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Fwd: Re: Mingo Co. Waste Wood Power Plant
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 23 Oct '09

23 Oct '09

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Fw: VA SCC staff moves to dismiss application
by James Kotcon 21 Oct '09

21 Oct '09

To summarize, on Sept. 9, the Maryland PSC dismissed the PATH application in Maryland, ruling that PATH was not an electric company under Maryland state law. They gave Allegheny's subsidiary in Maryland, Potomac Edison, 30 days to re-file with an appropriate application. On Oct. 9, Potomac Edison responded by saying they were still reviewing their options with regard to a new plan for an eastern terminus to PATH, essentially declining to respond to the Maryland PSC. On Oct. 19, the Staff from the Virginia State Corporations Commission filed the attached motion asking the Virginia SCCC to dismiss the application, because there was no eastern terminus and no clear way to analyze a route without knowing where it would end. The WV PSC Staff attorney has said that the WV proceedings are "still right on track". Would it make sense to file a motion asking the WV-PSC to "toll" the proceedings until an eastern terminus is identified? We are entering a very expensive portion of the proceedings, and it seems unfair to ask intervenors to hire experts to analyze a route, then have PATH switch routes at the last second. Alternatively, would this be an argument for PATH to pay the expert witness fees for intervenors? PATH will have unlimited resources from ratepayers, plus 14 % on everything they spend, while intervenors are now being bled dry before we even know where the line will go. Whaddya Tink? Jim Kotcon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Young" <fyoung(a)mountain.net> Maybe the PATH companies figure that the way to break up the opposition is to have them spend their resources on a case that might be withdrawn, or thrown out by the WV PSC, then re-file later after the spirit (and the bank accounts) of the opposition are broken. And either way PATH still gets that 14 percent profit on their costs- win or lose. “Heads we win; tails you lose.” ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy S. Williams ( mailto:nancyswms@suddenlink.net ) To: s channell ( mailto:rchannell@verizon.net ) Cc: WVaPATH ( mailto:WVaPATH@yahoogroups.com ) Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [WVaPATH] message to intervenors It is big news, but as Joe Watkins with the WV-PSC said today,"We are still right on track." --- On Mon, 10/19/09, Elena Saxonhouse <Elena.Saxonhouse(a)sierraclub.org> wrote: From: Elena Saxonhouse <Elena.Saxonhouse(a)sierraclub.org> Subject: VA SCC staff moves to dismiss application To: CONS-ELP-TRANS-LINES-FORUM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 3:35 PM Big news in Virginia (see below). The staff attorney filing the motion also stated: Please note that the filing of our motion does not alter the procedural schedule. All events remain scheduled until the hearing examiner or the Commission alter the schedule by entry of an order or ruling. While we have requested expedited consideration, I cannot predict when the motion will be addressed. ----- Forwarded by Elena Saxonhouse/Sierraclub on 10/19/2009 12:32 PM ----- A major development -- the Staff has just moved to dismiss the pATH application in VA on grounds that it is unclear where the line will end given the status of the Maryland proceedings. Abigail Dillen Staff Attorney* Earthjustice 156 William Street, Suite 800 New York, NY 10038 (212) 791-1881 ext. 221 Fax: (212) 918-1556 *Admitted in California and Montana. Not admitted in New York - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-ELP-TRANS-LINES-FORUM list, send any message to: CONS-ELP-TRANS-LINES-FORUM-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp

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Re: [EC] Dunkard Creek, Mon Water quality
by Beth Little 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

Jim, At the Water Resources Committee meeting in Charleston last Thursday listening to Mandirola and Frank Jernejcic (sp?) and seeing their presentation about Dunkard Creek with maps of the mine pools underlying the region of southwestern PA and northwestern WV, I was struck with a thought that no one has mentioned. Actually it occurred to me on the way home. They did not seem inclined to pursue where the algae came from or how it got in Dunkard Creek; they said we may never know. And that may be true. But this is where my thoughts ran. The mine pools underlying this entire area are connected - not only by seeps, but they are actually being pumped from one to another. They also have seeps into the creeks and rivers in the area. Instead of the original suspicion that the algae got into Dunkard with wastewater from well drilling by Texas companies that contaminated the water with their drilling equipment from Texas, suppose the algae was introduced into the mine pools from wells drilled through them. In this case, every body of water in the area is at extreme risk, and control may be virtually impossible. Mandirola and/or Frank also talked about the conditions that the algae need to survive. Besides TDS, Ph is a big one, but I don't remember the specifics. I have emailed Frank for the details. My suggestion for how to proceed would be that all streams that are remotely threatened be brought to conditions that would prevent survival of the golden algae. Frank talked about how the normal green algae would out compete the golden algae in "normal" conditions for our area. So he would be a good resource. Of course, with drainage from the mine pools, controlling conditions in the threatened streams may not be possible. I wish I could be there. Keep me posted. You know this is starting to bump up against the group that is working on gas drilling, and you might want to be in on our calls. We have one coming up on Tues, and Dunkard Creek is one of our leading topics right now. Let me know if you want to be added to the call list. Jim S, Cindy Rank, Frank Jernejcic and about 30 others are on it, but 8 to 10 is about how many actually call in. _____ From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of James Kotcon Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:27 PM To: ec(a)osenergy.org Cc: aaron.isherwood(a)sierraclub.org; dteaney(a)appalachian-center.org; Joe Lovett; Cindy RANK; Sandy Cress Subject: Re: [EC] Dunkard Creek, Mon Water quality Attached and below are some recent articles about the fish kill in Dunkard Creek. This is emerging as a major issue, and any suggestions for how to proceed would be welcome. Some local activists are meeting Monday at 11:45 at Zen Clay in Morgantown (join us if you can), but any ideas from anywhere would be appreciated. My initial perception is that the fish kill is simply a symptom of the long-running lack of enforcement by DEP, and the Club's current legal action is already addressing those issues. But those will take years, and we really need to be coming up with solutions before this stuff spreads. Jim Kotcon 304-293-8822 (office) 304-594-3322 (home) >>> "Donald C. Strimbeck" <dcsoinks(a)comcast.net> 10/18/2009 9:03 AM >>> Later this week we will put out email re next MRR&CC meeting, and, next Water Quality Forum. Pasted below is today's Dominion Post article, which is also attached. Also attached is info from Duane Nichols re other news stories. Attachments are in MICROSOFT compatibility 97-2003 format. DUNKARD CREEK-DP-18OctY2K9 Front page Morgantown Dominion Post Sunday 18 October 2009: <http://olive.dominionpost.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RFBvc3QvMjAwOS8xMC8xOCN BcjAwMTAx&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom> http://olive.dominionpost.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=RFBvc3QvMjAwOS8xMC8xOCNB cjAwMTAx&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom 21 streams at risk for fish kill algae 7 Mon creeks on watch list BY DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) fears 21 other state streams have conditions conducive for growth of the same Dunkard Creek fishkill algae. During an interim meeting last week, the Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State Water Resources also learned: The golden algae toxins killed the fish and mussels, but no one yet knows how the algae got there. Legislative action may be needed to control the conditions that could lead to future outbreaks. The puzzle has to be solved before fish can be returned to Dunkard Creek. As investigators learned what makes the algae thrive, particularly the total dissolved solids (organic and inorganic minerals, salts, metals and other matter), Scott Mandirola of the West Virginia DEP said, they began asking, "What other streams are potentially affected by this?" They compiled a list of 21 waterways of about 10 miles or more in length that had the right "conductivity," a measure of the flow of electric current that reflects TDS levels. "Those streams are now identified as being potentially at risk if these algae were allowed to spread," he said. Frank Jernejcic, District 1 fisheries biologist for the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) identified seven of them, besides Dunkard, as being in this area - the Monongahela River drainage basin: Buffalo Creek, Elk Creek, Bingamon Creek, Paw Paw Creek, Pyles Fork, Indian Creek and Dents Run. Jernejcic told the commission that the algae outbreak has eliminated about 99 percent of the fish along the 30-mile stretch of Dunkard Creek in West Virginia. The kill destroyed 18 species of fish and 14 species of mussels - all the mussels in the creek - he said. He didn't have information on the extent of the fish kill in the Pennsylvania portion of the creek. The Pennsylvania DEP referred questions to Eric Levis, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, who did not return calls placed over the course of two days. Investigators search for algae source Mandirola told the legislators that the golden algae, known as Prymnesium parvum, first appeared in Texas in 1985. It mainly kills fish and, unlike red tide, isn't harmful to humans. Experts analyzed some of the dead fish, he said, and confirmed algae toxins killed them - affecting the livers and gills most severely. Investigators know the algae likes brackish water, and that Dunkard has the conditions - the right acid levels and high total dissolved solids (TDS), including sulfates and chlorides (salt) - that favor golden algae growth. But, Jernejcic said, "why it's there, how it got there and what caused it to reach the levels ... that would have caused the fish kill" is still a mystery. The golden algae is a symptom - they haven't gotten to the cause. "We believe with confidence that it's golden algae toxins that are killing the fish," Mandirola said. "They like the environment that's there. We need to see what we can do about the environment. "They've not come up with a clean, easy way to get rid of it," he said. "The best approach is to learn how to live with it and learn how to control what it doesn't like. If you can make the environment unfavorable ... they won't be able to produce the toxin, they won't be able to bloom and they won't cause the problems." Helen Humphreys, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania DEP, said her agency is continuing to collect information so it can come to its own conclusion about the cause. "The algae needs a brackish, salty environment to thrive," she said. "Dunkard Creek is a freshwater stream, but high TDS levels have made it salty. So, where is it coming from?" Investigators said they think it may possibly be linked to mine drainage, which is associated with high TDS levels, especially during low flow times, when rainwater isn't diluting the discharge. Tests show high TDS levels in the Dunkard as far upstream as St. Leo, near the mouth of the South Fork tributary, southwest of Wadestown near the Marion County border. There is a mine drainage pool in this area, and at a point above a beaver dam, above the drainage pond, the algae cell count drops dramatically. And other mine pools drain into the Dunkard in both states. Legislation may be needed to get solids under control Getting TDS levels under control is part of the answer, and legislation may be needed, several people said. "How long are we going to keep going before we say, 'Let's draw a line in the sand?' " Jernejcic said after the meeting. Asked if it would require legislative action, he said, "I suspect." Dr. Duane Nichols, a water expert, retired WVU professor and member of the Upper Monongahela River Association, gave his opinion to the commission: "We have called for water quality standards. ... We need a statewide standard for total dissolved solids." Delegate Tim Manchin, D-Marion and co-chairman of the commission, said legislation may involve "a couple avenues." One could be adopting overall stream quality regulations regarding factors related to chlorides (salt) and TDS. Pennsylvania already has some TDS standards, he said. Another could involve implementing some treatment measures for mine drainage. "How much discharge do you allow?" he asked. Beyond that, he said, "At what point does this start having an impact on our economic community?" Right now, he said, commissioners are trying to bring themselves up to speed so they'll be ready if and when the DEP brings forth proposed legislation. Pennsylvania and West Virginia DEP officials have credited CONSOL Energy with being cooperative during the investigation. Consol has ceased discharges from mine pools along the creek while investigators study the cause. Humphreys said the Pennsylvania DEP believes discharge from the Blacksville No. 1 and Blacksville No. 2 mines could have contributed to the high TDS and chloride levels, according to a letter the department sent to CONSOL dated Oct. 7. In the letter, the Pennsylvania DEP requested information about the various mine pools in the Dunkard Creek watershed and how they are connected. The Pennsylvania DEP also requested copies of all of CONSOL's discharge monitoring reports for the Blacksville No. 2 mine and copies of the company's permits and permit applications, among other things. Humphreys said the Pennsylvania DEP would review the information from CONSOL, once the company sent it. The Pennsylvania DEP also sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month, asking the agency to revoke an Underground Injection Control permit that allows CNX Gas Co. - a subsidiary of CONSOL - to inject wastewater into the Morris Run Borehole at the inactive Blacksville No. 1 mine. The permit allows CONSOL to dispose of up to 150,000 barrels per month of coal-bed methane wastewater, which contains up to? 25,000 milligrams per liter of TDS, according to the letter. EPA spokesman David Sternberg said the agency is evaluating the letter and is preparing a response to it. Sternberg said he did not know when the response would be mailed. CONSOL voluntarily stopped injecting the wastewater into the borehole Oct. 2. Donald C. Strimbeck, Sec/Treas Upper Mon River Assoc UpperMon.org Vice Chair, Mon River Rec & Comm Com MonRiverSummit.org 109 Broad Street, P. O. Box 519 Granville WV 26534-0519 304-599-7585 (fax 4131) dcsoinks(a)comcast.net No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.422 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2444 - Release Date: 10/18/09 09:04:00

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King Coal Can't Intimidate Us
by Jim Sconyers 18 Oct '09

18 Oct '09

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. --- On Sun, 10/18/09, Mary Anne Hitt, Sierra Club <membership.services(a)sierraclub.org> wrote: From: Mary Anne Hitt, Sierra Club <membership.services(a)sierraclub.org> Subject: King Coal Can't Intimidate Us To: jim_scon(a)yahoo.com Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 12:32 PM Sierra Club #yiv1124586513 #yiv1124586513 .normal, #yiv1124586513 , #yiv1124586513 p, #yiv1124586513 td, #yiv1124586513 tr, #yiv1124586513 h1, #yiv1124586513 h2, #yiv1124586513 h3, #yiv1124586513 h4, #yiv1124586513 h5, #yiv1124586513 h6, #yiv1124586513 ul, #yiv1124586513 li, #yiv1124586513 div, #yiv1124586513 input, #yiv1124586513 textarea, #yiv1124586513 option, #yiv1124586513 select { font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-style:normal;} #yiv1124586513 .normal, #yiv1124586513 , #yiv1124586513 p, #yiv1124586513 td, #yiv1124586513 tr, #yiv1124586513 li, #yiv1124586513 div, #yiv1124586513 input, #yiv1124586513 textarea, #yiv1124586513 option, #yiv1124586513 select {font-size:12px;} #yiv1124586513 .normal {color:#000000;} #yiv1124586513 {background-color:#ffffff;} #yiv1124586513 #yiv1124586513 a {color:#333366;} #yiv1124586513 a:visited {color:#666666;} #yiv1124586513 a:hover {color:#3333ff;} #yiv1124586513 #yiv1124586513 .blackborder {border-color:#000000;} #yiv1124586513 #yiv1124586513 .smalltext {font-size:10px;} #yiv1124586513 .verysmalltext {font-size:9px;} #yiv1124586513 #yiv1124586513 H1, #yiv1124586513 .header { font-size:14px;color:#000000;font-weight:700;} #yiv1124586513 .issueheader { margin-bottom:5px;color:#669900;} #yiv1124586513 #yiv1124586513 H2, #yiv1124586513 .subtitle { font-size:12px;color:#669900;font-weight:700; } View a web version of this email. Dear Jim, Last Chance to Submit Comments Opposing Streamlined Permits for Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining! Last week the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) held 6 hearings on its proposal to end streamlined mountaintop removal coal mining permits in Appalachia. The clean energy proponents who turned out at the Kentucky and West Virginia hearings were verbally and physically threatened by the pro-coal faction and were removed before the hearing by police for "security reasons."1 We can’t let King Coal silence the opposition to mountaintop removal coal mining--send a comment to the Corps supporting an end to streamlined permits before the October 26th deadline. Coal companies are telling the people of Appalachia that projects polluting their water sources and destroying their mountains are critical to their economy. But the truth is that mountaintop removal coal mining costs state budgets more than it generates, and other types of mining already employ more Appalachian workers.2 It's time to end the lies. The Corps needs to hear the truth from you today. If you listen to the coal companies, then you might believe that mountaintop removal coal mining is critical to keeping energy prices low. The truth is that ending mountaintop removal would have a negligible effect on electricity prices in the eastern United States, where mountaintop removal coal is currently burned.3 Coal companies don’t just want to keep you in the dark about the abundance of cost-effective alternatives to mountaintop removal coal, they want to keep using this destructive practice that actually destroys the mountains and valleys necessary to develop clean energy sources like wind, small-scale hydropower, and solar.4 Turning to clean energy will benefit Appalachia's economy and protect its communities, and the first step is ending the streamlined permits for mountaintop removal coal mining projects that are standing in the way. Thanks for all that you do to protect the environment. Mary Anne Hitt Sierra Club Big Picture Campaign P.S. Please forward this message and help spread the word to your friends and family! [1] Check out Sierra Club Beyond Coal Director Bruce Nilles’ blog on the hearings and the video of clean energy activists being harassed outside of the West Virginia hearing. [2-4] Read more about how studies show mountaintop removal coal mining costs local economies more than it provides. (pdf) If you do not wish to receive future emails like this, click here to be removed from this type of email contact. Update My Profile | Manage My Email Preferences | Update My Interests Sierra Club 85 Second St. San Francisco, CA 94105

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Re: [EC] NY Times editorial Shale and Our Water
by Paul Wilson 18 Oct '09

18 Oct '09

October 17, 2009 New York Times Editorial Shale and Our Water New York State’s environmental regulators have proposed rules to govern drilling in the Marcellus Shale — a subterranean layer of rock curving northward from West Virginia through Ohio and Pennsylvania to New York’s southern tier. The shale contains enormous deposits of natural gas that could add to the region’s energy supplies and lift New York’s upstate economy. If done carefully — and in carefully selected places — drilling should cause minimal environmental harm. But regulators must amend the rules to bar drilling in the New York City watershed: a million acres of forests and farmlands whose streams supply the reservoirs that send drinking water to eight million people. Accidental leaks could threaten public health and require a filtration system the city can ill afford. Natural gas is vital to the nation’s energy needs and can be an important bridge between dirty coal and renewable alternatives. The process of extracting it, however, is not risk-free. Known as hydraulic fracturing, it involves shooting a mix of water, sand and chemicals — many of them highly toxic — into the ground at very high pressure to break down the rock formations and free the gas. The technique is used in 90 percent of the oil and gas operations in the United States. And while most drilling occurs without incident, “fracking” has been implicated in hundreds of cases of impaired or polluted drinking water supplies in states from Alabama to Wyoming. The dangers are particularly acute in the Marcellus Shale, which, unlike the relatively shallow formations found elsewhere, lies miles underground. Getting the gas out will require far more water and heavy doses of chemicals. While the rules would require drillers to take special precautions in the watershed, there are too many points — from the delivery of the fluid to the drilling site to the removal of spent fluid after it surfaces — where poisoned water could escape into the water supplies. Quarantining the watershed also makes economic sense. The shale contains only one-tenth of the gas in the southern tier. One big accident could undo everything the city and state have done — buying up property, creating buffer zones around the reservoirs — to protect the watershed from development and pollution. State officials worry that if they deny landowners the right to lease the mineral resources under their property — 70 percent of the watershed is privately owned — they will face expensive “takings” claims. But the state has a right and responsibility to prevent drilling that poses a clear danger to public health. The state insists it has made a good-faith effort to assess the hazards, and its 800-page report is replete with scientific analysis. But it is the state’s analysis. What the state has not done, and what it must do, is give those who have serious doubts about drilling in the watershed a fair chance to state their case. New York City’s acting environmental commissioner, Steven Lawitts, has warned of “chronic and acute impacts to water quality.” Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and the Manhattan borough president, Scott Stringer, have asked the state for extensive public hearings. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has commissioned an independent scientific study of the risks to the watershed. A fair review will not be possible unless the state’s absurdly quick Nov. 30 deadline for public comment is extended. The mayor’s study will not even be completed until mid-December. It is dangerously irresponsible to rush this decision. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha

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WV Lung Assoc. on PATH
by Frank Young 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

Blank"While it is understood that the electricity transmission network has deficiencies in terms of its stability and its capability for dealing with new major power sources such as wind and solar, the Board believes that there are serious questions about whether any need to upgrade the grid is being used more to favor the status quo of dirtier electric power sources rather than as an opportunity to help more intentionally and unreservedly transition to cleaner energy sources while simultaneously taking serious steps to reduce demand. In contrast to the American Lung Association's national policy of encouraging the transition of power plants from burning coal, it appears that a significant outcome of implementing PATH would be to assist the coal-fired mode of electricity generation to become even further entrenched. Indeed, in the words of Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association, in a May 18, 2009 letter to the West Virginia Public Service Commission in support of PATH, "Enhanced transmission capacity helps increase the amount of low-cost, coal-fired generation dispatched into the regional grid. This helps preserve the future of existing power plants already on line, justifies additional investment in these plants and increases the likelihood that new, clean-coal electric fired generation will be constructed in the state." Despite Mr. Raney's claim for producing electricity using "clean-coal'' generation, it is the Board's observation that, on several counts, ranging from land degradation to water contamination to, of course, air pollution, the promise of “clean coal” has not come close to being achieved. Given the increased likelihood of new coal-fired electricity generation appearing along this transmission corridor, it is the burden of American Electric Power and Allegheny Energy to demonstrate that such a consequence of the implementation of their PATH proposal would in fact result in no deterioration of air quality. That this demonstration could be prepared seems unlikely to the Board." http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/WebDocket/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityI…

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Fw: [fom] Randy Huffman and Enviironmental justice???
by Frank Young 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

This guy is a joke. Subject: [fom] Randy Huffman and Enviironmental justice??? http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/64482622.html

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Mingo Co. Waste Wood Power Plant
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 16 Oct '09

16 Oct '09

*http://tinyurl.com/ygo3bgy* MINGO --- The president of American Clean Energy (ACE) announced today the company will build a $150 million alternative energy facility in Mingo County at the Harless Wood Products Industrial park. The West Virginia Economic Development Authority approved a resolution that will allow American Clean Energy to issue up to $100 million in tax-free bonds for the facility's construction. The plant will use waste material from wood products to create electricity. Tom Loehr, president of American Clean Energy, told the Daily News.

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Wind in Keyser WV
by Frank Young 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

October 15, 2009 Two Mineral commissioners support proposed wind farm KEYSER, W.Va. -- The Mineral County Commission is backing a proposed $131 million wind farm on Green Mountain near Keyser. By The Associated Press Advertiser KEYSER, W.Va. -- The Mineral County Commission is backing a proposed $131 million wind farm on Green Mountain near Keyser. Pinnacle Wind Force is seeking approval from the state Public Service Commission to build 23 turbines that would generate about 55 megawatts of power. The County Commission voted 2-1 Tuesday to support the project. Commission President Wayne Spiggle opposed the motion, saying it was premature. He unsuccessfully sought to delay the vote until after the PSC holds an evidentiary hearing on the developer's application. The hearing is setCommissioners Cindy Pyles and Janice LaRue cited the jobs and tax revenue that the wind farm would create. Maria Gunnoe www.ohvec.org www.southwings.org www.goldmanprize.org

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Fwd: Phone Parties on October 14th
by James Kotcon 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

To: WV Energy Committee: At SierraFest this weekend, we agreed to organize one of these call-in parties this Wednesday to support a strong climate protection bill. So plan on joining us Wednesday night from 6-9 PM, for a few minutes or as much time as you can spare. You can call from your home phone, with your computer in front of you, and this will allow you to talk to other Sierra Club members, to ask them to call their Senators. Best of all, if they agree (and most of them will), you will be able to patch them through to their Senator immediately, during that same call. No more worrying about whether they will actually follow through, and no more guilt on those who said they would but never get around to it. This is a GREAT system! JBK --- On Tue, 10/6/09, Christina & Nicole, Sierra Club <online.advocacy(a)sierraclub.org> wrote: From: Christina & Nicole, Sierra Club <online.advocacy(a)sierraclub.org> Subject: Sorry - Phone Parties on October 14th To: jim_scon(a)yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:00 PM View a web version of this email. Jim, The National Call in day and phone parties will take place on Wednesday, October 14th. Thanks for leading the way, Nicole Ghio Sierra Club Online Organizing Join the National Call In Day for a Strong Climate Bill! Sign Up to Host a Phone Party on October 14th. Last Wednesday Senators Kerry and Boxer introduced the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act in the Senate, a historic bill that will create more jobs, less pollution and greater security, but polluters like Big Oil and Coal are doing all they can to stand in the way of progress. They're spending tens of millions of dollars lobbying for billions in giveaways, and they're fighting to get rid of the tools that hold them accountable--like EPA's authority to regulate global warming pollution. Spread the word! We can't let Big Oil and Coal weaken the Clean Energy Jobs Bill--host a phone party on October 14th. Hosting a party is easy! We have a guide with all the information you'll need. You and your friends can make calls from any touch tone phone or mobile phone, so ask everyone to bring their cell. Where: Your home, office, or venue! When: Wednesday October 14th from from 6-10pm ET / 3-7pm PT. Join for as long as you can, whether its a few hours or 30 minutes. Training: We'll hold 2 optional conference calls both days at 6:00 pm ET/3:00 pm PT and at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT. RSVP: http://action.sierraclub.org/climateleaders_octphone We'll be calling Sierra Club members in key states and patching them through to their Senator's voicemail so they can leave a message supporting a strong bill. Our goal is to fill up as many Senate voicemails as possible, and we'll keep you updated as we fill the boxes throughout the night! Sign up to host a national call in day phone party today! Here's what's coming up: Help Push Back Against Big Oil and Coal Misinformation Don't Let Polluter's Control the Story - join the Rapid Response Team! Our opponents will do anything to stop the Climate Bill - including spreading lies and misinformation through the media. You've seen the articles, espousing lies about costs, attacking the scientific consensus behind Global Warming, even forging letters to make their ill-informed points. Join our Rapid Response team and help write Letters to the Editor highlighting the truth - why moving America to clean energy will generate millions of clean jobs, break our dependence on oil and reduce the carbon pollution that causes global warming. Make Calls for a Strong Climate Bill this Wednesday! Join this week's Winning Wednesday phone bank! You don't have to wait for the National Call in day to make calls for a strong Climate Bill! We are making calls every Wednesday night from 6-10pm ET, 3-7 pm PT. Join us for as long as you can, whether it's few hours or thirty minutes, as we use our cutting edge new phone banking tool that allows you to connect other Sierra Club activists directly to their member of Congress, all from the comfort of your own home. What: Call Sierra Club activists in key states and connect them directly to their Senator's office so they can leave a message. When: Every Wednesday night from 6-10pm ET, 3-7 pm PT. Join us for as long as you can, whether it's few hours or thirty minutes. Training: We'll do a training call at 6pm ET/3pm PT and again at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT on Wednesday so you can get familiar with the phone banking tool. Where: Your living room! RSVP: http://action.sierraclub.org/climateleaders_phone Thanks for leading the way, Christina Yagjian National Conservation Organizer Nicole Ghio Sierra Club Online Organizing If you do not wish to receive future emails like this, click here to be removed from this type of email contact. Update My Profile | Manage My Email Preferences | Update My Interests Sierra Club 85 Second St. San Francisco, CA 94105

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