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Re: [EC] Fwd: Re: [wvec-board] Check out Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Char
by Jim Sconyers 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

What I'm finding this election: Seems EVERY CANDIDATE is running as a friend of coal, a fighter against the war on coal, etc. Even candidates who've never taken such a position before. Case in point is my delegate Stan Shaver - he was an ally previously, now mailing after mailing is about coal. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Gary Nelson <glnelson1(a)frontier.com> wrote: > ** > I got called into one of Bills conference call last night. I could not > get my question in about if he supported our gas moratorium. I did hear > enough about clean coal and EPA closing WV power plants from him to > convince me he deserves nobodys vote. But is Tomblyn a prince with all > his coronation cash from the coal companies?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jim Sconyers <jimscon(a)gmail.com> > *To:* James Kotcon <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> > *Cc:* ec(a)osenergy.org > *Sent:* Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:50 AM > *Subject:* Re: [EC] Fwd: Re: [wvec-board] Check out Clashing views mark > W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Char > > Holy shit! What a colossally bad idea!! > On Oct 28, 2012 11:11 AM, "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> wrote: > >> FYI: JBK >> >> >>> "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> 10/28/2012 11:03 AM >>> >> Maloney seems to be taking his cues from the Republican Governor in PA, >> who is also promoting leasing in state parks and forests. Watch out public >> lands! >> >> JBK >> >> >>> <dsgjr(a)aol.com> 10/28/2012 8:07 AM >>> >> >> >> Click here: Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - >> The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports >> <http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201210270030> >> >> >> This article by AP reporter Larry Messina, contains just one paragraph >> referring to any environmental issues: >> >> "Maloney echoed budget-paring steps frequently cited by candidates: >> running the state like a business, for instance, and targeting waste and >> abuse. *His more specific ideas include increased drilling for natural >> gas and other natural resources beneath state parks and other public lands >> *." >> >> don garvin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EC mailing list >> EC(a)osenergy.org >> http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec >> > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > EC mailing list > EC(a)osenergy.org > http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec > > -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: [Coal Volunteers List] from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency, experts say
by Jim Sconyers 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 10:38 AM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency, experts say To: Coal Alerts <coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency, experts say<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/-qG…> Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:46 AM PDT More must be done to develop energy efficient cars, buildings and domestic appliances to address climate change – according to new research. Twice as much effort is spent developing energy supply technologies, such as new power stations, as is spent improving the efficiency with which energy is used. Efficient end-use technologies have the potential to contribute large emission reductions and provide higher social returns on investment, so the imbalance must be redressed. -- 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 -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: Re: [wvec-board] Check out Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Char
by James Kotcon 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

FYI: JBK >>> "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> 10/28/2012 11:03 AM >>> Maloney seems to be taking his cues from the Republican Governor in PA, who is also promoting leasing in state parks and forests. Watch out public lands! JBK >>> <dsgjr(a)aol.com> 10/28/2012 8:07 AM >>> Click here: Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports ( http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201210270030 ) This article by AP reporter Larry Messina, contains just one paragraph referring to any environmental issues: "Maloney echoed budget-paring steps frequently cited by candidates: running the state like a business, for instance, and targeting waste and abuse. His more specific ideas include increased drilling for natural gas and other natural resources beneath state parks and other public lands." don garvin

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Beth email down
by beth＠eight-rivers.org 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

Citynet (my regular email server) has been down for three days now. This is an email I can use in the meantime - beth(a)eight-rivers.org. Anything sent to me since Thursday morning is in limbo somewhere, so if you are waiting for an important response, let me know here. Beth

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Fwd: ENEWS: WVU, City officials unite: 'Stop the dangerous, destructive behavior'
by James Kotcon 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

More health news from WVU. JBK >>> ENEWS ENEWS <ENEWS(a)MAIL.WVU.EDU> 10/10/2012 3:36 PM >>> MOUNTAINEER E-News Oct. 10, 2012 RESEARCH 1) WVU study: Exposure to air pollution particles at mountaintop mining sites may lead to cardiovascular dysfunction A published study by researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and School of Public Health is the first of its kind to suggest that exposure to air pollution particles from mountaintop mining sites may impair the blood vessels’ ability to dilate, which may lead to cardiovascular disease. Air pollution particulate matter consisting largely of sulfur and silica was collected through a vacuum system within one mile of an active mountaintop mining site in southern West Virginia. Adult male rats were exposed to the air particles, and, 24 hours following the exposure, their blood vessels’ ability to dilate and function normally was significantly reduced. More online: http://wvuhealthcare.com/wvuh/Content/Media/News-Releases/2012/OCT/WVU-stud…

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Jim Hightower on Fracking
by Paul Wilson 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Fracking LiarsSupporters and leaders of the hydraulic fracturing industry aren't being honest about government support for this new natural gas boom. By Jim Hightower <http://www.otherwords.org/about/contributors/1186> [image: Jim Hightower] <http://www.otherwords.org/about/contributors/1186> As they drill for quick corporate profits deep inside our Earth, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and other titans of the natural gas hydraulic fracturing industry are harming people's health, the environment, and local economies across the country. They're also fracking something essential to a properly functioning democratic society: the truth. They're hailing themselves both as exemplars of free-market success and as the "virtuous ones" in our society — the producers and makers, as contrasted to the mass of Americans that the far-right corporatists are now openly calling "moochers" and "takers." [image: Marcellus Protest/Flickr] Marcellus Protest/Flickr Fracking companies and political front groups are selling the public a self-serving narrative. They claim the current natural gas boom is a victory over those wimpy and undeserving producers of wind and solar power who are dependent on government subsidies to get up and running. The shale gas boom, wrote the oil-and-gas-funded American Enterprise Institute this year, has occurred "away from the greedy grasp of Washington." AEI's laissez-faire fabulists snidely added that "surely Washington would have done something to slow it down, tax it more, or stop it altogether" had the bureaucrats realized that the private enterprise was making such progress. Indeed, crowed an industry PR group, "The free market has worked its magic." Sheesh — their bull goes deeper than their fracking gas wells. For three decades, the federal government has pumped more than $100 million into research for the frackers, finding ways to make the technique work. And, since 1980, the big bad government they now badmouth has paid frackers more than $10 billion in a subsidy written specifically for them. These oil giants are liars, fracking away at their own integrity. -- 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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Fwd: WVNS story: Coal and Coalition Reach Agreement in Landmark Water Pollution Case
by Paul Wilson 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:45 AM Subject: WVNS story: Coal and Coalition Reach Agreement in Landmark Water Pollution Case To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Coal and Coalition Reach Agreement in Landmark Water Pollution Case Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28845-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (10/17/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In what's being called a landmark case for water quality and public health in Kentucky, a coalition of public interest groups has reached a settlement with a major coal company and the state over thousands of water pollution violations. Among the groups involved are Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riverkeeper and the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. Eric Chance, a spokesman for Appalachian Voices, says the agreement revolves around false reporting found in state records in 2010 involving pollution coming from dozens of coal mines. "We expected to see lots of violations of permit limits, but we found next to none. Eventually, we began to find entire quarterly reports that were identical to each other except for the date." The mines in question are owned by International Coal Group, which took part in the settlement, and Frasure Creek Mining, which has not. As bad as the record keeping and lax state oversight seemed at first, says Mary Cromer, staff attorney for the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, it got worse. "Not only had the companies been submitting false reports, they had also had failed to submit any reports at all for many of their facilities. Obviously, the system was broken." KFTC member Ted Withrow says the groups wanted to make sure the settlement addressed three key issues: "A trustworthy third-party independent monitoring program, strong stipulated penalties that will punish future water quality violations, and penalty awards that must be spent in southeastern Kentucky where the violations occurred." In addition to ruling on the settlement, the court will decide whether to impose the original agreement the state Cabinet struck with Frasure Creek. The same judge who allowed the coalition to intervene when the groups claimed the state's enforcement was inadequate must OK the deal before it can take effect. 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/28845-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28845-1> --- 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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Fwd: WVNS story: Coal Baron, McKinley Donor Accused Of Breaking Campaign Laws
by Paul Wilson 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:02 AM Subject: WVNS story: Coal Baron, McKinley Donor Accused Of Breaking Campaign Laws To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Coal Baron, McKinley Donor Accused Of Breaking Campaign Laws Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28867-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (10/15/12) CHARLESTON, W. Va. - One of Congressman David McKinley's biggest backers stands accused of breaking campaign finance laws by pressuring his employees to donate. Last month, coal baron Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy, drew fire for forcing his miners to attend a Republican rally without pay. Now a complaint <http://tinyurl.com/9byb8kp> filed with the Federal Election Commission charges that Murray routinely pressured his white-collar workers to give to candidates and his political action committee. The New Republic<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/108140/coal-miners-donor-mitt-romney-be…>published company fundraising memos, and staff writer Alec MacGillis says they were confirmed by sources inside Murray's mining empire. "They were expected to give. They were expected to give to the PAC, as a deduction from their paycheck. Typically, 1 percent of their pay would go to the PAC. They were also expected to give to Mr. Murray's separate personal fundraisers." MacGillis says his sources were afraid to reveal their names. But he says they and the memos describe relentless fundraising coercion, often including thinly veiled threats. He says his sources also told him that at least some of the money was essentially coming from the company itself, laundered through an employee bonus program. "Their understanding that they got from their superiors was that this would be made up to them. The sense that my sources had was that the discretionary part of the bonus was to some degree dependent on their participating." Campaign finance watchdogs in West Virginia say the charges against Murray are particularly important because of his history. Julie Archer is project manager for the West Virginia Citizen Action Group. She says Murray uses his donations to build political connections, which he in turn uses to fight enforcement of federal environmental and mine-safety laws. She alleges that Murray has threatened Mine Safety and Health Administration officials who were investigating his mines. "What Mr. Murray had done in the past was suggest to employees of MSHA that he had some sway over their boss through his political contributions." Murray has described that accusation as exaggerated. Federal records show Murray Energy is one of McKinley's largest backers, with a dozen employees of the company and its subsidiaries giving to his campaign. McKinley did not return calls requesting comment. An e-mail from Murray Energy called the fundraising "voluntary" and the charges politically motivated, "incorrect and dishonest." The New Republic Article is at www.tnr.com<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/108140/coal-miners-donor-mitt-romney-be…>. The FEC complaint can be found at tinyurl.com/9byb8kp. 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/28867-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28867-1> --- 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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Fwd: [Coal Volunteers List] "Jobs Beyond Coal" webinar and discussion
by Paul Wilson 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Verena Owen <verena_owen(a)prodigy.net> Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:56 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] "Jobs Beyond Coal" webinar and discussion To: coal volunteer list <coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> It is not too late to register! Bring your questions. Join us to hear > directly from the authors of "*Jobs Beyond Coal: A Manual for > Communities, Workers, and Environmentalists - * A Guide for those who > wish to make the transition from coal—and to make it in a way that is most > beneficial and least threatening to ordinary workers, consumers, and > community members." > > Verena > > > > > > Join us for "Jobs Beyond Coal" Volunteer Webinar on October 17th > at 8pmET! > This month’s Beyond Coal Campaign volunteer webinar will explore > engaging labor in the coal campaign and working towards a smart economic > transition beyond coal. Special guests Joe Uehlein and Jeremy Brecher from > Labor 4 Sustainability will give an overview of their newly released > report; “Jobs Beyond Coal”. They will offer tips to Beyond Coal volunteers > on how to use the report as a resource on strategy, engagement and > communicating messages of economic transition to impacted Unions and the > public. > > Volunteers will also hear from the Club’s Labor Program, highlighting > basic points about messaging and engaging labor during coal campaigns and > how to utilize the Labor team as a resource throughout the campaign process. > <https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/401698679> Reserve your > Webinar seat now at: > https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/401698679 > > *Title:* Join us for "Jobs Beyond Coal" Webinar! *Date:* Wednesday, > October 17, 2012 *Time:* 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT After registering you > will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the > Webinar. PLEASE NOTE: Monthly Volunteer Beyond Coal Webinars are * > normally *held the first Wednesday of every month at 8pmET. Unfortunately the > first Wednesday of October (3rd ) is also the same night of the first > presidential debates, which let us to move the webinar. November's webinar > may also change due to it's proximity to the Election, so please keep your > eyes open for the November webinar announcement. > * > System Requirements* > PC-based attendees > Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Mac®-based attendees > Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer Mobile attendees > Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet > Becki Clayborn > Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign > Internal Capacities and Communications Coordinator > Chicago, IL > 312-251-1680 > > > > > -- > Becki Clayborn > Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign > Internal Capacities and Communications Coordinator > Chicago, IL > 312-251-1680 > > -- Becki Clayborn Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Internal Capacities and Communications Coordinator Chicago, IL 312-251-1680 -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. -- 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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Fwd: [Coal Volunteers List] New website and Sierra Magazine story launching on Wednesday: "Cost of Coal" photo series
by Paul Wilson 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

for those of you that are not on the Coal Alerts listserve (or whatever they call it now!). paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Orli Cotel <orli.cotel(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:21 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] New website and Sierra Magazine story launching on Wednesday: "Cost of Coal" photo series To: #Coal-Volunteers <coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> Coal team, I wanted to give you a quick heads up about an exciting project that many folks have been working on for the past few months. Tomorrow morning we'll be announcing a new website called "Cost of Coal," which features powerful photos showing the effects of coal pollution on everyday Americans. The website compliments the "Cost of Coal" cover story and 18-page spread in Sierra Magazine, which should be arriving in mailboxes this week.* (Note: Please wait to tweet or spread the word about this project until after 9:30 eastern on Wednesday morning). * To create this photo spread, we teamed up with award winning photographer Ami Vitale. Ami visited communities in West Virginia, Michigan, and Nevada to follow the life-cycle of coal -- from mountaintop removal mining, to coal burning, to coal ash waste disposal -- and documented compelling stories of families who deal with coal pollution in their daily lives. If we had the resources we would send Ami to every city where we have a coal fight to capture the amazing work you all are doing to move the country off coal. However, we hope that these three regions highlight some of our iconic fights and will get more people interested in joining our campaign, no matter where they are. I've attached the Sierra Magazine story to this email. You'll be able to check out the full website with photo slideshows and videos tomorrow morning at www.sierraclub.org/costofcoal. A big shout out goes to the Sierra Magazine team and our web team for putting this whole project together. Please let me know if you have any questions and we'll send around a link to the press release, blog post and website when they are live on Wednesday morning. Thanks! Orli -- Orli Cotel Deputy Communications Director Sierra Club (415) 977-5627 office (646) 522-7751 cellphone -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. -- 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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