Latest " West Virginia Environmental Council" *ACTION ALERT* ("call to arms" against drilling)

This is the very latest "West Virginia Environmental Council" **ACTION ALERT** - gathering it's "troops" to meet in Charleston, to hit up our legislators, Monday, Dec 12, and rally against drilling - emailed to it's constituients, on Friday. 

Many of it's members are not even West Virginians (ie - the one who emailed this to me is an Ohio resident)...

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West Virginia Environmental Council Action Alert
December 9, 2011 WVEC Alerts Archive

“Marcellus Monday” at the Capitol!Although even at this late date there is no certainty that a Special Session on regulating Marcellus Shale gas drilling in West Virginia will be called by the governor for next week, one thing we do know for certain is this – the entire Legislature will be meeting for December Interim Sessions starting on Monday.

There will be no better time to have a large presence in Charleston to make our concerns known to our Delegates and Senators. If there is a Special Session, we will press our lawmakers to pass strong rules.

If there is no Special Session called because of their inability to agree on a bill, we will hold them accountable and call for a moratorium on further permits.

So we’re asking everyone who can make it to Charleston to be at the Capitol on Monday December 12th. A noon press conference will be held under the dome on the ground floor (by the Information Desk) to enlighten the media on the urgent need for strong regulation of Marcellus Shale drilling in this state.

It is vital to have citizens there who have been adversely affected by Marcellus drilling. If you have witnessed travesties and are available on Monday to talk to the press, please contact Chuck Wyrostok at outreach@marcellus-wv.com and plan to arrive by 11:30am. Earlier arrivals can meet us there to plan action for the day.

An issue of concern at this point is what would actually be in the bill that the Governor calls for. The Governor controls the agenda in the call, and the bill he will propose will not be the same exact bill negotiated by the Legislature’s Joint Select Committee on Marcellus Shale.

It’s important that Legislators know that we support an even stronger bill than the one adopted by the Select Committee, and we will definitely not stand for legislation that weakens or waters down the Select Committee bill.

So call your friends and neighbors and plan a carpool for Monday. We need you there to stand up to industry lobbyists. Your elected representatives must understand your determination to secure your rights to clean water, clean air, and human health, and for preservation of your rights as landowners."

Don Garvin
WVEC Legislative Coordinator
DSGJR@aol.com

(304) 395-0078

 

Chuck Wyrostok

Sierra Club Outreach Organizer
Toll free 877 252 0257
outreach@marcellus-wv.com

 

PLEASE BOMBARD THESE PEOPLE WITH YOUR GOOD EXPERIENCES, AND POSITIVE REASONS WHY DRILLING SHOULD BE EMBRACED !

 

SINCERELY,

Kit McGlinchey

 

 

 

 

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If they were to succeed in stopping drilling in WV, the rigs will move to PA and OH. Good news for PA and OH, sucks for our friends in WV.

And, if they stop drilling in WV, that will help the poor in WV stay poor.

 

Chicken Little is alive and well, and a dues paying member of the West Virginia Environmental Council.

 

JS

I am a West Virginian - I know all about "helping the poor stay poor" in our state.  If all our gas, oil and mineral rights were owned by "BIG COAL" instead of private "dirt patch" landowners - the Marcellus & Utica would have already been stripped from our ground - without regard for human and/or environmental safety and well-being - just as they have done with coal...

All the shale drilling in the world can never wreck the havoc and devastation that coal has - and continues to have - on our state and environment.

There is no such thing as "Clean Coal". Thanks, WV Environmental Council, for your "concern" about shale gas drilling in our state - BUT NO THANKS - YOUR ENERGY IS MISGUIDED.

MARCELLUS SHALE GAS IS AN ABUNDANT, MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE - NOT THE ENEMY.

Sincerely,

Todd's Mom,  Kit McGlinchey

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