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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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>> --
>> Jim Sconyers
>> jimscon@gmail.com
>> 304.698.9628
>>
>> Remember, Mother Nature bats last.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Sconyers
> jimscon@gmail.com
> 304.698.9628
>
> Remember, Mother Nature bats last.
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