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Fwd: NEWS ADVISORY: U.S. Renewables Now Neck-in-Neck with Nuclear Power
by James Kotcon 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Really interesting data on US energy consumption. Looks like biomass is one of the big sectors, but I suspect that the majority of that is ethanol and biodiesel. The key line is: “Members of the incoming Congress are proposing to slash cost-effective funding for rapidly expanding renewable energy technologies while foolishly plowing ever-more federal dollars into the nuclear power black hole,” said Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign. “The numbers clearly show this would be betting on the obvious loser while ignoring the clearly emerging winner in the energy race.” JBK >>> Ken Bossong <sun-day-campaign(a)hotmail.com> 12/27/2010 7:08 AM >>> SUN DAY CAMPAIGN 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 x.11 sun-day-campaign(a)hotmail.com News Advisory RENEWABLE ENERGY NECK-IN-NECK WITH NUCLEAR POWER EACH NOW PROVIDE 11% OF DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION BUT NON-HYDRO RENEWABLES GROW 11.5% WHILE NUCLEAR OUTPUT DROPS For Immediate Release: December 27, 2010 Contact: Ken Bossong, 301-270-6477 x.11 Washington DC -- According to the most recent issue of the "Monthly Energy Review" by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), "nuclear electric power accounted for 11% of primary energy production and renewable energy accounted for 11% of primary energy production" during the first nine months of 2010 (the most recent period for which data have been released). More specifically, renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass/biofuels, geothermal, solar, water, and wind) accounted for 10.9% of domestic energy production and increased by 5.7% compared to the same period in 2009. Meanwhile, nuclear power accounted for 11.4% of domestic energy production but provided 0.5% less energy than a year earlier. Among the renewable energy sources, biomass and biofuels accounted for 51.95%, hydropower for 31.50%, wind for 10.52%, geothermal for 4.65%, and solar for 1.38%. Comparing the first three-quarters of 2010 against the same period in 2009, hydropower declined by 5.2% but geothermal expanded by 1.8%, solar grew by 2.4%, biomass/biofuels increased by 10.0%, and wind grew by 26.7%; combined, non-hydro renewables expanded by 11.5%. Preliminary data also show that fossil fuels accounted for 78% of primary energy production. Overall, U.S. primary energy production rose by 2% compared with the first nine months of 2009. “Members of the incoming Congress are proposing to slash cost-effective funding for rapidly expanding renewable energy technologies while foolishly plowing ever-more federal dollars into the nuclear power black hole,” said Ken Bossong, Executive Director of the SUN DAY Campaign. “The numbers clearly show this would be betting on the obvious loser while ignoring the clearly emerging winner in the energy race.” And according to EIA’s latest "Electric Power Monthly," renewable energy sources accounted for 10.18% of U.S. electrical generation during the first three-quarters of 2010. Compared to the same period in 2009, renewables - including hydropower - grew by 2.2%. While conventional hydropower dropped by 5.2%, non-hydro renewable used in electrical generation expanded by 16.8% with geothermal growing by 4.9%, biomass by 5.5%, wind by 27.3%, and solar by 47.1%. Non-hydro renewables accounted for 3.9% of total electrical generation from January 1 - September 30, 2010 -- up from 3.5% the year before. # # # # # # # # The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its most recent "Monthly Energy Review" on December 22, 2010. It can be found at: http://www.eia.gov/emeu/mer/overview.html. The relevant charts from which the data above are extrapolated are Tables 1.1 and 1.2. EIA released its most recent "Electric Power Monthly" on December 17, 2010; see: http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html. The relevant charts are Tables ES1.A and ES1.B. The quotation in the first paragraph of this release was originally posted by the EIA on its web page accompanying the release of the “Monthly Energy Review” but has since been removed without explanation. The original EIA posting can be found at the following two sites: http://ehsmanager.blogspot.com/2010/12/eias-primary-report-of-recent-energy… http://www.akbizmag.com/from-our-elected-officials.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: DEP Public Notice - County - Kanawha - Notice of Intent to Approve Permi...
by Duane330＠aol.com 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Forwarded is the permit announcement for the Emerald Bilfuels plant set for Institute, WV in the Kanawha River valley.

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Fwd: WVNS story: EPA Starts Clean Air Act Process for Controlling Greenhouse Gases
by Paul Wilson 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:50 AM Subject: WVNS story: EPA Starts Clean Air Act Process for Controlling Greenhouse Gases To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Public News Service-WV December 24, 2010 EPA Starts Clean Air Act Process for Controlling Greenhouse Gases CHARLESTON, W.Va. - It's a move that promises to have quite an impact on West Virginia. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is starting the process under the Clean Air Act for controlling greenhouse gas emissions by the nation's 500 fossil fuel power plants. Advocates of the EPA action say it will create new jobs for West Virginians, but others are apprehensive about the effect on the state's coal industry. The assistant EPA administrator for air and radiation, Gina McCarthy, says it's too early to say much about what EPA's rules will look like, but says the agency will start by encouraging a phase-in of cost-effective technologies under already well-established Clean Air Act programs. "You will see measurable reduction. This is where there are the most significant and reasonable opportunities for us to have pollution reduction, and also to provide certainty to these industries." McCarthy says the agency will be flexible in how the rules will be applied, and will not place an overall cap on how much carbon utilities can emit. Pat Hemlipp is a spokesman for American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation's largest consumers of coal. AEP supported cap-and-trade, which was blocked by Republicans in the Senate. He praises the EPA's approach, with reservations. "Especially, their recognition that any program should be as flexible as possible. But we remain concerned that the Clean Air Act is going to constrain how flexible the agency can be, because the Clean Air Act does not allow much flexibility." Critics of climate change regulations say they will damage the coal and electricity industries in West Virginia, and have questioned how expensive control technologies will be. McCarthy insists the technologies are ready and will be good for jobs in those areas. "They will be making investments in new control technologies, investments that will not only sustain jobs in the U.S. but actually grow jobs in the U.S." The rules will be drafted with industry input and public comments, and will start with new power plants or plants undergoing major changes. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17660-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/17660-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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 "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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New Coal-To-Liquids proposal in WV
by James Kotcon 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

I just saw this. An effort to get a CTL plant onto Weirton's property would be politically difficult to oppose. Weirton Steel has long had a history of support form organized labor in WV, and therefore has had political support that few industries would likely see. Just the name alone will create support for any proposal to bring back those jobs. This does not appear to be a well-funded proposition, yet. If the Steelworkers have signed on, that will create some momentum, and minimize labor conflicts. And if the Governor backs it, look for state subsidies. jim Kotcon >From the Wheeling (WV) News-Register, Dec. 10, 2010. Available at: http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/549692/Thousands-of-Job… Thousands of Jobs May Be on the Way Officials gather to discuss coal-to-liquids plant December 10, 2010 - By IAN HICKS Major players in a proposed coal-to-liquids plant say they are on the verge of resurrecting Weirton's industrial heritage and putting more than 1,000 people to work in the city. Officials with Weirton Energy, the company seeking to build the faculty, met with acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, in Wheeling Thursday to discuss the project. If all goes according to investors' plans, such a plant could be operational within 18 months and reach full capacity in two to three years. According to Weirton Energy's chief engineer, Al Norman, the plant would represent a capital investment of about $2 billion and bring at least 1,100 jobs to the city, with the potential for that figure to top 3,000 in the future. The company has reached an agreement in principle to establish an "amalgamated" labor union under the current United Steelworkers Local 2911, according to union President Mark Glyptis. McGeehan said after meeting with Tomblin, he believes the governor is solidly behind the initiative. Tomblin's support, he said, will be key in clearing the final hurdle for this proposal to become reality - land acquisition. Weirton Energy wants to build the plant on property presently held by steelmaker ArcelorMittal. Though some of the facilities haven't been used since the late 1960s, the Luxembourg-based company has been reluctant to part with the property. Weirton Energy's attorney, Robert D'Anniballe, said the company is "exploring best opportunities" to acquire the land, though he did not go into detail regarding those opportunities. Company officials would not confirm they are seeking to garner the property through eminent domain; however, the Weirton Redevelopment Authority at an August meeting discussed the possibility of attempting to exercise that power on ArcelorMittal's properties at the north end of town. No specific development projects were discussed at that meeting. Norman called the mill property an "industrial graveyard" for which cleanup costs likely will top $100 million. ArcelorMittal is "faced with the immediate cleanup of this property if that plant shuts down," he said. However, Norman said Weirton Energy's plan would absolve the steel company from any environmental cleanup obligations and place that burden squarely on his company. He estimated it could save ArcelorMittal $30 million in annual operation costs. Norbert Keilbach, Weirton Energy's chairman of the board and chief executive officer, said the Weirton location is perfect because many of the components needed already are in place, including infrastructure, transportation and "a ready-made pool of competent labor and experienced labor." A stipulation of the union's contract with ArcelorMittal prevents the sale of those properties without union approval. Glyptis said he is in full support of the project, noting he would prefer the property be used in such a manner rather than sold piecemeal to businesses that rely on low-wage labor. Keilbach said many of the jobs to be created would pay $100,000 or more annually. McGeehan, who has made bringing a coal-to-liquids plant to Hancock County a priority during his term as a legislator, said industry has always been crucial to the area and it must be a part of the future for the Ohio Valley to thrive. "We can't afford to miss this opportunity, because there's never going to be another one like it," said McGeehan.

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Fw: Updated Natural Gas Talking Points
by Jim Sconyers 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

Updated Sierra Club position FYI. Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- We have posted some updated natural gas reform talking points on Clubhouse. Thank you to the Activist Network team members that helped provide feedback. http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/communications/talking-points/energy/natura… Let me know if you have trouble accessing these. -- Oliver Bernstein Senior Communications Strategist Sierra Club Phone: 512.477.2152 Cell: 512.289.8618

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Fw: Institute for Southern Studies Report: Two years after Tennessee coal ash disaster, still waiting for federal oversight
by Jim Sconyers 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Emily Enderle <eenderle(a)EARTHJUSTICE.ORG> To: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 3:32:15 PM Subject: Institute for Southern Studies Report: Two years after Tennessee coal ash disaster, still waiting for federal oversight great article with an excellent table. SPECIAL REPORT: Two years after Tennessee coal ash disaster, still waiting for federal oversight By Sue Sturgis Today marks two years since a coal ash impoundment collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee, sending a billion-gallon tidal wave of toxic waste into a nearby community and rivers. The disaster also pushed the issue of coal ash regulation into the public policy spotlight, with incoming Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson vowing to replace the existing patchwork of weak state regulations with federal rules to prevent a similar disaster in the future. But on the second anniversary of the Kingston spill, the American public is still waiting for federal protections from the hazards of coal ash -- with no idea when those might be in place. This week the EPA released its upcoming regulatory agenda, which addresses the final rulemaking for coal ash. The agenda classes the coal ash rule as a "long-term action," with the date of the final release "to be determined." "We are two years out from this environmental disaster with no certainty on when the final rules will be published," said Lisa Evans, an attorney with the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice. "We don't think this is a good place to be." Following the Kingston disaster, EPA set out to count the number of coal ash dumps, tallying more than 600 impoundments and similar units at coal-fired power plants nationwide. More than half of those that have been rated are classed as high or significant hazards, meaning a failure could kill people or cause extensive property damage. But coal ash doesn't present a hazard only when impoundments collapse: It's been linked to 137 cases of environmental contamination in 34 states, with impoundments and other dumpsites leaching toxins to groundwater. An EPA risk assessment [pdf] found that people who live near coal ash impoundments and drink from wells have as much as a 1 in 50 chance of getting cancer due to arsenic contamination -- 1,800 times EPA's regulatory limit. Coal ash also contains other toxins including lead, thallium and radioactive elements. In May of this year, after a long delay and heavy lobbying by industry interests, the agency took the unusual step of releasing not one but two proposals for regulating coal ash. The stricter version favored by public health and environmental advocates would regulate coal ash as a special waste under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which governs hazardous waste. The other option embraced by the utility industry would treat coal ash like ordinary solid waste under RCRA Subtitle D. Under the stricter Subtitle C option, EPA has enforcement authority and the regulations are mandatory in every state. But under the weaker Subtitle D approach, EPA would issue "guidelines" that are not federally enforceable -- and that states may choose not to adopt. A recent EPA analysis identified 30 states that it predicts would not adopt the federal guidelines as law -- including disaster-stricken Tennessee. The following chart taken from comments on the proposed rules [pdf] by an alliance of environmental groups lists the coal-ash generating states that EPA expects would and would not adopt Subtitle D guidelines: The choice between Subtitle C and D also has significant environmental justice implications, since an analysis by the same environmental organizations found that communities near coal plants in the states that are not expected to implement the Subtitle D guidelines are more likely to be impoverished, non-white and to have a larger-than-average child population. "In other words," the groups noted in their comments, "a weak EPA rule would apply new safeguards for coal ash regulation in states where coal ash presents a relatively small, or even non-existent, environmental justice problem, while failing to add protections in states where environmental justice communities are heavily impacted by coal ash disposal." Another Kingston spill highlights hazards Following the release of the proposed rules, the EPA held seven public hearings around the country to collect comments. It also extended the comment period from August to November. The agency collected more than 400,000 comments -- an unusually high number that shows the public's intense interest in the issue. The continuing risk from the lack of strict federal oversight was underscored last week when another impoundment at TVA's Kingston plant -- this one holding a type of coal ash waste commonly used to make drywall -- sprung a leak into the nearby Emory River, which was devastated by the 2008 spill. TVA has plugged the leak but says it still does not know the exact cause. Following the discovery of the leak by TVA, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ordered the utility to install a synthetic liner in the impoundment, which is now lined only with clay. But Evans questions why TDEC didn't require TVA to install a liner when the impoundment was constructed a year ago -- and why the agency has not imposed a Clean Water Act fine for the discharge into the Emory. The latest leak at the Kingston plant rattled residents of the nearby Swan Pond community, where the 2008 disaster damaged 42 homes and left people suffering from respiratory and other health problems. About 500 million gallons of spilled coal ash remains in the area today, with cleanup ongoing and expected to take another three years. "Are we really safe? Really?" Swan Pond resident Sarah McCoin asked the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Some of the affected residents filed lawsuits over the 2008 disaster. While about 90 suits have been dropped or dismissed, another 55 are pending in federal court in Knoxville, Tenn., with trials slated to start late next year. While TVA's board adopted a policy last year to convert all of its wet coal ash ponds to dry storage, that's expected to take at least a decade. In the meantime, Evans and other environmental advocates are hoping that EPA will release the final coal ash rule by the end of 2011. Once the federal rules are in place, states have as long as two years to revamp their own rules to comply with the new requirements. Some observers have noted that the closer we get to the 2012 election, the harder it will be for the Obama administration to buck the electric utility industry, which objects to strict regulation as too costly. The industry has considerable political clout, having invested more than $16.2 million in the 2010 federal election cycle alone, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. 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Fw: From today's Knoxville News Sentinal
by Jim Sconyers 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Joshua Ulan Galperin <josh(a)CLEANENERGY.ORG> To: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 10:25:16 AM Subject: From today's Knoxville News Sentinal Josh Galperin Policy Analyst and Research Attorney Southern Alliance for Clean Energy PO Box 1842 Knoxville, TN 37901 (O) 865.637.6055 X 23 (F) 865.524.4479 josh(a)cleanenergy.org www.cleanenergy.org <http://www.cleanenergy.org/> Please think about the environment before printing this email. CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL COMMUNICATION / WORK PRODUCT: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain privileged and confidential attorney-client communications and/or confidential attorney work product. If you receive this message in error, please send a reply e-mail to the sender and delete the material from any and all computers. Unintended transmissions shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE list, send any message to: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE-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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Two News Items of interest to Mon river watershed denizens.
by James Kotcon 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

>From Don Strimbeck's daily news summary. JBK Grants offered to study impact of Marcellus shale drilling By Kim Leonard PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, December 21, 2010 The Colcom Foundation is offering nonprofit organizations $1 million in grants to study Marcellus shale development, and provide lessons and advice about environmentally sound natural gas drilling practices. Amid controversy and mixed messages about the effects of well-drilling, "Who can you trust? There is a great deal at stake," said John F. Rohe, vice president of philanthropy for the Downtown-based foundation that focuses on conservation and the effects of overpopulation. Colcom announced its Marcellus Environmental Fund on Monday to address the "accelerating environmental impact" of drillers boring into the deep Marcellus layer and fracturing shale to extract gas. "The foundation would like to see a higher sense of trustworthiness and integrity" as drilling expands, Rohe said. The main question is whether the industry follows safe practices, or whether Western Pennsylvania might repeat one of its past mistakes, such as uncontrolled coal mining, he said. Colcom has funded cleanups of old mining sites. Applications can be submitted until Jan. 14 for grants to be given out in February. A second round of proposals is due March 14, for awards to be distributed in May. The foundation, created by the late Cordelia Scaife May, hasn't specified a number of grants, or amounts to be given out. Money will go toward public education, environmental monitoring and identifying best practices for the industry, for example. "This is not designed to be anti-drilling," Rohe said of the grants. "Possibly, the primary beneficiaries of this fund are the responsible drillers." Kathryn Z. Klaber, executive director of drilling industry trade group the Marcellus Shale Coalition, said yesterday the industry "recognizes that an educated citizen and landowner are the best partners in developing this clean-burning, job-creating resource." Working with regulators and others, gas drillers have "enhanced well-casing standards to protect drinking water and backed a permitting fees increase, enabling DEP to hire additional inspectors at no cost to the taxpayer. To the degree that other organizations seek to contribute to this fact-based debate, we encourage that." Kim Leonard can be reached at kleonard(a)tribweb.com or 412-380-5606. Pittsburgh Tribune Review Chemical plant courted for West Virginia By Bloomberg News Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Bayer AG, the world's largest maker of polyurethane, is trying to persuade potential investors to build a chemical plant on company sites in West Virginia using ethane from adjacent shale-gas deposits. The Leverkusen, Germany-based company is in talks to lease or sell unused parts of two sites covering 1,460 acres for construction of a plant known as a cracker, Bryan Iams, a spokesman for Bayer in Pittsburgh, said yesterday. The cracker would convert ethane into ethylene, a key ingredient in plastics such as polyethylene. The Bayer properties sit atop the Marcellus shale formation, which according to Energy Department estimates is the largest known U.S. gas field. New drilling techniques are boosting production from shale formations, keeping U.S. prices of natural-gas low relative to oil. That's prompted chemical makers Dow Chemical Co., Eastman Chemical Co. and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. to use more gas as a raw material. Chevron Phillips received preliminary approval last month from Texas regulators to reopen a cracker shut in 2008 at its Sweeny complex, according to a filing on the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's website. Eastman is opening a mothballed cracker in Longview, Texas, because it says low-cost gas has made the United States more competitive. Dow plans to use 30 percent more ethane, a component of natural gas, at its Gulf Coast crackers. "The burning question is what to do with all the ethane coming out of the Marcellus shale," said John Schirra, a senior account manager at U.S. chemical maker Ashland Inc. The Marcellus formation in Western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia is unusually rich in natural-gas liquids including ethane, said Dennis Yablonsky, chief executive officer of the Allegheny Conference, a Pittsburgh-based economic development group. The region has no crackers, he said. "We are unabashedly trying to attract" the chemical industry, Yablonsky said in a telephone interview. "We have had positive feedback that the general premise does make sense." Proposals for getting Marcellus gas to the chemical industry involve piping it to crackers on the Gulf Coast, where the country's chemical industry is concentrated. Pittsburgh Chemical Day, an annual conference that brings together companies such as Bayer, Eastman and PPG Industries Inc., will focus its May 10 event on using Marcellus shale gas to bolster investment in the regional chemical industry, said Schirra, an organizer of the meeting. Bayer's sites in New Martinsville and Institute, W.Va., have access to rail, water and road transportation, Iams said. An ethylene plant adjacent to Bayer's West Virginia plastics or pesticide plants would cut its raw-materials costs and draw more manufacturers to the area, he said. It would cost at least $500 million and require about 4 years to build an ethane cracker capable of producing 1 million metric tons of ethylene a year, Hassan Ahmed, a New York-based analyst at Alembic Global Advisors, said in a telephone interview.

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Fwd: TN Coal Ash bill
by James Kotcon 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Attached are comments on EPA's coal ash rule from Tennessee. Of particular interest is Attachment 3 which is a bill introduced in the TN legislature last year to regulate coal ash. The comments identify eight issues that are covered in the bill that ought to apply to the so-called beneficial use disposal sites in WV. As far as I can tell, the Tennessee bill does not address the issue of adequate testing of coal ash, and appears to allow continued reliance on the discredited TCLP methods to test for toxicity of ash leachates. Does anyone see any other issues that need to be addressed? I hope to begin drafting some legislation over this coming week, and any comments (or help drafting) would be appreciated. JBK >>> Louise Gorenflo <lgorenflo(a)gmail.com> 12/13/2010 2:43 PM >>> Wallace Attached are the comments I wrote for the EPA Coal Ash regs. It describes our efforts to get a good bill passed by the TN legislature - and our failure. The attachments include a copy of the proposed bill. Louise Gorenflo TN Chapter 391-484-2633

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Fwd: [Charleston Newspapers] Article - $80M in bonds OK'd for power plants
by James Kotcon 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

I have never fully figured out what these economic development bonds do, but they apparently dramatically lower the cost of borrowed money for coal-fired power plants. Soon as I get a "Round Tuit", I want to figure out what these actually mean and whether it is a good use of our time to fight this practice. See link to attached news article. If there is an economist, banker, business major, or just someone who can balance a checkbook, who wants to do some behind the scenes work over the next few months, let me know. We can figure out what these do and how to fight them. Jim Kotcon >>> <articles(a)cnpapers.com> 12/17/2010 7:01 AM >>> jkotcon(a)wvu.edu sent you this article ----- December 16, 2010 $80M in bonds OK'd for power plants ( http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201012160888 ) By Eric Eyre ( about:contact/revprler+jitnmrggr+pbz+return=/News/201012160888 ) The Charleston Gazette P>CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Appalachian Power received the go-ahead Thursday to issue up to $60 million in bonds that will help pay for landfill improvements and a scrubber on a power-generating unit at the John Amos Power Plant near Winfield. T ... Read more ( http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201012160888 ) -----

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Fwd: Fw: "Fracking Wonderland" video on you tube
by James Kotcon 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Merry Christmas. May this little clip light up your holiday spirit (your fighting spirit, that is). JBK >>> Paula Carrell <Paula.Carrell(a)sierraclub.org> 12/16/2010 2:48 PM >>> --------------------------- cc:Mail Users----------------------------- ** Remember to DELETE the 'Sender: ...' lines above before REPLYing ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For those working on Shale Gas issues: Fracking Wonderland. A Christmas shout-out for all our friends at the Gas & Oil Commissions! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-R4rYXdDhI&feature=player_embedded ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to: LISTSERV(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF CONS-FRED

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FW: call or e-mail Rockefeller!
by Grubb, Karen 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

From: Vickie Wolfe [mailto:ibtreehugger@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 8:19 PM To: Ben Stout; Bill Becker; Carol Warren; cindyrank; Daniel Chiotos; haning2; Frank Young; James Kotcon; Jeff Biggers; Kathryn Stone; matt noerpel; Matt Sherald; Rory McIlmoil; Vivian Stockman; Don Alexander; asd; ashevillejoe; bbailey; benji; Bill Price; Brenda Wilson home; Charles Pique; Chuck Wyrostok; connigl; dana.kuhnline; Dave Cooper; dbady; Gary Zuckett; info; Janet Keating; Jim Sconyers; Joe Jarrell; John Palmer; John Stone; johnwilkinson2; joseph mathis; Julia Sendor; Julian Martin; Julie Archer; JW Randolph; Grubb, Karen; Leslee McCarty; lisadaniels; Mary Wildfire; maryanne.hitt; matt; Mel Tyree PhD; mhendryx; Mike Harman; mjanes; mmany; Norm Steenstra; Patricia Feeney; Randy White; Ray Haning; Rick Wilson; Robin Wilson; Rose Edington; Sally Shepherd; Sarah Halstead; savanna lyons; swatson; Ted Boettner; Tom Pendleton; Trevor Swan; unclesteve197; Vernon Haltom; webb.bo; Willa Mays; bill.mccabe; jeff; Antrim Caskey; Bob Kincaid; bobby mitchell Subject: call or e-mail Rockefeller! from Coal Tattoo: http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2010/12/16/w-va-sen-jay-rockefeller-t… This just in from the office of West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Senator Jay Rockefeller has informed Senate Leadership that he will insist on a vote on his EPA-suspension legislation this year. If left with no other option, Senator Rockefeller will seek to suspend the rules on the Omnibus Appropriations bill to bring up his legislation. I.e., this is legislation to suspend for two years EPA's authority to regulate GHGs from stationary sources, like coal-fired power plants. Let him know how you feel about this!! His e-dress is senator(a)rockefeller.senate.gov<mailto:senator@rockefeller.senate.gov> -- ```````````````````````````````````````````````````` Vickie L. Wolfe PHONE: (304) 744-8777 E-MAIL: IBTreehugger(a)gmail.com<mailto:IBTreehugger@gmail.com> ```````````````````````````````````````````````````` "It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save our environment." -Ansel Adams "At the present time, there are six billion people on this planet pursuing a vision that is devouring the earth. That's our problem . . . Our problem is a world-devouring vision that six billion people are pursuing. "Now what can we do about this vision? We can't legislate it away or vote it away or organize it or even shoot it away. We can only teach it away. If the world is saved, it will be saved by people with changed minds, people with a new vision. . . . That's our path of hope for the future." --Daniel Quinn, 2000

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Need letters re: PATH Power Line
by Frank Young 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

BlankThe proposed PATH power line would be an "interstate highway" to ship even more Mountaintop Removal coal from the Ohio Valley to east coast cities. We have a unique opportunity and a short window of time to have the application for this unnecessary monstrosity dismissed by the WV Public Service Commission. NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need you to write a short letter (one sentence will do) and send it - by fax, if possible, because speed is important! - to the PSC and copy them to our new governor, Earl Ray Tomblin. (Addresses/fax numbers below.) You CAN'T just say you're against PATH (that's kind of a given, you know?), you need to tie it to the PSC staff's motion to dismiss the PATH application. ALWAYS include the case number. Something like: RE: Case No. 09-0770-E-CN - Potomac Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) I urge the members of the Public Service Commission to accept the recommendation of its staff that the PATH application should be dismissed. [Then sign your name, including your address.] Here's where to send it: Ms. Sandra Squire Executive Secretary Public Service Commission of West Virginia 201 Brooks Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Fax: 304-340-0325 cc: The Hon. Earl Ray Tomblin Office of the Governor 1900 Kanawha Blvd E Charleston, WV 25305 Phone: (304) 558-2000 Fax: (304) 342-7025 You can email the governor using this link: http://www.governor.wv.gov/Pages/contact.aspx. Just copy and paste it into your browser. Thanks, everyone! Our efforts are making a difference in this fight, and we need you to help keep it going! WV Environmental Council Government Affairs Committee Frank Young, Chair

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Re: [EC] WV PSC Staff 'Drops the Bomb' on PATH
by James Kotcon 12 Dec '10

12 Dec '10

As an organizational intervenor, we are required to go through our attorney on this. I have contacted Elena and Abbie for input, and will work with Bill on any filing. Please note that this motion to dismiss came from PSC Staff, not the Consumer Advocate Division as discussed in some e-mail chains. I certianly would encourage individuals to file comments in support of the Motion, but the Club's response must come from our attorneys. JBK >>> Jonathan Rosenbaum 12/11/10 5:52 PM >>> I received a copy from the WvaPath yahoo group where it was requested that "Everyone, I mean _everyone_, who is an intervenor needs to file a simple joinder statement to the PSC staff's motion to dismiss. You can put it in the form of a formal filing, or you can send it as a letter." Sounds like we need to do more than just watch PSC activity on this one. -Jonathan On 12/11/2010 4:20 PM, James Kotcon wrote: While this is indeed good news, it is worth noting that we were at about this point with TrAIL. During the evidentiary hearings, we had largely refuted all of TrAILCo's claims. In their final briefs, Staff had recommended against the line. At that point TrAILCo went into high pressure, back room "negotiations" to make a deal. We have no direct evidence that the Governor's Office got involved, but based on the e-mails from PSC Staff, I think it was likely. At any rate, two months later, Staff "agreed" to (or was told to agree to) a Settlement which added a few additional jobs and the TrAILCo line was approved. I recommend that we keep a constant watch on PSC Staff activity over the next few weeks. As they say, "Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me!" Jim Kotcon >>> "Frank Young" 12/10/10 10:58 PM >>> >From Bill Howley's 'The Power Line' blog- available at: http://calhounpowerline.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- WV PSC Legal Staff Files Motion to Dismiss PATH Application December 10, 2010 The PSC lawyers hit every single issue we have been presenting here on The Power Line for the last month. In particular, the staff points to Dominion’s Alternative 1 as being far superior to PATH in every respect. The staff cites the multiple results of PJM’s failure to consider Alternative 1 as being the primary reasons why AEP/Allegheny’s PATH application no longer meets the basic standards for a high voltage transmission line certificate of need as set out in WV statutes. The motion to dismiss is a recitation of all of the failures of PJM’s transmission planning process. The motion is a direct assault on PJM’s deceptive, misleading and contorted actions as more and better alternatives to PATH have appeared in the last year. The staff concludes: Staff moves the Commission (1) to dismiss PATH’S Application without prejudice; (2) permit for re-filing once a new analysis has been completed that includes all the recent developments; (3) order the Applicants to file updated testimony in regards to the economic and environmental aspects of this project, including a discussion of the need to rebuild the Pruntytown-Mt. Storm line. [the part of Alternative 1 that is owned by Allegheny] The staff’s motion effectively requires AEP/Allegheny and PJM to make a fair assessment of all viable alternatives to PATH within any new PATH application. Now it is up to the Commissioners of the WV PSC to stand up for our state against the self-appointed power company cartel, PJM Interconnection. The Commission staff has stated the case clearly for all to see. Their motion is a masterful summary of all that is wrong with the PATH project and PJM’s corrupt “planning” process. http://calhounpowerline.com/ __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Working since 1967 for the conservation and wise management of West Virginia's natural resources Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest * Unsubscribe * Terms of Use . __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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Fw: PATH LINE may get dismissed - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED FAST - act by
by Jim Sconyers 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Tina Rappaport <tinazipp(a)gmail.com> Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 2:07:16 PM Subject: PATH LINE may get dismissed - YOUR HELP IS NEEDED FAST - act by Dear friends across the beautiful state of West Virginia, We are at a historic crossroad and YOU can make a difference. The Consumer Advocate Division of the WV Public Service Commission has recommended to the Commission that the PATH application be dismissed, for now. We are pushing for you and all your friends, relatives and neighbors to flood the WV PSC with a brief letter of support by Tuesday, Dec. 14th or sooner. Summarized details about this latest development can be found below and the full document may be accessed on Bill Howley's blog What you need to know is that this is huge and we want the PSC to listen to the PSC's Consumer Advocate Division AND the good people of West Virginia. Please send a short note and have everyone you know do the same. This is the moment to act and encourage others to do the same. You may use this simple note: Send and address to: (You can save a stamp if you scan your letter and email it to Ali Haverty at almahaverty(a)gmail.com and she'll FAX it in) Sandra Squire Executive Secretary Public Service Commission of West Virginia 201 Brooks Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301 DATE: December ____, 2010 RE: Case Number: 09-0770-E-CN To the Commissioners of the West Virginia Public Service Commission, I/We fully support the PSC staff's motion to dismiss this case. Respectfully yours, (Your Name/s and address) INTERVENORS - Bill Howley isn't worrying about serving those not on the PSC email list this time, and I suggest we all follow suit and just get this done fast and simple. Read below for more details. My best always, Tina Rappaport, 304-655-0003 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Folks whether or not you are an intervernor or not you should send a note to the West Virginia PSC Today NOW ASAP stating your support for the PSC’s Staff’s motion to Dismiss the PATH Case. The address of the PSC and case number as a reminder. The case number should be on all correspondence. The PATH case number is 09-0770-E-CN. The WV PSC Address - Sandra Squire Executive Secretary Public Service Commission of West Virginia 201 Brooks Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Please do this Now…John Cobb Here is Bill Howely’s not to us all on this Important Need… From:WVaPATH@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WVaPATH@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Howley Everyone, I mean everyone, who is intervenor in the PATH Case needs to file a simple joinder statement to the PSC staff's motion to dismiss. You can put it in the form of a formal filing, or you can send it as a letter. I'm not going to worry about serving everyone else by mail on this one. We just need to overwhelm the Commissioners with a major show of support for the motion to dismiss. This may be our only shot at killing this thing. We need to pull out all the stops and get it done by the middle of next week. Take a few minutes and bang out a simple statement "I fully support the PSC staff's motion to dismiss." It can be that simple. But we have to let the Commissioners know that people across the state want this stopped. Invite everyone you know who is not an intervenor to send letters. This is a great time for everyone else to get their nose into the PSC case. To help you understand today’s Motion to Dismiss the Path Case I have excerpt key portions of the PSC Staff’s Motion to Dismiss…feel free to use any portion of this or just state your support the Staff’s Motion to dismiss…John Cobb! This is a (simplified recap) of the PSC’s Staff’s Motion to Dismiss PATH12/10/2010: The Staffof the West Virginia Public Service Commission respectfully submits Staff’s Motion, requesting that the Commission dismiss Power Companies application for PATH as insufficient, or in the alternative, require the Applicants to request a tolling and implement further case processing procedures. Staff asserts certain new developments pertaining to the status of the Dominion Power Alternative 1, to PATH to Rebuild the Mt. Storm-Doubs 500kV, transmission line…and to rebuild the Mt Storm – Pruntytown transmission line at a lower cost than the PATH project means that theCommission does not have all the information it needs to properly evaluate this PATH project and other reasonable alternatives. Further, the result ofthese rebuilds will be a more stable line with 65% increased capacity. Now, the owner of that line needs to rebuild it because of the advanced age of its infrastructure and the inherent danger of a collapse. The Staff of the PSC asserts that “It is ludicrous to continue to move forward with the PATH project while major changes are being contemplated for critical transmission infrastructures that should be factored into assessment of the need for PATH.” The Staff further asserts that, “Certain PJM approved upgrades to the transmission system have potentially moved all potential future voltage violations and potential blackouts out beyond 2019.” It is now possible that the PATH project might not be needed until 2020 or beyond. Given the lack of information concerning a full and meaningful evaluation of these issues, Staff believes this Application as currently filed is incomplete and should be dismissed. The estimated cost for the entirety of Dominion Rebuild Alternative 1, is $500-600 million as compared to over $2.1 billion for the PATH project. The Staff further declares “Even more glaring, the “Liberty” project alternative all located in Pennsylvania, which is several hundred million dollars cheaper than PATH and resolves all of the thermal and reactive violations through 2025, has been rejected as a replacement for by PATH by PJM and the Power Companies because it does not provide as much of a megawatt margin as the PATH project.” Under West Virginia Code 524-2-1 la(d)( l), a proposed transmission line must 66.. .economically, adequately and reliably contribute to meeting the present and anticipated requirements for electric power ...” As PJM has not done so, Staff believes the Applicants need to provide an analysis and testimony as to how PATH economically contributes to meeting the requirements for electric power in light of viable alternatives that are significantly cheaper and provide most of the same benefits. Once again, the Application as it is currently filed lacks information as to how the PATH project strikes this balance in light of the alternatives that have been proposed. This omission is especially striking for Dominion Alternative 1. That alternative involves the rebuild of two lines and the addition of voltage compensators, actions which will occur on existing rights-of-way, which will result in the taking of little to no additional public land, and which should have very little environmental impact, especially compared to PATH. The question that comes to mind given these factors is does PATH represent a reasonable balance betweenreasonable power needs and reasonable environmental factors when there is an alternative that will have substantially lower environmental impacts that resolves the identified power problems in the near and medium term? Staff believes this Application is further deficient due to the lack of that analysis and should be dismissed. Obviously, this analysis and the economic analysis should focus on, but not necessarily be limited too, Dominion Alternative 1 as this Commission, the State of West Virginia and its residents all have a large stake in that alternative and a portion of that alternative has already been approved by PJM. Further, it is reasonable to include in any new testimony a discussion of the need to rebuild the Pruntytown-Mt. Storm line. The rebuild of that line is a major component of Dominion Alternative 1, that line is approximately the same age as the Mt. Storm-Doubs line which needs to be rebuilt due to its age, and is owned by a subsidiary of Allegheny Power, the parent of one of the Applicants in this proceeding. Therefore, Staff moves the Commission (1) to dismiss PATH’S Application without prejudice; (2) permit for re-filing once a new analysis has been completed that includes all the recent developments; (3) order the Applicants to file updated testimony in regards to the economic and environmental aspects of this project, including a discussion of the need to rebuild the Pruntytown-Mt. Storm line. John Cobb 2/11/2010 304-452-9634

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Fw: HISTORIC VICTORY: NYS Becomes First State to Prohibit Hydrofracking!
by Jim Sconyers 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Catskill Mountainkeeper <info(a)catskillmountainkeeper.org> To: jim_scon(a)yahoo.com Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 5:02:22 PM Subject: HISTORIC VICTORY: NYS Becomes First State to Prohibit Hydrofracking! Having trouble viewing this email? Click here You're receiving this email because of your relationship with Catskill Mountainkeeper. Please confirm your continued interest in receiving email from us. You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. Catskill Mountainkeeper BREAKING NEWS December 11, 2010 HISTORIC VICTORY FOR THE CITIZENS OF NEW YORK STATE In an amazing victory for the citizens of New York State, Governor David A. Paterson has issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct further comprehensive review and analysis of high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale. The Executive Order requires that, if approved, high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing would not be permitted until July 1, 2011, at the earliest. New York State becomes the first state to have a formal prohibition on high volume horizontal hydrofacking because of concerns about environmental impacts. Regretablly instead of signing the "Moratorium Bill" legislation sent to him that included a prohibition on vertical hyrdofracking that was passed by on overwhelming bi partisan majority in both houses of the State government he decided instead to succumb to industry pressure and issue the Executive Order that eliminates vertical wells from the prohibition. While the Executive Order is historic and proves that our concerns over hydrofracking are legitimate it is also a disappointment because vertical wells are also dangerous. The gas and oil industry lobby deliberately misinterpreted a section of the Moratorium Bill claiming it would bring all gas drilling in New York State to a halt. The bill only specified a moratorium on drilling for wells using hydrofracking, whether they are vertically or horizontally drilled. A moratorium banning the fracking of vertical wells is very important for several reasons: 1. Gas companies have been clear that they plan to drill vertical wells in the Utica and Marcellus shale with the intention of converting them to horizontal wells. 2. While the State Senate was considering a two-year moratorium on horizontal wells the gas industry threatened to drill and frack 16 vertical wells every square mile in retribution if a moratorium on fracked horizontal wells was passed. 3. Some of the worst water contamination problems, such as in Dimock, PA came from vertical wells drilled and fractured in the Marcellus Shale. We now look to Governor Elect Andrew Cuomo to protect the Citizens of New York from the dangers of hydro fracking by any method including vertical drilling and horizontal drilling and including all shale formations. BELOW IS THE GOVERNORS PRESS RELEASE To embed this news release, copy the code below and paste it into your website or blog. http://readme.readmedia.com/Governor-Paterson-Issues-Executive-Order-on-Hyd…</a>' width='572' height='490' border='0' frameborder='0'>Preview Governor Paterson Issues Executive Order on Hydraulic Fracturing * by New York State Office of the Governor ALBANY, NY (12/11/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson has issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct further comprehensive review and analysis of high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale. The Executive Order requires that, if approved, high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing would not be permitted until July 1, 2011, at the earliest. This should allay any fears that high-volume hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling under study by DEC will commence without assurances of safety. "We in government must always focus on protecting the well-being of those whom we represent and serve, but we also have an obligation to look to the future and protect the long-term interests for our State and its residents," Governor Paterson said. "Therefore, I am proud to issue this Executive Order, which will guarantee that before any high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing is permitted, the Department of Environmental Conversation will complete its studies and certify that such operations are safe." Permits for high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing can not be issued until the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) completes a Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS), which is currently being developed. As a result, there is already in place a de-facto moratorium on such permits. The Governor issued the Executive Order contemporaneously with his veto of S.8129-B/A.11443-B, which would have suspended the issuance of new oil and gas drilling permits through May 15, 2011, including all conventional, low-volume, vertical oil and gas wells. "This legislation, which was well intentioned, would have a serious impact on our State if signed into law. Enacting this legislation would put people out of work - work that is permitted by the Department of Environmental Conservation and causes no demonstrated environmental harm, in order to effectuate a moratorium that is principally symbolic," Governor Paterson said. "Symbols can have great importance, but particularly in our current terrible economic straits, I cannot agree to put individuals out of work for a symbolic act." "I am sympathetic to the sponsors' desire to protect the environment and public health, and I respect the concerns that produced this legislation," the Governor continued. "But this legislation does not accomplish this purpose, since the activities at the heart of the moratorium are not currently taking place, and would not take place until well after the legislation's proposed moratorium." The bill goes well beyond high-volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing and effectively would result in a moratorium on all new oil and gas well drilling in this State. The cessation of such new activity, even for a limited period, would have substantial negative financial consequences for the State, local governments, landowners and small businesses involved in conventional oil and gas production. The Division of the Budget estimates that the bill would cause a substantial reduction in State revenues from the loss of permit fees and tax revenue. With a $315 million budget gap in the current fiscal year, and a projected gap of over $9 billion in the 2011-12 State fiscal year, New York simply cannot afford to send hundreds and perhaps thousands of jobs, and millions of dollars in capital investment to Pennsylvania and other states to our south. ### Additional news available at www.ny.gov/governor | High resolution images available at www.ny.gov/governor/mediaimages | password: paterson | New York State | Executive Chamber | press.office(a)chamber.state.ny.us | 212.681.4640 | 518.474.8418 | Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Support Mountainkeeper This is a complex and extended battle requiring tremendous resources. Catskill Mountainkeeper needs your financial support to continue to represent you in this fight. About Catskill Mountainkeeper Catskill Mountainkeeper is an independent, not for profit, 501c3 community based environmental advocacy organization, dedicated to creating a flourishing sustainable economy in the Catskills and preserving and protecting the area's long term health. We address issues of water integrity for the Delaware and Susquehanna River Systems, the defense of the vast woodlands that encompass the Catskill Forest Preserve and the New York City Watershed as well as farmland protection. We promote "smart" development that balances the economic needs and concerns of the Catskill regions' citizens and the protection of our abundant but exceedingly vulnerable natural resources. Forward email This email was sent to jim_scon(a)yahoo.com by info(a)catskillmountainkeeper.org. Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. Catskill Mountainkeeper | PO Box 381 | Youngsville | NY | 12791

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Re: [EC] WV PSC Staff 'Drops the Bomb' on PATH
by James Kotcon 11 Dec '10

11 Dec '10

While this is indeed good news, it is worth noting that we were at about this point with TrAIL. During the evidentiary hearings, we had largely refuted all of TrAILCo's claims. In their final briefs, Staff had recommended against the line. At that point TrAILCo went into high pressure, back room "negotiations" to make a deal. We have no direct evidence that the Governor's Office got involved, but based on the e-mails from PSC Staff, I think it was likely. At any rate, two months later, Staff "agreed" to (or was told to agree to) a Settlement which added a few additional jobs and the TrAILCo line was approved. I recommend that we keep a constant watch on PSC Staff activity over the next few weeks. As they say, "Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me!" Jim Kotcon >>> "Frank Young" 12/10/10 10:58 PM >>> >From Bill Howley's 'The Power Line' blog- available at: http://calhounpowerline.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- WV PSC Legal Staff Files Motion to Dismiss PATH Application December 10, 2010 The PSC lawyers hit every single issue we have been presenting here on The Power Line for the last month. In particular, the staff points to Dominion’s Alternative 1 as being far superior to PATH in every respect. The staff cites the multiple results of PJM’s failure to consider Alternative 1 as being the primary reasons why AEP/Allegheny’s PATH application no longer meets the basic standards for a high voltage transmission line certificate of need as set out in WV statutes. The motion to dismiss is a recitation of all of the failures of PJM’s transmission planning process. The motion is a direct assault on PJM’s deceptive, misleading and contorted actions as more and better alternatives to PATH have appeared in the last year. The staff concludes: Staff moves the Commission (1) to dismiss PATH’S Application without prejudice; (2) permit for re-filing once a new analysis has been completed that includes all the recent developments; (3) order the Applicants to file updated testimony in regards to the economic and environmental aspects of this project, including a discussion of the need to rebuild the Pruntytown-Mt. Storm line. [the part of Alternative 1 that is owned by Allegheny] The staff’s motion effectively requires AEP/Allegheny and PJM to make a fair assessment of all viable alternatives to PATH within any new PATH application. Now it is up to the Commissioners of the WV PSC to stand up for our state against the self-appointed power company cartel, PJM Interconnection. The Commission staff has stated the case clearly for all to see. Their motion is a masterful summary of all that is wrong with the PATH project and PJM’s corrupt “planning” process. http://calhounpowerline.com/ __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Working since 1967 for the conservation and wise management of West Virginia's natural resources Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest * Unsubscribe * Terms of Use . __,_._,___

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WV PSC Staff 'Drops the Bomb' on PATH
by Frank Young 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

>From Bill Howley's 'The Power Line' blog- available at: http://calhounpowerline.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- WV PSC Legal Staff Files Motion to Dismiss PATH Application December 10, 2010 The PSC lawyers hit every single issue we have been presenting here on The Power Line for the last month. In particular, the staff points to Dominion’s Alternative 1 as being far superior to PATH in every respect. The staff cites the multiple results of PJM’s failure to consider Alternative 1 as being the primary reasons why AEP/Allegheny’s PATH application no longer meets the basic standards for a high voltage transmission line certificate of need as set out in WV statutes. The motion to dismiss is a recitation of all of the failures of PJM’s transmission planning process. The motion is a direct assault on PJM’s deceptive, misleading and contorted actions as more and better alternatives to PATH have appeared in the last year. The staff concludes: Staff moves the Commission (1) to dismiss PATH’S Application without prejudice; (2) permit for re-filing once a new analysis has been completed that includes all the recent developments; (3) order the Applicants to file updated testimony in regards to the economic and environmental aspects of this project, including a discussion of the need to rebuild the Pruntytown-Mt. Storm line. [the part of Alternative 1 that is owned by Allegheny] The staff’s motion effectively requires AEP/Allegheny and PJM to make a fair assessment of all viable alternatives to PATH within any new PATH application. Now it is up to the Commissioners of the WV PSC to stand up for our state against the self-appointed power company cartel, PJM Interconnection. The Commission staff has stated the case clearly for all to see. Their motion is a masterful summary of all that is wrong with the PATH project and PJM’s corrupt “planning” process. http://calhounpowerline.com/ __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Working since 1967 for the conservation and wise management of West Virginia's natural resources Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use. __,_._,___

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FW: Democracy for America Training Opportunity
by Grubb, Karen 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

From: Denise Binion [mailto:dbinion@gmail.com<mailto:dbinion@gmail.com>] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 8:44 PM To: Denise Binion Subject: Democracy for America Training Opportunity Hi everyone, I had a call from the National Democracy For America recently in response to a survey I filled out last month. They are interested in putting on the Campaign Academy training and it would be the first one ever for WV! They are very interested in promoting progressive politics in WV. They are also interested in tailoring the training to include specific projects that would be of interest or helpful to us (e.g. Marcellus Shale drilling/water protection, State Democratic Party Chair, as well as State and local issues. It would be great to have the benefit of the training before the start of the 2012 campaigns. I have talked with several people from various progressive groups throughout the state and there seems to be a lot of interest in attending this training. There certainly is a need and also a great deal of dissatisfaction within the Democratic Party over the way things are going. This is a great opportunity at a critical time in this state and the nation. We can't afford to cede any more ground to the Republicans and DINOcrats. WV is especially desperate for some real Democratic government. Since it's based on Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy, there is no reason why we couldn't turn it into a 55 county strategy and would certainly help Progressives. I'm thinking it is something that OFA members, Brain Trust, DFA, environmental organizations and other progressive groups around the state would be interested in. We are looking at Flatwoods as a meeting site, making it equally accessible for 1st CD, 2nd and 3rd CD folks. Registration cost will be ~ $70 ($40 for low income or students) + lodging cost which is yet to be negotiated. There is also a possibility for a limited amount of scholarships. They need 80-100 participants to hold the training. What are your thoughts about participating in this training and do you think there are others in your area organizations that may be interested. The way things look right now, we're on our own to promote Democratic policies. No one is going to this, it looks like we're going to have to save ourselves. Please send me your thoughts, ideas and suggestions. Denise Binion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't tell me what you believe. Tell me what you do and I'll tell you what you believe. - Timothy Lange

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FW: [wvec-board] Marcellus Shale- on WV Public Broadcasting tonight (Thursday)
by Grubb, Karen 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

From: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:wvec-board@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Young Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 5:47 PM To: WVHCBOARD(a)yahoogroups.com; wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com; Chuck Wyrostok Subject: [wvec-board] Marcellus Shale- on WV Public Broadcasting tonight (Thursday) Tonight on The Law Works (8:30 p.m. on WV PBS TV) host Dan Ringer takes on the legal topics around Marcellus Shale Gas drilling in West Virginia. Special guests are attorneys Kenneth Tawney and Andrew Graham. West Virginia Public Broadcasting<http://www.facebook.com/wvpubcast>: __._,_.___ Reply to sender<mailto:fyoung@mountain.net?subject=Re%3A%20Narcellus%20Shale-%20on%20WV%20Public%20Briadcasting%20tonight%20%28Thursday%29> | Reply to group<mailto:wvec-board@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Narcellus%20Shale-%20on%20WV%20Public%20Briadcasting%20tonight%20%28Thursday%29> | Reply via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvec-board/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxbDlsbmxoBF9TAzk3…> | Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvec-board/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmNmkxanNuBF9TAzk3…> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvec-board/message/1952;_ylc=X3oDMTM1djZrZnF2…> (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvec-board;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcXZoc2VlBF9TAzk3MzU5N…> . __,_._,___

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creative anti-ash ad
by Jim Sconyers 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Now this is clever - if the stuff is so harmless, then take a few tons home! Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Midge Sweet <sweetmidge(a)GMAIL.COM> To: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Sent: Fri, December 10, 2010 2:13:53 AM Subject: Your home can be home to an extra helping of coal ash! Check out FACE's award-winning ad in the local paper, now on the Fall-line Alliance's website: http://faceenvironment.org/ -- Midge Sweet Georgians for Smart Energy Coalition 404-688-5430/w • 404-667-4476/cell www.georgiansforsmartenergy.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE list, send any message to: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/

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Fwd: Newcomers Will Hold Sway in Many State Legislatures
by James Kotcon 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Fascinating article. It suggests that, because so many legislators are inexperienced, lobbyists will have more influence than usual as newcomers will not know the process as well as the lobbyists do. We have our work cut out for us. JBK >>> Paula Carrell <paula.carrell(a)sierraclub.org> 12/8/2010 11:15 AM >>> --------------------------- cc:Mail Users----------------------------- ** Remember to DELETE the 'Sender: ...' lines above before REPLYing ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- fyi http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/newcomers-will-hold-sway-many-state… --- This message was sent by paula.carrell(a)sierraclub.org via http://addthis.com. Please note that AddThis does not verify email addresses. Make sharing easier with the AddThis Toolbar: http://www.addthis.com/go/toolbar-em ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to: LISTSERV(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF CONS-FRED

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Wyoming's fed-bucking approach to environmental policy
by Paul Wilson 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Info Frack forward Wyoming's fed-bucking approach to environmental policy News - From the October 01, 2010 issue of High Country News<http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17> by Cally Carswell Document Actions <http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17/frack-forward/image_viewer> On Sept. 15, Wyoming activated new rules requiring energy companies to identify the chemicals they inject underground to break up rocks in order to free trapped oil and gas. Critics suspect that the process -- known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- can contaminate groundwater. Evidence has been elusive, though, in part because drilling companies have been allowed to keep their chemical recipes largely secret. The new rules -- the nation's strictest -- were a surprisingly easy sell in Wyoming, where extractive industries almost single-handedly keep state coffers plump and exercise proportional political clout. At Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal's behest, the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission unanimously signed off on them in June. Though Halliburton protested some, most in the industry seemed unfazed. At the end of this month, the Associated Press reported that drillers even seemed "eager to comply." Anticipating similar moves by President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency, which recently increased its scrutiny of fracking, Wyoming wrote the rules as a message to the feds: Your help is not needed here. Federal "meddling" has always irked Wyoming's leaders. But under Freudenthal, the state has favored a curious strategy for fending off federal regulators: Beat them to the punch with its own cutting-edge environmental policies. In 2007, with a lawsuit pending over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's decision not to list the greater sage grouse as endangered, Freudenthal ordered state officials, conservationists and industry reps to map the bird's vital habitat. Within those "core areas," the state has tightly restricted oil, gas and wind development, all thought to disrupt grouse breeding -- a significant improvement over the Bureau of Land Management's style of developing first and dealing with impacts later. It's not a perfect plan -- core areas are strategically penciled to exclude the best gas patches, say critics, making places like the Powder River Basin sacrifice zones. And Freudenthal has called the grouse "one of the ugliest, stupidest birds I ever knew." Still, he's willing to defend it to protect Wyoming's natural gas industry. His office estimates that a listing would subject 83 percent of gas producers to new regulations. "What we live on in this state is mineral revenues," said Freudenthal energy advisor Aaron Clark in 2009, "and we would be subjecting a lot of that to the vagaries of the Endangered Species Act." For now, the plan has kept federal regulation at bay. When the Interior Department this year again declined to protect the grouse, officials commended Wyoming's efforts. And Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has encouraged other states with sagebrush habitat to adopt the core-area model. Wyoming hopes the feds will be similarly seduced by its new fracking law, as well as pioneering rules developed over the last two years for future carbon capture and sequestration projects. Shannon Anderson, a lawyer for the Powder River Basin Resource Council, a local environmental group, calls the latter "generally good rules." But they're less cautious than similar rules drafted by the EPA, which aim to protect drinking water by considering only deep, briny aquifers as potential carbon storage sites. Wyoming's rules could allow injections in shallow geologic formations, potentially even those that overlie drinking water sources. "They were designed to beat EPA and hopefully get them to follow, rather than dictate, Wyoming's approach," Anderson says. It's encouraging to see Wyoming advance environmental regulation instead of relax it, as the previous governor did to ease coalbed methane development, and as the Bush-Cheney administration did with fracking. But local environmentalists caution that the new policies aren't necessarily evidence that Wyoming's gone green. "All these rules are baby steps in terms of what we really need to accomplish to address the impacts we have in the state," Anderson says, adding that Wyoming is in "an already compromised position." Between 2001 and 2005, sage grouse populations near coalbed methane development in the Powder River Basin declined by 82 percent. Freudenthal refuses to moderate Wyoming's anti-wolf stance, jeopardizing the state's chances to manage the animals. And requiring frackers to disclose their chemicals won't protect groundwater if drillers remain exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act. "The idea is to get these rules in place and stop Congress from passing (comprehensive legislation), which would actually protect public health and safety," Anderson says. Imperfect as it may be, Wyoming's breakaway approach to environmental regulation is gaining favor among some surprising constituencies. Last month, Cathy Woollums, an executive of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a coal-reliant utility behemoth, came to the Wyoming Legislature with an unexpected request: Regulate greenhouse gases. Congressional inaction is creating too much uncertainty in the utility business, she said. And, in any case, MidAmerican would rather answer to Wyoming than the EPA. -- 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 "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Re: [EC] Wyoming's fed-bucking approach to environmental policy
by DSGJr＠aol.com 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Both bills being proposed for regulating Marcellus shale drilling in WV -- the DEP bill and the Judiciary Subcommittee A bill -- require the listing of frac fluid contents. don garvin In a message dated 12/7/2010 10:05:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, fyoung(a)mountain.net writes: Thanks, Paul. Would that WV's leaders be as pro-active. Doing the "right things"- even for the wrong reason- is better than the "sue the feds" approach West Virginia takes to natural resource extraction regulation. Frank Young ----- Original Message ----- From: _Paul Wilson_ (mailto:pjgrunt@gmail.com) To: _WV Chapter Energy Committee_ (mailto:EC@osenergy.org) Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10:20 AM Subject: [EC] Wyoming's fed-bucking approach to environmental policy Info Frack forward Wyoming's fed-bucking approach to environmental policy News - _From the October 01, 2010 issue of High Country News_ (http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17) by Cally Carswell Document Actions (http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17/frack-forward/image_viewer) On Sept. 15, Wyoming activated new rules requiring energy companies to identify the chemicals they inject underground to break up rocks in order to free trapped oil and gas. Critics suspect that the process -- known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- can contaminate groundwater. Evidence has been elusive, though, in part because drilling companies have been allowed to keep their chemical recipes largely secret. The new rules -- the nation's strictest -- were a surprisingly easy sell in Wyoming, where extractive industries almost single-handedly keep state coffers plump and exercise proportional political clout. At Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal's behest, the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission unanimously signed off on them in June. Though Halliburton protested some, most in the industry seemed unfazed. At the end of this month, the Associated Press reported that drillers even seemed "eager to comply." Anticipating similar moves by President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency, which recently increased its scrutiny of fracking, Wyoming wrote the rules as a message to the feds: Your help is not needed here. Federal "meddling" has always irked Wyoming's leaders. But under Freudenthal, the state has favored a curious strategy for fending off federal regulators: Beat them to the punch with its own cutting-edge environmental policies. In 2007, with a lawsuit pending over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's decision not to list the greater sage grouse as endangered, Freudenthal ordered state officials, conservationists and industry reps to map the bird's vital habitat. Within those "core areas," the state has tightly restricted oil, gas and wind development, all thought to disrupt grouse breeding -- a significant improvement over the Bureau of Land Management's style of developing first and dealing with impacts later. It's not a perfect plan -- core areas are strategically penciled to exclude the best gas patches, say critics, making places like the Powder River Basin sacrifice zones. And Freudenthal has called the grouse "one of the ugliest, stupidest birds I ever knew." Still, he's willing to defend it to protect Wyoming's natural gas industry. His office estimates that a listing would subject 83 percent of gas producers to new regulations. "What we live on in this state is mineral revenues," said Freudenthal energy advisor Aaron Clark in 2009, "and we would be subjecting a lot of that to the vagaries of the Endangered Species Act." For now, the plan has kept federal regulation at bay. When the Interior Department this year again declined to protect the grouse, officials commended Wyoming's efforts. And Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has encouraged other states with sagebrush habitat to adopt the core-area model. Wyoming hopes the feds will be similarly seduced by its new fracking law, as well as pioneering rules developed over the last two years for future carbon capture and sequestration projects. Shannon Anderson, a lawyer for the Powder River Basin Resource Council, a local environmental group, calls the latter "generally good rules." But they're less cautious than similar rules drafted by the EPA, which aim to protect drinking water by considering only deep, briny aquifers as potential carbon storage sites. Wyoming's rules could allow injections in shallow geologic formations, potentially even those that overlie drinking water sources. "They were designed to beat EPA and hopefully get them to follow, rather than dictate, Wyoming's approach," Anderson says. It's encouraging to see Wyoming advance environmental regulation instead of relax it, as the previous governor did to ease coalbed methane development, and as the Bush-Cheney administration did with fracking. But local environmentalists caution that the new policies aren't necessarily evidence that Wyoming's gone green. "All these rules are baby steps in terms of what we really need to accomplish to address the impacts we have in the state," Anderson says, adding that Wyoming is in "an already compromised position." Between 2001 and 2005, sage grouse populations near coalbed methane development in the Powder River Basin declined by 82 percent. Freudenthal refuses to moderate Wyoming's anti-wolf stance, jeopardizing the state's chances to manage the animals. And requiring frackers to disclose their chemicals won't protect groundwater if drillers remain exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act. "The idea is to get these rules in place and stop Congress from passing (comprehensive legislation), which would actually protect public health and safety," Anderson says. Imperfect as it may be, Wyoming's breakaway approach to environmental regulation is gaining favor among some surprising constituencies. Last month, Cathy Woollums, an executive of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a coal-reliant utility behemoth, came to the Wyoming Legislature with an unexpected request: Regulate greenhouse gases. Congressional inaction is creating too much uncertainty in the utility business, she said. And, in any case, MidAmerican would rather answer to Wyoming than the EPA. -- 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 "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle ____________________________________ _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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Fw: [WVHCBOARD] Fwd: [wvpanhandlenaturalists] (PVAS) INTRODUCTION TO MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DRILLING
by Frank Young 06 Dec '10

06 Dec '10

Jim and all- FYI. I am sending this mostly to add to the picture of how many groups are concentrating on this. Like the Eveready Bunny, It just keeps growing and growing and growing .................... :-) Frank -------------------------------------------------------- From: WVHCBOARD(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:WVHCBOARD@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Cynthia D. Ellis Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:28 PM To: West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Subject: [WVHCBOARD] Fwd: [wvpanhandlenaturalists] (PVAS) INTRODUCTION TO MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DRILLING ------ Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathy Bilton <kathy(a)fred.net> Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:19 PM Subject: [wvpanhandlenaturalists] (PVAS) INTRODUCTION TO MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DRILLING To: Potomac Valley Audubon <info(a)potomacaudubon.org> INTRODUCTION TO MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DRILLING The Sleepy Creek Watershed Association invites PVAS members and friends to the SCWA Semi-Annual General Membership Meeting on December 9, 2010 to hear a presentation on the extraction of natural gas from Marcellus Shale and its impacts on our land and water. John M. S. King, Environmental Resource Analyst for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, will offer a community education session on the subject to include its benefits and drawbacks at 7 p.m. at the Morgan County Board of Education at 247 Harrison Street. Although there has been natural gas drilling in West Virginia and neighboring states for years, Marcellus Shale extraction relies on new technologies that pose significant and numerous threats to water quantity and quality. Volunteer monitoring groups in the state are calling for strong government regulation to guide the industry. Leasing land for drilling can be lucrative for landowners who receive both signing bonuses and royalties, but these drilling activities use huge amounts of water and numerous dangerous chemicals. The drilling issue is causing divisiveness in communities as some landowners refuse to sign leases because of their concerns about environmental damage. Join SCWA to learn about the issue before it presents itself in Morgan County. All members are urged to attend, and the public is welcome. There will be a short business meeting before the program to elect officers. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Gale Foulds at 304 258 6155. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvpanhandlenaturalists/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wvpanhandlenaturalists/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: wvpanhandlenaturalists-digest(a)yahoogroups.com wvpanhandlenaturalists-fullfeatured(a)yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: wvpanhandlenaturalists-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- Cynthia D. Ellis RR 1 Box 163 Red House, WV 25168 304 586-4135 cdellis(a)wildblue.net How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? Dr. Seuss -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3300 - Release Date: 12/06/10 __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (2) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Working since 1967 for the conservation and wise management of West Virginia's natural resources MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! Explore new interests. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers Center. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___

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