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From: Lisa Graves-Marcucci <lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Subject: URGENT: Coal ash rule in trouble - Please call Senator Rockefeller
and urge him NOT to negotiate your health away
To: Curtis Havens <curt1968(a)comcast.net>, Sharon Fineman <
rfineman(a)comcast.net>, steve rhodes <slrhodes24(a)gmail.com>, Carrie Bodnar <
albrightbodnar(a)gmail.com>, D H <speedydeedy10(a)yahoo.com>, Petra&John Wood <
pbjmwood(a)gmail.com>, Jim Sconyers <jimscon(a)gmail.com>, James Kotcon <
jkotcon(a)wvu.edu>, "Jarrett F. Jamison III" <jarrett425(a)aol.com>, Duane
Nichols <duane330(a)aol.com>, "<gwen jones" <gwen.jones1(a)gmail.com>, Cindy
Rank <clrank2(a)gmail.com>
Cc: Lisa Evans <levans(a)earthjustice.org>, Emily Enderle <
eenderle(a)earthjustice.org>
*Apologies for duplication, but this is an urgent request for all our WV
friends *-- see message below from Lisa Evans, Earthjustice. The
Transportation Bill is in the final steps of negotiations and we are
hearing the coal ash rules could be used to negotiated a final deal between
the Senate and the House.
*Senator Rockefeller is a key vote. Please call his office today and urge
the Senator to stand strong - tell him please DO NOT negotiate your health
away. Jobs are crucial, but so are health protections from toxic coal ash.*
Lisa has outlined some messaging below -- please review and make this
important call today -- and urge others to do the same.
Many thanks for your help,
LGM
*Message from Lisa Evans:*
Dear Friends in West Virginia:
Once again, we are hearing that coal ash is in trouble and that a deal may
be reached to include the coal ash provision on the transportation bill.
As you know, Senator Rockefeller is on the conference committee for the
transportation bill. While he has expressed interest in keeping coal ash
off the bill, we must ensure that he stays strong. Thus we are asking for
your immediate help to generate as many emails and calls as we can to his
office to urge the Senator to keep coal ash off the final bill. We don’t
have much time, because a bill must be passed by June 30.
Below is the contact information for the Senator’s transportation staffer.
Also included is a “script” that you can use in a call or email.
*However, all you need to convey is the simple request to keep the coal ash
provision out of a transportation bill in order to keep Americans safe from
toxic waste.*
We must keep up the pressure. Please circulate widely to your allies in
West Virginia. Thank you in advance for your efforts.
SEN. ROCKEFELLER’S CONTACT INFO:
Transportation aide: Patrick Bond
Email: patrick_bond(a)rockefeller.senate.gov
Phone: 202-224-6472
ASK SENATOR ROCKEFELLER TO KEEP COAL ASH OFF THE TRANSPORTATION BILL:
[sample script]
Dear Patrick:
I am contacting you to urge Senator Rockefeller to protect the health and
environment of Americans and oppose the inclusion of a coal ash amendment
in the final transportation package.
As you know, this provision prevents the Environmental Protection Agency
from enacting federal standards for the safe disposal of toxic coal ash.
Safe disposal of this waste is a public health imperative. In nearly 200
cases in 37 states, coal ash has already poisoned water with arsenic, lead,
selenium and other heavy metals.
We ask the Senator to protect us from the health, environmental and
ecological damage that this toxic waste causes. We urge the Senator not to
side with polluters who seek to evade their responsibility to operate dumps
safely and clean up the sites they have contaminated.
Sincerely,
[your name]
--
*
Lisa Graves Marcucci
Environmental Integrity Project
PA Coordinator, Community Outreach
lgmarcucci(a)environmentalintegrity.org
412-897-0569 (cell)
*
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Jim Sconyers
jimscon(a)gmail.com
304.698.9628
Remember, Mother Nature bats last.