WVEC Action Alerts
11-23-01
1. Blackwater Thanksgiving Alert
2. DEP Public Notice for November
3. Mid-Atlantic Regional Watershed Roundtable
4. Clean Air Permit for Panda Energy, Due Dec. 5
5. League of Conservation Voters
Blackwater Thanksgiving Action Alert!!
The Friends of Blackwater Canyon has launched an intensive campaign to get e-mails, calls, letters and postcards to Governor Wise asking him to protect Blackwater Canyon by putting it in public ownership. Please help us by visiting our new website; www.saveblackwater.org. From our site you can link to the
Governor's
'Special Places Website" and nominate the Blackwater Canyon, West
Virginia's Crown Jewel, as a special place in need of protection.
Once on the Governor's site, please add a simple message (like the one show below) in the personal comments section. You can also contact the Governor by calling toll-free 1-888-438-2731 or sending a letter to: Governor Bob Wise, Capitol Building, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., East, Charleston, WV 25305.
Dear Governor Wise,
I would like to nominate Blackwater Canyon as a special place that needs to be preserved and protected for future generations. Please count my voice among the many who believe Blackwater Canyon is a part of West
Virginia's heritage that must not be sacrificed for shortsighted private greed.
Sincerely,
Your Name
While online, complete the volunteer form and let us know
you're able to help. Even small efforts like volunteering to pass out Blackwater Canyon nomination postcards at local events, malls, club meetings, schools etc. will prove helpful. If you have other ideas, e-mail us at our new address:
info@saveblackwater.org.
You can also use your credit card to donate online to keep this campaign going. Tax-deductible contributions can be mailed to: Friends of Blackwater Canyon, 501 Elizabeth St., Room 3, Charleston WV 25311. Call us for more information at 1-877-WVA-LAND or 304-345-7663. Thank you for your help!! Together we can Save Blackwater Canyon for Future Generations.
Judy Rodd, Director, Friends of Blackwater Canyon.
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WV DEP Public Notice for November The DEP Public Notice Bulletin newsletter for November is available on-line. Go to the DEP website www.dep.state.wv.us and click on 'News & Publications'.
Here's the hot link: http://www.dep.state.wv.us/pio/publicnoticebulletins/pnb_november_2001.pdf Colleen M. O'Neill
Publications Director
WV Department of Environmental Protection
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Mid-Atlantic Regional Watershed Roundtable
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Watershed Roundtable, will be held in Doylestown,
Pennsylvania (20 miles north of Philadelphia) on December 3-5, 2001.
This is a great opportunity to share and learn about watershed
initiatives and experiences in the Mid-Atlantic region. I'd also like
to point out that the Environmental Finance Center will be conducting a
workshop all day on Wednesday, December 5, "Financing Watershed
Strategies." We will be exploring both Federal, state, and local public
funding programs and private financing methods which can be the basis of
a financial plan for your watershed initiative.
You may attend the whole Roundtable, or simply attend the Financing
workshop.
Please forward this announcement to those you think might be interested.
Contact me or Russ Johnson at The Heritage Conservancy if you have any
questions.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Regards-
Beth Hickey
Coordinator
Environmental Finance Center
University of Maryland
301-405-6383
fax 301-314-9581
hickey@mdsg.umd.edu
www.mdsg.umd.edu/EFC
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Clean Air Permit for Panda Energy, Due Dec. 5
The proposed Panda Culloden Power, L.P., power plant has an air
pollution permit out for public comment. This plant would be the first of a
series of large, fossil-fuel fired power plants that would significantly
increase total air emissions. Although this plant proposes to use natural
gas, it does not propose any pollution offsets, so air quality in West
Virginia will decline.
Send comments to the West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Air Quality, 7012 MacCorkle Avenue, SE, Charleston,
WV 25304-2943 by Dec. 5 and ask DEP to require emission offsets,
especially for NOx, of this and all future fossil-fuel power plants.
Copies of the draft permit and preliminary engineering determination are
available on the DEP website at:
http://www.dep.state.wv.us/daq/permit/nsr/notice/NSR-notice.html
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League of Conservation Voters
The League of Conservation Voters is pleased to announce the launch of our
newly redesigned home on the web! We hope you will find our new site more
informative and easier to use than ever, providing all the information you
need to make environmental protection a top priority in Congress and
across the country.
Check out exciting new features like "E-mail a Friend" and "Send A
Postcard" and solid information you have come to rely on like "Congress
Watch" and "The National Environmental Scorecard." And, as always, you can
contribute to the only national organization working full-time to hold
member of Congress accountable for their votes and action on the
environment with all of the convenience and security you have come to
expect from LCV.
We are still found at http://www.lcv.org -- just with a new look!
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