EC February 2011

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Fw: Express your disappointment - your Rep. voted for mountaintop removal
by Jim Sconyers 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "Matt Wasson, iLoveMountains.org" <matt.wasson(a)ilovemountains.org> To: jim_scon(a)yahoo.com Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 11:14:06 AM Subject: Express your disappointment - your Rep. voted for mountaintop removal Dear Jim, Express your disappointment to your Representative for voting against protections for Appalachian mountains and streams. You can watch Rep Griffith's speech here. Late Friday night, the House passed three amendments designed to give a green light to new mountaintop removal mines and to prevent the EPA from fulling its duties under the Clean Water Act to oversee the permitting of valley fills - the waste disposal sites for mountaintop removal mines. Thank you to all who picked up the phone last week to ask your member of Congress to oppose these attacks on the Clean Water Act. We regret to inform you, however, that your member of Congress voted to roll back protections for Appalachian mountains, streams and communities. Do not be discouraged! This was only the first vote and there will be several more opportunities to remove these amendments when the Senate takes up the budget bill next week. However, it's important to share your disappointment with your Congressperson before the next vote on mountaintop removal comes up in the House: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wg9vdJrvNMEwlp9iNcmr… The good news is that, while we were unable to defeat the bad amendments, we received more than enough votes to ensure that a Presidential veto can be sustained in the House. It was also exciting to hear debate on mountaintop removal on the floor of the House, something that has not occurred in over 30 years. With your ongoing support, we will continue to demonstrate America's commitment to ending mountaintop removal. We'll need your help again next week when the fight moves to the Senate. It's a shame when members of Congress choose to put coal company profits ahead of protections for the oldest and most biologically diverse mountains and streams on the continent. Please take a moment to send your Congressperson a message now. Thanks for standing up for Appalachia, Matt Wasson iLoveMountains.org P.S. -- Please help us spread the word on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. You are receiving this message because you expressed an interest in ending mountaintop removal coal mining to one of the partner organizations of www.iLoveMountains.org. To modify your subscription preferences, click here.

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Fwd: WVNS story: Deep Public Concern About Marcellus Drilling In WV
by Paul Wilson 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM Subject: WVNS story: Deep Public Concern About Marcellus Drilling In WV To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Public News Service-WV February 18, 2011 Deep Public Concern About Marcellus Drilling In WV CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Legislators got an earful Thursday from people worried about the impact of the fast-growing practics of extracting natural gas from West Virginia's Marcellus shale. More members of the public wanted to speak on proposed Marcellus drilling regulations than time allowed during the open hearing. Most, such as Wetzel County farmer Marty Whiteman, say they are concerned about water pollution and damage to roads and land. Whiteman says drilling cost him a big portion of his hay production. "When they come in, they told us we would not be affected at all, that this would be a minor inconvenience. And it's been devastation." One key issue is "pooling," designed to deal with the way gas moves under property lines by allowing production that crosses the boundaries and dividing profits among neighbors. Some of the smaller gas companies oppose pooling, and landowners are divided. Many large drillers argue that it would limit damage to the land and water, while being fair to mineral-rights owners. Scott Rotruck, vice president of Chesapeake Energy, takes that position. "We need pooling. Pooling will help us limit the environmental impact of shale development, and it will help protect people's property rights. It's good environmentally and it's good economically. Everybody will get paid for their property." Not yet included in the legislation is regulation of possible air pollution resulting from the drilling and processing of natural gas. Elizabeth Mow of Buckhannon, who describes herself as a concerned citizen, wants the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to tackle that issue. "I'm particularly concerned about the protection of air quality, the release of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. If the DEP does not have the authority to regulate this, it should be given the authority." New figures from the *West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy* suggest the counties with the most gas production are the ones that need economic development the most. Some speakers were worried that over-regulation could stall one of the state's fastest-growing industries, but some companies within the industry support the rules now being drafted, including increased fees to pay for new well inspectors. 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/18565-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/18565-1> --- 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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Fw: STILL TIME TO MAKE A CALL: ASK YOUR REP TO VOTE NO ON 10 AND 217
by Jim Sconyers 17 Feb '11

17 Feb '11

Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Lisa Evans <levans(a)EARTHJUSTICE.ORG> To: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 11:32:07 AM Subject: STILL TIME TO MAKE A CALL: ASK YOUR REP TO VOTE NO ON 10 AND 217 Friends- The House has not yet voted on the anti-ash amendments. Please make a call to your congressional representative immediately to ask them to vote NO on Amendments 10 and 217 that would defund public health protection from toxic coal ash. The two amendments, Amendment 10 offered by Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) and Amendment 217 offered by David McKinley (R-WV), would prevent EPA from regulating coal ash as a hazardous waste by explicitly prohibiting the funding of a subtitle C rule. If passed, the amendments, which are nearly identical, would require EPA to regulate coal ash as a nonhazardous waste under subtitle D. EPA’s only option would be to issue guidelines for states that not mandatory and that are unenforceable by EPA. The amendments would maintain the status quo of lax (or absent) state oversight of coal ash dumping and would guarantee that polluters will have the legal right to continue to dump coal ash in unlined pits and ponds. Please call your representatives in Congress TODAY- ASAP- and ASK THEM TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENTS 10 AND 217. PLEASE SEND this email to the members of your organization to maximize our impact. To locate the telephone number of your member of Congress, just insert your zip code. http://www.contactingthecongress.org/ THANK YOU for your help. Sincerely, Lisa Evans Lisa Evans Senior Administrative Counsel Earthjustice 21 Ocean Ave. Marblehead, MA 01945 T: (781) 631-4119 F: (212) 918-1556 www.earthjustice.org *please consider the environment before printing The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this email message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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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Fwd: Harvard Study on the true cost of coal-fired electricity
by Paul Wilson 16 Feb '11

16 Feb '11

If you haven't seen it already, here's a piece that details an impressive new study on the true costs of using coal to produce electricity. regards. paul w. http://climateprogress.org/2011/02/16/life-cycle-study-coal-harvard-epstein… -- 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] [WVHCBOARD] Please vote in MTR poll
by Martinjul＠aol.com 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Just voted we are ahead at 51% In a message dated 2/15/2011 5:33:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fyoung(a)mountain.net writes: The poll question is: "Are you in favor of mountain top removal mining?" Please share with friends. Scroll down in center column to see poll. _http://www.wkyt.com/_ (http://www.wkyt.com/) __._,_.___ _Reply to sender_ (mailto:fyoung@mountain.net?subject=Re:%20Please%20vote%20in%20MTR%20poll) | _Reply to group_ (mailto:WVHCBOARD@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re:%20Please%20vote%20in%20MTR%20poll) | _Reply via web post_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WVHCBOARD/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwMTcwZWxvBF9TAzk3M… BGdycElkAzEwODEwOARncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwNjQxNzcEbXNnSWQDMTY0ODEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsD cnBseQRzdGltZQMxMjk3ODA5MjM1?act=reply&messageNum=16481) | _Start a New Topic_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WVHCBOARD/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJkYWdub2FzBF9TAzk3M… YwRzdGltZQMxMjk3ODA5MjM1) _Messages in this topic_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WVHCBOARD/message/16481;_ylc=X3oDMTM1bGg1MHNn… UwNjQxNzcEbXNnSWQDMTY0ODEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjk3ODA5MjM1BHRwY0 lkAzE2NDgx) (1) Recent Activity: _Visit Your Group_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WVHCBOARD;_ylc=X3oDMTJkdnRnYjM4BF9TAzk3MzU5Nz… RzbGsDdmdocARzdGltZQMxMjk3ODA5MjM1) Working since 1967 for the conservation and wise management of West Virginia's natural resources (http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJjOHJrZGtiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEwO… ) Switch to: _Text-Only_ (mailto:WVHCBOARD-traditional@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change Delivery Format: Traditional) , _Daily Digest_ (mailto:WVHCBOARD-digest@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email Delivery: Digest) • _Unsubscribe_ (mailto:WVHCBOARD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe) • _Terms of Use_ (http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/) . __,_._,___

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Please vote in MTR poll
by Frank Young 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

The poll question is: "Are you in favor of mountain top removal mining?" Please share with friends. Scroll down in center column to see poll. http://www.wkyt.com/

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Re: [EC] Fwd: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member
by fmoose39＠hotmail.com 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Would it help to show a msds report on coal ash osha believes it is hazardous. sent from my AT&T Smartphone by HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Jim Sconyers" <jim_scon(a)yahoo.com> Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 2:01 pm Subject: [EC] Fwd: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member To: "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu>, <CLEAR(a)cheat.org>, <pbmjwood(a)gmail.com>, <ec(a)osenergy.org> What I didn't know - not only did Stearns of FL put in this amendment - our very own District 1 Congressman McKinley did the same, inserting an amendment of his own to prevent any designation of coal ash as toxic or hazardous. In my view this is an egregious insult to the people of his district - where leaking ash dumps, feared groundwater pollution from ash, and more are already real. I have a call in with his scheduler to see when we can meet with him here in the district. Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ________________________________ From: James Kotcon <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> To: CLEAR(a)cheat.org; pbmjwood(a)gmail.com; ec(a)osenergy.org Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 1:34:58 PM Subject: [EC] Fwd: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member Please forward widely. I sent my e-mail, please send yours today. Jim Kotcon >>> Lisa Graves-Marcucci <lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org> 2/15/2011 1:11 PM >>>>>> Please Excuse Duplications Please Distribute Widely Dear Friend, Unfortunately, Rep. Stearns of Florida has inserted the following amendment into a House appropriations bill - currently on the House floor and likely for vote today or tomorrow. It would withhold funding from US EPA to regulate coal combustion waste as hazardous, putting many Americans' health at risk. Please urge everyone to call their member of Congress today and ask them to: *1. Vote against this egregious amendment * *2. Let** the US EPA protect public health - without interference from special interests and Congress* * * *Locate your member of Congress using the link below - just insert your zip code* *http://www.contactingthecongress.org/* AMENDMENT H.R. 1 OFFERED BY.:MR. STEARNS of FLORIDA At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

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Fwd: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member
by James Kotcon 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Please forward widely. I sent my e-mail, please send yours today. Jim Kotcon >>> Lisa Graves-Marcucci <lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org> 2/15/2011 1:11 PM >>> Please Excuse Duplications Please Distribute Widely Dear Friend, Unfortunately, Rep. Stearns of Florida has inserted the following amendment into a House appropriations bill - currently on the House floor and likely for vote today or tomorrow. It would withhold funding from US EPA to regulate coal combustion waste as hazardous, putting many Americans' health at risk. Please urge everyone to call their member of Congress today and ask them to: *1. Vote against this egregious amendment * *2. Let** the US EPA protect public health - without interference from special interests and Congress* * * *Locate your member of Congress using the link below - just insert your zip code* *http://www.contactingthecongress.org/* AMENDMENT H.R. 1 OFFERED BY.:MR. STEARNS of FLORIDA At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 1 SEC. . None of the funds made available by this 2 Act may be used to regulate or classify coal combustion 3 residuals as a hazardous waste or material. *After all our hard work, it would be tragic to have public health protections derailed by an appropriations amendment. Please make these important calls today.* Many thanks, Lisa Graves Marcucci Sam Flenner -- * Lisa Graves Marcucci Environmental Integrity Project PA Coordinator, Community Outreach lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org 412-897-0569 (cell) * -- Samuel E. Flenner III Outreach Coodinator Environmental Integrity Project www.environmentalintegrity.org samf.environmentalintegrity(a)gmail.com 317.352.2339 c-317.850.0436

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Fw: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member
by Jim Sconyers 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Call please! Jim Sconyers jim_scon(a)yahoo.com 304.698.9628 Remember: Mother Nature bats last. ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Lisa Graves-Marcucci <lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org> To: James Kotcon <James.Kotcon(a)mail.wvu.edu>; Jim Sconyers <jim_scon(a)yahoo.com>; Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org> Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 1:11:22 PM Subject: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member Please Excuse Duplications Please Distribute Widely Dear Friend, Unfortunately, Rep. Stearns of Florida has inserted the following amendment into a House appropriations bill - currently on the House floor and likely for vote today or tomorrow. It would withhold funding from US EPA to regulate coal combustion waste as hazardous, putting many Americans' health at risk. Please urge everyone to call their member of Congress today and ask them to: 1. Vote against this egregious amendment 2. Let the US EPA protect public health - without interference from special interests and Congress Locate your member of Congress using the link below - just insert your zip code http://www.contactingthecongress.org/ AMENDMENT H.R. 1 OFFERED BY.:MR. STEARNS of FLORIDA At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 1 SEC. . None of the funds made available by this 2 Act may be used to regulate or classify coal combustion 3 residuals as a hazardous waste or material. After all our hard work, it would be tragic to have public health protections derailed by an appropriations amendment. Please make these important calls today. Many thanks, Lisa Graves Marcucci Sam Flenner -- Lisa Graves Marcucci Environmental Integrity Project PA Coordinator, Community Outreach lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org 412-897-0569 (cell) -- Samuel E. Flenner III Outreach Coodinator Environmental Integrity Project www.environmentalintegrity.org samf.environmentalintegrity(a)gmail.com 317.352.2339 c-317.850.0436 ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/

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Fwd: venting methane from gas wells
by James Kotcon 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

Joe: EPA is aware of the releases, and has estimates of how much is released at each well. Unfortunately, many of their estimates had not been updated in years. A recent update indicates that releases from "completion" of horziontal wells (e.g., Marcellus) releases about 9000 times more methane than they had previously estimated. While this makes natural gas more of a greenhouse problem, it is still marginally better than coal. But the data show that the real answer to climate change has to be to conserve energy and switch to non-fossil fuel alternatives. Jim Kotcon

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