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[Fwd: [fom] Sierra Club Calls for End to Mountaintop Removal Mining]
by Regina Hendrix 04 Dec '08

04 Dec '08

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FW: [wvec-board] Bush moves forward with 'buffer zone' changes
by Grubb, Karen 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

From: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:wvec-board@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Young Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:37 AM To: WVHCBOARD(a)yahoogroups.com; wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [wvec-board] Bush moves forward with 'buffer zone' changes Bush moves forward with 'buffer zone' changes http://wvgazette.com/News/200812020604 Vivian at OVEC says: We've got to move this story getting more hits- hundreds more. The Gazette publishers see interest in mining stories thru the number of clicks the mining articles get- the more clicks, the more interest, the more time reporters can spend on mining issues and the more space they receive. 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FW: [wvec-board] Fw: NEWS: EPA Signs Off on Mountaintop Removal Mining Rule
by Grubb, Karen 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

From: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:wvec-board@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cindyrank Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:53 PM To: WVHCBOARD(a)yahoogroups.com; wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com; fom(a)lists.riseup.net; the-alliance-for-appalachia(a)googlegroups.com; justice(a)lists.citizenscoalcouncil.org Subject: [wvec-board] Fw: NEWS: EPA Signs Off on Mountaintop Removal Mining Rule This just sent out nationally. ....cindy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2008 Contact: Joan Mulhern/Kathleen Sutcliffe, Earthjustice, (202) 667-4500 Oliver Bernstein, Sierra Club, (512) 477-2152 Vivian Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, (304) 360-1979 Vernon Haltom, Coal River Mountain Watch, (304) 854-2182 Cindy Rank, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, (304) 924-5802 Agency Signs Off on Controversial Rule to Allow Stream Destruction Rule removes protections for streams, allows more mountaintop removal mining Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today signed off on a controversial 11th hour repeal of the stream buffer zone rule, an environmental law which since 1983 has prohibited surface coal mining activities within 100 feet of flowing streams. The repeal of this important protection clears the way for an even greater expansion of mountaintop removal mining - the aptly named process of mining coal by blasting off the tops of mountains, and bulldozing the crumbled peaks into adjoining valleys. "The EPA's decision is a slap in the face of Appalachian communities, which have already endured enough injustice from mountaintop removal," said Vernon Haltom, co-director of the West Virginia-based Coal River Mountain Watch. "My home and thousands of others are now in greater jeopardy." EPA's approval comes in spite of a recent wave of criticism directed generally at the outgoing administration's 'midnight regulations' and specifically at the repeal of the stream buffer zone rule. "Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to live up to its name. With less than two months left in power, the Bush administration is determined to cement its legacy as having the worst environmental record in history," said Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel at Earthjustice. "This is a sad day for all people who are thankful for the clear mountain streams and stately summits of the Appalachians." The change, which is being proposed by Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM), had to receive written approval from EPA before it could be finalized. That last hurdle was cleared today. Opponents of the repeal of the stream buffer rule argued that EPA could not legally approve the rule change because doing so conflicts with EPA's duties under the Clean Water Act. "The EPA's own scientists have concluded that dumping mining waste into streams devastates downstream water quality," said Ed Hopkins, director of Sierra Club's Environmental Quality Program. "By signing off on a rule to eliminate a critical safeguard for streams, the EPA has abdicated its responsibility and left the local communities that depend on these waters at risk." Last month, top decision makers in the coal mining states of Kentucky and Tennessee urged EPA to block the rule change. Kentucky Gov. Steven Beshear, Attorney General Jack Conway, and Reps. Ben Chandler and John Yarmuth each wrote letters to EPA head Stephen Johnson asking him not to sign off on the repeal of the stream buffer zone rule. And Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen also weighed in with EPA, voicing concerns on behalf of his state. "The regions most affected by this rule, in the Appalachian Coal Belt, are some of the poorest in the nation," said Lane Boldman with the Sierra Club Cumberland (Kentucky) Chapter. "And all they are asking for is some fundamental protection of their waterways so that they can continue to fish and swim downstream." In October, a landmark nationwide poll on mountaintop removal mining found that two out of three likely voters opposed the rule change. Upon hearing that "more than 1,200 miles of streams in Appalachia already have been buried or destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining," fully 85 percent of voters said they were concerned about the effects of this mining practice. The practice of mountaintop removal mining has long been opposed by many residents of Appalachia. The poll, the first to test voters' views of this practice nationwide, showed that voters in every region of the country are similarly against mountaintop removal mining. "We are surely thankful the Bush administration will soon be gone. We are hopeful that once Obama is president, he will ban mountaintop removal entirely, and Bush's last minutes sneaky moves won't end up destroying even more of our streams, and by extension, our mountains, our communities and our culture," said Vivian Stockman project coordinator for the Huntington, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition. Since coal companies began the practice of mountaintop removal mining in earnest, the topography of Appalachia has been forever altered: More than 400 mountaintops have been stripped of trees and flattened, 1,200 miles of mountain streams buried under rubble. Already the lush forests which once cloaked 387,000 acres of the world's most ancient mountain range have been replaced by apocalyptic lunar landscapes. If industry is allowed to proceed at the current rate, an area the size of Delaware will have been lost. "With this rule change, the outgoing Bush is poised to eliminate forever more of our headwater streams - the very lifeblood of our mountains and the source of healthy water resources that future generations will depend upon," said Cindy Rank, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy's mining chair. For a memo detailing the survey findings, please visit: http://www.earthjustice.org/library/references/memo-on-mtr-poll.pdf For more information on the poll methodology, please visit: http://www.earthjustice.org/library/references/mtr-presentation.pdf

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FW: Morgantown youth activism event this Saturday!
by Grubb, Karen 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Miranda Miller <millerm329(a)gmail.com> Date: Dec 3, 2008 1:31 PM Subject: Morgantown youth activism event this Saturday! To: jim_scon(a)yahoo.com, hugh.rogers(a)gmail.com Hi, my name is Miranda Miller and I am a student at Morgantown High. Joe Gorman from the SSC at WVU gave me your contact information. I just wanted to inform you of an event the SSC and the Morgantown High Green Initiative Club are hosting this Saturday December the 6th at the Warner Theatre in downtown Morgantown. We will be having Elisa Young the coal activist from Meigs County, Ohio speaking on the adverse effects of the coal industry in her region and we will be showing the film Sludge and clips of Black Diamonds with more relevance to West Virginia. I would be seriously grateful if there was anyway you could help with a major shout out to the WV Sierra Club and WV Highlands Conservancy to see if any members in the area would like to attend. Thanks so much! Miranda Miller millerm329(a)gmail.com <mailto:millerm329%40gmail.com> 304-288-4486

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FW: [wvec-board] Fw: Global Warming Education
by Grubb, Karen 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

----- Original Message ----- From: Robin Wilson <mailto:robin@wvcag.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:57 PM Subject: Global Warming Education Press Alert: December 3, 2008 Educating on Global Warming - Open discussion on implementing classes on Global Warming With Dr. Andrew Wilson Monday, December 8, 2008 - Noon - 1 p.m. At the WV State Capitol, Room B-54 (downstairs across from the old cafeteria) The discussion will focus on how to implement classes on Global Warming Dr. Andrew Wilson has taught environmental economics for the last eight years at the University of Virginia (UVA) and Piedmont Community College. He has also lead community classes on Global Warming. He has developed a class specifically on the Economics of Global Warming, and he will share syllabus, texts, books, student activities, and discussion guides that are useful in such classes. 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Fwd: Victory against Duke Cliffside mercury emissions
by James Kotcon 03 Dec '08

03 Dec '08

This ruling finds that power plants that got air permits under the 1995 Clean Air Mercury Rule (which was overturned Feb. 8, 2008) must comply with the original MACT provisions, and that the exemptions in the 2005 CAMR do not provide a shield against the requirement to comply with MACT. So, because we objected when WV-DEP rushed through the rule changes to adopt CAMR, we can now say "See, We Told You So!" JBK >>> Megan Greenwood <megan.greenwood(a)SIERRACLUB.ORG> 12/3/2008 10:03 AM >>> We just received word that a federal Judge in North Carolina has ruled for us that Duke Energy violated the law by constructing its new Cliffside coal plant unit without complying with the Clean Air Act's requirements to strictly control mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. In the words of our outside counsel John Suttles at Southern Environmental Law Center: the judge granted our Motion for Summary Judgment on Duke Energy’s liability for constructing Unit 6 of its Cliffside coal plant without first obtaining a determination that the new unit is designed and will be constructed and operated to control its hazardous air pollution emissions to the maximum extent possible. This is the first ruling in the country that holds a new unit that received its permit and began construction before the DC Circuit struck down the Clean Air Mercury Rule must comply with the case-by-case Maximum Achievable Control Technology requirements of the Clean Air Act. Sanjay Narayan on our legal staff played a key role assisting SELC on this case and deserves kudos. Also, Molly Diggins, state chapter director, deserves hearty congratulations for her in this litigation effort. Opinion attached. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS list, send any message to: COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp

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Kentucky to rethink energy future
by Duane330＠aol.com 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Kentucky energy plan calls for nuclear rethink 21 November 2008, World Nuclear News, _www.world-nuclear-news.org_ (http://www.world-nuclear-news.org) The US state of Kentucky, which currently has a moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants, has unveiled its first-ever comprehensive energy plan. The plan calls for nuclear to be considered as part of the state's future energy mix. The plan - entitled Intelligent Energy Choices - outlines seven strategies to meet Kentucky's energy needs while protecting the environment and reducing greenhouse gas emission. One of the strategies calls for the use of nuclear power for electricity generation in Kentucky to be examined. The plan sets a target of 2025 for implementing the proposals, which include reducing energy consumption by making homes and businesses more efficient and promoting solar, wind and hydro power. It also calls on the state to encourage industries to convert coal into liquid fuels. Kentucky's energy use is projected to grow by slightly more than 40% by 2025 under a business-as-usual scenario. The document says, "Just as we will experience growth in our demand for energy, our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will escalate if we continue down the same path. With such a high reliance on fossil fuels, Kentucky's projected GHG emissions could be more than 40% higher than they are today if we do not take action. With implementation of the seven proposed strategies, however, our GHG emissions will be more than 50% lower in 2025 than they would otherwise be. More significantly, GHG emissions in Kentucky will actually be 20% lower in 2025 than were our 1990 emissions." The plan says, "To find solutions that address climate challenges, use our abundant natural resources to gain energy security, and provide the power needed to drive our economy will require pursuit of a diversified mix of energy options. In weighing the benefits and limitations of potential solutions we must be willing to assess and understand the societal, technical, and financial trade-offs involved." It adds, "Nuclear power is one such option that deserves our full attention, as its technology and safety have significantly improved in the last three decades. It also is likely to become a national priority." A suggestion put forward by the plan is that "a moderate investment in nuclear power (eight plants at four sites) could be considered as part of an overall strategy to diversity Kentucky's future electrical energy portfolio, reduce emissions, and position the state to take advantage of advanced coal conversion opportunities. Kentucky could utilize nuclear power to generate a significant percentage of the state's energy needs, with coal-based and nuclear power for electricity generation being roughly equal." State governor Steve Beshear told Associated Press, "We must begin the discussion now about whether nuclear energy should be part of our energy portfolio." He added, "It is a very expensive proposition to get into, although it ends up, depending upon the economy, being a cost efficient way of producing electricity." The publication of Kentucky's plan comes as President-elect Barack Obama pledged to make energy a centrepiece of his administration. He has set a target of reducing US greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and reducing them by a further 80% by 2050, with nuclear energy being used alongside other clean energies. Legislative changes needed Following the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979, Kentucky was one of several US states to introduce legislation essentially preventing new nuclear power plants being constructed. Kentucky law states that a power reactor cannot be certified by the state's Public Service Commission (PSC) unless a disposal site for high-level waste (HLW) either already exists or would be available by the time that plant needs disposal capacity. In addition, the cost of HLW disposal must be "known with reasonable certainty." Kentucky's new energy plan suggests, "Legal hurdles to successful inclusion of nuclear energy in Kentucky's energy mix should be examined. Specifically, removal or revision of the legislative ban on new nuclear power plants must be addressed." During the 2008 legislative season, two bills were introduced that would remove the moratorium. The new energy plan notes that these proposed bills did not make it out of committee, but revised versions will likely be reintroduced soon. The plan notes, "Many of our neighbouring states are considering nuclear energy. Nuclear power production has no direct carbon dioxide emissions and is already a significant component of the global energy system." However, it adds, "While the issue of disposal of spent fuel has not been completely resolved, progress will continue to be made to arrive at a solution that addresses the nation's needs." >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> _Coal stocks hit as reality of climate and EPA ruling finally sets in_ (http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/14/coal-stocks-plummet-as-reality-of-cli… -epa-ruling-finally-sets-in/) 14 November 2008, Climate Progress, _www.climateprogress.org_ (http://www.climateprogress.org) It was inevitable that the increasingly dire threat of catastrophic climate change would hit coal companies — especially since neither the Bush administration nor the coal industry have taken climate change seriously, and therefore they failed to pursue clean coal (i.e. carbon capture and storage) aggresively. In fact, they pursued CCS incompetently (see “_Can the coal industry be saved in spite of itself? Should it be?_ (http://climateprogress.org/2008/04/18/can-the-coal-industry-be-saved-in-spi…) ” and “_In seeming flipflop, Bush drops mismanaged ‘NeverGen’ clean coal project_ (http://climateprogress.org/2008/01/31/in-seeming-flipflop-bush-drops-misman… en-clean-coal-project/) “). The 2007 Supreme Court ruling that CO2 is a pollutant began a chain of events that led to the _landmark ruling_ (http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/13/breaking-news-no-new-coal-plants-with… /) yesterday by the EPA Environmental Appeals Board yesterday, which in turn hits coal stocks hard today (see below). The AP _reported today_ (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/11/14/coal_plant… news) that, as I suggested yesterday, “The fate of scores of new coal-burning power plants is now in limbo”: Environmentalists and lawyers representing industry groups said the ruling puts in question permits — some being considered, others approved but under appeal — of perhaps as many as 100 coal plants…. Michael Gerrard, a lawyer not involved in the Bonanza case and author of “ Global Climate Change and the Law,” said the decision “will embolden the lawsuits” challenging construction of new power plants based on their impact on climate. “It means that the appeals board recognizes that carbon dioxide regulation of power plants is a very live and open issue. It does not ban them. It puts a cloud over them, by making it clear that this is a real issue,” Gerrard said in an interview. And this translates into coal companies losing value today: Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) 15.86 2.22 (-12.28%) Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) 27.07 2.40 (-8.14%) Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. (FCL) 13.92 1.64 (-10.54%) Massey Energy Co. (MEE) 16.20 2.33 (-12.57%) Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (YZC) 5.14 0.52 (-9.19%) The coal industry is starting to look like a bit like the auto industry. Yes, it’s richer and more profitable, but it’s just as much in denial and therefore ultimately self-destructive and generally destructive (see “_Why bail out the car companies when they bailed out on us?_ (http://climateprogress.org/2008/11/12/why-bail-out-the-car-companies-when-t…) “). **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…)

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Fw: Google Alert - stream buffer zone
by Jim Sconyers 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Stream buffer zone rule has still not been approved by EPA, but apparently this rule is one of the ones needing only 30 days advance notice, not 60 as many of us had assumed. Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 603.969.6712 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Google Alerts <googlealerts-noreply(a)google.com> To: jim_scon(a)yahoo.com Sent: Monday, December 1, 2008 11:52:09 AM Subject: Google Alert - stream buffer zone Google News Alert for: stream buffer zone Kentucky Objects to Proposed Change for Mining Waste EP Magazine - Dallas,TX,USA ... weaken a 1983 federal regulation that restricts where mining waste can be dumped, a so-called "Excess Spoil minimization -- Stream Buffer Zone" rule. ... See all stories on this topic Google Blogs Alert for: stream buffer zone Still no action taken of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule Change By Kevin Pentz For those of you who have been trying to follow the twists and turns of the saga that has been the rule making of the changes to the Stream Buffer Zone rule, the good news is that so far the Bush administration has not changed the rule. ... KFTC Blog - http://www.kftc.org/blog ________________________________ This once a day Google Alert is brought to you by Google. Remove this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts.

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Re: [EC] [Fwd: Fw: [fom] WVU studies ex-mine sites as biofuel farms; Research in early stages to find if abandoned, reclaimed land can be used]
by Michael Price 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

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[Fwd: Fw: [fom] WVU studies ex-mine sites as biofuel farms; Research in early stages to find if abandoned, reclaimed land can be used]
by Regina Hendrix 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

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