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Fwd: Sierra Club and fracking money article
by Paul Wilson 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

See the article at the link below. WV SC Leaders Jim Sconyers and Beth Little were told by Michael Brune that SC did NOT receive donations from Chesapeake Energy. fyi, paul w ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Dow <ddow420(a)comcast.net> fyi- an alternative perspective on the Club's fracking gate controversy Begin forwarded message: *From: *Patricia Matejcek <patachek3(a)gmail.com> *Date: *February 3, 2012 9:58:27 PM EST *To: *CONS-WPST-COASTOCEAN-FORUM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG *Subject: **Sierra Club and fracking money article* * * since I sent out M. Brune's post, I thought you should have this one, too ~ http://www.counterpunch.org/**2012/02/03/the-sierra-club-** took-millions-from-fracking-**industry/<http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/03/the-sierra-club-took-millions-from-f…> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-WPST-COASTOCEAN-FORUM list, send any message to: CONS-WPST-COASTOCEAN-FORUM-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp -- 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: [wvec-board] E-Day Flyer
by Yarnell, Karen 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

I see that WVSC is listed as a participant. That's great! Even though WVCAG has promoted this day as a joining of all progressive groups, E Day is separate and occupies the top floor. My understanding is that other progressive groups who had chosen the same day will be located on the lower level. Jim, can you please send out the flyer to the SC membership? ________________________________ From: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com [wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com] on behalf of Denise Poole [deniseap(a)earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:15 PM To: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [wvec-board] E-Day Flyer Attached: One file, 2 pages. 1st page: E-Day at the Capitol. 2nd page: E-Day Benefit & Award Dinner. Print, use, send out as you feel appropriate ... Write up and agenda is also in this weeks legislative update, going out to e-list any moment now. See many of you Wednesday. Denise Denise Poole, WVEC deniseap(a)earthlink.net<mailto:deniseap%40earthlink.net> (304) 617-7073

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Hearing on EPA research about Pavillion
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

This is what Josh Fox tried to film. You can watch the Inquisition "hearing" for Pavillion athttp://science.edgeboss.net/wmedia/science/sst2012/020112.wvx <http://science.edgeboss.net/wmedia/science/sst2012/020112.wvx> Additional information is at http://science.house.gov/hearing/energy-and-environment-subcommittee-epa-hy… -Jonathan

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Electric energy bill - We need your help!
by Jim Sconyers 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

In the PATH fight, we had legislative wins every year for the last three years. Now that PATH is on hold, some of us have been working with Energy Efficient West Virginia and the WV Environmental Council to go on the offensive in some broader issues connected to the WV electrical system.**** ** ** This year, we are working to pass Senate Bill 162 which would establish a least cost planning process (also known as Integrated Resource Planning, or IRP) in WV. 27 other states have created these processes. In an IRP system, power companies are required to provide the state PSC with the *full * range of options, along with a cost/benefit analysis of each option, for meeting the state electrical needs, both in terms of demand and reliability. **** ** ** John Christensen from the WV E-Council and Cathy Kunkel from EEWV are working hard to move SB162 through the Legislature in the current session. We have a really good chance of getting it through, because there is strong support from legislators to hold down electric rates. The Senate leadership, primarily Senate Majority Leader John Unger, has been very helpful. Because the bill was introduced directly into the Senate Judiciary Committee by Sen. Dan Foster (D, Kanawha), once the bill passes that committee, it will go directly to the Senate floor for a vote.**** ** ** Currently, the WV PSC has no mechanism for influencing or directing how power companies make the investment or spending decisions that have driven up our electric rates over 40% in the last 5 years. Least cost planning has the potential to hold down future rate increases by allowing the PSC, CAD and intervenors in rate cases to use the plan to argue against certain choices that power companies make that lead to higher rates. A WV least cost planning process would:**** ** ** **1. **Give ratepayers an opportunity to comment on power company plans during the creation of the plan, instead of being forced to challenge individual decisions in rate cases, after those decisions have already been made by power companies,**** **2. **Give citizens, the Consumer Advocate and PSC staff a tool to push the power companies toward increasing efficiency programs and demand management, instead of simply building more plants and buying more electricity,**** **3. **Open real discussion at the PSC about the real costs and benefits of existing generation technologies in comparison with home/business based renewable power generation.**** ** ** We have thought, for the past week, that Sen. Corey Palumbo, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee was ready to put SB162 on the committee agenda for passage. Power company lobbyists have swooped in and are trying to gut the bill. AEP subsidiary Appalachian Power CEO Charles Patton made a special trip to the Capitol yesterday to talk with Chairman Palumbo and sponsor Sen. Foster. That is how worried the power companies are about having their decisions reviewed openly in public.**** ** ** So we need your help to keep power company changes from diluting SB162. Right now, we need you to contact by email or phone the following members of the Senate Judiciary Committee listed below. Our message is simple: Please (always say please) keep SB162 in its introduced form, without changes or amendments. That is all we need at this point.**** ** ** *We need you to make these contacts today Feb. 2 or tomorrow Feb. 3, to be effective*. If you cannot make these contacts now, do it on Monday. If you only want to contact a few people, Sen. Palumbo and Sen. Foster are the most important, because they are the only people actively involved in any revisions to the bill before it goes to the full committee for a vote. Please contact all committee members if you can.**** ** ** Here is some more detailed background, which you do not have to mention in your message to senators. AEP subsidiary CEO Patton wants the language in the original bill changed to the language in the current, very weak, VA IRP statute. Here is a link to the original SB162<http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb162%20int…>written by Cathy Kunkel, as introduced by Sen. Foster. Compare our strong bill with the weak language in the VA statute here<http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+56-599> .**** ** ** The VA statute contains only very vague language about public participation being *heard* and limits consideration to only a few factors in power company investment. Our bill is much stronger. Patton also wants us to use the words *Integrated Resource Planning* instead of the words *least cost planning* in our bill, because he does not want the focus on cutting power company costs, leaving them more wiggle room with the PSC. We believe that we can compromise here, as long as the goal of IRP is identified as finding the lowest cost resources in the definition of IRP at the end of the bill.**** ** ** If we can get an acceptable bill out of Senate Judiciary, which appears likely, and if enough of us contact committee members to help them resist the power companies, we may only need to ask you for another round of contacts when SB162 gets to House Judiciary, in about 2 weeks.**** ** ** Please take a moment and copy the pre-formatted email address list below into your email address field and change the field from *to* to *bcc*. Type in the following: Please pass SB162 without changes; or something like that in the subject field and type an email saying simply that you would like the committee to pass SB162 as introduced by Sen. Foster without any changes or amendments. You may also want to remind them that this is the best way to minimize future electric rate increases.**** ** ** Thanks for your help on this. We will keep you updated as the bill moves along.**** ** ** Here is the current contact list for Senate Judiciary Committee members:**** ** ** Cut and paste email addresses:**** ** ** corey.palumbo(a)wvsenate.gov, mark.wills(a)wvsenate.gov, bob.beach(a)wvsenate.gov, richard.browning(a)wvsenate.gov, john.fanning(a)wvsenate.gov, daniel.foster(a)camc.org, evan.jenkins(a)wvsenate.gov, art.kirkendoll(a)wvsenate.gov, orphy.klempa(a)wvsenate.gov, joe.minard(a)wvsenate.gov, herb.snyder(a)wvsenate.gov, greg.tucker(a)wvsenate.gov, john.unger(a)wvsenate.gov, bob.williams(a)wvsenate.gov, clark.barnes(a)wvsenate.gov, karen.facemyer(a)wvsenate.gov, dcnohe(a)suddenlink.net**** ** ** Here are phone numbers:**** ** ** Sen. Palumbo, chair (304) 357-7880**** Sen. Wills, vice chair (304) 357-7843**** Sen. Beach (304) 357-7919**** Sen Browning (304) 357-7807**** Sen. Fanning (304) 357-7867**** Sen. Foster, sponsor of SB 162 (304) 357-7866**** Sen. Jenkins (304) 357-7956**** Sen. Kirkendoll (304) 357-7857**** Sen. Klempa (304) 357-7918**** Sen. Minard (304) 357-7904**** Sen. Snyder (304) 357-7957**** Sen. Tucker (304) 357-7906**** Sen. Unger (304) 357-7933**** Sen. Williams (304) 357-7995**** Sen. Barnes (304) 357-7973**** Sen. Facemyer (304) 357-7855**** Sen. Nohe (304) 357-7970 You have received this e-mail because you opted to do so. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list please click here<http://www.fatcow.com/utils/UnSubscribeMe.bml?Name=moo.forreliablepowercom&…> -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: Re: FYI
by James Kotcon 01 Feb '12

01 Feb '12

To the Energy Committee: As we start to look at power plant closures, the issue of "reliability" of the electric power supply is likely to be raised as an excuse to keep these plants open. I fear that, instead of closing old inefficient plants, the utilities will push for dramatic rate increases to install scrubbers, and that our "Friends of Coal" legislators will do whatever it takes to support that goal. You will certainly here stories of the California energy crisis of 1999-2000 when blackouts and brownouts were threatened. You will almost certainly NOT hear that this "crisis" was almost entirely manufactured by ENRON and that the "crisis" was averted almost exclusively through the use of efficiency mandates. By switching to a "time of use" metering, consumers were charged extra for using electricity during peak periods, and responded almost overnight by shifting much of their electricity use to off-peak hours. As new air rules are implemented, we need to be ready to respond quickly. The attached new report, and the press release below, identify an over-looked linkage between air regulatory and electric rate regulatory agencies. Certainly, West Virginia DEP does not consider efficiency as a viable alternative to pollution controls or look at it as an alternative to new power plants. The report documents that energy efficiency programs can both lower electric rates and reduce air pollution much more cheaply than new capacity. Please read it carefully. I suggest that this report is a vehicle to begin that debate with both WV-DEP and the Public Service Commission. Whaddya Tink? Jim Kotcon >>> Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org> 1/31/2012 7:33 PM >>> For those who want the actual report, see the PDF file attached. On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Jim Sconyers <jimscon(a)gmail.com> wrote: If you get a copy of the report please forward it. To get it requires more personal info than I wanted to give. On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org> wrote: Energy Efficiency Is the Right Track for Clean Air Energy Efficiency Should Be a Compliance Strategy for States and Utilities to Cost Effectively Achieve the Goals of Federal Air Regulations Washington, D.C. (January 31, 2012): A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) reveals how energy efficiency can be used by states, policymakers, and utilities developing compliance strategies to meet the goals of federal air regulations. As mandated under the Clean Air Act, a suite of upcoming air regulations will impose limits on the emissions of multiple air pollutants. The report, entitled Energy Efficiency: The Slip Switch to a New Track Toward Compliance with Federal Air Regulations (http://aceee.org/research-report/e122 ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=4rt7cun6&et=1109185591504&s=1510&e=001X0jmecb… )), maps opportunities in these new regulations where energy efficiency can be used as a compliance tool. "Although energy efficiency is our cheapest, cleanest, and quickest energy resource, it has often been ignored as a strategy for compliance with air regulations. But now the political, economic, and regulatory environments have aligned. We are on the threshold of a unique opportunity, a tipping point for energy efficiency," said Sara Hayes, ACEEE Senior Policy Analyst and lead author of the report. "We selected major opportunities where energy efficiency can have a big impact. We unearthed a collection of good stories about what has already been tried and we found that there are some very promising opportunities. Energy efficiency can play a major role in regulations like the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), and multiple federal permitting rules," said Rachel Young, Research Analyst ACEEE and coauthor of the report. This report is the second in the "Path to Compliance" series by ACEEE that outlines a track for the U.S. to transition to a cleaner, more reliable energy future. The first paper in this series, Avoiding a Train Wreck: Replacing Old Coal Plants with Energy Efficiency (http://www.aceee.org/white-paper/avoiding-a-train-wreck ( http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=4rt7cun6&et=1109185591504&s=1510&e=001X0jmecb… )), explains that energy efficiency is a low-cost approach to reducing air pollution. The analysis shows that energy efficiency can be deployed much more quickly than a new power plant can be constructed and explains how energy efficiency is America's greatest untapped energy resource with massive potential. "In our current economic climate, states and utilities need a cost-effective solution to reducing pollution, complying with EPA regulations, and maintaining reliable electricity for customers. The recommendations in this report will help to reduce emissions at the lowest cost," said Steven Nadel, Executive Director of ACEEE. -- Bill Price, Organizing Representative Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign Phone: 304-389-8822 ( tel:304-389-8822 ) (Cell) Email: bill.price(a)sierraclub.org -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 ( tel:304.698.9628 ) Remember, Mother Nature bats last. -- Bill Price, Organizing Representative Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign Phone: 304-389-8822 (Cell) Email: bill.price(a)sierraclub.org

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Fwd: Outrageous! Power Companies Offer $30M Bribe to the National Park Service in New Jersey Power Line Case
by Paul Wilson 29 Jan '12

29 Jan '12

please fwd this to others. thx, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Keryn Newman <Keryn(a)stoppathwv.com> Date: Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 3:33 PM Subject: Outrageous! Power Companies Offer $30M Bribe to the National Park Service in New Jersey Power Line Case To: pjgrunt(a)gmail.com Recently, the PATH Companies have requested that the National Park Service continue to hold their application to cross the Appalachian Trail, Harpers Ferry National Park and the C&O Canal in continued abeyance indefinitely. We are watching this development and will let you know when it is time to take action on the PATH EIS application. ** ** In a separate but related matter, we are asking you to please take two minutes out of your busy day to let the National Park Service know what you think about the outrageous $30M *mitigation package* offered by Public Service Gas & Electric (NJ) and PPL Electric Utilities (PA) in exchange for the Park Service issuing them a permit to cross the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Appalachian Trail with their Susquehanna-Roseland 500kV transmission project. This matters to us because it is part of the ongoing attempt by utility companies to find ways to assert corporate influence over citizen interests, inflate project costs to ratepayers, and sets a dangerous precedent for other EIS evaluations. Just as PATH was an unneeded, profiteering boondoggle, so is Susquehanna-Roseland. ** ** Back in November, the Park Service recommended *No Action* as the environmentally preferred alternative response to the Susquehanna-Roseland application. This would result in a denial of the application. In reply, the power companies offered to purchase at least $30M of inferior land adjacent to the current park and donate it to the Park Service or other environmental/conservation groups. They contend that this will somehow * mitigate* the new 200 – 380 ft. wide right-of-way and 195 ft. tall towers plowing through some of the most scenic vistas in the existing park. ** ** A deal is rumored to have been worked out between corporate lobbyists and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Park Service Director Jon Jarvis. The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) said, *The Secretary and the Director have unofficially committed to the companies that the NPS will select Alternative 2, the alternative preferred by the companies but which is the most damaging to the resources and scenery of the parks.* ** ** In addition, the cost of the $30M *mitigation package* will be added to the cost of the transmission project that will be recovered from all electric consumers in the PJM Region in their monthly electric bills for the next 50 years. The power companies will also earn a 12.93 percent profit every year on the cost of their $30M inducement. The effect of this is that you will pay for *mitigation* of damage caused to your park by corporations who will see profit on the cost of the *mitigation *paid for by you. Private, for-profit corporations are using YOUR money to bribe a federal agency to squander YOUR national parks! ** ** We ask that you let the National Park Service know what you think about the proposition of the power companies by submitting your comments on the Environmental Impact Statement (instructions below). Comments will close on *January 31,* so your immediate action is needed! We also encourage you to forward and share this with all your friends via email, facebook or other social networking. To read more details about the situation, visit http://www.stoppathwv.com/stoppath-wv-blog.html or http://calhounpowerline.com/ ** ** To comment, visit the Susquehanna-Roseland Park Service Comment Form, http://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?parkID=220&projectID=25147&… quickly and easily submit your comments to the Park Service online. Below is suggested text to be copied and pasted into the comments field, but as always, we encourage you to edit and personalize your message. ** ** Suggested text: As a citizen stakeholder of our national parks and an electric consumer in the PJM Interconnection region responsible for the cost of the Susquehanna Roseland transmission line project, I wholeheartedly support the *No Action* environmentally preferred Alternative 1 recommended in the draft EIS.**** ** ** It is unconscionable that the National Park Service would even consider the mitigation package offered by the applicants in return for approving their application to spoil several of our national parks. The transmission line will severely and permanently alter the park. We can never recover a natural resource that is thoughtlessly squandered in pursuit of corporate profit.**** ** ** In addition, I strongly object to the National Park Service accepting a $30M inducement from for-profit corporations in exchange for permission to lay waste to a public asset, held in trust by the NPS for the benefit of all citizens. The cost of mitigation will become the financial responsibility of myself and the 61 million other electric consumers in the PJM Interconnection region via cost allocation of the transmission rate for this project, which was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The $30M price of mitigation offered to the Park Service will be added to the cost of the transmission project, which will be reimbursed by ratepayers to the applicants over the next 50 years. In addition, the corporate investment in the transmission line will earn them a 12.93% return on the depreciating value of the mitigation package, and other assets, for each and every one of those 50 years. This proposed use of money out of my pocket to mitigate damage to my park caused by corporations, who earn a profit on this damage, is ludicrous.**** ** ** I encourage the NPS to select Alternative 1 in the final EIS. Our precious, dwindling natural resources should never be *for sale* to the highest corporate bidder.**** ** ** ** ** ** ** You have received this e-mail because you opted to do so. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list please click here<http://www.fatcow.com/utils/UnSubscribeMe.bml?Name=moo.keryn&List=biglist1&…> -- 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: Major Victory for Clean Air: First Energy to Retire Six Coal Plants in OH, PA, and MD!
by Paul Wilson 27 Jan '12

27 Jan '12

fyi, incase you did not hear about this..... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Verena Owen <verena_owen(a)prodigy.net> Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:24 PM Subject: Major Victory for Clean Air: First Energy to Retire Six Coal Plants in OH, PA, and MD! To: COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS(a)lists.sierraclub.org Congratulations to the Sierra Club's teams and our allies who worked hard to get this huge win! Verena Friend<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/TellAFriend?page=http%3A%2F%2Faction.sier…> View as web page<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=Ps67cfKgaYBsnol64jZcEQ>Sent to verena_owen(a)prodigy.net. Not you? Sign up here<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=0jhmfCiy6VzQYXmIeA8elQ> . [image: Sierra Club Press Release] ------------------------------ [image: Share this page on Facebook]<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=z_OjMQMBT4pXb5hgvT468A>[image: Share this page on Twitter]<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=80dXhSVF441wo2x1t_mt-Q>[image: Share this page with other services]<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=-1qUdaQ07d2abeL1k1dLdg> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *January 26, 2012* *Contact:* Claire Orphan, Sierra Club 312.251.1680 x146 or claire.orphan(a)sierraclub.org *Major Victory for Clean Air: First Energy to Retire Six Coal Plants* *Utility to retire six coal-fired power plants, following national trend of coal losing ground to clean energy* *Cleveland, OH* – In a huge win for clean air and public health, First Energy announced this morning that the company will retire six of its dirtiest coal-fired power plants. These plants, located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, will stop burning coal by September 1, 2012. First Energy announced that the following plants will be retired: Bay Shore Plant, Units 2-4, Oregon, Ohio; Eastlake Plant, Eastlake, Ohio; Ashtabula Plant, Ashtabula, Ohio; Lake Shore Plant, Cleveland, Ohio; Armstrong Power Station, Adrian, Pa.; and R. Paul Smith Power Station, Williamsport, Md. In total, these retirements will bring 2,689 megawatts of dirty and dangerous coal pollution to an end. “Above all, this is a win for public health and for families who have been breathing polluted air from these outdated plants,” said Bruce Nilles, Senior Director of Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign. “Today’s news is part of a national trend of clean energy replacing coal. The writing is on the wall for the coal industry. With the cost of coal rising and clean energy prices plummeting, coal’s market share is shrinking fast.” Closure of the six plants will prevent more than 174 premature deaths, 282 heart attacks, 2,677 asthma attacks, and 136 asthma emergency room visits, according to data from the Clean Air Task Force. Over the past few years, Sierra Club has been working with local citizens and groups including Environmental Integrity Project, Earthjustice, Environment Maryland, and Chesapeake Climate Action Network, in Maryland and Pennsylvania. In Ohio, the Sierra Club worked closely with Ohio Citizen Action, the Western Lake Erie Waterkeepers, and the Ohio Environmental Council to persuade First Energy to phase out its coal plants and to invest instead in clean energy sources like energy efficiency, wind and solar. The Natural Resources Defense Council led Ohio groups in legal strategy to force these plants to clean up dangerous mercury pollution. "I am proud that since 2008, the Sierra Club and our partner organizations have been actively organizing and challenging these coal plants, and working with other organizations to highlight the hazardous nature of coal-fired power plants," said Rashay Layman, Associate Organizing Representative with the Beyond Coal Campaign in Ohio. A report released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration highlighted a predicted drop in coal’s market share, from 44 to 39 percent, between 2010 and 2035. The EIA reports traditionally underestimate coal's decline, and the First Energy decision seems to suggest an even steeper drop for coal power in the United States. The EIA report also predicted that no new coal plants would be constructed in this period, aside from those already under construction. http://sc.org/w9SrLV<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=1m3qe9MqquPI_Q8WGVCxWg> . Ohio is already seeing the clean energy industry take hold. Earlier this week, the stateapproved plans<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=w8Vt5FfL_E_65IiCg6V1RA> for a 91-turbine wind farm that will bring up to $61 million dollars into the region. “We want to encourage First Energy to make use of the abundant clean energy potential throughout its territory. The company can create good clean energy jobs that won’t harm public health,” said Sierra Club Ohio volunteer Dave Simons. “This victory is the first of many to come in our fight to move beyond coal and fossil fuels and into a clean energy future. The next step for First Energy is to retire their dirty West Virginia plants, Albright and Willow Island.” The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign works in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and a nationwide coalition of allies to retire one-third of the nation's aging coal plants by 2020, replacing them with clean energy like wind and solar by 2030. "This is a great development for the Beyond Coal Campaign," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We are clearly witnessing the end of our dependency on coal and the move toward a cleaner energy future. As importantly, we are helping to provide cleaner water and cleaner air to communities and our citizens across the nation." Coal plants are the largest sources of climate disruption and toxic air pollution like mercury, soot and carbon pollution. These six plants bring the tally of coal plant retirements to 93 since the Sierra Club began its Beyond Coal campaign in 2002. ### *[image: Sierra Club]Sierra Club *85 2nd St. San Francisco, CA 94105 sierra.news(a)sierraclub.org www.sierraclub.org/pressroom<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=jGlbKE1xSaO1PVBAYS4KBA> Update My Profile<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=P151fjR_lgl_1MmZbqc6Tw> | Unsubscribe<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=kTxYekmafh4NZlvS9T7pBg> | Manage My Email Preferences<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/CO?i=0VpOsI8gS-7c5b6Nd_R5RLObiZ0OeYrT&cid…> *Connect with the Sierra Club:* Like us on Facebook<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=EJcJKTsPs9tw8WqZQUjFhw>Follow us on Twitter <http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=o5nlBHxkhNZ0LVEcBRHwTQ>Sign up for the Insider<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=DCzVX8fbYfIpgvcWyuADLw>Join Our Activist Network<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=2dM2gcw7d7av2ibCtgyHsA> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS list, send any message to: COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp -- 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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Energy Guerrilla Theater
by Jim Sconyers 26 Jan '12

26 Jan '12

Energy Guerrilla Theater - anyone want to try it? Here's an idea for referees. We do some guerrilla theater. 3 people in ref shirts w whistles and red penalty flags. Show up at McKinley's (or Rahall's or Capito's) local office. Meet outside w media if any come - we have data on their contributions from dirty energy. Then enter the office - then a little theater. "We're here to call a foul on McKinley - is he here?" "No.' Lot of whistle blowing, throwing red penalty flags,.... Then each ref announces a penalty like "Foul! For not promoting clean energy for America!!" with a placard with the charge printed for camera and to leave for McK. Finish, give office person the charges, exit w more whistles and hoopla. Key - get the whole thing on video and immediately get it onto YouTube and on to FB, other websites. Huge fun, and good targeting.... I have 3 ref shirts, a few red flags (any piece of red fabric is OK), left over from DC yesterday. What do you think? We need 2 more vols for refs, and 1 or 2 capable video folks to capture it. Timing could be the Friday before the Super Bowl. This will be good fun - and all legal!Can you be part of it? Be a ref for the environment! Let me know....! -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: Morgantown Clean Air Cities resolution
by James Kotcon 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

Is this an issue that Morgantown folks would like to get involved with? It is now almost 5 years since Morgantown adopted the Cool cities resolution, so it might be time for the next steps. Whaddya tink? Jim Kotcon >>> "Chris Haddox" <Chris.Haddox(a)mail.wvu.edu> 1/23/2012 3:26 PM >>> Hi MMGT folks, I just got word from the Clean Air Cities person that contacted me saying that Council is going to discuss the attached resolution at it's Feb 7 meeting. Thoughts? Chris J. Chris Haddox, LEED AP, Visiting Assistant Professor, Sustainable Design Division of Design & Merchandising West Virginia University 704M Allen Hall Box 6124 Morgantown, WV 26505 E-Mail: chris.haddox(a)mail.wvu.edu Phone: (304) 293-3657 Program Website: http://www.design.wvu.edu >>> "Sarah Sawtelle" <ssawtelle(a)endangeredearth.org> 1/18/2012 5:44 PM >>> Dear Mr. Haddox, I am writing to you with hopes that the Morgantown Green Team will encourage the city of Morgantown to join the Center for Biological Diversitys Clean Air Cities campaign by passing a resolution in support of the Clean Air Act. Could you please pass this message on to the rest of the Green Team, and consider proposing this resolution to your city council? As you know, if we want clean air and a healthy climate, we have to cut greenhouse gas pollution. The Clean Air Act is our current best hope of reaching this goal, but the Act and the Environmental Protection Agency are under significant attack from the fossil fuel industry and its allies in Congress. Cities and counties across the country can be a powerful voice for fighting back against polluters and prompting much-needed action in Washington. That's why the Center for Biological Diversitys Climate Law Institute has launched Clean Air Cities, a nationwide campaign urging cities and counties around the United States to pass a resolution that calls on the Obama administration and the EPA to use the Clean Air Act to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas pollution. Boone, NC, Pittsburgh, PA and Seattle, WA are among the cities that have already signed on. Morgantown's commitment to sustainability suggests it would be a great candidate to be to be the first city in West Virginia to be a Clean Air city. I have attached a sample city resolution that you can look over and edit as needed. Please let me know if you are interested in bringing this resolution to your council, or if you have any questions about the campaign. Our webpage, CleanAirCities.org, also provides important background information. Please respond to Rose Braz, the Centers Climate Campaign director, who is coordinating this effort and can be reached by email, rbraz(a)biologicaldiversity.org, or phone: (415) 436-9682 x 319. Thank you so much for your time and concern for our climate! Sincerely, Sarah Sawtelle The Center for Biological Diversity -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MorgantownGreenTeam" group. To post to this group, send email to morgantowngreenteam(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to morgantowngreenteam+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/morgantowngreenteam?hl=en.

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Fwd: question about wind
by Paul Wilson 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

seems to me I once saw some data on winds in the appalachians, but I am having CRS at the moment. If you can help Clayton, please email him directly. thx, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Clayton Daughenbaugh <claytonhd(a)xmission.com> Date: Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:02 AM Subject: question about wind To: CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS(a)lists.sierraclub.org Anyone out there know of any research about whether there has been an increase in wind across the country in recent years and, if so, possible causes.**** ** ** The ex of one of my wife’s friends is a cross-country truck driver. Apparently in his circles there is a belief that wind speeds have increased in recent years and there is a dialogue going on speculating as to whether it is caused by all the new “wind-mills” or climate change. I’ve been asked if I know anything about this and I don’t.**** ** ** I would say anecdotally, and as a person who travels the highways a lot that I tend to agree recent years have been a bit windier.**** ** ** --clayton**** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS list, send any message to: CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp -- 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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