OK - How about instead I make up a handout:
Coal Ash Top Ten Toxics
Arsenic Selenium Cadmium Lead Mercury
Jim et al - next five please.
We have that for the media and to present to McKinley, along with a statement of our concerns...?
Also - I'll have several signs for folks - unless you want to make your own.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Petra&John Wood pbjmwood@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jim - as I said in my earlier email, I have no access to getting fly ash. sorry - petra
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Jim Sconyers jimscon@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Petra - can you get some actual ash for the Thursday event please?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Sconyers jimscon@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [EC] Fwd: Tr-Ash Talk: W.V. Rep. McKinley Sells Out Constituents To: Jim Sconyers jim_scon@yahoo.com Cc: James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu, ec@osenergy.org, Nicole Good nicolegood.wv@gmail.com, Gwen Jones gwenjones23@yahoo.com, Petra&John Wood pbjmwood@gmail.com
Folks -
We're on for Thursday at 11:00 AM. Basic outline: Picket on sidewalk in front of the building, work with media if they come, then go inside to give our gifts of real coal ash to Congressman McKinley. We'll be sending a media alert later today - it is attached.
Come on down - it'll be fun!
<Sally - the time is now definite, so please send the request to Mon Group for folks to participate whenever you're ready - thanks.>
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-ou...
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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Here's what we handed out at the recent "Coal Ash Fly-In" in D.C. last April. The event was spearheaded by the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and Southern Environmental Law Center. Some additional topics to choose from include:
Air quality/fugitive dust unlined, untreated dumping poor record-keeping of how much is being dumped no groundwater monitoring high TDC, conductivity, sulfates ash may not reduce classic AMD (iron, aluminum, and/or manganese) bioaccumulation of metals in the food chain (e.g., predatory fish) loss of aquatic diversity
Thanks, John
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jim Sconyers jimscon@gmail.com wrote:
OK - How about instead I make up a handout:
Coal Ash Top Ten Toxics
Arsenic Selenium Cadmium Lead Mercury
Jim et al - next five please.
We have that for the media and to present to McKinley, along with a statement of our concerns...?
Also - I'll have several signs for folks - unless you want to make your own.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Petra&John Wood pbjmwood@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jim - as I said in my earlier email, I have no access to getting fly ash. sorry - petra
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Jim Sconyers jimscon@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Petra - can you get some actual ash for the Thursday event please?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Sconyers jimscon@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [EC] Fwd: Tr-Ash Talk: W.V. Rep. McKinley Sells Out Constituents To: Jim Sconyers jim_scon@yahoo.com Cc: James Kotcon jkotcon@wvu.edu, ec@osenergy.org, Nicole Good nicolegood.wv@gmail.com, Gwen Jones gwenjones23@yahoo.com, Petra&John Wood pbjmwood@gmail.com
Folks -
We're on for Thursday at 11:00 AM. Basic outline: Picket on sidewalk in front of the building, work with media if they come, then go inside to give our gifts of real coal ash to Congressman McKinley. We'll be sending a media alert later today - it is attached.
Come on down - it'll be fun!
<Sally - the time is now definite, so please send the request to Mon Group for folks to participate whenever you're ready - thanks.>
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-ou...
> > > 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. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To > unsubscribe from the COAL-COMBUSTION-WASTE list, send any message
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McKinley will be having a town hall meeting tomorrow in Morgantown in Westover which actually isn't Morgantown, but it is close by.
There is a Q&A session so it is a good opportunity to talk to him about http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-1391 .
Event Info: http://mckinley.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25%C2%A7iontree=6,25&itemi... http://mckinley.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25§iontree=6,25&itemid=237
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Jim Sconyers -
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