On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Petra&John Wood <
pbjmwood@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim - as I said in my earlier email, I have no access to getting fly
> ash. sorry - petra
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Jim Sconyers <
jimscon@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Petra - can you get some actual ash for the Thursday event please?
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jim Sconyers <
jimscon@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [EC] Fwd: Tr-Ash Talk: W.V. Rep. McKinley Sells Out
>> Constituents
>> To: Jim Sconyers <
jim_scon@yahoo.com>
>> Cc: James Kotcon <
jkotcon@wvu.edu>,
ec@osenergy.org, Nicole Good
>> <
nicolegood.wv@gmail.com>, Gwen Jones <
gwenjones23@yahoo.com>,
>> Petra&John Wood <
pbjmwood@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Folks -
>>
>> We're on for Thursday at 11:00 AM.
>> Basic outline:
>> Picket on sidewalk in front of the building, work with media if they
>> come, then go inside to give our gifts of real coal ash to Congressman
>> McKinley. We'll be sending a media alert later today - it is attached.
>>
>> Come on down - it'll be fun!
>>
>> <Sally - the time is now definite, so please send the request to Mon
>> Group for folks to participate whenever you're ready - thanks.>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Jim Sconyers <
jim_scon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Can you join us for this on Thursday? We need numbers - you can speak if
>> > you
>> > like, but that is not required. Hold a sign, be one of the number
>> > distressed
>> > about McKinley on coal ash protection.
>> >
>> > Jim Sconyers
>> >
jim_scon@yahoo.com>> >
304.698.9628
>> >
>> > Remember: Mother Nature bats last.
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Jim Sconyers <
jimscon@gmail.com>
>> > To: James Kotcon <
jkotcon@wvu.edu>
>> > Cc:
ec@osenergy.org; Nicole Good <
nicolegood.wv@gmail.com>; Gwen Jones
>> > <
gwenjones23@yahoo.com>; Petra&John Wood <
pbjmwood@gmail.com>
>> > Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 4:56:57 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [EC] Fwd: Tr-Ash Talk: W.V. Rep. McKinley Sells Out
>> > Constituents
>> >
>> > Does 11:00 Tursday work? Or do we need to move to 10:00?
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 4:23 PM, James Kotcon <
jkotcon@wvu.edu> wrote:
>> >> I agree tomorrow is too short notice. I have one meeting Thursday
>> >> afternoon, but could possibly do things in the morning or at noon.
>> >>
>> >> JBK
>> >>
>> >>>>> Jim Sconyers <
jimscon@gmail.com> 6/20/2011 4:15 PM >>>
>> >> Folks - I don't see how we can do this tomorrow - haven't sent
>> >> anything to media yet, they need at least 24 hours.
>> >>
>> >> How about we set it for Thurs 11:00? I know the mark-up may have
>> >> already happened by then - or it may not. If not, we're fine. If it
>> >> has, we blast him for what he did, not for what he's about to do.
>> >>
>> >> Feedback?
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Jim Sconyers <
jimscon@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Here's what I think we need if we want to make this happen.
>> >>> People - critical mass would be 4 - 5, more is good.
>> >>> Signs - I can make 2 - "McKinley to Citizens: Kiss My Ash" "Coal Ash
>> >>> in Our Air and Water - What the Health?"
>> >>> Baggie of coal ash for each person
>> >>>
>> >>> A "plan"
>> >>> The Morgantown office is staffed 9 - 5 M - F.
>> >>> We go there, picket in front of the building (can anyone describe
>> >> it,
>> >>> location, sidewalk, etc.?)
>> >>> Meet media in front if they show. I would say 11 AM - -?
>> >>> Talk to media - what happened (is about to happen), why we're
>> >>> concerned, story line being northern WV is epicenter of massive ash
>> >>> dumping, yet McKinley wants to stop the EPA from protecting or
>> >> health
>> >>> through commonsense - or ANY - regulation of toxic coal ash. Who is
>> >>> McKinley serving in Washington? Sure isn't the people of his
>> >> district.
>> >>>
>> >>> Media alert - needs to go out within an hour or two of now.
>> >>>
>> >>> Can at least 4 - 5 commit to doing this?
>> >>>
>> >>> I can.
>> >>>
>> >>> Please use reply all.....
>> >>>
>> >>> Sally = please forward to Mon Group.
>> >>>
>> >>> 709 Beechurst Ave., Suite 14B
>> >>> Morgantown, WV 26505
>> >>> Phone:
304.284.8506>> >>> Hours: M-F: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:31 PM, James Kotcon <
jkotcon@wvu.edu>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>> Note: The markup (on McKinley's bill) was rescheduled for next
>> >> Tuesday,
>> >>>> June 21 at 4 p.m. Actions Tuesday morning?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> JBK
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>>> Jim Sconyers <
jimscon@gmail.com> 6/17/2011 3:24 PM >>>
>> >>>> Jim -
>> >>>> I think we need to do something. This worthless SOB needs some
>> >>>> consequences. What can we do? How about picketing his Morgantown
>> >>>> office and getting media there? Or.......?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >>>> From: Raviya Ismail <
rismail@earthjustice.org>
>> >>>> Date: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:13 AM
>> >>>> Subject: Tr-Ash Talk: W.V. Rep. McKinley Sells Out Constituents
>> >>>> To:
COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE@lists.sierraclub.org>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Here is our latest Tr-Ash Talk blog:
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
http://earthjustice.org/blog/2011-june/tr-ash-talk-w-v-rep-mckinley-sells-out-constituents
>> >>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Emily Enderle
>> >>>> Tr-Ash Talk: W.V. Rep. McKinley Sells Out Constituents
>> >>>> Congressman’s district is home to largest coal ash pond
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Here we go again.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Some of our elected leaders are once more maneuvering to block
>> >>>> much-needed health protections against coal ash. Rep. David
>> >> McKinley
>> >>>> (R-WV) has sponsored a bill that would broadly remove federal
>> >>>> authority for any regulation of coal ash ever. This bill, if
>> >> enacted,
>> >>>> also would conveniently protect his business interests. In April,
>> >>>> Politico exposed Rep. McKinley’s business interest in ensuring
>> >> that
>> >>>> coal ash is not regulated. Rep McKinley owns the largest
>> >> engineering
>> >>>> firm in West Virginia and his company uses coal ash in concrete, as
>> >>>> fill for roads and other uses.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Rep. McKinley also represents a district that has the largest coal
>> >> ash
>> >>>> pond in the nation, and his bill goes against what he promised West
>> >>>> Virginian Curt Havens, veteran and constituent. Havens was at the
>> >>>> Energy and Commerce hearing in April, when Rep. McKinley said,
>> >> about
>> >>>> prior coal ash threats, "I want to make sure that never happens
>> >> again
>> >>>> to another family in America." (Those comments start at minute
>> >> marker
>> >>>> 2:26:26.) Again, business interests are coming before the interest
>> >> of
>> >>>> protecting public health.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> During the House budget negotiations February frenzy, Rep. McKinley
>> >>>> sponsored amendment 217 that would have prohibited the EPA from
>> >> using
>> >>>> any of their funds to move forward with the health protective
>> >> Subtitle
>> >>>> C regulation. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) introduced amendment 10,
>> >>>> trying to achieve the same thing. It’s no surprise that both
>> >>>> congressmen are heavily supported by the energy sector.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> During his 2010 campaign Rep. McKinley received $43,300 from energy
>> >>>> companies, and $22,751 of that came from mining interests,
>> >> according
>> >>>> to the Center for Responsive Politics.
>> >>>> Rep. McKinley’s current effort to stop the regulation of this
>> >> potent
>> >>>> waste, H.R. 1391, would “amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to
>> >>>> exempt
>> >>>> fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste and flue gas emission
>> >>>> control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal or
>> >> other
>> >>>> fossil fuels from regulation as hazardous waste under such Act.”
>> >>>>
>> >>>> H.R. 1391 was scheduled to be marked up in the Environment and
>> >> Economy
>> >>>> subcommittee of Energy and Commerce this morning. The markup had to
>> >> be
>> >>>> rescheduled for next Tuesday, June 21 at 4 p.m. due to a drafting
>> >>>> error. The bill, as written, couldn’t have been much worse and
>> >>>> it’s
>> >>>> doubtful there will be any improvements as they fix the drafting
>> >>>> error.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Rep. McKinley and the bill supporters will continue to put public
>> >>>> health at risk. Further, they will undermine the public coal ash
>> >>>> rulemaking currently underway that generated a record-breaking
>> >> 450,000
>> >>>> comments. This is a tragic example of how some elected officials
>> >> bow
>> >>>> to dirty polluters rather than heeding the concerns of their
>> >>>> constituents.
>> >>>>
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>> >>
>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >>
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>> >
>> >
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>> Remember, Mother Nature bats last.
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Jim Sconyers
>>
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>>
304.698.9628>>
>> Remember, Mother Nature bats last.
>
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