---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lisa Graves-Marcucci lgmarcucci@environmentalintegrity.org Date: Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:20 AM Subject: URGENT: Coal ash rule in trouble - Please call Senator Rockefeller and urge him NOT to negotiate your health away To: Curtis Havens curt1968@comcast.net, Sharon Fineman < rfineman@comcast.net>, steve rhodes slrhodes24@gmail.com, Carrie Bodnar < albrightbodnar@gmail.com>, D H speedydeedy10@yahoo.com, Petra&John Wood < pbjmwood@gmail.com>, Jim Sconyers jimscon@gmail.com, James Kotcon < jkotcon@wvu.edu>, "Jarrett F. Jamison III" jarrett425@aol.com, Duane Nichols duane330@aol.com, "<gwen jones" gwen.jones1@gmail.com, Cindy Rank clrank2@gmail.com Cc: Lisa Evans levans@earthjustice.org, Emily Enderle < eenderle@earthjustice.org>
*Apologies for duplication, but this is an urgent request for all our WV friends *-- see message below from Lisa Evans, Earthjustice. The Transportation Bill is in the final steps of negotiations and we are hearing the coal ash rules could be used to negotiated a final deal between the Senate and the House.
*Senator Rockefeller is a key vote. Please call his office today and urge the Senator to stand strong - tell him please DO NOT negotiate your health away. Jobs are crucial, but so are health protections from toxic coal ash.*
Lisa has outlined some messaging below -- please review and make this important call today -- and urge others to do the same.
Many thanks for your help, LGM
*Message from Lisa Evans:*
Dear Friends in West Virginia:
Once again, we are hearing that coal ash is in trouble and that a deal may be reached to include the coal ash provision on the transportation bill.
As you know, Senator Rockefeller is on the conference committee for the transportation bill. While he has expressed interest in keeping coal ash off the bill, we must ensure that he stays strong. Thus we are asking for your immediate help to generate as many emails and calls as we can to his office to urge the Senator to keep coal ash off the final bill. We don’t have much time, because a bill must be passed by June 30.
Below is the contact information for the Senator’s transportation staffer. Also included is a “script” that you can use in a call or email.
*However, all you need to convey is the simple request to keep the coal ash provision out of a transportation bill in order to keep Americans safe from toxic waste.*
We must keep up the pressure. Please circulate widely to your allies in West Virginia. Thank you in advance for your efforts.
SEN. ROCKEFELLER’S CONTACT INFO: Transportation aide: Patrick Bond Email: patrick_bond@rockefeller.senate.gov Phone: 202-224-6472
ASK SENATOR ROCKEFELLER TO KEEP COAL ASH OFF THE TRANSPORTATION BILL: [sample script]
Dear Patrick:
I am contacting you to urge Senator Rockefeller to protect the health and environment of Americans and oppose the inclusion of a coal ash amendment in the final transportation package.
As you know, this provision prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from enacting federal standards for the safe disposal of toxic coal ash. Safe disposal of this waste is a public health imperative. In nearly 200 cases in 37 states, coal ash has already poisoned water with arsenic, lead, selenium and other heavy metals.
We ask the Senator to protect us from the health, environmental and ecological damage that this toxic waste causes. We urge the Senator not to side with polluters who seek to evade their responsibility to operate dumps safely and clean up the sites they have contaminated.
Sincerely, [your name]