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KING COAL, ALIVE AND KICKING??????
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

[image: Green - Energy, the Environment and the Bottom Line] November 21, 2012, 7:41 am1 Comment<http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/king-coal-alive-and-kicking/#post…> King Coal, Alive and Kicking By THE NEW YORK TIMES<http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/author/the-new-york-times/> [image: The lion's share of new coal plants planned worldwide would be built in China and India.] World Resources Institute The lion’s share of new coal plants planned worldwide would be built in China and India. Some 1,200 new coal-fired power plants<http://pdf.wri.org/global_coal_risk_assessment.pdf>are being planned across the globe despite concerns about greenhouse gas emissions from such generating stations, the most polluting type, the World Resources Institute estimates. Two-thirds of them would operate in China and India, it says. [World Resources Institute] The United States and Mexico will share in both surpluses and water shortages under an accord overhauling how the two countries manage water from the Colorado River<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/us/us-and-mexico-sign-deal-on-managing-co…>. The river provides water to more than 33 million people in seven states and in Mexico. [The New York Times] Greenpeace looks into the use of hazardous chemicals<http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/publications/t…>in the production of global fashion brands, testing 141 items of clothing that it purchased last spring. Nonylphenol ethoxylates, or NPEs, were found in nearly two-thirds of the items, it says. [Greenpeace]. Early indications suggest that the World Trade Organization has problems with Ontario’s clean energy program<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/11/19/wto-green-energy.html>, which requires that at least 50 percent of the materials in wind and solar projects initiated this year be made in the province. [CBC] -- 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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Fwd: Water is fracking issue in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado
by Paul Wilson 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

The attached report should be of interest. While we do not live in a desert habitat, fresh water is a finite resource and it looks like the Fracking Companies cannot turn contaminated water into wine. fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Guilfoile <tim.guilfoile(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:48 PM Subject: Water is fracking issue in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado To: CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS(a)lists.sierraclub.org Water is fracking issue in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado<http://www.ohio.com/blogs/drilling/ohio-utica-shale-1.291290/water-is-frack…> By BOB DOWNING Published: November 16, 2012 >From the Denver-based Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development: Commercial oil shale development in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado would require large volumes of water, threatening Western water supplies and jeopardizing fish and wildlife, according to a report<http://www.ourpubliclands.org/sites/default/files/files/Oilshale_report.pdf>released Thursday by Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development. According to the report, “Water Under Pressure: What Oil Shale Could Mean for Western Water, Fish and Wildlife,” a commercial oil shale industry would ultimately affect river flows and the habitat of native fish. Several important Western rivers – the Green, Colorado, White, Uintah and Duchesne – and the sportsmen who depend on them stand to see significant impacts from large-scale production. Whether it’s endangered and threatened species or the great trout fisheries beloved by anglers across the West, reduced stream flows will have negative repercussions for fish, sportsmen and the region’s outdoors-dependent economy. An economically viable technology to turn kerogen – a precursor to oil – into a usable fuel is unproven, and the scope of the potential environmental impacts is unclear. But the Government Accountability Office estimates that industrial-scale oil shale production could require as much as 123 billion gallons of water – enough water for a city of more than 750,000 homes. Roads, new power plants and transmission lines would have to be built, causing significant land disturbances and further carving up wildlife habitat already pressured by oil and gas drilling. The risk of water quality degradation from this intensive development is high and will require significant oversight, according to the report. Other potential risks include competition between current and new water users. The diversion of water from agriculture to industrial use could harm fisheries because between 10 and 40 percent of the water diverted for farms and ranches eventually flows back to the streams. The 1922 compact that allocates water from the Colorado River among seven Western states means the impacts of commercial oil shale production would be felt beyond the immediate area. “All Colorado River Basin water users together already use more water in an annual average year than the river produces. Predictions for the future show the imbalances between supplies and demands getting worse as the region’s population grows,” wrote Melinda Kassen, the report’s author and a water attorney and consultant. “For a resource that lies in the midst of the semi-arid West, with sparse precipitation and few large rivers, it is not clear where the water would come from or how it would affect fish and wildlife,” said Brad Powell, senior policy director for Trout Unlimited’s Sportsmen’s Conservation Project. “With the region’s water supply already strained and facing continued population growth, finding another increment of water for oil shale, while protecting native and sport fisheries, may be an insurmountable challenge.” Additional research will be needed to determine whether or not oil shale is economically and environmentally feasible. “Oil shale is a high-risk development on our public lands, with the greatest risk to our limited water supplies and important habitats for fish and wildlife,” said Powell. “The cautious approach outlined in the BLM’s recent decision, which focuses research and development on less sensitive lands, is prudent and helps ensure that our precious waters and habitats in the West will not be impacted until we learn more about the viability of the commercial development of oil shale.” The National Wildlife Federation, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership and Trout Unlimited are lead partners in the SFRED coalition<http://www.sfred.org/> . -- Tim Guilfoile Sierra Club Senior Campaign Organizer (859) 426-1978 tim.guilfoile(a)sierraclub.org ><(((*>~~><(((*> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS list, send any message to: CONS-AWL-RESILIENT-HABITATS-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ -- 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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Greenhouse gas emissions from regulatory policies, not natural gas
by James Kotcon 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

The Center for Climate Strategies just published this new report which deconstructs data from US-DOE. Projected greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 are down by 23 % compared to 2007 projections. The main drivers in the decline are a range of regulatory policies, accounting for almost 3/4 of the decline in emissions. The economic slump accounted for 18 % of the drop, while shifting from coal to natural gas for electric generation accounts for just 6 % of the drop. CAFE standards, and state energy efficiency standards each account for more than twice as much in greenhouse gas reductions than the switch to gas. In fact, energy efficiency standards are projected to reduce emissions more than twice as much as renewable portfolio standards. Important lessons here for the 2013 WV legislature. See the full report at: http://www.climatestrategies.us/library/library/view/993 Jim Kotcon

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Fwd: WVNS story: A New Direction For Mining
by Paul Wilson 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

WV chapter chair quoted on this WV Public News Service story. fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 4:36 AM Subject: WVNS story: A New Direction For Mining To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> A New Direction For Mining Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29361-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (11/19/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Patriot Coal's legal agreement to end mountaintop removal could signal a more sustainable direction for the industry and the state, according to an environmental group that is a party to the deal. Jim Sconyers, chair of the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club, says now Patriot is free to address its financial troubles, which should be very good news for the company's employees and retirees. "That gives them more breathing room to come out of bankruptcy, where they are now, and to figure out how to continue to fulfill the company's obligations to retired miners and their pensions." The Sierra Club was one of three environmental groups that sued Patriot over the harmful pollution from its huge surface mines. Lane Boldman, Sierra Club Cumberland Chapter Mining Committee chair in Kentucky, says the settlement underscores what environmentalists have been saying for years: It's time to move in a different direction. "It's not worth the cost of the health effects; the region needs more jobs, different kinds of jobs; and the easy coal is going away." Instead of mountaintop removal, Patriot plans to "transition" to underground and small-scale surface mining. Sconyers says as far as mining what coal there is left, that could actually increase employment. "Underground mining does employ more people. That's why the companies have gone to mountaintop removal, because they get coal with less workers and labor." Patriot Coal is among the largest mountaintop removal operators in Appalachia. When announcing the move, the company said there would be no layoffs. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29361-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29361-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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: [ACTNET-FRAC-NEWS] Who's got a great Frack photo?
by Jim Sconyers 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Janice Meier" <jsmeier(a)verizon.net> Date: Nov 16, 2012 8:21 AM Subject: [ACTNET-FRAC-NEWS] Who's got a great Frack photo? To: <ACTNET-FRAC-NEWS(a)lists.sierraclub.org> Hi Folks, I'm getting ready for the UN climate change conference in Doha Qatar where the Club will have a booth themed "Beyond Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy". Does anyone have a dirty grimy fracking photo that we could use for booth decor? Best, Janice - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This email list is associated with the Hydrofracking Team on the Sierra Club's Activist Network. Join the Hydrofracking Team at http://sc.org/frac. This list is open to the public and subscribers are not moderated. Please be aware that information you share may be forwarded to or read by others beyond this list. To unsubscribe from the ACTNET-FRAC-NEWS list, send any message to: ACTNET-FRAC-NEWS-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/

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Guardian.co.uk - How cheap energy from shale will reshape America's role in the world
by william.depaulo 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Discussion of strategic impact on US foreign policy as a result of looming energy independence........flowing from anticipated exponential growth of shale gas production. http://m.guardiannews.com/ms/p/gnm/us/view.m?id=15&gid=environment/2012/nov… Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® II, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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ABCNews.com: Patriot Coal to Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining
by william.depaulo 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Congrats to Sierra, WV Highlands Conservancy and OVEC.......and Larry Gibson http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/patriot-coal-stop-mountaintop-removal-mi… Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® II, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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[WVUSSC] Fwd: Patriot Coal to Phase Out MTR!, More –An OVEC Action Alert
by James Kotcon 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

I think this is a really important deal. It is precedent setting for a WV coal company to admit that MTR is not good for its bottom line or for the community, and we should celebrate. Tonight!. So I am going to the new Black Bear (Evansdale) at 5:30-6:30. Be there or be square! JBK >>> "James Kotcon" <James.Kotcon(a)mail.wvu.edu> 11/15/2012 4:11 PM >>> >>> OVEC - Vivian Stockman <vivian(a)ohvec.org> 11/15/2012 2:20 PM >>> ( http://www.ohvec.org/action_alerts/ ) Support Our Work: ( https://donation.towercare.com/ovec-donation ) Donate ( https://donation.towercare.com/ovec-donation )Alert Archive ( http://ohvec.org/action_alerts/ ) Got Yahoo? View this alert online ( http://ohvec.org/action_alerts/2012/11_15.html )November 15, 2012 ( http://ohvec.org/action_alerts/2012/11_15.html ) Patriot to Phase out MTR! Today, November 15, in federal court in Huntington, W.Va., Patriot Coal Corporation announced its intention to immediately begin phasing out all large scale surface mining in Appalachia. The announcement follows an historic agreement with the Sierra Club ( http://www.sierraclub.org/ ), OVEC and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy ( http://www.wvhighlands.org/ ), so ably represented by attorneys from Appalachian Mountain Advocates ( http://www.appalmad.org/ ). We owe a huge thank you to AppalMAD! (Help thank them by attending their November 17 fundraiser; info below.) Along with its commitment to end large scale surface mining in the region, the company also acknowledged the impact this destructive form of mining has on local communities and announced its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint. Patriot is among the largest mountaintop removal coal mine operators in Appalachia. Patriot will also retire significant infrastructure required to perform mountaintop removal mining, including the dragline at its Catenary mine complex on Kayford Mountain, which will be retired immediately, and the dragline at its Hobet mine complex (pictured below, chewing up Berry Branch in Lincoln County, W.Va.), which will be retired in 2015. ( http://www.ohvec.org/galleries/mountaintop_removal/020/index.html ) In a statement read in court, Patriot CEO Ben Hatfield said: Patriot Coal has concluded that the continuation or expansion of surface mining, particularly large scale surface mining of the type common in central Appalachia, is not in its long term interests. Todays proposed settlement commits Patriot Coal to phase out and permanently exit large scale surface mining and transition our business primarily toward underground mining and related small scale surface mining. Patriot Coal recognizes that our mining operations impact the communities in which we operate in significant ways, and we are committed to maximizing the benefits of this agreement for our stakeholders, including our employees and neighbors. We believe the proposed settlement will result in a reduction of our environmental footprint. This settlement is consistent with Patriot Coals business plan to focus capital on expanding higher margin metallurgical coal production and limiting thermal coal investments to selective opportunities where geologic and regulatory risks are minimized. Patriot Coal urges the Court to approve the settlement because it strengthens the Companys ability to continue operating with our nearly 4000 employees, and significantly increases the likelihood that we will emerge from the chapter 11 process as a viable business, able to satisfy our environmental and other obligations. OVEC founder Dianne Bady said, "We hope that this agreement, while holding Patriot responsible for its legacy of mining pollution, puts the company in a strong enough financial condition, through its underground mining, that it can honor its obligations to its retirees and workers." Read more here ( http://ohvec.org/press_room/press_releases/2012/11_15.html ). (Dragline photo: Vivian Stockman) Return to Index ( #index ) Take Action You can keep up the pressure and help speed up the end of mountaintop removal coal mining by taking the following actions: 1. The ILoveMountains website ( http://ilovemountains.org/about ) has an action you and everyone you forward the information to can take right now. Click here ( http://ilovemountains.org/no-more-excuses )to tell President Obama, "No More Excuses, End Mountaintop Removal Now." 2. Folks working to save Blair Mountain ( http://www.ohvec.org/newsletters/woc_2010_12/article_28.html ) in Logan County, W. Va., are in the midst of a campaign to challenge and block Arch Coals attempt to renew the Adkins Fork permit on the mountain. This permit is one of the most significant, as it lies in the heart of the battlefield and is the permit closest to the town of Blair. Watch a video here ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJPhBDykMZM ), and then take the first step in this campaign by writing a letter to the WV Department of Environmental Protection by November 23. For greatest impact, please take the time to compose your own letter and mail it (rather than e-mail). Click here ( http://blairmountain.org/letters-for-adkins-fork/ ) for all the info you need to write your own letter (or cut and paste, print and mail the sample letter if you just don't have time to compose your own). This is just the first step of the campaign, so stay tuned. ( http://ilovemountains.org/no-more-excuses ) Return to Index ( #index ) AppalMAD Event November 17 We urge you to thank the good folks at Appalachian Mountain Advocates ( http://www.appalmad.org/ ) by attending their November 17 fundraiser in Lewisburg, W.Va. The afternoon of poetry, music and discussion runs from 3 to 6 p.m. OVEC board member and Affrilachian poet Crystal Good ( http://crystalgood.net/tag/the-affrilachian-poets/ ) will read poetry and lead a discussion and the Black Twig Pickers will provide lively music. AppalMAD will serve regional autumn appetizers, along with beer, wine and fresh-pressed cider. Suggested donations for this special event are $75. Note that there is a special rate offered to OVEC members; reply to this e-mail for details. If you can't attend, you can still thank AppalMAD for their great work by clicking here ( http://www.appalmad.org/ ) to donate online or sending a check to Appalachian Mountain Advocates, P.O. Box 507, Lewisburg, WV 24901. Find more upcoming events on OVEC's online calendar ( http://www.ohvec.org/events_calendar/index.html ), and e-mail any events you would like us to consider posting online to: vivian(a)ohvec.org. Return to Index ( #index ) Feeling Thankful Speaking of thanks, we have so much to be thankful for as we begin the holiday season with today's great news, which comes as OVEC celebrates 25 years of organized voices and empowered communities. We sure are thankful for all the support OVEC members and friends have given us during these 25 years. Many members and supporters turned out for our 25th Birthday Bash, held on October 27. Thanks to everybody who came out and thanks to every group and individual who took out an ad in our 25th Birthday Bash program ( http://bit.ly/Sy0JTY ). Thanks to you, we are making positive change for our region. Return to Index ( #index ) In This Alert Patriot to Phase Out MTR! ( #one ) Take Action For Blair Mountain, All Mountains and Mountain Folk ( #two ) AppalMAD Event ( #three ) November 17 Feeling Thankful ( #four ) May no more communities and landscapes suffer this fate: Above: At Patriot's Hobet MTR site, massive dump trucks kick up a dust storm as they pass a drilling rig. Below: An aerial view of a small part of Patriots Hobet MTR operation. The circular patch of trees near the center-right of the photo is the Berry Branch Cemetery, which was once accessible from off of Mud River Road in Lincoln County, W.Va. The homes up Berry Branch hollow are gone now, obliterated like the landscape. Photos by Vivian Stockman. Flyover courtesy SouthWings.org. Membership Manual ( http://www.ohvec.org/about_ovec/member_manual.html )Daily News ( http://www.ohvec.org/ovec_news.html )OVEC Store ( http://www.cafepress.com/ohvec )Subscribe/Unsubscribe ( http://www.ohvec.org/action_alerts/ ) ( http://www.ohvec.org/blog/ ) ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/OVEC/151197381565944 ) ( http://twitter.com/#!/OVEC_WV ) ( http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCijgMocYmao-KnQhCHlg9ZA ) OVEC PO Box 6753 Huntington, WV 25773 www.ohvec.org 304-522-0246 ( https://donation.towercare.com/ovec-donation ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SSCWVU" group. To post to this group, send email to sscwvu(a)googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sscwvu+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sscwvu?hl=en.

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Fwd: WVNS story: Are the State's Political Debates Missing the Issue?
by Paul Wilson 02 Nov '12

02 Nov '12

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 5:06 AM Subject: WVNS story: Are the State's Political Debates Missing the Issue? To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Are the State's Political Debates Missing the Issue? Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29129-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (11/02/12) CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Political discussions about the state's economy are missing the point, according to a new analysis<http://www.wvpolicy.org/category/blog>by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. It says the state is underestimating the importance of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for our economy as a whole. Policy analyst Sean O'Leary says the big federal health and insurance programs are many times larger than the state's most politically prominent industries, when measured in terms of what portion they provide to the incomes of West Virginians. This means we should pay more attention to plans that could cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security than other issues, he says. "The impact of environmental regulations on the coal industry; the impact of a natural gas boom. Those two industries are only about 5.5 percent of our total personal income. These programs are, in aggregate, five times as great." O'Leary says the coal and natural gas industries make up less than six percent of the state's total personal income. But West Virginia's boom-and-bust economy and older demographics mean a quarter of the state's citizens depend on Social Security, and nearly as many depend on the healthcare programs, he explains. "We're an older population, and we have a high number of low-income families, low paying jobs. So, the state as a whole relies much more heavily on Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security than any other state in the country." He says a larger portion of West Virginians' total income comes from the programs than in any other state. "More than a fifth - 20.5 percent of our total. The national average for that figure is 12.8 percent, so we're way above the national average." Many of this year's political debates have focused on threats to the mining industry, and coal and its allies have attacked what they call a "war on coal." The analysis can be viewed on the Center's website<http://www.wvpolicy.org/category/blog> . Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29129-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29129-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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: WVNS story: Did Climate Change Make Sandy Worse?
by Paul Wilson 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:41 AM Subject: WVNS story: Did Climate Change Make Sandy Worse? To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Did Climate Change Make Sandy Worse? Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29102-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (11/01/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Global climate change could have contributed to Hurricane Sandy's impact, climate scientists say, although some political leaders in West Virginia are unconvinced. It's impossible to talk about a hurricane as having a single, simple cause, says Robert Henson, a National Center for Atmospheric Research meteorologist and author of "The Rough Guide to Climate Change," but climate change probably contributed. "Climate change is never the total cause of any one weather event, but in many cases it plays a supporting role. Certainly the atmosphere as a whole globally is warming and moistening. The oceans are warming, and that provides a bit more fuel for hurricanes." But Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, a longtime supporter of the coal industry, says his views on global warming have not changed. "Not really, I mean, I'm not sure what's causing it. We always have weather events, and I'm not certain that it's because of climate change. I'm not a scientist." West Virginia, like much of the mid-Atlantic, is digging out from the storm. According to Henson, meteorologists haven't nailed down a link to big storms, because those individual events are more isolated and unpredictable. But he says the link to broader trends is more clearly established - including a tie to heavier rainfall in some places and worse drought in others. "The warmer atmosphere is pulling more water out of the oceans. It's also pulling water out of dry land. Heavy rains and heavy snows are becoming a little more intense. At the same time, when it's dry it's tending to be dryer for longer periods." One strange thing about Sandy may yet be linked to climate change, Henson says: A high-pressure system that pushed the storm. "This blocking zone of high pressure up towards Newfoundland - eastern Canada - that forced the hurricane to go west into New Jersey. And there's no record of hurricanes ever taking that almost due-west path into the mid-Atlantic." A free e-copy of the Rough Guide and more on climate-change issues are online at ucar.edu. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29102-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29102-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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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Re: [EC] Fwd: Re: [wvec-board] Check out Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Char
by Jim Sconyers 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

What I'm finding this election: Seems EVERY CANDIDATE is running as a friend of coal, a fighter against the war on coal, etc. Even candidates who've never taken such a position before. Case in point is my delegate Stan Shaver - he was an ally previously, now mailing after mailing is about coal. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Gary Nelson <glnelson1(a)frontier.com> wrote: > ** > I got called into one of Bills conference call last night. I could not > get my question in about if he supported our gas moratorium. I did hear > enough about clean coal and EPA closing WV power plants from him to > convince me he deserves nobodys vote. But is Tomblyn a prince with all > his coronation cash from the coal companies?? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jim Sconyers <jimscon(a)gmail.com> > *To:* James Kotcon <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> > *Cc:* ec(a)osenergy.org > *Sent:* Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:50 AM > *Subject:* Re: [EC] Fwd: Re: [wvec-board] Check out Clashing views mark > W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Char > > Holy shit! What a colossally bad idea!! > On Oct 28, 2012 11:11 AM, "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> wrote: > >> FYI: JBK >> >> >>> "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> 10/28/2012 11:03 AM >>> >> Maloney seems to be taking his cues from the Republican Governor in PA, >> who is also promoting leasing in state parks and forests. Watch out public >> lands! >> >> JBK >> >> >>> <dsgjr(a)aol.com> 10/28/2012 8:07 AM >>> >> >> >> Click here: Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - >> The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports >> <http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201210270030> >> >> >> This article by AP reporter Larry Messina, contains just one paragraph >> referring to any environmental issues: >> >> "Maloney echoed budget-paring steps frequently cited by candidates: >> running the state like a business, for instance, and targeting waste and >> abuse. *His more specific ideas include increased drilling for natural >> gas and other natural resources beneath state parks and other public lands >> *." >> >> don garvin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EC mailing list >> EC(a)osenergy.org >> http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec >> > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > EC mailing list > EC(a)osenergy.org > http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec > > -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: [Coal Volunteers List] from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency, experts say
by Jim Sconyers 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 10:38 AM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] from ScienceDaily e-newsletter: Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency, experts say To: Coal Alerts <coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> Efforts to mitigate climate change must target energy efficiency, experts say<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sciencedaily/top_news/top_environment/~3/-qG…> Posted: 26 Oct 2012 05:46 AM PDT More must be done to develop energy efficient cars, buildings and domestic appliances to address climate change – according to new research. Twice as much effort is spent developing energy supply technologies, such as new power stations, as is spent improving the efficiency with which energy is used. Efficient end-use technologies have the potential to contribute large emission reductions and provide higher social returns on investment, so the imbalance must be redressed. -- 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 -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: Re: [wvec-board] Check out Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Char
by James Kotcon 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

FYI: JBK >>> "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> 10/28/2012 11:03 AM >>> Maloney seems to be taking his cues from the Republican Governor in PA, who is also promoting leasing in state parks and forests. Watch out public lands! JBK >>> <dsgjr(a)aol.com> 10/28/2012 8:07 AM >>> Click here: Clashing views mark W.Va. governor race rematch - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports ( http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201210270030 ) This article by AP reporter Larry Messina, contains just one paragraph referring to any environmental issues: "Maloney echoed budget-paring steps frequently cited by candidates: running the state like a business, for instance, and targeting waste and abuse. His more specific ideas include increased drilling for natural gas and other natural resources beneath state parks and other public lands." don garvin

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Beth email down
by beth＠eight-rivers.org 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

Citynet (my regular email server) has been down for three days now. This is an email I can use in the meantime - beth(a)eight-rivers.org. Anything sent to me since Thursday morning is in limbo somewhere, so if you are waiting for an important response, let me know here. Beth

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Fwd: ENEWS: WVU, City officials unite: 'Stop the dangerous, destructive behavior'
by James Kotcon 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

More health news from WVU. JBK >>> ENEWS ENEWS <ENEWS(a)MAIL.WVU.EDU> 10/10/2012 3:36 PM >>> MOUNTAINEER E-News Oct. 10, 2012 RESEARCH 1) WVU study: Exposure to air pollution particles at mountaintop mining sites may lead to cardiovascular dysfunction A published study by researchers at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and School of Public Health is the first of its kind to suggest that exposure to air pollution particles from mountaintop mining sites may impair the blood vessels’ ability to dilate, which may lead to cardiovascular disease. Air pollution particulate matter consisting largely of sulfur and silica was collected through a vacuum system within one mile of an active mountaintop mining site in southern West Virginia. Adult male rats were exposed to the air particles, and, 24 hours following the exposure, their blood vessels’ ability to dilate and function normally was significantly reduced. More online: http://wvuhealthcare.com/wvuh/Content/Media/News-Releases/2012/OCT/WVU-stud…

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Jim Hightower on Fracking
by Paul Wilson 19 Oct '12

19 Oct '12

Fracking LiarsSupporters and leaders of the hydraulic fracturing industry aren't being honest about government support for this new natural gas boom. By Jim Hightower <http://www.otherwords.org/about/contributors/1186> [image: Jim Hightower] <http://www.otherwords.org/about/contributors/1186> As they drill for quick corporate profits deep inside our Earth, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and other titans of the natural gas hydraulic fracturing industry are harming people's health, the environment, and local economies across the country. They're also fracking something essential to a properly functioning democratic society: the truth. They're hailing themselves both as exemplars of free-market success and as the "virtuous ones" in our society — the producers and makers, as contrasted to the mass of Americans that the far-right corporatists are now openly calling "moochers" and "takers." [image: Marcellus Protest/Flickr] Marcellus Protest/Flickr Fracking companies and political front groups are selling the public a self-serving narrative. They claim the current natural gas boom is a victory over those wimpy and undeserving producers of wind and solar power who are dependent on government subsidies to get up and running. The shale gas boom, wrote the oil-and-gas-funded American Enterprise Institute this year, has occurred "away from the greedy grasp of Washington." AEI's laissez-faire fabulists snidely added that "surely Washington would have done something to slow it down, tax it more, or stop it altogether" had the bureaucrats realized that the private enterprise was making such progress. Indeed, crowed an industry PR group, "The free market has worked its magic." Sheesh — their bull goes deeper than their fracking gas wells. For three decades, the federal government has pumped more than $100 million into research for the frackers, finding ways to make the technique work. And, since 1980, the big bad government they now badmouth has paid frackers more than $10 billion in a subsidy written specifically for them. These oil giants are liars, fracking away at their own integrity. -- 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: WVNS story: Coal and Coalition Reach Agreement in Landmark Water Pollution Case
by Paul Wilson 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:45 AM Subject: WVNS story: Coal and Coalition Reach Agreement in Landmark Water Pollution Case To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Coal and Coalition Reach Agreement in Landmark Water Pollution Case Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28845-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (10/17/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - In what's being called a landmark case for water quality and public health in Kentucky, a coalition of public interest groups has reached a settlement with a major coal company and the state over thousands of water pollution violations. Among the groups involved are Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riverkeeper and the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. Eric Chance, a spokesman for Appalachian Voices, says the agreement revolves around false reporting found in state records in 2010 involving pollution coming from dozens of coal mines. "We expected to see lots of violations of permit limits, but we found next to none. Eventually, we began to find entire quarterly reports that were identical to each other except for the date." The mines in question are owned by International Coal Group, which took part in the settlement, and Frasure Creek Mining, which has not. As bad as the record keeping and lax state oversight seemed at first, says Mary Cromer, staff attorney for the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center, it got worse. "Not only had the companies been submitting false reports, they had also had failed to submit any reports at all for many of their facilities. Obviously, the system was broken." KFTC member Ted Withrow says the groups wanted to make sure the settlement addressed three key issues: "A trustworthy third-party independent monitoring program, strong stipulated penalties that will punish future water quality violations, and penalty awards that must be spent in southeastern Kentucky where the violations occurred." In addition to ruling on the settlement, the court will decide whether to impose the original agreement the state Cabinet struck with Frasure Creek. The same judge who allowed the coalition to intervene when the groups claimed the state's enforcement was inadequate must OK the deal before it can take effect. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28845-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28845-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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: WVNS story: Coal Baron, McKinley Donor Accused Of Breaking Campaign Laws
by Paul Wilson 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:02 AM Subject: WVNS story: Coal Baron, McKinley Donor Accused Of Breaking Campaign Laws To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Coal Baron, McKinley Donor Accused Of Breaking Campaign Laws Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28867-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (10/15/12) CHARLESTON, W. Va. - One of Congressman David McKinley's biggest backers stands accused of breaking campaign finance laws by pressuring his employees to donate. Last month, coal baron Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy, drew fire for forcing his miners to attend a Republican rally without pay. Now a complaint <http://tinyurl.com/9byb8kp> filed with the Federal Election Commission charges that Murray routinely pressured his white-collar workers to give to candidates and his political action committee. The New Republic<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/108140/coal-miners-donor-mitt-romney-be…>published company fundraising memos, and staff writer Alec MacGillis says they were confirmed by sources inside Murray's mining empire. "They were expected to give. They were expected to give to the PAC, as a deduction from their paycheck. Typically, 1 percent of their pay would go to the PAC. They were also expected to give to Mr. Murray's separate personal fundraisers." MacGillis says his sources were afraid to reveal their names. But he says they and the memos describe relentless fundraising coercion, often including thinly veiled threats. He says his sources also told him that at least some of the money was essentially coming from the company itself, laundered through an employee bonus program. "Their understanding that they got from their superiors was that this would be made up to them. The sense that my sources had was that the discretionary part of the bonus was to some degree dependent on their participating." Campaign finance watchdogs in West Virginia say the charges against Murray are particularly important because of his history. Julie Archer is project manager for the West Virginia Citizen Action Group. She says Murray uses his donations to build political connections, which he in turn uses to fight enforcement of federal environmental and mine-safety laws. She alleges that Murray has threatened Mine Safety and Health Administration officials who were investigating his mines. "What Mr. Murray had done in the past was suggest to employees of MSHA that he had some sway over their boss through his political contributions." Murray has described that accusation as exaggerated. Federal records show Murray Energy is one of McKinley's largest backers, with a dozen employees of the company and its subsidiaries giving to his campaign. McKinley did not return calls requesting comment. An e-mail from Murray Energy called the fundraising "voluntary" and the charges politically motivated, "incorrect and dishonest." The New Republic Article is at www.tnr.com<http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/108140/coal-miners-donor-mitt-romney-be…>. The FEC complaint can be found at tinyurl.com/9byb8kp. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28867-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28867-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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: [Coal Volunteers List] "Jobs Beyond Coal" webinar and discussion
by Paul Wilson 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Verena Owen <verena_owen(a)prodigy.net> Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 6:56 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] "Jobs Beyond Coal" webinar and discussion To: coal volunteer list <coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> It is not too late to register! Bring your questions. Join us to hear > directly from the authors of "*Jobs Beyond Coal: A Manual for > Communities, Workers, and Environmentalists - * A Guide for those who > wish to make the transition from coal—and to make it in a way that is most > beneficial and least threatening to ordinary workers, consumers, and > community members." > > Verena > > > > > > Join us for "Jobs Beyond Coal" Volunteer Webinar on October 17th > at 8pmET! > This month’s Beyond Coal Campaign volunteer webinar will explore > engaging labor in the coal campaign and working towards a smart economic > transition beyond coal. Special guests Joe Uehlein and Jeremy Brecher from > Labor 4 Sustainability will give an overview of their newly released > report; “Jobs Beyond Coal”. They will offer tips to Beyond Coal volunteers > on how to use the report as a resource on strategy, engagement and > communicating messages of economic transition to impacted Unions and the > public. > > Volunteers will also hear from the Club’s Labor Program, highlighting > basic points about messaging and engaging labor during coal campaigns and > how to utilize the Labor team as a resource throughout the campaign process. > <https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/401698679> Reserve your > Webinar seat now at: > https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/401698679 > > *Title:* Join us for "Jobs Beyond Coal" Webinar! *Date:* Wednesday, > October 17, 2012 *Time:* 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT After registering you > will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the > Webinar. PLEASE NOTE: Monthly Volunteer Beyond Coal Webinars are * > normally *held the first Wednesday of every month at 8pmET. Unfortunately the > first Wednesday of October (3rd ) is also the same night of the first > presidential debates, which let us to move the webinar. November's webinar > may also change due to it's proximity to the Election, so please keep your > eyes open for the November webinar announcement. > * > System Requirements* > PC-based attendees > Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Mac®-based attendees > Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer Mobile attendees > Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet > Becki Clayborn > Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign > Internal Capacities and Communications Coordinator > Chicago, IL > 312-251-1680 > > > > > -- > Becki Clayborn > Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign > Internal Capacities and Communications Coordinator > Chicago, IL > 312-251-1680 > > -- Becki Clayborn Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign Internal Capacities and Communications Coordinator Chicago, IL 312-251-1680 -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. -- 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: [Coal Volunteers List] New website and Sierra Magazine story launching on Wednesday: "Cost of Coal" photo series
by Paul Wilson 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

for those of you that are not on the Coal Alerts listserve (or whatever they call it now!). paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Orli Cotel <orli.cotel(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:21 PM Subject: [Coal Volunteers List] New website and Sierra Magazine story launching on Wednesday: "Cost of Coal" photo series To: #Coal-Volunteers <coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org> Coal team, I wanted to give you a quick heads up about an exciting project that many folks have been working on for the past few months. Tomorrow morning we'll be announcing a new website called "Cost of Coal," which features powerful photos showing the effects of coal pollution on everyday Americans. The website compliments the "Cost of Coal" cover story and 18-page spread in Sierra Magazine, which should be arriving in mailboxes this week.* (Note: Please wait to tweet or spread the word about this project until after 9:30 eastern on Wednesday morning). * To create this photo spread, we teamed up with award winning photographer Ami Vitale. Ami visited communities in West Virginia, Michigan, and Nevada to follow the life-cycle of coal -- from mountaintop removal mining, to coal burning, to coal ash waste disposal -- and documented compelling stories of families who deal with coal pollution in their daily lives. If we had the resources we would send Ami to every city where we have a coal fight to capture the amazing work you all are doing to move the country off coal. However, we hope that these three regions highlight some of our iconic fights and will get more people interested in joining our campaign, no matter where they are. I've attached the Sierra Magazine story to this email. You'll be able to check out the full website with photo slideshows and videos tomorrow morning at www.sierraclub.org/costofcoal. A big shout out goes to the Sierra Magazine team and our web team for putting this whole project together. Please let me know if you have any questions and we'll send around a link to the press release, blog post and website when they are live on Wednesday morning. Thanks! Orli -- Orli Cotel Deputy Communications Director Sierra Club (415) 977-5627 office (646) 522-7751 cellphone -- To access the Beyond Coal Campaign Resource Portal, go to: https://sites.google.com/a/sierraclub.org/beyond-coal-resource-portal/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "#Coal-Volunteers" group. To post to this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list(a)sierraclub.org. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to coal-volunteers-list+unsubscribe(a)sierraclub.org. -- 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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carpool to Larry Gibson memorial Sunday?
by Jim Sconyers 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

I'm going to Larry Gibson's memorial service in Charleston Sunday. Anyone interested in carpooling from Preston County/Morgantown area? Go and return directly after the program. -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: PATH files for abandonment
by Jim Sconyers 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Keryn Newman <stoppath(a)frontiernet.net> Date: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:48 AM Subject: PATH files for abandonment To: CONS-ELP-TRANS-LINES-FORUM(a)lists.sierraclub.org On Sept. 28, PATH made a filing at FERC to recover $121M in abandoned plant amortized over a 5 year period at 10.9% ROE. This is the first step for PATH in cashing in on the incentive they were granted that enables them to collect 100% of prudently-incurred investment in the project in the event the project is cancelled for reasons beyond PATH's control. The docket number is ER12-2708, and here is a link to the filing: http://www.pjm.com/~/media/documents/ferc/2012-filings/20120928-er12-2708-0… PATH's claim that the cancellation of the project was unforeseen is pretty weak, along with their claims of prudent spending. Some of their statements more closely resemble a creative re-writing of history. PATH has requested that FERC approve the recovery and changes to its Formula Rate without modification, suspension or hearing effective December 1, 2012. If no party objects, FERC may just do that. FERC has set a deadline to intervene, comment, protest PATH's filing of 5 p.m. on October 19. Three parties have already intervened, but none have protested or proffered any evidence of why FERC should not approve the proposal. Several consumers plan to intervene/protest, myself included. In an order granting challenges and complaints on Sept. 20, FERC confirmed that end-use consumers have standing to participate. The ultimate goal at present is to convince FERC to set the matter for settlement/hearing. Only parties who have submitted a timely intervention will be able to participate in settlement/hearing. If you or your organization would like to participate, you need to file by October 19. If you'd like to do so but have questions, I'd be happy to provide more information. Keryn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-ELP-TRANS-LINES-FORUM list, send any message to: CONS-ELP-TRANS-LINES-FORUM-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ -- Jim Sconyers jimscon(a)gmail.com 304.698.9628 Remember, Mother Nature bats last.

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Fwd: WVNS story: Preservationists: Second Battle of Blair Mountain Not Over
by Paul Wilson 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Public News Service <wvns(a)newsservice.org> Date: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:04 AM Subject: WVNS story: Preservationists: Second Battle of Blair Mountain Not Over To: PaulWilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> Preservationists: Second Battle of Blair Mountain Not Over Dan Heyman, Public News Service-WV http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28772-1 Join the discussion: facebook.com/PublicNewsService<http://www.facebook.com/PublicNewsService> Twitter: @pns_news <http://twitter.com/#!/pns_news> @pns_WV<http://twitter.com/#!/pns_WV> Google+: plus.to/publicnewsservice <http://plus.google.com/106260479325451709866> (10/08/12) CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The fight over preserving the Blair Mountain battlefield is not over, according to the environmental and labor history groups trying to protect the site. Last week a federal judge ruled the groups don't have the right to sue to have Blair Mountain returned to the National Register of Historic Places. But labor historian Wess Harris says that's just one move in the long second battle of Blair Mountain. "One good way to look at this whole thing of Blair Mountain is as a chess match. Certainly the judge's decision cost us a piece off the board, but we're a long way from checkmate." In 1921 thousands of union coal miners fought with mine guards and company militias on a ridge line bordering Logan County. It was the largest armed uprising in the U.S. since the Civil War. Aracoma Coal, a subsidiary of Alpha Energy, has a permit pending to remove the mountaintop and take out the coal seams underneath. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton ruled that environmental and preservation groups could not sue to have Blair Mountain protected because Alpha's permit hasn't been granted yet. But Sierra Club spokeswoman Kim Teplitzky says the pending permit is enough of a threat. "If this permit is granted, they could commence mining on the battlefield site, and potentially destroy this incredibly important historic place." She says they would act if the state Department of Environmental Protection issues the permit to mine what's known as Piney Branch. "We would definitely act. We are right now weighing our options, and we'll be watching closely to see what happens with this pending permit for Piney Branch." Wess Harris says the state could lose a vital part of its past. "The history's not going to go away, but the opportunity to teach from that mountain does go away. A huge loss. Just another case of our heritage being destroyed." Preservationists say the process of having the site removed from historic protection three years ago was filled with irregularities. The companies that want to strip-mine the area say it's just wilderness, not worth protecting. Click here to view this story on the Public News Service RSS site and access an audio version of this and other stories: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28772-1<http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28772-1> --- To be removed from this list please send an e-mail to remove(a)publicnewsservice.org <remove(a)publicnewsservice.org?subject=remove>and put the word "remove" in the subject line. -- 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: Webinar: Water for Energy--Connections, Collisions, and Opportunities
by Paul Wilson 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: UCS Science Network <sciencenetwork(a)ucsusa.org> Date: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM Subject: Webinar: Water for Energy--Connections, Collisions, and Opportunities To: pjgrunt(a)gmail.com <http://action.ucsusa.org/site/R?i=JBIWysrO300CW_dVyYyUYg><http://action.ucsusa.org/site/R?i=YedIHC32sfmBoX123QlxYQ><http://action.ucsusa.org/site/R?i=W-YlVuZOoplCn-2dGvToXQ> WEBINAR INVITATION Water for Energy—Connections, Collisions, and Opportunities Dear Paul, This summer's drought brought to light the challenges we face when there isn't sufficient water to cool our nation's power plants. Conventional fossil-fuel and nuclear power plants require water to cool the steam they generate to make electricity. In 2005, power plants accounted for over 40 percent of all freshwater withdrawn in the U.S. Many power plants need a huge, steady supply of water to operate, and in hot dry summers, that water can become hard to secure. We invite you to join a webinar discussion on the challenges and opportunities for electricity production in a water-constrained future. *Water for Energy—Connections, Collisions, and Opportunities<http://action.ucsusa.org/site/R?i=hoh53jA2l-zMnQWrEqR2og> * *Date:* Thursday, October 18 *Time:* 1:00-2:15 p.m. EDT Register Today <http://action.ucsusa.org/site/R?i=4T4okFM72h6GGfXljC3LTg> The webinar will feature: - *Camille Calimlim*, committee staff, Water and Power Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives - *John Rogers*, senior energy analyst and co-manager of the Energy and Water in a Warming World Initiative (EW3), Union of Concerned Scientists - *C. 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Fwd: [WVSC Marcellus Shale Gas Campaign] All party rabble-rousers make plans now!
by James Kotcon 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

Anyone else interested? JBK >>> "Steve Hamilton" <notification+zlrdzo1f(a)facebookmail.com> 10/5/2012 9:34 AM >>> Steve Hamilton posted in WVSC Marcellus Shale Gas Campaign Steve Hamilton9:34am Oct 5 All party rabble-rousers make plans now! The Mountain Party and the Doddridge County Watershed Association are calling on you to join an anti-fracking rally at West Union this weekend. If you live in the area or are attending the WVEC weekend retreat in Ritchie County, please plan to join Jesse Johnson and local residents as they stand up to protect their homes and health. This is designed to take place during an evening break in the agenda of the WVEC retreat. Where: Meet at the roadside park near the ball park at West Union. When: Sat Oct 6 at 5 pm Bring signs and a carful of friends! Meet great people like yourself who care enough to act! View Post on Facebook · Edit Email Settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.

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