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Dear Roger,
I am a graduate student at WVu and I am interested in working with
the Sierra Club for a Service Learning project as part of a minor field
for my PhD. Does the local chapter of the Sierra Club take on students as
volunteers? I am interested in a variety of environmental areas, including
the Decker's Creek clean up project and mountaintop removal.
Please let me know if you would be interested in taking on a student
volunteer. Your time would be minimal as there are very few forms to fill
out. I would be responsible for the projectand volunteer hours.
I have been a Sierra Club member for some time now, and I look
forward to committing my time and effort to the local chapter here in
Morgantown.
Cheers
From:
Rodger Dotson <bhaddaka@gmail.com>
Subject: February Program
Meeting for the Mon Group Sierra Club
To: bhaddaka@gmail.com
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009,
7:08 AM
Greetings!
This month we will be co-hosting a meeting with
the Friends of Deckers Creek. The topic will be the drilling for natural
gas in the Marcellus shale. The meeting will be at 6:30 on Thursday,
February 19, at the WVU Agricultural Sciences Building.
The Marcellus shale, which lies beneath most of West
Virginia, has the potential to be the largest natural gas source in
history. While burning natural gas has lower greenhouse gas emissions
than other fossil fuels, this drilling has other environmental impacts
that may negatively affect our environment. To date, most of the
drilling in the Marcellus shale has occurred in Pennsylvania and has
resulted in increased solids in the Monongahela River. Another surface
water concern is the use of proprietary chemicals used while drilling a
gas well. Unfortunately, WV does not have the regulatory measures in
place to adequately protect our environment from the predicted increase
in drilling.
Please see the attached flier for more
details
thanks,
Rodger
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Most people think the
mountains belong to the government, but actually the mountains belong to
those who love them.
- Dogen
(1200-1253)
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