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Re: [EC] WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE WE DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY? A GOB PLANT? YOU'RE KIDDING. AND EPA, THAT MEANIE.....
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Jim Kotcon in North and the rest of you down here.....I agree we need to seize the moment to go after Manchin on this....a short version of this story has gone around the country already.....the gazette article is far more detailed.....i sent it to a new york times reporter who covered west va in january.....we already knew Manchin was making millions from what in the past was described as a coal brokerage business.....this is way beyond brokering.....it relates directly to the motives for his opposition to EPA standards.......one opening appears to be the Senate reporting requirements.....there may be a reporting exemption for loans from a family member, but i'll be fifty cents that at least some of these loans/debts were to a corporate entity of some type--and were NOT exempt from reporting..... *LEGAL FOOTNOTE: * The West Virginia Constitution provides for impeachment of an "officer of the state" as follows: *4-9. Impeachment of officials. * Any officer of the state may be impeached for maladministration, corruption, incompetency, gross immorality, neglect of duty, or any high crime or misdemeanor. The House of Delegates shall have the sole power of impeachment. The Senate shall have the sole power to try impeachments and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members elected thereto. When sitting as a court of impeachment, the president of the supreme court of appeals, or, if from any cause it be improper for him to act, then any other judge of that court, to be designated by it, shall preside; and the senators shall be on oath or affirmation, to do justice according to law and evidence. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust or profit, under the state; but the party convicted shall be liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. The Senate may sit during the recess of the Legislature for the trial of impeachment *BOTTOM LINE: WE CANT LET THIS MOMENT PASS WITHOUT EMPTYING ALL AVAILABLE CARTRIDGES*. *SEE BELOW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WEB PAGE ON COAL GOB -- THE WORST OF THE WORST* -------------------- Waste Coal Burning Waste Coal is Much More Polluting than Burning Coal [Printable PDF factsheet on waste coal <http://www.energyjustice.net/files/coal/wastecoal/factsheet.pdf>] [image: Nemacolin Gob Pile in Greene County, PA] Nemacolin Gob Pile in Greene County, PA What is waste coal? Waste coals are the low-energy-value discards of the coal mining industry. Waste coal is called "culm" in the eastern Pennsylvania anthracite coal region and "gob" or "boney" in the bitiminous coal mining regions (western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and elsewhere). Waste coal piles accumulated mostly between 1900 and 1970. The piles look like hills or small mountains that are dark and barren. Hundreds of millions of tons of waste coal and rock litter the landscape in mining states. Why is it a problem? Waste coal piles leach iron, manganese and aluminum pollution into waterways and cause acid drainage that kills neighboring streams. These piles sometimes even catch fire, releasing toxic pollution into the air. [image: Map of Waste Coal plants in the U.S.] <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/wastecoal/facilities> Click here for a list of existing and proposed waste coal facilities <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/wastecoal/facilities> Where is waste coal being burned? There are currently 18 waste coal burning power plants, and 13 more that use it as a secondary fuel, with bituminous coal as their primary fuel. Fourteen of the 18 waste coal plants are in Pennsylvania. Over a dozen more are proposed, mostly in PA, WV and KY. There are also now proposals for coal-to-oil <http://www.ultradirtyfuels.com> refineries, some of which would use waste coal to produce liquid fuels. Low energy value Nationally, waste coal has an average of 60% of the BTU value (British Thermal Units, a unit of energy) of normal coals. It can take up to twice as much waste coal to produce the same amount of electricity. This means that -- in most places -- waste coal burners can only be economically built where huge volumes of waste coal exist. It would cost too much to truck far-away low-BTU fuel to a centralized burner. Consequently, even if waste coal burning were a clean solution, it wouldn't deal with the problem of more isolated waste coal piles. Waste Coal has More Mercury Waste coal has higher concentration of mercury than normal coals. In West Virginia and nationally, gob has 4 times more mercury than bituminous coal. In Pennsylvania, gob has 3.5 times more mercury than bituminous coal. Culm has 19% more mercury than anthracite coal. Bituminous waste coal also has higher levels of sulfur (see chart below <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/wastecoal#sulfur>). [This is based on thousands of samples collected in 1999 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Click here for more details on mercury content in coals and waste coals <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/wastecoal/epa-icrdata.html>.] Data on other metals in waste coal is sparse, but evidence from single metals tests on Pennsylvania culm and gob show both to have about 4 times as much chromium and 3 times as much lead. More Mercury Per Megawatt Since more waste coal must be burned to produce the same amount of electricity as normal coal would, this means that -- in the states most affected by waste coal burning -- *over 6 times as much mercury must be fed into a waste coal burner to produce the same amount of energy* as a traditional coal power plant. For culm vs. anthracite coal, it takes nearly twice as much mercury. Where Does the Mercury Go? Older coal power plants could not handle waste coal. In the late 1980's "circulating fluidized bed" (CFB) style power plants were built which could burn the low-energy waste coal. Because they were built after the 1970 Clean Air Act, these CFB power plants have pollution control equipment that the old ones don't have. This makes it easy for the waste coal industry to make the claim that their air emissions are cleaner than 1950s-era coal power plants. Comparing apples to apples, it is more accurate to compare air emissions from waste coal burners to the new coal power plants being proposed. The currently proposed Longview <http://www.nolongview.org> bituminous coal power plant in Fort Martin (near Morgantown, WV) would have lower emissions than the currently proposed gob burner in nearby Nemacolin <http://www.truthaboutgob.org> (Greene County, PA). Other Air Emissions Combustion creates problems that simply don't exist if the waste coal is left unburned. Anytime you burn coal or waste coal, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) <http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/eh/ChemFS/fs/PAH.htm> are created that were not present in the unburned waste coal. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons <http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/chemicals/chemicals-detail-print.asp?Ma…> have a range of toxicity. Any time you burn anything with less than complete combustion, you also create nitrogen oxides (NOx) <http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/summary.tcl?edf_substance_id=EDF…> and products of incomplete combustion (PICs). Since the number of possible PICs is unlimited, the potential toxicity of the PICs is uncertain. [See studies on how fluidized bed waste coal burners release more cancer-causing PAH's <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/pah/> as well as 15% more global warming pollution and increased carbon monoxide than conventional burners.] Toxic Ash Burning waste coal doesn't make the waste go away. If 100 tons of waste coal are burned, 85 tons will remain as waste coal ash. Since far more mercury and other toxic contaminants enter a waste coal burner to produce a given amount of electricity, these high levels of toxic contaminants have to come out somewhere. Toxic metals cannot be destroyed by burning them. To the extent that they are captured in pollution controls (protecting the air), they are then concentrated in the highly toxic ash that ultimately threatens the groundwater wherever this ash is dumped. Waste coal burners have cleaner air emissions than antiquated coal plants due to their better pollution controls, but this only means that the ash is far more toxic, since the highly toxic particulates captured in pollution control equipment end up in the ash. The industry claims that 99.8% of the mercury in the fuel is captured and ends up in their ash. Waste coal ash is dumped in communities not far from the waste coal burners, threatening the groundwater with leaching lead, mercury and other poisons. Power plant waste is allowed to be dumped without the basic protections (landfill <http://www.ejnet.org/landfills/> liners) that are required for dumping household trash. When burning any solid fuel, the resulting ash has a higher surface area than the raw, unburned material. The dangers of toxic leaching from ash can be expected to be greater than from the unburned waste coal. Just like with coffee, running water over coffee grounds leaches far more coffee out than if you ran water over whole coffee beans. The industry claims that by injecting limestone into the ash, the ash becomes impervious to leaching. However, this has not been proven and it seems likely that the alkaline affects of the lime would afford only temporary protection, especially since the region where most of the waste coal burners are (Pennsylvania, West Virginia) suffers from the nation's worst acid rain <http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/isopleths/maps2001/phlab.gif>. The waste coal burning industry's own data shows that waste coal ash does in fact leach metals into groundwater, despite their public assertions. Ash at 2 of 12 facilities studied in Pennsylvania were shown to contain levels of arsenic higher than the maximum allowable concentration set forth for land application of sewage sludge <http://www.ejnet.org/sludge/>. Of 221 samples of leachate from waste coal ash at the ash dumps, lead contamination in 23 samples (10.4%) exceeded a level 10 times higher than EPA's maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water. Six samples exceeded this "10 times the drinking water standard" level for cadmium, as did single samples for chromium and selenium. Click here for a list of waste coal ash dumps in the U.S. <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/ashdumps> <http://www.erosioncontrol.com/ec_0007_beach.html> Beach Grass: the Safe and Affordable Alternative to Burning Waste Coal Researchers at the Natural Resources Conservation Service found a very cheap and viable alternative to the conventional waste coal pile remediation method of grading, topsoiling, seeding and mulching. They found that beach grass, native to sandy beaches, thrives in waste coal piles and can establish enough plant cover to enable native plants to take root. This method has been shown to bring life back to long-dead waste coal piles for only 6-10% of the cost of conventional methods. Within a few years, beach grass enabled native plants to take over, allowing organic matter to accumulate around plants, forming a plant layer that stopped erosion, held water, cooled the surface, and looked better. <http://www.erosioncontrol.com/ec_0007_beach.html> Gob Pile Recovered by Planting Beach Grass For more details, read: - Beach Grass: Bringing the Seashore to the Mountains <http://www.erosioncontrol.com/ec_0007_beach.html> (*Erosion Control* Feature Article, July/August 2000). - Succession on a Coal Mine Gob Pile Stabilized With 'Cape' American Beachgrass <http://www.energyjustice.net/coal/wastecoal/beachgrass> The waste coal industry is pushing aggressively to include their proposed facilities in the Pennsylvania Renewable Portfolio Standard <http://www.actionpa.org/cleanenergy/>, despite the fact that waste coal is not renewable energy and that waste coal power plants are dirtier than coal power plants. The waste coal industry argues that the best solution to waste coal piles is burning them, while other cleaner and safer alternatives exist. Rather than liberate the toxic contaminants by burning them, it is preferable to remediate the waste coal piles in a way that reduces the problems associated with the piles without creating new problems. ------------------------------ Energy Justice Network, 1434 Elbridge St, Philadelphia, PA 19149 | 215-743-4884 | niaby(a)energyjustice.net | Site Map <http://www.energyjustice.net/sitemap> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 7:59 AM, William V. DePaulo, Esq. < william.depaulo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [image: Print] > <http://www.wvgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140724/GZ01/140729522…> > Thursday, July 24, 2014 > Sen. Manchin’s brother sues him, other brother over $1.7 million loan > By Kate White > <http://www.wvgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=staff&template=staf…>, > Staff writer > Gazette file photo > Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks during a meeting in Charleston in January > 2013. The senator and his brother were sued by another brother this week > over an allegedly unpaid loan of more than $1.7 million. > > - Manchin v Manchin Complaint pdf file > <http://www.wvgazette.com/assets/PDF/CH6201725.pdf> > > FAIRMONT, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s brother has sued the senator > and another brother over more than $1.7 million that allegedly was loaned > to keep a family business afloat decades ago. > > The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Dr. John Manchin against his brothers, > Joe and Roch Manchin, in Marion County Circuit Court. > > According to the lawsuit, Joe and Roch Manchin requested the money in the > 1980s from their brother “in response to Manchin Carpet Center’s distressed > financial condition.” > > John Manchin loaned them more than $1.7 million, all of which was provided > to the business’ primary creditor, Community Bank and Trust, according to > the lawsuit. > > Joe and Roch Manchin promised to repay their brother on repeated > occasions, most recently in July 2012, according to the lawsuit. > > The loan does not appear on Sen. Manchin’s financial disclosure forms > <https://efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/annual/a50e409b-350b-4056-b0bf-165…>, > filed with the U.S. Senate. The Senate Ethics Committee requires > disclosure > <http://www.ethics.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve?File_id=60916d73-…> > of any debt valued at more than $10,000, but there is an exemption for a > “personal liability” owed to a close family member, including a brother. > > The July 2012 “funds sharing agreement” attached to the lawsuit describes > how money from a proposed power plant in Greene County, Pennsylvania, would > be split among the three Manchin brothers. The Nemacolin plant was being > developed by Wellington Development, a Fairmont-based company. > > Under the 2012 agreement, Sen. Manchin would deduct what he put into the > project, and then John Manchin would get the first $1 million of profit. > Any subsequent profit would be divided among all three brothers for as long > as they survive. > > The agreement was signed by Joe and Roch Manchin, and sent by Kirtan > Mehta, chief counsel to the senator. It was dated July 25, 2012, with a > U.S. Senate letterhead. > > Jonathan Kott, a spokesman in Manchin’s Senate office, said Friday > afternoon that Mehta did the personal work for Manchin at home, after > hours. It was a mistake that the agreement was printed on Senate > letterhead, Kott said. > > “The senator feels it was a mistake, and we’ve notified the Ethics > Committee to see if there’s anything we need to do,” Kott said. “They > haven’t responded, but we already self-reported it.” > > Morgantown lawyer Michael Benninger, who filed the lawsuit on John > Manchin’s behalf, did not return multiple phone calls Thursday or Friday. > Reached at his clinic in Fairmont on Thursday, John Manchin referred > questions about the lawsuit to his attorney, > > Since at least the early 2000s, Wellington had been working on a proposal > to build a 525-megawatt power plant along the Monongahela River at > Nemacolin. According to court records, the facility was being designed to > burn a mixture of newly mined coal and coal wastes that would have been > recovered from “gob” piles from the former Nemacolin Coal/Buckeye Coal > facility. Promoters touted their belief that the project would clean up > nearly 3,000 acres of degraded former mining property. Court records say > the plant, if built, would have been “the largest waste-coal-fired > facility” of this type in the country. A challenge from the Sierra Club and > other groups was thrown out and, as recently as December 2012, the company > was trying to obtain required Clean Water Act authorization from the U.S. > Army Corps of Engineers. > > In early February of this year, though, Wellington wrote to the > Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to withdraw its state > permit. Wellington official Stanley Sears wrote that “present conditions, > as witnessed throughout the U.S., make it virtually impossible to finance > and construct this kind of facility.” The letter complained about > environmental groups that opposed the project and thanked “all of the many > citizens, groups and local government agencies that supported this project > over the years.” > > In his lawsuit, John Manchin also claims that: > > | According to the July 2012 agreement, if there was a delay in paying him > back, he was entitled to one-third interest in coal reserves and brokerage > businesses and other incorporated businesses owned by Joe and Roch Manchin. > > | Manchin Brothers, a company formed by the three brothers, was terminated > without John Manchin’s knowledge or consent. According to the lawsuit, John > Manchin believes its funds, assets and property were transferred to > Wholesale Carpet Inc., which Manchin Carpet Center was reorganized into in > the early 1990s. John Manchin claims that assets from Manchin Brothers were > transferred to Manchin Enterprises — controlled by Joe Manchin and his son, > Joseph Manchin IV — and others. > > | On numerous occasions, John Manchin’s brothers falsely represented to > him that he was one-third owner of Transcom Inc., which was incorporated in > 1988. Transcom is now Farmington Resources. > > Sen. Manchin owns stock and accounts in Farmington Resources worth between > $200,000 and $500,000, according to financial disclosure forms filed in May > with the Senate. > > Sen. Manchin’s net worth is between $3.8 million and $11.5 million, > according to his most recent financial disclosure forms. The wide range is > because the forms require only a broad estimate of the value of each asset > owned by the senator, not an exact amount. > > The lawsuit asks that John Manchin be compensated for what he’s lost and > awarded one-third ownership interest in all coal reserves and businesses > incorporated, formed and owned by his brothers during the time Manchin > Brothers’ and Manchin Carpet Center’s funds, property and assets were being > used. > > Mary Manchin, mother of the brothers, died in May at age 91. The family is > from Marion County. > > A Gazette reporter obtained a copy of the lawsuit from the Marion County > Courthouse on Friday. The previous day, employees in Marion County Circuit > Clerk Rhonda Starn’s office had refused to provide a copy of the lawsuit. > Starn told her employees “to transfer all incoming calls regarding this > case directly to her,” a clerk in Starn’s office said Thursday morning. > > Starn did not return a phone message and did not answer several phone > calls throughout Thursday. > > Starn’s office has a policy that lawsuits remain private until a defendant > is served, according to the clerk. Another clerk in Starn’s office had said > Thursday that the lawsuit might not be public for 20 to 30 days. > > The Gazette notified officials with the West Virginia Supreme Court about > the county’s policy. Officials with the Supreme Court, which oversees all > circuit courts in West Virginia, contacted Starn’s office. > > At about 4:45 p.m., Robin Tucker, Starn’s deputy clerk, called the Gazette > and said the clerk’s office had closed at 4:30 p.m. and that a reporter > could obtain a copy of the lawsuit at 8:30 a.m. Friday for $1 a page. The > amount must be paid by cash or money order before a copy is provided, > Tucker said. Circuit clerk offices throughout the state usually provide > information and, if they charge anything, send a bill. > > “Honey, we don’t bill. We have no way to bill,” Tucker said. “All of the > information is in our system. You’re welcome to look at it in the morning.” > > Staff writers David Gutman and Ken Ward Jr. contributed to this report. > > Reach Kate White at kate.white(a)wvgazette.com, 304-348-1723 or follow > @KateLWhite on Twitter. > - See more at: > http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140724/GZ01/140729522/1419#sthash.RA5uey… > > -- > William V. DePaulo, Esq. > 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 > Charleston, WV 25301-2163 > Tel 304-342-5588 > Fax 304-342-5505 > william.depaulo(a)gmail.com > www.passeggiata.com > > -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel 304-342-5588 Fax 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: How to power California with wind, water and sun
by Paul Wilson 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

How to power California with wind, water and sun <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/v6m…> Posted: 24 Jul 2014 11:43 AM PDT New research outlines the path to a possible future for California in which renewable energy creates a healthier environment, generates jobs and stabilizes energy prices. <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=v6m…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=v6m…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=v6m…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=v6m…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=v6m…> -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Mitchel Plant transfer piostponed (was: WV Team called-CANCEL
by James Kotcon 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

FYI. JBK ________________________________ From: Zachary Fabish <zachary.fabish(a)sierraclub.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:09 AM To: Bill Price Cc: James Kotcon; David W. Sturm; Gary Nelson; David Muhly; Seth Long; Emmett McKinney; Adam Beitman; Mark Kresowik; Daniel Chiotos Subject: Re: WV Team called-CANCEL One small piece of news for email, though: the AEP Mitchell asset transfer hearing has been postponed until September 17. The deadline for submitting testimony has been similarly pushed back to August 29. So we will have more time to put together some solid testimony on how saddling APCo-Wheeling's ratepayers with the Mitchell plant is a very bad idea under the carbon rule. -Zack

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from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: Replacing coal, oil with natural gas will not help fight global warming, expert argues
by Paul Wilson 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Replacing coal, oil with natural gas will not help fight global warming, expert argues <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/GZ2…> Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:39 AM PDT Both shale gas and conventional natural gas have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than do coal or oil, especially for the primary uses of residential and commercial heating. "While emissions of carbon dioxide are less from natural gas than from coal and oil, methane emissions are far greater. Methane is such a potent greenhouse gas that these emissions make natural gas a dangerous fuel from the standpoint of global warming over the next several decades," said the author of a new article. <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=GZ2…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=GZ2…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=GZ2…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=GZ2…> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment?a=GZ2…> -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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MTR
by Allan Tweddle 20 Jul '14

20 Jul '14

How can anyone who lives in West Virginia, and loves or even just likes this beautiful State, who saw the photo of the horrors of so called Mountain Top Removal "mining" on the front page of the Sunday Business Section, not be absolutely furious, incensed and willing to join in the effort to stop MTR. It is rape of this state to no advantage of anyone except industry supported politicians, coal company executives, and their non resident owners. As a resident and taxpayer I am disgusted, and angry at the greed driven power they have over us all. When is enough enough? Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [EC] FW: LEEP Interim Study Outreach
by James Kotcon 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

While LEEP programs vary from state to state, that appears to be the essence of what EEWV is proposing. The commercial or business property applies to the local government for financing for EE investments. This usually requires an energy audit from an energy services company which guarantees the energy cost savings. The investment cost is paid off by an assessment with local property taxes, which assures that the local government makes its money back on the loan, even if the business is sold. The local business gets reductions in energy bills that exceed the increase in property taxes, so the business benefits too. "PACE" legislation offers the same program for residential properties, but these programs have run into problems with home mortgage lenders, so there is less interest in offering the programs to residential customers. Another approach that is widely used is to have the local utility pay for the EE investments, and recoup them from the difference in electric savings. This would be useful for a distribution utility, especially in deregulated states, but in WV, the distribution company is a subsidiary of the generation company, so there is less incentive to save money. JBK ________________________________ From: Jim Sconyers <jimscon(a)gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 10:07 AM To: James Kotcon Subject: Re: [EC] FW: LEEP Interim Study Outreach I'd need to understand it better. Local government funds energy project? Then recoup the cost via tax bills? Is that it On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:21 AM, James Kotcon <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu<mailto:jkotcon@wvu.edu>> wrote: An emerging issue with EEWV (Cathy Kunkel, et al.) is their proposal for a "PACE" or LEEP legislation (see description below). They are looking at an interim legislative study, with a bill to be introduced in 2015. EEWV contacted Bill and Danny, but since this is legislation, it cannot be a c-3 campaign. Is there interest in the WV Chapter working on such a bill? Jim Kotcon ________________________________ From: Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org>> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 7:28 AM To: James Kotcon; David Muhly; Zachary Fabish; Mark Kresowik; Daniel Chiotos Subject: Fwd: LEEP Interim Study Outreach I spoke to Emmett yesterday, and here's what he wrote up about LEED. Jim Kotcon said he would talk with Chapter leaders. Bill Price, Organizing Representative Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign Phone: 304-389-8822<tel:304-389-8822> (Cell) Email: bill.price(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org> "If there's no struggle, there's no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without plowing the ground..." Frederick Douglass 1817-1895 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emmett Pepper <emmett(a)eewv.org<mailto:emmett@eewv.org>> Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM Subject: LEEP Interim Study Outreach To: arthur hallstrom <art(a)ahallstrom.com<mailto:art@ahallstrom.com>>, Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org>>, Daniel Chiotos <daniel.chiotos(a)gmail.com<mailto:daniel.chiotos@gmail.com>>, Reggie Jones <reggie(a)prideinlogan.com<mailto:reggie@prideinlogan.com>> Cc: Dan Taylor <dan(a)ohvec.org<mailto:dan@ohvec.org>>, Cathy Kunkel <cathykunkel(a)gmail.com<mailto:cathykunkel@gmail.com>>, Bill Howley <billhowley(a)hughes.net<mailto:billhowley@hughes.net>> Dear energy efficiency allies, As you know, LEEP (also known as PACE) is being studied by the legislature. LEEP is a really great way to spur growth in the energy efficiency sector by having some property owners pay back loans for energy efficiency upgrades over tie. In most programs, the upgrades can be paid back over a number of years (up to 20 years). While LEEP laws vary from state-to-state, the main aspects that define them are that the repayments are done with the property tax and the loan stays with the property no matter who owns it. In many of the upgrades that have happened through LEEP/PACE programs, companies have been able to reduce energy use by half, so the impacts have been huge. Here is our page about the LEEP program, which includes our fact sheet. http://www.eewv.org/leep This interim study is the way the legislature will form its thinking about how to proceed with LEEP. At this time there is no specific legislation being considered, though the legislators may decide to introduce a bill as a committee. We want to make sure that the voices of the members of the subcommittee studying the issue hear from cities in or near their districts. 23 local governments have asked to be given home rule permission, and 15 of those are in or near districts of subcommittee members or other prominent state legislators. Of the 15, I have identified six top targets (Huntington, Martinsburg, Charles Town, Oak Hill, Weirton, and Parkersburg) based on the number of key legislators with districts in those areas. I have attached a list of all of the subcommittee members, and listed all 15 of the towns by region. The highest concentrations of committee members are in the Eastern Panhandle, Northern Panhandle, and Huntington area, but the chairs are from Fayette County and Logan County. You will notice that there is absolutely no one on the subcommittee from the Charleston area. If you are not able to contact any of these local governments, if you have a connection to the subcommittee members, it would be much appreciated for you to reach out to them. We need your help letting local government officials know about this study and have them inform our legislators about how energy efficiency can help local economies. This is likely to be one of the few energy efficiency initiatives that will go forward in the 2015 session, so it is important that the legislators studying it are well-versed and understand local support for it. Thank you and I welcome any feedback you have! -- Emmett Pepper Executive Director Energy Efficient WV 304-346-5891<tel:304-346-5891> emmett(a)eewv.org<mailto:emmett@eewv.org> www.eewv.org<http://www.eewv.org> @eewv _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org<mailto:EC@osenergy.org> http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com<mailto:jimscon@gmail.com> 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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FW: LEEP Interim Study Outreach
by James Kotcon 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

An emerging issue with EEWV (Cathy Kunkel, et al.) is their proposal for a "PACE" or LEEP legislation (see description below). They are looking at an interim legislative study, with a bill to be introduced in 2015. EEWV contacted Bill and Danny, but since this is legislation, it cannot be a c-3 campaign. Is there interest in the WV Chapter working on such a bill? Jim Kotcon ________________________________ From: Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 7:28 AM To: James Kotcon; David Muhly; Zachary Fabish; Mark Kresowik; Daniel Chiotos Subject: Fwd: LEEP Interim Study Outreach I spoke to Emmett yesterday, and here's what he wrote up about LEED. Jim Kotcon said he would talk with Chapter leaders. Bill Price, Organizing Representative Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign Phone: 304-389-8822 (Cell) Email: bill.price(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org> "If there's no struggle, there's no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without plowing the ground..." Frederick Douglass 1817-1895 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Emmett Pepper <emmett(a)eewv.org<mailto:emmett@eewv.org>> Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM Subject: LEEP Interim Study Outreach To: arthur hallstrom <art(a)ahallstrom.com<mailto:art@ahallstrom.com>>, Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org>>, Daniel Chiotos <daniel.chiotos(a)gmail.com<mailto:daniel.chiotos@gmail.com>>, Reggie Jones <reggie(a)prideinlogan.com<mailto:reggie@prideinlogan.com>> Cc: Dan Taylor <dan(a)ohvec.org<mailto:dan@ohvec.org>>, Cathy Kunkel <cathykunkel(a)gmail.com<mailto:cathykunkel@gmail.com>>, Bill Howley <billhowley(a)hughes.net<mailto:billhowley@hughes.net>> Dear energy efficiency allies, As you know, LEEP (also known as PACE) is being studied by the legislature. LEEP is a really great way to spur growth in the energy efficiency sector by having some property owners pay back loans for energy efficiency upgrades over tie. In most programs, the upgrades can be paid back over a number of years (up to 20 years). While LEEP laws vary from state-to-state, the main aspects that define them are that the repayments are done with the property tax and the loan stays with the property no matter who owns it. In many of the upgrades that have happened through LEEP/PACE programs, companies have been able to reduce energy use by half, so the impacts have been huge. Here is our page about the LEEP program, which includes our fact sheet. http://www.eewv.org/leep This interim study is the way the legislature will form its thinking about how to proceed with LEEP. At this time there is no specific legislation being considered, though the legislators may decide to introduce a bill as a committee. We want to make sure that the voices of the members of the subcommittee studying the issue hear from cities in or near their districts. 23 local governments have asked to be given home rule permission, and 15 of those are in or near districts of subcommittee members or other prominent state legislators. Of the 15, I have identified six top targets (Huntington, Martinsburg, Charles Town, Oak Hill, Weirton, and Parkersburg) based on the number of key legislators with districts in those areas. I have attached a list of all of the subcommittee members, and listed all 15 of the towns by region. The highest concentrations of committee members are in the Eastern Panhandle, Northern Panhandle, and Huntington area, but the chairs are from Fayette County and Logan County. You will notice that there is absolutely no one on the subcommittee from the Charleston area. If you are not able to contact any of these local governments, if you have a connection to the subcommittee members, it would be much appreciated for you to reach out to them. We need your help letting local government officials know about this study and have them inform our legislators about how energy efficiency can help local economies. This is likely to be one of the few energy efficiency initiatives that will go forward in the 2015 session, so it is important that the legislators studying it are well-versed and understand local support for it. Thank you and I welcome any feedback you have! -- Emmett Pepper Executive Director Energy Efficient WV 304-346-5891<tel:304-346-5891> emmett(a)eewv.org<mailto:emmett@eewv.org> www.eewv.org<http://www.eewv.org> @eewv

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FW: Mining reduces fish
by James Kotcon 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

Great study our from Than, documenting that Mining reduces fish populations. Water quality is more important than the physical stream structure. http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140701/GZ01/140709912 Also, I just heard about a court case in Colorado where the judge ruled that the BLM and USFS had to consider the climate impact from the CO2 released from a mining lease on federal land. That would be a game changer if it holds up. JBK

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from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: To address climate change, nothing substitutes for reducing carbon dioxide emissions
by Paul Wilson 02 Jul '14

02 Jul '14

To address climate change, nothing substitutes for reducing carbon dioxide emissions <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/MOS…> Posted: 27 Jun 2014 10:30 AM PDT The politically expedient way to mitigate climate change is essentially no way at all, according to a comprehensive new study. Among the climate pollutants humans put into the atmosphere in significant quantities, the effects of carbon dioxide are the longest-lived, with effects on climate that extend thousands of years after emissions cease. But finding the political consensus to act on reducing carbon dioxide emissions has been nearly impossible. So there has been a movement to make up for that inaction by reducing emissions of other, shorter-lived gasses, such as methane, hydrofluorocarbons, and nitrous oxide, and particulates such as soot and black carbon, all of which contribute to warming as well. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Fwd: Chemicals in West Virgnia's water
by Paul Wilson 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Not sure how much distribution this petition is getting in WV. So sign, forward, twitter, facebook it if you wish. fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Wilson <pjpaulgrunt(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 10:49 AM Subject: Fwd: Chemicals in West Virgnia's water To: Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> [image: Change.org] *Paul* -- There's a new petition taking off on Change.org, and we think you might be interested in signing it. <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F…> Earl Ray Tomblin: Support tests for West Virginia chemical disaster <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F…> People Concerned About Chemical Safety Sign the Petition <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F…> On January 9, 2014, crude MCHM, a chemical used to process coal leaked into the water supply for 300,000 residents across nine West Virginia counties. The drinking water ban for pregnant women lasted nearly one month but mixed messages have left most residents not trusting the safety of their drinking water. Estimates of more than 100,000 people experienced health effects, yet no data exists to understand what the long term health effects will be.It has been reported that the chemical has been found in drinking water in coalfield communities for years. The chemical, grandfathered in under the Toxic Substances Control Act, was legally allowed to be placed on the market without sufficient toxicological data. Current regulations in place allow the chemical to remain on the market today without this data. Workers and communities -- including vulnerable populations like pregnant women and children -- have a right-to-know how exposure to this chemical can impact them in order to make informed decisions about their health and the health of their families. If this incident had happened in Washington, DC and not West Virginia, many feel the tests would already be underway. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT to help make this happen. Please, do not underestimate the power of your voice. Join People Concerned About Chemical Safety in urging our government to provide toxicological tests needed to understand the largest chemical contamination of a drinking water supply in U.S. history. Sign the Petition <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F…> The person (or organization) who started this petition is not affiliated with Change.org. Change.org did not create this petition and is not responsible for the petition content. This email was sent by Change.org to pjpaulgrunt(a)gmail.com. You can edit your email preferences <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=1mmeex-2FjZn-2FwcNsRwSa6VbCe5pNyjM8O3L…> or unsubscribe <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=1mmeex-2FjZn-2FwcNsRwSa6Vcp-2BYwBlgMdP…> from these emails. * Change.org * · 548 Market St #29993 · San Francisco, CA 94104-5401 · USA Contact us <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=qX0j-2Fcv1C-2FtP3vSkf9hUiWe-2BjJrDptmq…> · Privacy policy <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=1mmeex-2FjZn-2FwcNsRwSa6VZ0pYSbd9aiOMW…> · Start a petition <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=1mmeex-2FjZn-2FwcNsRwSa6VTf9IQiQglNUXi…> -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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Fracking Documentarians tour (without gasoline) US in stops in WV
by Frank Young 17 Jun '14

17 Jun '14

Journalists Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman will continue to tour the country throughout the year to promote their film <http://tripledividefilm.org/> Triple Divide. The movie is an investigative documentary about fracking in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. They are traveling the country using zero gasoline. The two will be driving a <http://www.teslamotors.com/models> Tesla Motors Model S, a long-range, all-electric sedan. They will test the nationwide Supercharger system, where electric cars can be recharged for free. Here's a list of their scheduled stops in West Virginia: * Buckhannon: June 21 @ 7 p.m. West Virginia Wesleyan College * Clarksburg: June 25 @ 5:30 p.m. Caperton Center Fairmont State University * Charleston: June 27 @ 7:00 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston http://wvpublic.org/post/fracking-documentarians-tour-west-virginia-us-witho ut-using-gasoline

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Fwd: [Coal Volunteers List] Sierra Club analysis and resources for EPA Clean Power Plan (aka carbon standard)
by James Kotcon 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

Let me know if you are already getting these materials from National. These documents provide the Club's analysis of the EPA Carbon rule, These are intended to be internal documents, so please do not forward to outside entities, even if they are 'friendly'. Please take the time to study these carefully, and share questions with the Chapter Climate Action Team. This is the technical 'homework we need to do in order to speak intelligently, so buckle down! Bottom line; the rule does a fair job of reducing carbon emissions. The flexibility written into the rule allows states like WV to have lower emissions requirements than the national average. EPA's rule therefore assures that the standard is technically achievable in EVERY state, and is legally defensible in court. You can be sure that if industry succeeds in overturning this rule in court that it will be a long time before we get another initiative like this one. So this is one we HAVE to win. Two points I take from this. First, while the 'flexibility' in the rule means that states like WV will have emissions requirements less stringent than the national average, it also means that we will receive fewer health benefits than if we had to met a uniform national standard,, Upwind states including KY, OH, and IN also have targets lower than the national average, so WV will continue to receive a higher than average pollution impact. I am reminded of a map put out by the Clean Air Network ten years ago that color coded states by the number of deaths from power plant pollution. Clean states were in blue or green, more polluted states were yellow, then orange or red. A few pollution hotspots were in purple. WV was the only state entirely within that 'purple zone of death'! Under the 'flexibility' in EPAs plan, WV will remain an air pollution sacrifice zone. Congressman Mckinley on Monday introduced HR 4813 to block both of EPA's power plant rules (this one for existing power plants as well as the earlier one setting carbon emission standards for new plants), as well as prohibiting EPA from any 'substantially similar' rule for five years. Co-sponsored by Rahall, Capito, and 72 others, the bill would relegate WV to continued deaths from power plant pollution. (Perhaps that should be a theme of a press response, media event or something?) The second point is that states that plan carefully for implementing the rule should be able to avoid significant economic impacts. With a heavy investment in efficiency and renewables, West Virginians may actually see more jobs and lower electric bills from implementing a well-designed plan. But a state strategy of blind opposition to the rule, as currently being proposed by Tomblin, Morrisey, et al, is the strategy MOST likely to cost jobs and raise electric rates. Would someone (or each of us) be willing to write a short letter to the editor highlighting one or two key messages from the analysis, or the points above? We need to start getting LTEs in demonstrating support, especially here in WV, for EPAs Carbon rules. Jim Kotcon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mary Anne Hitt <maryanne.hitt(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:48 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] Sierra Club analysis and resources for EPA Clean Power Plan (aka carbon standard) To: Mary Anne Hitt <maryanne.hitt(a)sierraclub.org> Cc: Melinda Pierce <melinda.pierce(a)sierraclub.org> To: Sierra Club lists: coal, coal-volunteers, stop-polluters, ccl-chapter-chairs, cons-chapter-cons-chairs, cons-marvin, bod-open Fr: Mary Anne Hitt and Melinda Pierce Re: Sierra Club analysis and resources for EPA Clean Power Plan (aka carbon standard) We're writing to share the Sierra Club's confidential preliminary analysis of EPA's carbon standards for existing power plants, known as the Clean Power Plan. These documents are intended for internal use only by Sierra Club staff and volunteers, to give you our first assessment of what the standard does. Thanks to one and all for your amazing work during the roll-out of the standard. We knocked that out of the park, and our message about climate action and public health carried the day. Now, the work begins of developing our strategies in the states, since that's where the rubber really hits the road on this rule. Our team of experts and analysts are working hard to provide in-depth information for state and federal advocacy. We have the following materials available and in the works for you: EXISTING MATERIALS: - Attached: Sierra Club's preliminary analysis of the rule. It includes several links to additional resources. If you just have time to review one document, this is the one. - Attached: From our Environmental Law Program, a summary and in-depth overview of what the rule does - note that this is based on ELP's preliminary review and is an evolving document. - Materials, fact sheets, posters, and messaging guidance about the standard are available on Clubhouse at this link <http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/communications/talking-points/climate-chang…> . - EPA's website for the rule <http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards/clean-power-plan-proposed-ru…>, which includes several very helpful fact sheets. - More information about the Clean Power Plan and all EPA rules are available on the Beyond Coal Resource Portal - if you do not have access to that site, please contact Neha Mathew, neha.mathew(a)sierraclub.org. COMING SOON: - At the end of June we will roll out additional materials and our organizing plan (field action request) for the hearings and comment period. - We are developing state fact sheets that summarize what the standard requires of each state, to inform your state-based advocacy and campaign strategy. We hope to have those done by the end of June. - Beyond the fact sheets, campaign staff will share more robust state analyses as we develop them, which will be an ongoing, more time-intensive undertaking. We understand that, with the release of the standard, planning and advocacy is already underway in earnest in many states. Please work with your Beyond Coal campaign representative on any resource needs or questions, and we will do our best to provide that support in a timely fashion. Thanks again everyone for an inspiring team effort over the past few days. Let us know what you need to keep up the amazing work! -- Mary Anne Hitt Director, Beyond Coal Campaign Sierra Club Twitter <http://twitter.com/#!/maryannehitt> | Blog <http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/coal-director/> 304-876-7064 (w) | 540-239-0073 (c) www.beyondcoal.org -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ To sign up for this list, email neha.mathew(a)sierraclub.org with the subject and message "SUBSCRIBE #coal-volunteer" --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org.

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Fwd: [Coal Volunteers List] The Beyond Coal story featured on MoveOn's podcast "The Good Fight"
by James Kotcon 14 Jun '14

14 Jun '14

This may be the best use of 25 minutes you can do. A really great story about what we do, how far we have already come, and why we are winning! JBK ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mary Anne Hitt <maryanne.hitt(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:00 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] The Beyond Coal story featured on MoveOn's podcast "The Good Fight" To: #Coal <coal-list(a)sierraclub.org>, #Coal-Volunteers < coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> Hi all, The Beyond Coal Campaign is the featured story in the latest episode of MoveOn's podcast, "The Good Fight." It's a 25 minute piece that tells the story of the Beyond Coal Campaign, through interviews with Bruce and me, and frames the campaign as a key strategy that made the EPA carbon rule possible. Check it out - it's definitely uplifting, and I hope it will make you feel proud of the great work you all do every day. You can listen here: http://thegoodfight.fm/episodes/24-the-347-climate-wins-you-ve-never-heard-… Mary Anne -- Mary Anne Hitt Director, Beyond Coal Campaign Sierra Club Twitter <http://twitter.com/#!/maryannehitt> | Blog <http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/coal-director/> 304-876-7064 (w) | 540-239-0073 (c) www.beyondcoal.org -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ To sign up for this list, email neha.mathew(a)sierraclub.org with the subject and message "SUBSCRIBE #coal-volunteer" --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org.

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FW: [Coal Volunteers List] Resources and Follow-Up from Webinars on Carbon Standard Roll-Out Plan
by James Kotcon 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Just ran across this page of resources from National on the EPA carbon rule roll-out. You might find these useful. JBK ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Neha Mathew <neha.mathew(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:neha.mathew@sierraclub.org>> Date: Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:34 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] Resources and Follow-Up from Webinars on Carbon Standard Roll-Out Plan To: Hi everyone, Below are a list of resources following the webinars on our roll-out plan for the release of the Carbon Standard for existing power plants: 1) Here is the link to download and watch the webinars that were held on Wednesday May 28. Once you open the link, you will need to click on one of the webinars labeled "Carbon Standard..." and download the file to watch the webinar: https://drive.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/folderview?id=0B2LbrOjCY_zwaWRkNW… *Make sure to click "Download" in order to watch the file. The file is too large to view directly on Google Drive. 2) All roll-out materials are posted on Clubhouse: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/communications/talking-points/climate-chang… 3) Beyond coal Messaging Page is also on Clubhouse: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/conservation/energy/coal/coal-messaging.aspx 4) Tips on how to write and place an LTE and other media tactics here: http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/communications/media/default.aspx 5) Here are the links to the reports that were mentioned while we were on the webinar - Analysis Group - Reliability Report http://www.analysisgroup.com/uploadedFiles/Publishing/Articles/Tierney_Repo… Climate Change and Your Health Report Series http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/climate-ch… All of the resources above are accessible on the Beyond Coal Resource Portal at this link: www.sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal<http://www.sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/> Please email me if you have any questions, feedback, or need any additional resources. Thanks all! Neha -- Neha Mathew Program Assistant, Beyond Coal Campaign neha.mathew(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:neha.mathew@sierraclub.org> (415) 977-5685<tel:%28415%29%20977-5685> (w) (951) 505-8137<tel:%28951%29%20505-8137> (c) Sierra Club HQ 85 Second Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-3459 Beyond Coal Campaign<http://www.beyondcoal.org/> International Climate Program<http://www.sierraclub.org/international/> Sierra Club Apprenticeship Program<http://www.sierraclub.org/careers/internships/environmental-apprenticeship-…> This email was sent to the following Sierra Club lists: coal, coal-volunteers, stop-polluters, ccl-chapter-chairs -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ To sign up for this list, email becki.clayborn(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:becki.clayborn@sierraclub.org> with the subject and message "SUBSCRIBE #coal-volunteer" --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe@sierraclub.org>. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:coal-volunteers-list@sierraclub.org>.

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Climate rule media (was: WV Team call
by James Kotcon 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

For those who did not see the paper version, the Op/Ed apparently ran Monday in the print version of the Charleston Gazette. It was not posted to the on-line edition, so Thanks to Bill Price for finding it and forwarding this. See attachment. Also, we should contact this Jim Propst guy for the Climate Action Team . JBK ________________________________ From: Bill Price <bill.price(a)sierraclub.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:34 AM To: James Kotcon; David W. Sturm; Gary Nelson; David Muhly; Kim Teplitzky; Zachary Fabish; Seth Long; Daniel Chiotos; Mark Kresowik; Emmett McKinney Subject: Re: WV Team call Wanted to share reactions from the Charleston WV papers to the EPA Rule Two articles in the Gazette: http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140602/GZ01/140609905/1419 http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140602/GZ01/140609866/1419 Daily Mail (the more conservative paper) at least mentions the Club and Energy Efficiency WV. http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20140602/DM01/140609904/1420 The story of two editorials: First from the Daily Mail http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20140602/DM04/140609887/1322 And then this good one from the Gazette: http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140603/ARTICLE/140609879/1131 And an LTE in the Gazette from Jim Probst! (no link available) Readers' forum Leadership lacking on climate change issue Editor: I am writing in regards to the article on May 12, "Climate change in W.Va." I appreciate the Gazette's attempt to get a response from some of our politicians, to a fairly straightforward question, "Do you believe that man-made carbon emissions are causing climate change?" I also appreciate that Sens. Rockefeller and Manchin at least answered the question. For the rest of the officials questioned, shame on them. From Gov. Tomblin's non-answer to Natalie Tennant's combative vow to fight President Obama, they should all be embarrassed at this display of gutlessness. And then, we had two representatives that refused to even respond to the request. We really need to start demanding more from our leadership. This issue is not going to go away and we are really going to need dynamic, resolute and forward thinking leadership to help us find solutions to this crisis. Please, call or write these folks. Ask them to please take a stand. Tell them that they have constituents that are concerned about this issue. They need to hear from us. Jim Probst Hamlin And attached is Jim Kotcon's op-ed from the Gazette yesterday. Bill Price, Organizing Representative Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program Beyond Coal to Clean Energy Campaign Phone: 304-389-8822 (Cell) Email: bill.price(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:bill.price@sierraclub.org>

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Fwd: A Special Slice of CAKE: The U.S. Clean Power Plan Proposal
by Paul Wilson 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

This is useful information on the EPA's new carbon rule from the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange. fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: CAKE <info(a)cakex.org> Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 10:04 AM Subject: A Special Slice of CAKE: The U.S. Clean Power Plan Proposal To: pjgrunt(a)gmail.com Having trouble viewing this email? Click here <http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=1dbd7327-3a48-495d-97ce-2…> [image: cake logo] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> *Greetings CAKE Community Members, * On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> Total U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Economic Sector in 2012 the Clean Power Plan proposal <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> as part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> to cut carbon pollution from power plants - the largest source of carbon pollution in the United States - by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. Yesterday, China announced <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> that it is working on a plan to reduce carbon emissions as well. Could these announcements by the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world be the much-needed momentum towards an international climate agreement? *How you can get involved:* - Read the plan and fact sheets at http://www.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan. <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> - Watch the explanatory whiteboard video <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> featuring Joe Goffman, Associate Assistant Administrator for Climate and Senior Counsel for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. - View the Clean Power Plan Toolbox for States. <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> - Comment on the Clean Power Plan proposal <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…>. - Attend a public hearing on the proposed rule. <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> - Read the following Climate Progress blog posts: - 8 Things You Should Know About The Biggest Thing A President's Ever Done On Climate Change <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> - Why EPA's Carbon Regulations Won't Ruin the Economy, In Three Simple Steps <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> - 6 Coal State Lawmakers Who Are In Favor Of The EPA's New Rule On Carbon Emissions <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> - Read Taking Page From Health Care Act, Obama Climate Plan Relies on States <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…>, by Coral Davenport and Peter Baker (New York Times, June 2, 2014). - Join the Adaptation and Mitigation Nexus (AMNex) National Climate Assessment Affinity Group <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> . - Want to support businesses that support carbon regulation? Check out the signatories <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> on this letter to President Obama. - Write us at info(a)cakex.org and let us know what you think! We'll share your thoughts in the next monthly Slice of CAKE. Cheers, Rachel and Jessica __________________________________________________________________________ We hope you visit CAKE <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> again soon! Brought to you by: <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…>[image: Follow us on Twitter] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> [image: Like us on Facebook] <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001L-0GAIFz0o5zoE_po4jawV2RfAzB8FqGWth_mowjVoeZ…> Forward email <http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=lnyt4vdab&m=1103470649771&ea=…> <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001FszbU3yl6UG5Y13aYExKwQ%3D%3…> <http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?pn=jmjdirect&cc=TEM_OFR_002> This email was sent to pjgrunt(a)gmail.com by info(a)cakex.org | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe <http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=001FszbU3yl6UG5Y13aYExKwQ%3D%3…>™ | Privacy Policy <http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp>. EcoAdapt | P.O. Box 11195 | Bainbridge Island | WA | 98117 -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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by Sally Wilts 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

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Ride Your Bike to Work … And Share | EcoWatch
by Duane 16 May '14

16 May '14

http://ecowatch.com/2014/05/15/ride-bike-to-work-bicycling/ Ride Your Bike to Work … And Share By Nicole D'Alessandro, EcoWatch.com, May 15, 2014 Perhaps you pedal year-round, to work, to school, to the library and coffee shop (and if so, a hat tip to you), or you are a recreational biker who likes to ride the trails on a summer weekend. Well whatever kind of biker you are, this month is for you. May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists, established in 1956 to encourage more people to bicycle—and to highlight all the benefits of doing so. Bicycling offers a range of benefits from economics to environment to health. Bikes Belong offers the following bike statistics: Bicycling is for everyone. Bicycling is the second most popular outdoor activity in the U.S. Bicycling is the ideal way to take short trips. Most trips Americans make are short: 49 percent are less than 3 miles, 39 percent are less than 2 miles, and 24 percent are less than 1 mile. Bicycling can help you live longer and better. Three hours of biking per week reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke by 50 percent. Bicycling boosts the economy. Twice as many bicycles are sold in the U.S. each year than cars. Bicycling is less expensive than driving a car. On a round-trip commute of 10 miles, bicyclists save around $10 daily. Bicycling reduces road congestion and air pollution. For every 1 mile pedaled rather than driven, about 1 pound of CO2 is saved. Bicycling is safe, and together we can make it safer. There is safety in numbers: the more cyclists there are, the safer bicycling is. Whatever your reasons for biking, consider taking your bike to work tomorrow. May 16 is National Bike to Work Day. The League explains: More than half of the U.S. population lives within five miles of their workplace, making bicycling a feasible and fun way to get to work. With increased interest in healthy, sustainable and economic transportation options, it’s not surprising that, from 2000 to 2011, the number of bicycle commuters in the U.S. grew by more than 47 percent. New to bicycling? The League offers a series of videos in their online Smart Cycling program on bike gear, riding safely on the road and more. Want to bike for transportation or fun, but don’t have the resources or space for your own bike? Then consider bike-sharing, which is growing in popularity around the world. According to Earth Policy Institute, currently about 600 cities in 52 countries offer bike-sharing programs, with a combined fleet of more than 570,000 bikes. The Institute created a bicycle share fact sheet; here are a few highlights: Spain leads the world with 132 separate bike-share programs. Italy has 104 and Germany 43. The U.S. hosts 36 modern bike-sharing programs. With a number of new programs in the works and planned expansions of existing programs, the U.S. fleet is set to nearly double to more than 37,000 publicly shared bicycles by the end of 2014. Bike-sharing cities are finding that promoting the bicycle as a transport option can lead to more mobility and safer streets for all. Bike shares, lanes and other bicycle-friendly infrastructure are a boon to local economies. With more than half the world’s population now living in cities, there is tremendous potential for municipal governments and urban planners to increase bicycle use. With annual memberships in most cities well below $100, bike sharing is far cheaper than the $7,800 average cost estimated by AAA to own a car and drive it 10,000 miles a year. As Earth Policy Institute summarizes: “The prevalence of bicycles in a community is an indicator of our ability to provide affordable transportation, lower traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, increase mobility, and provide exercise to the world’s growing population.” And, as the League of American Bicyclists puts it, simply, when more people ride bikes, life is better for everyone. So celebrate all-things-bicycling and ride to work May 16, or plan an event for Bike Month. Consider signing up for the League’s National Bike Challenge, to challenge yourself to ride more and to connect with other bike-friendly people in your community and across the U.S. ——– See also: Dozens of U.S. Cities Join the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon Doctors Prescribe Spending Time In Parks ——

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In case you don't watch the Daily Show, below is the link to the report on the Elk River spill
by Paul Wilson 09 May '14

09 May '14

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/jmzvty/f--k--it-s-in-my-backyard?xrs=eml_… -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-1361 "There is no forward until you have gone back" ~Buddha "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous" ~ Aristotle

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FW: Mon Power Rate Filing Today
by James Kotcon 01 May '14

01 May '14

I am not clear on the math here. Mon Power says that this is a 9.3 % rate increase, but their numbers for a typical residential customer come in at 15.3 % increase. I realize that the Club signed on to the Settlement Agreement authorizing the Harrison transfer, but how much of this can we challenge? Jim Kotcon ________________________________ From: Nancy Ganz <nancyganz7(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 6:57 PM To: James Kotcon; Chris Haddox Subject: Fwd: Mon Power Rate Filing Today Please forward this to the green team for comment and advice on this issue. Thanks Nancy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <astagge(a)firstenergycorp.com<mailto:astagge@firstenergycorp.com>> Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:19 PM Subject: Mon Power Rate Filing Today To: citycouncilward7(a)cityofmorgantown.org<mailto:citycouncilward7@cityofmorgantown.org> I wanted to inform you that today, Mon Power filed with The Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC), a request for an increase in base rates of approximately $96 million, which represents an overall increase of 9.3%. Approval of this filing will help ensure continued safe and reliable electric generation for our customers in West Virginia. In addition, new jobs and additional tree trimming will help reduce the number and length of service interruptions and better meet anticipated load growth. The attached news release outlines the filing. The PSC will schedule public hearings as part of the rate case proceeding. As hearings are scheduled, notice will be given on the time, date and place of the hearings. Any increase in rates would not become effective until approved and authorized by the PSC, which we anticipate will not be until February 2015. If you have any questions, please let me know. Sincerely, Allen Staggers Manager, External Affairs FirstEnergy Corp. 304-534-7356<tel:304-534-7356> (See attached file: 2014-04-30 Mon Power and Potomac Edison File Rate Request with WV PSC.pdf) ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.

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Nichols inducted into WVU Academy of Chemical Engineers
by James Kotcon 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Congrats to Duane! JBK http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2014/04/28/nichols-inducted-into-wvu-academy-of-c… Duane Nichols, a 1959 graduate of West Virginia University, was recently inducted into its Academy of Chemical Engineers. The ceremony was held on April 25, in Morgantown. Nichols, who completed both his master's and doctorate in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, was a member of the faculty of Delaware State University, where he served as the first head of the Department of Physics, as well as director of the Nuclear Radiation Laboratory. In 1968, Nichols came back to WVU as an assistant professor of chemical engineering under the National Science Foundation's Heat and Mass Transfer Enrichment Grant, teaching courses in unit operations, heat and mass transfer, catalysis, applied differential equations and optimization theory. Later, as an associate professor of chemical engineering, he served as coordinator of the NSF program on "The Siting of Coal Conversion Complexes in Appalachia." Nichols went on to become head of the fossil energy section at the Research Triangle Institute in Durham, N.C. in 1977. The research program, supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, was directed at the environmental assessment of coal gasification for synthetic natural gas production. In 1980 he moved to Library, Pa., first as senior process engineer with the Conoco Coal Development Corporation, which became CONSOL Research and Development, where he was group leader for special projects. Nichols, who retired in 2000, has served as president of the Cheat Lake Environment and Recreation Association. Projects conducted under his leadership have included the establishment of a swimming beach and improvement of trails and boating on Cheat Lake as well as the conservation of native habitat areas in the Cheat River Canyon. He has also been active as the co-chairman of the Upper Monongahela Area Watersheds Compact and a board member of the Mon-Valley Clean Air Coalition. -WVU- - See more at: http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2014/04/28/nichols-inducted-into-wvu-academy-of-c…

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Re: [EC] FW: news on Proposed Injection Well
by liz_wiles 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

I'm doing a happy dance! Great news! Best, Liz Wiles Sent from my Smarter phone -------- Original message -------- From: James Kotcon <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> Date:04/18/2014 2:09 PM (GMT-05:00) To: WV Chapter Energy Committee <EC(a)osenergy.org>,bbellew(a)mix.wvu.edu,Liz Wiles <liz_wiles(a)comcast.net>,Carol Nix <almostnixie(a)cs.com>,Gwen Jones <gwen.jones1(a)gmail.com>,John Bird <jonas1(a)mountain.net> Subject: FW: news on Proposed Injection Well See press release from ECA below. JBK From: Ella Belling <ella(a)montrails.org> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 1:29 PM To: Aaron Sutch; BR Dennis; James Kotcon Subject: news on Proposed Injection Well Aaron, Jim and Rich, Some good news on the proposed injection well in Masontown….NOT HAPPENING! Attached press release. Enjoy the weekend, Ella Ella Belling Executive Director Mon River Trails Conservancy P.O. Box 282 Morgantown, WV 26507 www.montrails.org 304-692-6782

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FW: news on Proposed Injection Well
by James Kotcon 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

See press release from ECA below. JBK ________________________________ From: Ella Belling <ella(a)montrails.org> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 1:29 PM To: Aaron Sutch; BR Dennis; James Kotcon Subject: news on Proposed Injection Well Aaron, Jim and Rich, Some good news on the proposed injection well in Masontown....NOT HAPPENING! Attached press release. Enjoy the weekend, Ella Ella Belling Executive Director Mon River Trails Conservancy P.O. Box 282 Morgantown, WV 26507 www.montrails.org<http://www.montrails.org> 304-692-6782

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FW: Urgent- PTC op ed: thank you letter for Senators, need signers
by James Kotcon 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Is anyone interested in being listed as the author for he attached Op/Ed? National Sierra Club Staff have been lobbying to extend the Wind Production Tax Credit, which helps make large wind farms more economically viable. The PTC expired last year when it got stalled by budget battles, and we want to thank Sen. Rockefeller for helping to get it out of Committee. I would be happy to sponsor this, but this is a great opportunity to get recognition for newer members. All you gotta do is say "Yes". Jim Kotcon 304-293-8822 (office) 304-594-3322 (home) ________________________________ From: Kim Teplitzky <kim.teplitzky(a)sierraclub.org> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 2:05 PM To: James Kotcon Cc: Bill Price Subject: Re: Urgent- PTC op ed: thank you letter for Senators, need signers I've attached it here. Let m know if this answers your question, or if I need to get more info for you. ________________________________ From: Kim Teplitzky <kim.teplitzky(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:kim.teplitzky@sierraclub.org>> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 1:01 PM To: Bill Price; James Kotcon Subject: Fwd: Urgent- PTC op ed: thank you letter for Senators, need signers Hey Bill and Jim, the DC office is working with chapters to place PTC thank you opeds in state. I'm not sure about the current relationship/politics with Rockefeller. Do you think someone from the chapter would be willing to put their name on it? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rudhdi Karnik <rudhdi.karnik(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:rudhdi.karnik@sierraclub.org>> Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:44 PM Subject: Urgent- PTC op ed: thank you letter for Senators, need signers To: Jenna Garland <Jenna.Garland(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:Jenna.Garland@sierraclub.org>>, Shane Levy <shane.levy(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:shane.levy@sierraclub.org>>, Kim Teplitzky <kim.teplitzky(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:kim.teplitzky@sierraclub.org>>, Sean Sarah <sean.sarah(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:sean.sarah@sierraclub.org>>, Emily Rosenwasser <emily.rosenwasser(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:emily.rosenwasser@sierraclub.org>>, Alison Flowers <alison.flowers(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:alison.flowers@sierraclub.org>>, Lauren Randall <Lauren.Randall(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:Lauren.Randall@sierraclub.org>> Cc: Anna Oman <anna.oman(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:anna.oman@sierraclub.org>> Hey team- Below is the list of senators that we'd like to thank in this PTC op ed<https://docs.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/document/d/1unazqkLBSY3aPWtPjKtqdS…>, as I mentioned on Monday's call. We're hoping to get this letter placed as soon as possible, early next week if doable! Please take a look at <https://docs.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/document/d/1unazqkLBSY3aPWtPjKtqdS…> the oped<https://docs.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/document/d/1unazqkLBSY3aPWtPjKtqdS…> and at the senators in your regions below, and please see if you can find a local volunteer to sign it-- a staffer would be a next resort. Then, it would be awesome if you could work with your local contacts to pitch this. If you have too much on your plate, let me know and I can work with you on this part. Thanks all! 1. Senator John D. Rockefeller (WV) 2. Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) 3. Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI) 4. Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) 5. Senator Bill Nelson (FL) 6. Senator Robert Menendez (NJ) 7. Senator Tom Caper (DE) 8. Senator Ben Cardin (MD) 9. Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) 10. Senator Michael Bennet (CO) 11. Senator Robert Casey (PA) 12. Senator Mark Warner (VA) 13. Senator Chuck Grassley (IA) 14. Senator Mike Crapo (ID) 15. Senator John Cornyn (TX) 16. Senator John Thune (SD) 17. Senator Rob Portman (OH -- Rudhdi Karnik Media/Communications Assistant Beyond Coal Campaign, Sierra Club Office: (202) 495-3055<tel:%28202%29%20495-3055> rudhdi.karnik(a)sierraclub.org<mailto:rudhdi.karnik@sierraclub.org> Represented by John Muir Local 100 -- Kim Teplitzky Deputy Press Secretary, Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Pittsburgh, Pa 412-802-6161<tel:412-802-6161> (o) 267-307-4707<tel:267-307-4707> (c) skype: kim.teplitzky @kim_t Represented by John Muir Local 100 -- Kim Teplitzky Deputy Press Secretary, Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Pittsburgh, Pa 412-802-6161 (o) 267-307-4707 (c) skype: kim.teplitzky @kim_t Represented by John Muir Local 100

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FW: [wvec-board] DEP's Rulemaking Process for SB 373
by James Kotcon 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

________________________________ From: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com <wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com> on behalf of dsgjr(a)aol.com <dsgjr(a)aol.com> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 11:35 AM To: wvec-board(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [wvec-board] DEP's Rulemaking Process for SB 373 Attached is a file I received this morning via email from DEP's counsel Kristin Boggs. She has asked that I distribute it widely. The letter describes the process DEP will use to develop the rules to implement the Above Ground Storage Tank legislation, SB 373. Please READ it, so you will know what is going on, and forward it to all those who should be involved. Thanks, Don Garvin WVEC Legislative Coordinator __._,_.___ Reply via web post<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wvec-board/conversations/messages/4328;…> Reply to sender <mailto:DSGJr@aol.com?subject=Re%3A%20DEP%27s%20Rulemaking%20Process%20for%20SB%20373> Reply to group <mailto:wvec-board@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20DEP%27s%20Rulemaking%20Process%20for%20SB%20373> Start a New Topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wvec-board/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=…> Messages in this topic<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wvec-board/conversations/topics/4328;_y…> (1) Visit Your Group<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/wvec-board/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdnZ0Y3BrBF…> [Yahoo! Groups]<https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZTFzZGF2BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkA…> * Privacy<https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> * Unsubscribe<mailto:wvec-board-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Terms of Use<https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> . __,_._,___

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