As son as we asked the right question - about in the past - we got an honest answer from Mike Brune - he and SC came completely clean about misguided donation acceptance in the past.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Beth Little blittle@citynet.net wrote:
To be clear, Mike told us that the Club does not and will not accept money from Chesapeake or any other gas company. This omitted a reference to the past, so could be considered misleading, but he did not lie. Then he called and clarified the full story. The Club turned down an additional $30 million that was part of the original deal the Carl Pope made when he was gallivanting around with Aubrey McClendon, Chesapeake CEO. ****
*From:* ec-bounces@osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] *On Behalf Of *Paul Wilson *Sent:* Monday, February 06, 2012 2:01 PM *To:* WV Chapter Energy Committee *Subject:* [EC] Fwd: Sierra Club and fracking money article****
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@comcast.net****
fyi- an alternative perspective on the Club's fracking gate controversy** **
Begin forwarded message:****
*From: *Patricia Matejcek patachek3@gmail.com****
*Date: *February 3, 2012 9:58:27 PM EST****
*To: *CONS-WPST-COASTOCEAN-FORUM@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-fr...
-****
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To
unsubscribe from the CONS-WPST-COASTOCEAN-FORUM list, send any message to: CONS-WPST-COASTOCEAN-FORUM-signoff-request@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*
EC mailing list EC@osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec
