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Fwd: Energize West Virginia Town Hall Meeting Thursday
by James Kotcon 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

In a message dated 7/8/2012 4:32:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, stombond(a)hughes.net writes: Natural Gas Industry to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Morgantown . . July 5, 2012, WBOY, Clarksburg, WV Natural gas industry officials from Energize West Virginia ( http://www.energizewv.com/ ) and America's Natural Gas Alliance ( http://www.anga.us/ ) are hosting a town hall-style community meeting, in Morgantown, to discuss the "latest developments and activities" in the industry, in the state. The meeting will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, July 10 at the Ramada Inn ( http://www.ramada.com/hotels/west-virginia/morgantown/ramada-conference-cen… ), on Scott Avenue in Morgantown. It will include a panel of industry professionals and a presentation on hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling, job creation and economic impact from Marcellus Shale in West Virginia. The meeting is free and open to the public.

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Earth First Shuts Down Drilling Site in Moshannon State Forest | StateImpact Pennsylvania
by Duane 08 Jul '12

08 Jul '12

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/07/08/earth-first-blocks-frack… "Earth First" Shuts Down Drilling Site in Moshannon State Forest A group calling itself Marcellus Earth First! has set up a blockade in Moshannon State Forest, preventing the natural gas company EQT from operating a well. A report on an Earth First! website says the blockade on a gravel road began before 9:30 Sunday morning with about 40 protestors who successfully prevented a truck from entering the drill site. EQT spokesperson Natalie Cox says the drilling operations have shut down due to safety concerns for the company’s employees, contractors, police and protesters. Cox says activities at the well pad were in the early stages. EQT is one of the top ten largest drillers in Pennsylvania, with about 300 active wells in the western part of the state. For more information on EQT’s drilling operations, visit our Shale Map App. Pike County resident Alex Lotorto, who says he’s not a member of Marcellus Earth First!, but joined the rally, says two people have climbed trees and strung cables across an access road in such a way that cutting them would cause the tree climbers to fall and face serious injury or even death. Lotorto says state police are on the scene. “Police interaction has been courteous and respectful,” says Lotorto. “We want to make this safe as possible.” A state police officer reached by phone at the Dubois, Pa. office would not provide any information. The Moshannon State Forest spans three counties, but the protest is in the Clearfield County section of the forest. Lotoro said a group of protestors had dragged logs and branches from the forest to build blockades across the access road the night before the protest. A sign hanging from the site reads “Marcellus Earth First, no fracking no compromise.” Earth First! is an environmental activist group that uses direct action and is primarily known for protesting logging in forests along the West Coast. The group often employs the tactic of climbing into trees to stop industrial activity and call attention to their cause. Janis Copenhaver lives near Big Run, Jefferson County, not too far from the drill site. Reached by phone, Copenhaver said she didn’t know anything about the action until she overheard others in her town talking about it. “I wish I had the time and gumption to do this,” said Copenhaver. “But I have to have a fulltime job, pay a mortgage, and take care of my animals. I appreciate it when someone else is trying to defend the earth and the life I love living.” Copenhaver said it took her two hours to find the protesters on a remote access road in the forest. She says she plans to bring food and water up the mountain. “I can’t be up there hanging from a tree,” said Copenhaver, “but I’ll do what I can.” Copenhaver says she worries about gas drilling’s impact on her water. She says another drill rig sits about 600 yards from her drinking water well and she gets her water tested every two weeks. Lately, she says the salinity, and the amount of total dissolved solids have increased. “It’s just too frightening, so I started buying bottled water yesterday,” said Copenhaver. Drilling for natural gas in state forests is controversial. Although the state has leased out mineral rights in state forests since 1947, the Marcellus Shale boom has meant a rapid expansion of industrial activity on state land. More than 700,000 acres of forest land have already been leased – about twenty percent of that for Marcellus pads. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources predicts more than 1,000 drilling rigs may dot the forests, once production is at full capacity. Many feared Governor Corbett would expand drilling in the forests, but his 2012–2013 budget did not include any plans to lease out additional state forest land for natural gas drilling. Submitted by Duane Nichols, www.FrackCheckWV.net

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Sierra Club used as a corporate tool?
by James Kotcon 07 Jul '12

07 Jul '12

The line below caught my attention. Who is the "National Center for Public Policy Research", and is it worth dignifying the charge with a response? Jim Kotcon “Since the Sierra Club has been used as a corporate tool in the past, there is no reason to believe that it isn’t being used as one now, so we call upon it to fully disclose who is underwriting Beyond Natural Gas. If the Sierra Club won’t say who is funding its anti-natural gas campaign, we probably can assume there is a conflict of interest in there somewhere.” >>> "Donald C. Strimbeck" dcsoinks(a)comcast.net> 7/6/2012 3:57 AM >> ( mailto:dcsoinks@comcast.net ) McClendon: Chesapeake done with Sierra Club ( http://blog.newsok.com/energy/2012/06/08/mcclendon-chesapeake-done-with-sie… ) Posted by Jay F. Marks ( http://blog.newsok.com/energy/author/jay-marks/ ) on June 8, 2012M at 5:46 pm Chesapeake Energy Corp. is done with the Sierra Club. CEO Aubrey McClendon was questioned by the president of the National Center for Public Policy Research ( http://www.nationalcenter.org/ ) about the company’s past donations totaling $26 million to the environmental group at Friday’s annual meeting. Center President David Ridenour said he was concerned the Sierra Club would use those funds in its new “Beyond Natural Gas” ( http://content.sierraclub.org/naturalgas/ ) campaign. McClendon said he has no regrets about working with the Sierra Club to go after the coal industry. “We’re in a market share struggle with coal,” McClendon said. “As a result of that campaign, 150 new coal plants were not built. That demand will go to natural gas.” The Sierra Club distanced itself ( http://newsok.com/sierra-club-moving-away-from-natural-gas-chesapeake-cash/… ) from Chesapeake earlier this year after new executive director Michael Brune ( http://sierraclub.typepad.com/michaelbrune/2012/02/the-sierra-club-and-natu… ) rewrote the group’s gift acceptance policy and began to campaign for tougher regulation of the natural gas industry. On Friday, McClendon said Chesapeake is no longer associated with the Sierra Club. “Our relationship with them is a little different today than it was a few years ago,” he said. Ridenour said he was not satisfied to McClendon’s response to his question at Friday’s meeting. “Mr. McClendon largely ignored my question, ‘By funding Beyond Coal, did you not unnecessarily pick a fight with another fossil fuel industry that now will have every incentive to fund Beyond Natural Gas? It would be darkly amusing if the coal industry did turn out to be funding Beyond Natural Gas, and did have a stipulation in its grant contract limiting the use of the gift to fighting Mr. McClendon’s industry.” “Since the Sierra Club has been used as a corporate tool in the past, there is no reason to believe that it isn’t being used as one now, so we call upon it to fully disclose who is underwriting Beyond Natural Gas. If the Sierra Club won’t say who is funding its anti-natural gas campaign, we probably can assume there is a conflict of interest in there somewhere.” “As a representative of a Chesapeake shareholder and an employee of another shareholder, I’m not thrilled that Mr. McClendon gave money to an activist group dedicated to the company’s destruction, but I’m even less happy as an American. Energy independence is important to national security, and low-cost energy is important to American jobs and prosperity. We shouldn’t be fighting things that are good for us.” Ridenour said he still hopes to find out where Chesapeake’s donations to the Sierra Club went, while letting such groups know that people are watching those types of charitable contributions

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More on the Coal Ash vote from Center for Media and Democracy. Check out the video on Perry County
by Paul Wilson 01 Jul '12

01 Jul '12

House to Vote on Effort to Preempt EPA Regulation of Coal Ash [image: Environmental Protection Agency logo]The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday on a measure to urge the Transportation Conference Committee to strip the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the ability to designate toxic coal ash as a hazardous waste. This spring, the House approved H.R. 4348, the Surface and Transportation Extension Act of 2012. In this bill the House included an amendment by West Virginia Republican Representative David McKinley, that would prohibit the EPA from ever setting federally enforceable safeguards for the disposal of toxic coal ash. Now McKinley and the coal lobby are fighting to keep his amendment from being stripped out during House-Senate conference committee negotiations. Read more<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AuVBv3Kn6KsxDPRK6DVe…> -- 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: Thank you--Coal ash is out of the Trans Bill! But McKinley vows "We're not finished"
by Jim Sconyers 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

A win for the environment - especially in West Virginia, where coal ash is dumped heavily. Won this round. But no doubt we'll have to do it again when McKinley finds a new way to sneak his awful bill in. Eternal vigilance needed..... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisa Evans <levans(a)earthjustice.org> Date: Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:44 AM Subject: Thank you--Coal ash is out of the Trans Bill! But McKinley vows "We're not finished" To: COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE(a)lists.sierraclub.org Friends-- Thank you sincerely to all those who helped keep coal ash off the transportation bill. This was an extremely tough fight and an exceedingly close battle. Your support by joining letters, making calls, sending emails and sharing our alerts with your lists clearly made the difference. We could not have won this without your support. The full text for the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 was posted this morning. The text can be found at http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20120625/CRPT-112hrpt-HR4348.pdf. Unfortunately, we know that the House Republicans (particularly Rep. McKinley) and a cabal of Senators, lead by Baucus, will take another run at this. Today's E&E article (below) ends with the quotation, "Mr. McKinley never stops," House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica said with a smile in a recent exchange with reporters. Walking back to the House floor yesterday evening, McKinley said, "We're not finished. I can say that. We're not finished." Our next step is accountability for the 13 senators who signed the letter in support of the coal ash provision and the members who voted for McKinley's Motion to Instruct last week. It will be essential to register disapproval and public disappointment with those positions. Thank you again for your help and support! Sincerely, Lisa Defeat in transportation conference won't end battle over EPA regulation Manuel Quinones, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, June 28, 2012 Promoters of a provision limiting U.S. EPA regulation of coal ash kept the issue alive in the transportation bill negotiations until the eleventh hour, but they fell short in the face of a counterattack by environmentalists. "I'm very disappointed," Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.), author of the House coal ash bill, said in an interview yesterday evening. "They're saying they used it to trade to get other expedited things on transportation, which would help." McKinley's bill would prohibit EPA from treating coal ash as hazardous. He is vowing to look for other vehicles for its passage. He smiled when asked if it could become a rider on the Interior and Environment spending bill. "We have to educate people that this is a solution," McKinley said. "It's not ideologically driven." Supporters of McKinley's H.R. 2273, which passed in the House last year with bipartisan support, call it a compromise that creates minimum national standards for disposal of the power plant waste while protecting the ash recycling industry from the stigma of a hazardous designation. "Regulatory uncertainty is damaging coal ash recycling today, and we're hopeful that Congress will act quickly to find another path to enact this substantive, bipartisan legislation," said John Ward, head of the industry group Citizens for Recycling First. Environmentalists call the recycling argument a red herring. They say electric utilities do not want to bear the cost of properly disposing of the material, including phasing out all wet dumps. As lawmakers and staff were finalizing transportation negotiations, Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project released a new tally of coal ash waste sites obtained from EPA through a Freedom of Information Act request. "The public health threat from toxic coal ash continues to grow," Earthjustice attorney Lisa Evans said. "The data today reveal that coal ash is being disposed in hundreds of units that are not fit to contain hazardous chemicals. "Congressional attempts to cater to the polluters and deny the EPA the authority to protect millions of Americans living near these sites are dangerous and misguided," she added about the transportation bill negotiations. The groups said there are more than 1,100 coal ash ponds, 451 more than previously known. Almost half of those dumps lack liners that would keep toxins from leaching into groundwater. The groups also reported at least 393 active, planned or retired ash landfills. Many of those also lack liners, they said. "Unlined ponds and landfills leach the toxic pollutants in coal ash, including known carcinogens like arsenic, into drinking water supplies and waterways, placing communities and the environment at risk," said Lisa Widawsky Hallowell, an attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project. Earlier this month, the American Coal Ash Association released a report saying that coal ash is often not more dangerous than soil. As EPA delays finalizing its regulations, McKinley said, his legislation provided a framework for regulation. "If people think they've had problems with water quality, they're going to continue with water quality [problems]," McKinley said. "This amendment was intended to give them a pathway forward. So we're back to where we were." Prospects of the Senate moving forward with its version of McKinley's bill, S. 1751, are uncertain. While the measure enjoys bipartisan support in that chamber, a Senate co-sponsor, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), has expressed concerns about the language. "Now I see him changing his direction," McKinley said. "Maybe he's lost his willingness to work with us." Kirk Benson, CEO of ash recycling firm Headwaters Inc., which lobbied hard for inclusion of the coal ash measure in the transportation bill, said, "We will continue to seek other opportunities to pass this vital provision." There is also a court fight over coal ash. Environmentalists sued EPA in April to press the agency into releasing new standards. U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton for the District of Columbia recently consolidated that case with complaints by Headwaters and other recyclers. The Utility Solid Waste Activities Group and the National Mining Association, both major players in the debate, have won the right to intervene in the litigation. Industry groups, however, are hoping Congress puts an end to the debate once and for all. "Mr. McKinley never stops," House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica said with a smile in a recent exchange with reporters. Walking back to the House floor yesterday evening, McKinley said, "We're not finished. I can say that. We're not finished." wiBut , my sincere thanks to all of you who worked with us to remove the dangerous provision from the transportation bill. 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 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/ -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: WVNS story: "Coal Bust" Projected for Southern WV
by Paul Wilson 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

fyi, paul pls spread this around... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM Subject: WVNS story: "Coal Bust" Projected for Southern WV To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> "Coal Bust" Projected for Southern WV Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27169-1 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> (06/27/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Federal figures forecast a decline in the production of West Virginia coal headed to power plants - a decline expected to hit the state's southern counties especially hard. The U.S. Department of Energy predicts much less West Virginia coal will be burned to make electricity during the next decade, according to Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. He says that's going to hit some parts of the state harder than others. "Beginning to see a huge bust in coal production in southern West Virginia, which could see production cut by two-thirds over the next 10 years." Boettner says the state's leadership needs to face reality - and that southern West Virginia particularly must do more to diversify. "No matter what your views are on what's happening, today the reality is that we've got to start making plans for how West Virginia's going to create jobs and build a strong economy for our children and grandchildren." The number of mining jobs actually has increased some during the past few years. Boettner says the next decade's employment picture is complicated, as some mines are likely to continue to hire. "In the northern part of West Virginia, we're actually going to see a slight increase in coal production. That's the same area where we're seeing a boom in natural gas. So, we're really seeing two states, unfolding in different ways." He believes West Virginia should start putting money aside in a mineral trust fund to prepare for the future. "Local and state economies cannot rely indefinitely on finite natural resources for jobs and tax revenues. That's why it's so important for the state to consider creating a permanent trust fund." The coal industry has sharply attacked the Environmental Protection Agency for toughening air pollution rules. But Boettner says much of the expected decline will be the result of competition from cheap natural gas and the fact that the coal that's easiest to get has been mined out. More information is online at blog.wvpolicy.org<http://blog.wvpolicy.org/2012/06/25/-energy-projections-show-decline-in-sou…> . 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/27169-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27169-1> --- 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: DC Court Upholds EPA Greenhouse Gas Standard
by James Kotcon 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Verena Owen <verena_owen(a)prodigy.net> Date: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:37 PM Subject: DC Court EPA Greenhouse Gas Standard To: COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS(a)lists.sierraclub.org View as web page ( http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=hBvBZsZH4Y_z0kGkQcpSww )Sent to . Not you? Sign up here ( http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=78KEa0_jNe9keXIMbnvN9Q ). ( http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=4qh1-gCczhIlVMNDhkO61Q ) ( http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=nKf343Pl7CL1TaYfHp6WaA ) ( http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=NvdKkBbiqFN2I9tpCmAQvw ) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/26/2012 Contact: Eitan Bencuya: 202-495-3047 ( tel:202-495-3047 ), eitan.bencuya(a)sierraclub.org D.C. Court of Appeals Upholds Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Standards WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, in a sweeping victory for public health and clean air, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued decisions in four challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) historic climate and clean air protections. Major industrial polluters joined with states like Texas to challenge these safeguards, which will protect Americans’ health, improve vehicle efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas pollution. The Sierra Club rallied tens of thousands of people across the country to support the standards, and the Sierra Club legal team joined our allies in a landmark legal defense of the protections, when they were challenged. The four rules upheld today were:The Climate Pollution Endangerment Finding, in which, after an extensive review of scientific research and peer-reviewed studies, the EPA found that six greenhouse gasses endanger human health and welfare. The Clean Car Standards, in which the EPA established cost-saving fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks sold from 2012-2016. These safeguards will save consumers an estimated $3,000 at the pump over the life of the vehicle, reduce reliance on foreign oil by 1.8 billion barrels over the life of the vehicle, and will reduce greenhouse gas pollution by 960 million tons. The standards are supported by U.S. automakers and the United Auto Workers union, among others, and the automakers and a dozen states intervened in defense of the standards. The Timing and Tailoring Rules, in which the EPA phased in carbon pollution permits for the biggest industrial pollution sources, while protecting small businesses. The Court determined that none of the challengers were injured by these regulatory relief decisions. In response, Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club issued the following statement: “Today’s decision is a huge victory for American families and everyone concerned about protecting the air we breathe and the health of our children. The role of the Clean Air Act in protecting our families from dangerous carbon pollution and climate disruption should never have been in doubt, and this decision is a big step forward in putting the well-being of Americans before the boundless profits of big polluters. “Carbon pollution is dangerous to our planet and our health. The Environmental Protection Agency has the right and the duty to keep our communities healthy and now the path is clear for them to curb this dangerous pollution, which threatens our families and planet. We applaud the court’s decision and stand with the EPA as they continue to fight for the health of American families.” ### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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

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Fwd: URGENT: Coal ash rule in trouble - Please call Senator Rockefeller and urge him NOT to negotiate your health away
by Jim Sconyers 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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) * -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Gazette "poll" on Rocky's remarks about coal
by Frank Young 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

http://www.wvgazette.com/ New poll on Gazette front page: Do you agree with Sen. Jay Rockefeller's stance regarding the coal industry and its future in West Virginia? The "nos" are ahead at the moment- 51 to 49 percent. The pol is on the left, scroll down-pas the twitter and facebook feeds and they poll is above the blogs-links

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Fwd: Cheap Coal Is Dead. Long Live Renewables
by James Kotcon 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Open this one and click to read the whole op/ed by Carl Pope. If that line about India is correct, and if Indonesia is banning coal exports, that is a game changer. JBK

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