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Oct. 8: Kick Off Event for Senior Walk to End Mountaintop Removal
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Reminder: Important Mountaintop Removal Hearings Oct. 13 and 15
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More Events: Renewable Energy Workshop, PowerShift, Solar Decathlon....
Take
Action: CLEAN Up the Climate Bill
A message from The CLEAN: As you know, the Senate version of
the climate bill was introduced last week. While the Senate's bill
is stronger than the House version in some respects - notably a 20%
emissions reduction target as opposed to 17% in the House version -
it still falls woefully short of what science tells us we must do to
avert catastrophic climate change. As in the House bill, there are
still giveaways to the coal and utility industries in the form of
cap-and-trade allowances and investment in carbon capture and
sequestration. And there is investment in research, development and
training for the nuclear industry.
In light of our struggles in the coalfields and the recent UNEP report that says that we could see a 6-degree global temperature rise, even if all countries enforce all current climate legislation, we can and must do better. Please read CLEAN's statement here and then take action here.
To read a summary of the bill (the full bill is over 800 pages!), click here. The Energy Collective has some good, objective analysis of the bill here.
Reminder: Talk
to EPA
If you haven't yet commented to the EPA about the 79 mountaintop
removal permits it is
holding up for further review, please click
here and make those comments today.
Help Steer Us
Away from the PATH of Destruction
October 22 marks your final official your chance to be heard on
PATH, the massive
power
line boondoggle that would condemn us to more mountaintop
removal, more climate change, more of the usual disregard for people
and the future associated with the energy industries. If you
can't make the
remaining hearings, please make written comments. We have
sample letters available; reply to this e-mail to see those.
Send your written comments to:
Public Service Commission
201 Brooks Street
Charleston, WV 24301
Attention: Consumer Advocate Division
Re: PATH
Oct. 8:
Seniors' Walk to End Mountaintop Removal Begins
Walk launches from the WV State Capitol with a rally at 9:30 a.m.
Everyone is invited to come out and help kick off the
walk! "Seniors" is defined as anyone over 50 years of age, but
supporters of all ages are welcome. The walk goes until Oct. 12,
with marchers trodding about five miles a day. No one is obligated
to walk the entire trek. Support vehicles will be with you at all
times. Volunteers are arranging overnight accommodations and
shuttles to and from marching points each day. Breakfast, lunch and
dinner will be provided daily. There's a final rally on Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. Contact Andrew Munn at
anromu@gmail.com or Roland
Micklem at rtmicklem@gmail.com
for more information on the march.
CBS News:
60 Minutes on Coal Ash
Sunday, yesterday, a news segment on coal ash aired on 60 Minutes.
If you missed it, check things out
here and
here.
Reminder:
Important Mountaintop Removal Hearings Oct. 13 and 15
Click
here for more details. The hearings are at 7 p.m. in all
locations:
Oct. 13, in Pikeville, Kentucky at the East Kentucky Expo Center.
Oct. 13, in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Oct. 15, in Cambridge, Ohio at the Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center.
Oct. 15, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Oct. 15, in Big Stone Gap, Virginia at Mountain Empire Community College.
Can't travel? You can comment online - click here
More
Events: Renewable Energy Workshop, PowerShift, Solar Decathlon....
Oct. 9: 10:30 AM. Hearing in the Logan County Courthouse,
Logan, WV. on drilling for gas in the Chief Logan State Park.
Oct. 9-11: Heartwood Reunion.
Oct 9 -11: Sierra Fest 2009.
Oct 9 -13, 15-18: Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in D.C.
Oct. 10 - 11: Changing of the Leaves Festival on Kayford Mountain. Music and fun begins at noon each day. Respond to this e-mail if you need directions to Kayford Mountain.
Oct. 11: 3 p.m. opening reception for "Coal: A Legacy," at Tamarack in Beckley, WV.
Oct. 15: 9 a.m. Boone County Courthouse, Madison, WV. Mathew Louis-Rosenberg, one of the Kayford 8 goes on trial. Please come out and show your support for those who are willing to really stick their necks out in order to end mountaintop removal coal mining.
Oct. 16-18: Mountain Justice Fall Summit in Rock Creek, Raleigh County, WV. Register here.
Oct. 18: 1-4 p.m. The WV Center on Budget and Policy is sponsoring the workshop, "Good Jobs, Green Jobs" on Sunday, October 18, 1:00-4:00 pm, at the Big Sandy Arena in Huntington. It's a pre-conference event of the 2009 Create West Virginia Conference and a great opportunity to connect with people interested in building a greener economy.
Oct. 23 -25: PowerShift '09 at Marshall University in Huntington and elsewhere around the nation. Speakers, workshops, clean energy rallies and more. Get involved, get active for Green Jobs Now!
Nov. 5 -8: 2009 American Conservation film festival in Shepherdstown, WV. Includes showings of the film Coal Country.
Nov. 8: A benefit Contra Dance in Blacksburg, Va. for Mountain Justice Blacksburg, Concerned Citizens of Giles County and Energy Justice Network. With Toss the Possum and Shawn Brenneman calling. More info here.
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