Just catching up to this string. I can
have Nick from our media team draft up some points for a reply to these pieces
and run them by y’all.
Bill Price, Sierra Club Organizing
Representative
Environmental Justice Program
Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign
Phone 304-389-8822
Email bill.price@sierraclub.org
From: Paul Wilson
[mailto:pjgrunt@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 1:38
PM
To: Vivian Stockman
Cc: Allan Tweddle; William V.
DePaulo, Esq.; James Kotcon; bill.price@sierraclub.org; ec@osenergy.org;
aaron.isherwood@sierraclub.org
Subject: Re: [EC] In Beckley
paper: Money to Sierra Club prompts boos
Lots of op-ed pieces seem
to be in order. That said, I am in
Could Bill P provide a format or talking points for those less well inform than
those on the thread?
thanks, paul
p.s I will eat a cod dinner in your collective honor!
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Vivian Stockman <vivian@ohvec.org> wrote:
Here’s one from
From: Allan Tweddle [mailto:allantweddle@msn.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 3:25
PM
To: William V. DePaulo, Esq.;
James Kotcon
Cc: ec@osenergy.org; aaron.isherwood@sierraclub.org;
vivian@ohvec.org; bill.price@sierraclub.org
Subject: Re: [EC] In Beckley
paper: Money to Sierra Club prompts boos
Importance: High
Bill is
right. The facts are on our side.
These two articles
from Ken Bossing's newsletter offer additional facts worth considering.
And I am not
talking just about the jobs that would be created by a more favourable climate
for renewable energy companies and installers, I am also talking about the
industry that manufactures` the systems in renewable energy. We have a much
greater potential in renewable energy if we established a State Economic
Development Policy of aggressively pursuing the jobs intensive renewable energy
systems manufacturers as well as establishing a real RPS, and real incentives
for people to participate. And that's where a F.I.T. program would work.
The Silicon
refining plant in
But Our Economic
Development Department does not pursue new technologies such as P.V.
manufacturing. Believe me, my efforts to get help from that Department
were fruitless, and it may have been because I have an emerging manufacturing
business that addresses the carbon footprint of airlines.
Thermal Coal. like
asbestos, should be left in the ground. The true cost of coal is much
higher than the current prices, and there are better, cleaner and competitive
alternatives, when priced fairly, that will create more jobs than the
coal industry will...especially as it declines.
Allan
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
NETWORK
sustainable-energy-network@hotmail.com
Sustainable Energy News Summaries
July 23, 2011
23.) Renewables Surge to 16.4% of Net
Energy Information Administration, July 20, 2011
http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html
According to the latest issue of EIA's "Electric Power
Monthly," the mix of renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, solar,
water, wind) accounted for 16.38% of net
26.) Report Finds Wind, Solar Power Growth Is
Beginning to Outpace Coal, Nuclear:
North American Windpower, July 19, 2011 http://www.nawindpower.com/naw/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.8264
The installed capacity of wind and solar power grew faster than
that of any other power technology, according to a recent analysis of the
global power plant market released by Greenpeace International. In addition,
renewable energy reached its biggest market share in 2010, providing enough
capacity to supply electricity to the equivalent of one-third of
From: William
V. DePaulo, Esq.
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:33 PM
To: James Kotcon
Subject: Re: [EC] In Beckley paper: Money to
Sierra Club prompts boos
I agree that a
reasoned, calm, detailed and fact driven response would be appropriate. I think
it's important NOT to take their bait and come back with a personal attack on
the individuals. The facts are powerful enuf.
On Saturday, July 23, 2011, James Kotcon <jkotcon@wvu.edu> wrote:
> I think we need to attack the short-sighted leaders who think of coal
first, and deny the reality of global warming, especially during this year of
unprecedented weather.
>
> Manchin ran his campaign by literally shooting at the Cap-And-Trade bill,
which would have included the subsidies for Clean Coal and the economic
incentives needed for CCS. West Virginia's political leaders do not have
any plans for developing a transition to a post-coal future, and are therefore
blind to the possibilities and are locking us into ever-increasing dependence
on an industry doomed to run out, and sooner than they imagine.
Projections show a 40 % decline ion coal produciton in WV within 5 years, yet
they continue to talk as if coal is the future of
>
> I believe we need to respond soon. It will expose us to a lot of
attacks, but it will also position us as credible leaders on the issues.
I think we need a press release, or even a press conference by Monday.
>
> Whaddya Tink?
>
> JBK
>
>>>> Jim Sconyers 07/23/11 8:43 AM >>>
> Translation: "Coal now, coal forever! And to hell with the
consequences!"
>
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Vivian Stockman <vivian@ohvec.org> wrote:
>
> July 22, 2011
>
> Money to Sierra Club prompts boos <http://www.register-herald.com/local/x202401951/Money-to-Sierra-Club-prompts-boos>
>
> By Mannix Porterfield Register-Herald Reporter <http://www.register-herald.com/>
>
> http://www.register-herald.com/local/x202401951/Money-to-Sierra-Club-prompts-boos
>
>
>
>
>
> An industry leader joined a union chief and political luminaries in
>
> Bloomberg disclosed he handed a $50 million donation to the Sierra Club
from his own pocket for use in the group’s quest to shut down coal mining the
two consider an environmental hazard.
>
> His action triggered a swift and predictable response in coal-rich
>
> “The next time the lights go out, the people in New York City will all
know exactly whom to blame — their mayor, Michael Bloomberg,” Rep. Nick Rahall,
D-W.Va., said from his Capitol office.
>
> Bloomberg said his gift would enable the Sierra Club to close as many as
one-third of
>
> Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin weighed in on the latest controversy
involving the industry, calling coal “the most stable, cost-effective means of
meeting the energy demands of our country and the world.”
>
> “With the use of our natural resources here in
>
> Tomblin helped break ground on the new
>
> “The fact, however, that we are looking for other sources of energy — and
developing clean coal technologies — does not mean that our country can afford
to no longer use coal,” the governor said. “Coal must be a part of any
realistic solution to meet our growing demand for energy.”
>
> Given the size of the charitable gift that could be spent on hiring
lawyers to challenge coal production and power plants alike, Bill Raney,
president of the West Virginia Coal Association, said the industry must view
Bloomberg’s threat seriously.
>
> “It sends a terrible message to coal miners and families that depend on
coal, not only in
>
> Raney noted the mercury hovered at 100 degrees in both New York and
Washington, D.C., and was 97 in Charleston, and questioned how Bloomberg would
act if the electricity suddenly stop-ped with a lack of coal.
>
> “Let’s assume he takes all the coal generation off the grid,” he said. “If
he accomplishes quickly what he wants to do, I’m wondering what he’s going to
do?”
>
> The industry has been in a roiling feud with the Obama
administration over its Environmental Protection Agency’s approach to mining
permits, and Raney said coal operators must brace themselves for a well-heeled
assault by the Sierra Club in a bid to stop coal plants and force others to
retreat from remodeling plans.
>
> “They’ll just be flinging grenades, is what I think,” he said. “It’s
simply not fair to the people who have made a living trying to provide energy
in this country. It’s just like he thumbed his nose at it. It doesn’t make a
lick of sense.”
>
> Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., found it disappointing that Bloomberg launched
an attack on coal, rather than work to achieve a balance between production and
environmental concerns.
>
> “Coal not only built this country, but it built the skyscrapers of New
York City, and, without coal, the lights of that city would be dark and its
economy would be devastated,” the senator said.
>
> “I have said from day one, and will say until my last breath, that there
has to be a balance in our country between the environment as well as our
economic and national security, which are threatened by this country’s
addiction to foreign oi
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