October 9, 2008 Dear Ms. Crist, During the past few weeks your organization has received numerous phone calls, emails, and letters from West Virginia citizens who are concerned about your exclusion of Mountain Party Candidate Jesse Johnson in the upcoming WV Broadcasters-sponsored gubernatorial debate. Your continued refusal to include Mr. Johnson in this debate is a disservice to the public and to the thousands of registered voters that are members of our organizations. It is without doubt a disservice to the many West Virginiatelevision and radio station members that you represent. The Mountain Party is an established and growing political party that has been on the ballot for a number of years now. Three candidates are on the gubernatorial ballot this year. All three should take part in the debate. Excluding Mr. Johnson because of the lower number of Mountain Party members is comparable to excluding Mr. Weeks because of the lower number of Republican Party members. The Mountain Party represents an alternative for West Virginians who feel that the Republican and Democratic parties have no difference on some important issues such as mountaintop removal coal mining. Mountaintop removal has been the subject of hundreds of news stories here in West Virginia and across the nation. In numerous polls, the majority of West Virginians have expressed their desire to see this mining practice end, yet both the Democratic and Republican parties continue to support this form of coal mining. The Mountain Party has taken the position of the majority. Your refusal to include the only party in this state that agrees with the majority on this most important issue is illogical, and some might even say oppressive. At the very least your refusal to include Candidate Johnson discredits your organization and questions your motives. While we do not endorse any candidate or party, we feel an obligation to our members to make sure their concerns are addressed and discussed in the debate. The WV Broadcasters Association may be a privately held organization, but that does not negate your ethical obligation to hold a fair and balanced public gubernatorial debate. We are respectfully asking that you reconsider your position and include Mountain Party Candidate Jesse Johnson in this debate. Yours Truly, On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Judy Bonds <judy(a)crmw.net> wrote: > Wait---one could check the last date to put political letters in the > papers in the Eastern panhandle---not sure if they have the same policy on > political letters. > It might be worth a try to get a letter or 2 in. > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Vernon Haltom <vernoncrmw(a)gmail.com> > *To:* Judy Bonds <judy(a)crmw.net> > *Cc:* Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> ; bo webb <webb.bo(a)gmail.com> ; Tonya > Adkins <4themountains(a)gmail.com> ; Rory McIlmoil <rorygep(a)gmail.com> ; Jesse > Johnson <jesse4wvgov(a)yahoo.com> ; All of FOM list <fom(a)lists.riseup.net> ; > ec(a)osenergy.org > *Sent:* Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:29 AM > *Subject:* Re: [EC] [fom] Jesse4wvgov > > I'm revising the letter, should be done in just a few minutes. > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Judy Bonds <judy(a)crmw.net> wrote: > >> the debate is Monday---too late for letters to the editor adn papers >> always have a set date that they won't print political letters after during >> an election cycle. >> Judy >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> >> *To:* bo webb <webb.bo(a)gmail.com> >> *Cc:* Tonya Adkins <4themountains(a)gmail.com> ; Rory McIlmoil<rorygep(a)gmail.com>; Jesse >> Johnson <jesse4wvgov(a)yahoo.com> ; All of FOM list <fom(a)lists.riseup.net>; >> ec(a)osenergy.org >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:08 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [EC] [fom] Jesse4wvgov >> >> LTEs would be the most useful form of informing the public. Especially >> with PATH coming thru the Eastern Panhandle and Jesse's opposition to MTR >> and coal industry. So does Jesse have any LTE's we can modify and send to >> local papers?? thanks paul w. >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:14 AM, bo webb <webb.bo@ <webb.bo(a)gmail.com> >> gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I suggest we as organizations, (because organizations speak for their >>> members, representing thousands of us) to send individual organization press >>> releases out to all media across the state about our concerns, coupled with >>> personal calls from our respective executive directors to WV Broadcasters >>> Ass. and local TV and radio stations news departments. Not an endorsement >>> of Jesse, but demanding an inclusion of Jesse that guarantees a fair process >>> that will bring our issue of mountain top removal to the discussion. The >>> majority of WV citizens oppose mtr, etc. >>> >>> Bo >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Tonya Adkins <4themountains(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I called the WV broadcaster's association last week to complain, too. I >>>> was given basically the same answer, except the girl I spoke with also said >>>> that they were only including the candidates that would generate the most >>>> viewers...which doesn't even make sense. ...how do they know? I said they >>>> have a responsibility to provide the public with information representing >>>> differing viewpoints...and that Manchin is a republican masquerading as a >>>> democrat, so we now have two republicans debating each other...I also said >>>> it was reprehensible that they are engaging in a form of censorship. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Regina Hendrix <regina1936(a)verizon.net>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thank you Rory. I hope a lot more people will call. Jesse is being >>>>> locked out of the process and the voters are given no choice, since Manchin >>>>> and Weeks are almost equally bad. >>>>> I have seen nothing in the Gazette on this endorsement, despite it >>>>> being released statewide. I sent it personally to Ken Ward and Jim Haught. >>>>> I also sent it to WV New Service. They usually do radio pieces and I feel >>>>> sure they will do something but I was hoping for news coverage statewide. >>>>> Any ideas, anyone??? >>>>> >>>>> Regina >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Rory McIlmoil wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Just to let everyone know, I called the WV Broadcasters Assn on >>>>>> Wednesday, expressing my concern about them leaving Jesse out of the debate, >>>>>> and about how that undermines the democratic principles that the state and >>>>>> the country are supposed to be based upon, and their response was to tell me >>>>>> that they were a private corporation, and their board had made the decision >>>>>> and that there had been little public outcry about it (so people need to be >>>>>> making more calls!!). I then mentioned to the woman who answered the phone >>>>>> that the Assn was then essentially privatizing our democratic institution, >>>>>> and she had no reply to that. Sounds more like an oligarchy to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Regina Hendrix < >>>>>> regina1936(a)verizon.net <mailto:regina1936@verizon.net>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Pasted in below is the text of a press release just issued by >>>>>> Sierra Club concerning our endorsement of Jesse Johnson for WV >>>>>> Governor. This information was released this morning by Sierra >>>>>> Club National Press Office in Wash. D.C. Oliver Bernstein >>>>>> suggested anyone with press contacts send it around around also. >>>>>> If you have contacts and would like a copy with the logo and >>>>>> header on it, please contact me or Jim Sconyers at the phone >>>>>> numbers listed on the release. I pasted it in because the FOM >>>>>> listing will not accept attachments. (I have already forwarded it >>>>>> to Ken Ward.) >>>>>> >>>>>> Another action that Jesse has asked that we take is to contact Jim >>>>>> Haught at Chas. Gazette (Haught(a)wvgazette.com >>>>>> <mailto:Haught@wvgazette.com>) and ask him to run the op-eds by >>>>>> Mike Gravel and Charlotte Pritt in the hard copy Gazette. (or >>>>>> contact Haught by phone on 304-348-5199) They have been running >>>>>> the op-eds only in the online version. Also, check out the online >>>>>> versions and make comments, since Gazette keeps track of the hits. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill Price asks that Sierra Club members contact him on >>>>>> 304-389-8822, if they are able to donate some time to a Sister >>>>>> Chapter Adoption Program sponsored by SC. Bill is serving in Ohio >>>>>> right now to help Barack out in that battleground state and they >>>>>> need more volunteers. Bill has info on the details, such as where >>>>>> do you stay, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2008 >>>>>> >>>>>> CONTACTS: Regina Hendrix 304-343-5211 or >>>>>> Jim Sconyers 603-969-6712 >>>>>> >>>>>> SIERRA CLUB ENDORSES JESSE JOHNSON >>>>>> >>>>>> FOR WV GOVERNOR >>>>>> >>>>>> Conservation Group Highlights Opposition to Mountaintop Removal, >>>>>> Praises Work to Protect West Virginia's Environment >>>>>> >>>>>> "We are very pleased to announce today that the Sierra Club WV >>>>>> Chapter endorses Jesse Johnson for West Virginia Governor," said >>>>>> Political Chair Regina Hendrix. "As the only gubernatorial >>>>>> candidate working for a statewide ban on mountaintop removal, we >>>>>> believe his candidacy will give West Virginians a chance to vote >>>>>> for a governor who is dedicated to helping West Virginia's workers >>>>>> by promoting renewable energy and keeping our state clean." >>>>>> >>>>>> "Johnson showed how seriously he takes this issue by speaking to >>>>>> tens of thousands of people nationwide during the last year about >>>>>> the harsh realities of mountaintop removal. His plan for the >>>>>> economy proposes tax breaks and incentives for businesses using >>>>>> renewable energy technology and he has urged that citizens be >>>>>> given a dividend from taxes generated from non-renewables such as >>>>>> coal and natural gas. Unfortunately, Governor Manchin's support of >>>>>> mountaintop removal has kept West Virginia from moving towards a >>>>>> clean energy future that would benefit the economy and the >>>>>> environment." >>>>>> >>>>>> Mountaintop removal mining is a destructive form of coal mining >>>>>> that has already buried more than 1,200 miles of streams and >>>>>> threatens to destroy 1.4 million acres of land by 2020. The mining >>>>>> poisons drinking water, lays waste to wildlife habitat, increases >>>>>> the risk of flooding and wipes out entire communities. >>>>>> >>>>>> "Johnson shares many of the conservation principles that the WV >>>>>> Sierra Club stands for," said WV Conservation Chair Jim Sconyers. >>>>>> "He understands the energy crisis, the need to transition from >>>>>> coal to renewable energy, and the looming threat of global - and >>>>>> local - climate change. And he is dead set against taking away >>>>>> West Virginia citizens' land for the sake of building huge power >>>>>> lines that do not benefit West Virginia in any way." >>>>>> >>>>>> "The Sierra Club also praises Johnson's opposition to proposed new >>>>>> electric transmission lines," said Jim Kotcon, Chair of the WV >>>>>> Sierra Club's Energy Committee. "These lines would allow private, >>>>>> out-of-state electric companies to take private property from West >>>>>> Virginia citizens primarily so those companies can make exorbitant >>>>>> profits by gouging local electric ratepayers. Unfortunately >>>>>> Governor Manchin supports this bad deal for West Virginia. Is that >>>>>> what Manchin means by "Open For Business"? Instead of supporting >>>>>> environmental destruction and higher taxes, Johnson says he will >>>>>> work to derail these lines. That is what West Virginia needs." >>>>>> >>>>>> Along with the endorsement, the Sierra Club will lend its >>>>>> volunteer strength to Johnson's campaign. We look forward to a >>>>>> victory party for the environment on election night and to many >>>>>> years of Jesse Johnson fighting for the environment as Governor of >>>>>> West Virginia." >>>>>> >>>>>> # # # >>>>>> >>>>>> Regina Hendrix >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Rory McIlmoil >>>>>> >>>>>> Coal River Mountain Wind Project >>>>>> (w): (304) 854-2182 >>>>>> (h): (304) 854-1937 >>>>>> www.coalriverwind.org <http://www.coalriverwind.org> >>>>>> www.crmw.net <http://www.crmw.net> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it." >>> Albert Einstein >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> EC mailing list >>> EC(a)osenergy.org >>> http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Paul Wilson >> Sierra Club >> 504 Jefferson Ave >> Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 >> Phone: 304-725-4360 >> Cell: 304-279-6975 >> >> > > > -- > Vernon Haltom > Co-director > Coal River Mountain Watch > 304-854-2182 > www.crmw.net > www.coalriverwind.org > www.mountainjustice.org > For a Clean, Just, Sustainable Appalachia > > -- Vernon Haltom Co-director Coal River Mountain Watch 304-854-2182 www.crmw.net www.coalriverwind.org www.mountainjustice.org For a Clean, Just, Sustainable Appalachia

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Re: [EC] from Center for the Media: Coal Burners Invest in Environmental Journalism
by Paul Wilson 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

fyi, and please distribute widely. thanks paul Coal Burners Invest in Environmental Journalism<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dmBwk7bXIN8S2ueT1ObY…> Source: Society for Environmental Journalists website, October 2008 The Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ), which promotes "excellence in environmental journalism," is gearing up for its annual conference in Roanoke, Virginia in mid-October. As the conference is in the "heart of coal country," numerous sessions will address "the status and future of big coal." Richard Pauli, who writes the NoEnergyTomorrow blog, notes that<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WqXco8CWdwozJJvLcfuj…>two of the conference's "premier sponsors" are the coal-addicted energy corporations American Electric Power<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UCFVWeo8UvwvAFEtXmHk…>and Dominion Power<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=a0F2mD9mPOCDdjB5vn%2…>. "It's like seeing a Heart Association 10k race sponsored by a tobacco company," he wrote. In response, SEJ Executive Director Beth Parke stated that the corporate funding is for Virgina Tech, which will host the conference, and not directly for SEJ. Pauli noted SEJ's response, suggesting that "an improved analogy might be that of a track meet being held in a stadium that shows tobacco advertising. It may not be connected to the team, but they have to run below the sign." -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Fwd: ABC won't air our ad
by Paul Wilson 09 Oct '08

09 Oct '08

This is a short fun activity. I would expect this from Fox News but surprised that ABC is taking this position. thanks, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cathy Zoi, The We Campaign <info(a)wecansolveit.org> Date: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:45 PM Subject: ABC won't air our ad To: Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> [image: We can solve the climate crisis]<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/vdKr9P/VEsH/> [image: ABC won't air our ad.]<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/OlTh2g/VEsE/> Tell ABC to air the Repower America ad this Friday on *20/20*. Take Action<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/OlTh2g/VEsF/>! Dear Paul, Did you notice the ads after last night's presidential debate? ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad -- the ad that takes on this same oil and coal lobby. I sent a letter asking ABC to reconsider their decision and put our ad on the air, but still we haven't heard back more than a week later. I think they need to hear from all of us. Can you help? Please send a message<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/OlTh2g/VEsC/>to ABC and tell them to air the Repower America ad this Friday on *20/20*. Just click here: http://www.wecansolveit.org/ABC<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/OlTh2g/VEsD/> We're working to get 100,000 public comments to ABC before *20/20*'s next airing. Our Repower America ad has a clear and simple message -- that massive spending by oil and coal companies on advertising is a key reason our nation hasn't switched to clean and renewable sources for our energy. Here's the script of the ad: *The solution to our climate crisis seems simple. Repower America with wind and solar. End our dependence on foreign oil. A stronger economy. So why are we still stuck with dirty and expensive energy? Because big oil spends hundreds of millions of dollars to block clean energy. Lobbyists, ads, even scandals. All to increase their profits, while America suffers. Breaking big oil's lock on our government ... Now that's change. We're the American people and we approve this message.* You can view the ad on the ABC petition page, here<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/OlTh2g/VEsA/> . As our country faces deep economic problems, we need to be able to have an honest debate about the root causes of our problems. As Al Gore has said, "We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. And every bit of that has to change." As oil and coal backed groups outspend even major party committees in this political year, it's outrageous that ABC would deny our ad. Let ABC know what you think. Just click here<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/OlTh2g/VEsB/> . Thank you, Cathy Zoi CEO www.wecansolveit.org<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/0nf5jg/VEsO/> WeCanSolveIt.org<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/vdKr9P/VEsP/> | Privacy Policy<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/rcAqm1/VEsHBQ==/> | Subscribe<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/Lhi230/VEsHBA==/> | Unsubscribe<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/dXCzoX/VEsHBw==/> | Contact Us<http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/RhGqkm/VEsHBg==/> | About <http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/m/6faa2f86f8896f6a/v4bSb4/VEsHAQ==/> -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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FW: TrAIL gets approval from Virginia
by Grubb, Karen 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

From: Frank Young [mailto:fyoung@mountain.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:33 PM To: WVHCBOARD(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: Bill DePaulo; Jim Kotcon; Grubb, Karen; Duane330(a)aol.com Subject: TrAIL gets approval from Virginia October 7, 2008 Multistate power line gets approval from Virginia By The Associated Press <mailto:> RICHMOND, Va. -- Regulators in Virginia have given the green light to a multistate high-voltage power line proposed for the northern part of the state. In a ruling today, the State Corporation Commission concluded the proposed power line meets standards set by Virginia law and must be approved. As proposed, the line would run from southwestern Pennsylvania across West Virginia to northern Virginia. The 240-mile line is intended to increase electrical supplies to 13 eastern states. In Virginia, the project is proposed by Dominion Virginia Power and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line company. http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200810070411

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Re: [EC] Walker Machinery AD/PATH
by Grubb, Karen 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

They are on my local stations in Fairmont. They show biologists working on streams and with wildlife radio antennas making sure the power lines don't damage the environment. They brag that their towers are darkened steel so they blend in, etc. From: Mary Wimmer [mailto:monwimmer@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:49 PM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: Re: Walker Machinery AD I have not seen PATH advertisements. On 10/5/08, Grubb, Karen <Karen.Grubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> wrote: So is PATH. From: Mary Wimmer [mailto:monwimmer@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 8:16 PM To: Jim Sconyers Cc: Michael Price; william.depaulo(a)gmail.com; sallywilts(a)yahoo.com; regina1936(a)verizon.net; matt_keller(a)tws.org; Grubb, Karen; freesource(a)cheat.org; jkotcon(a)wvu.edu; mdavis(a)hsc.wvu.edu; daves(a)labyrinth.net; bill.price(a)sierraclub.org; blittle(a)citynet.net Subject: Re: Walker Machinery AD Coal surely is spending a lot on TV advertising these days -- fancy ads that grab you at first until you realize where they are from -- turns my stomach! On 10/5/08, Jim Sconyers <jim_scon(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Bizarre would be an understatement! What are they smoking over there...??? Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 603.969.6712 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael Price <greyhawkwv(a)verizon.net> To: william.depaulo(a)gmail.com; sallywilts(a)yahoo.com; regina1936(a)verizon.net; matt_keller(a)tws.org; monwimmer(a)gmail.com; kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu; freesource(a)cheat.org; jim_scon(a)yahoo.com; jkotcon(a)wvu.edu; mdavis(a)hsc.wvu.edu; daves(a)labyrinth.net; bill.price(a)sierraclub.org; blittle(a)citynet.net Sent: Friday, October 3, 2008 8:39:52 PM Subject: Walker Machinery AD This is Walker Machinery's response to their Yes, Coal Clean, Carbon Neutral Coal ! mike YES, COAL. Clean, carbon neutral coal. Science and technology are reengineering coal to be clean and carbon neutral for the 21st Century. This goal and commitment can put thousands of West Virginians to WORK - meaningful and purposeful WORK that respects the environment and strives to diminish and eliminate all types of emissions that may be harmful. This reengineering is well on the path to providing clean, carbon neutral coal that provides meaningful WORK for researchers, scientists, utility technicians, natural resource workers, computer engineers, and yes, coal production ... all high-tech, high-wage WORK opportunities. This rising tide of clean coal will unquestionably lift the quality of life and multiply meaningful, purposeful WORK opportunities for ALL WEST VIRGINIANS irrespective of industry, professional, or consumer economic sectors. The evidence of this WORK commitment can be seen in the vast and urgent research by colleges, universities, private research, think tanks, and governmental entities. All are eager to make coal use clean and carbon neutral. Institutions like Marshall University, West Virginia University, as well as our neighbors at Virginia Tech, Penn State, and the University of Kentucky are expanding opportunities in clean energy and environmental sciences to provide purposeful WORK for their faculties and our students. Additionally, the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, W.Va., works tirelessly and successfully to improve coal's continued viability. The overwhelming need for clean, carbon neutral coal in the 21st century will stimulate the migration of our sons and daughters back to West Virginia. That influx of human treasure re-ignites WORK opportunities, reunites families, and revives our state's economy causing a new revolution of infrastructure development and social awareness. While coal opponents selfishly ask West Virginians to "sit out" the nation's greatest energy boom and WORK opportunity of our lifetime, we find this unacceptable and unfair to working families. Furthermore, it is contrary to our mountaineer spirit that seeks to share our resources and work for the greater good of all our country. Coal, which represents 52% of America's electricity production, cannot simply be ignored. Going forward, it is imperative that West Virginians understand that clean, carbon neutral coal is paramount to energy, economic, and national security while providing a healthy and safe environment. Even the most rapid pace of alternative energy development, which we must all support, cannot save us from the present need for expanded and uninterrupted supply of our nation's energy. Clean coal technologies, utilizing integrated gasification and carbon capture and storage, provides honest WORK, a safe, healthy environment, and must be enthusiastically supported by informed and caring West Virginians. Building coal to liquid plants offer WORK of the highest purpose. By expanding WORK into transportation solutions, like coal-to-liquids, West Virginians can lead the nation to lower gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel prices. That puts money in the family budget. This can lessen our dependence on foreign oil through greater fuel diversity and competition ... hallmarks of a free market society. It will strengthen national security. It is important that West Virginians loudly sound the alarm to their leaders at local, state, and national levels to aggressively and generously fund Clean, Carbon Neutral Coal technologies that will KEEP WEST VIRGINIA WORKING. We must say it loud, proud, and often. Especially now, as our economy grows more fragile, West Virginia can ill-afford coal's opponents to deny us our honest day's WORK. It is troubling that coal's opponents, using our courts, have placed benthic macro-invertebrates (bugs) at a higher moral standing than the citizens of West Virginia who need lucrative, dependable WORK. In a desperate attempt to stop coal mining, coal's opponents have artfully and guilefully turned to the judiciary via utilizing the complexities and ambiguities of the Clean Water Act to present a very technical representation of our ecosystem. They present an argument that is extremely debatable among experts yet really defies common sense. It defies science and common sense, in that we are expected to believe, that as rock and dirt are moved to the dry ditches near the tops of mountains, that the benthic macro-invertebrates (bugs) will be destroyed, thus impacting the entire ecosystem and all life as we know it. The mining community, more than any other, is keenly aware of the ecological science involved in the benthic communities' importance in determining the health, structure, and function of streams including headwater. By law and regulation, they protect these relationships through mining design and mitigation. The rains fall and the rainwater flows over and throughout the mining areas perpetually and naturally as always. It is important to note that these creatures have lived and adapted here for millions and millions of years before man. They inhabit almost every square foot of the watersheds across this great globe, within and outside mined areas. This is hardly criteria for extinction or endangered species. Although metamorphosis times vary, (a lifecycle of an egg, nymph, and adult most often lasts less than a year, perhaps more, depending on the insect order), they quickly breed and die naturally sometimes within a day or two. They do not have house payments, car payments or student loans. In truth they quickly re-inhabit the reclaimed and often mined lands to repeat their biological destiny and breed in large quantities we can't imagine. If this logic of coal's opponents would carry forward by the courts, human beings could not build roads, homes, hospitals, schools, cities, or communities for fear of such an ecological Armageddon. As if it mattered, more bugs are killed overwhelmingly by car windshields or "bug spray" than mine sites. Are we on such a destructive path that a human being's right to WORK and moral standing is subordinate to a bug or anything we wish to relate as nature? Is man not part of nature and higher moral standing? Is this judicial perseverance by coal's opponents and subsequent manipulation what it has come to? As any truly informed person knows, an industry that is accused of covering streams that are not streams, with waste that is not waste, in valleys that are not valleys, with bugs having the moral equivalency of human beings in our court system, is distressing and disappointing. It appears that coal's opponents don't really want the public to know they have placed "bug" welfare above that of working West Virginians in Judge Chambers' court, just to stop mining and perpetuate an anti-corporate agenda. Amazingly, the judge agreed with coal's opponents. Sometimes it must be difficult to separate the twists and turns of flawed logic or judicial eloquence from just good common sense. It further makes no sense whatsoever to repeat this judicial "Groundhog Day" movie on mining over and over and over. That's why the Walker Machinery "bug" ads are causing such stir among the anti-coal crowd. It's so ridiculous that it required a "bug character" to do so. Hopefully, a curious public will search beyond the bug character to find out the truth, which has not been fully vetted in the media or by our silent government. The grim consequences and full gravity of this situation has yet to play out. If this case is not overturned on appeal, this state hasn't really seen hard times yet. It's a cruel blow to good people just wishing to WORK ... feeding their families, providing electricity, and national security for our country. Attacking the workers or their employers as enemies of the planet makes no sense at all. Anti-coal forces don't really care. Do you think coal's opponents will support clean carbon neutral coal? No, the anti-coal, anti-growth, anti-business, anti-work crowd won't do that either. They simply ask us to forfeit our paychecks. The coal industry seemingly gets no credit at all for the beautiful reclamation and the truly small footprint of mining across West Virginia's 15 million acres. Reclaiming the land with bushes, grasses, and now hardwood seedlings that will gobble up more carbon dioxide is actually a step toward becoming carbon neutral. Again, no credit. To learn more watch the History Channel's, "Life After People" or search www.history.com <http://www.history.com/> to get a sense of how nature rapidly reclaims her own. Though not meant to trivialize the industry's need for stewardship in any way, this media shows that man's activities are but a blip on a dynamic and ever-changing planet. Our mining activities and all other may become indistinguishable one day. But for now ... coal ... YES, COAL ...clean carbon neutral coal will WORK for West Virginia. Please support this meaningful and purposeful WORK as if our state depended on it ... because it does. Comments may be sent to: comments(a)walker-cat.com

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