On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Petra&John Wood <
pbjmwood@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can be there on thurs and probably John. I'll let some other folks know
> too. Let us know what time, 11 or 10 am? And where is McKinley's
> office? - petra
>
>
> 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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>> >> Remember, Mother Nature bats last.
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