MVCAC January 2009

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Input for Wed. Meeting
by Duane330＠aol.com 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Let me provide some information and make a few requests: 1. The MVCAC checking account balance as of 11/30/08 was $1555.58. [A check for $248.00 was payed earlier in November]. 2. If we take up a collection at each meeting of the MVCAC and document the individual contributors, then we can help to satisfy our IRS guidelines for our 501(c)3 status. I'll give Paula my check for $20. this week. 3. I make a motion that we renew our Post Office Box no. 4679 for another year under the provision that we will not renew for 2010 unless we double our membership (or active participants). 4. I make a motion that we renew our membership in the West Virginia Environmental Council, and ask Paula to send in our annual dues (unless this has already been done). 5. I suggest that we invite a representative of the Group Against Smog & Pollution [GASP] from Pittsburgh to our next meeting, with the intention to consider a joint (co-operative) agreement with GASP for a one-year trial period. [[GASP has a portable meter for PM 2.5 that could be demonstrated.] [I would be willing to make the contact, or defer to others.] 6. Now we know that the water quality of the Monongahela River influences the air quality in the Monongahela River valley and beyond, given that those powerplants using river water in their evaporative cooling towers have been experiencing problems from the high levels of total dissolved solids (TDS) in the river water. Therefore, we can raise this issue in the public press and before the state agencies. 7. The third meeting on the quality of the Mon River will be held this Friday at 10 am in the Airport Annex (lower level). The Director of the Water and Wastewater Division of the WV-DEP will be there to discuss the TDS problem(s). The meeting host is the Upper Mon River Association. [See _www.uppermon.org_ (http://www.uppermon.org) ] 8. I propose that we take a position of continued opposition to the TrAIL power line as well as the proposed PATH line. These lines are not "smart gird" lines, they were not designed to optimize the delivery of electricity from alternative energy sources, they encourage and support power plants that produce high levels of carbon dioxide, and given the need for energy conservation in the nation--these transmission lines are not needed. 9. I move that we take a position in opposition to proposed coal gasification plants, whether for electricity generation or coal- derived hydrocarbon liquids, because these proposed plants have no demonstrated means for carbon dioxide control or containment. One such plant has been proposed for Mingo County in southern West Virginia and another is under consideration for Marshall Co. in the northern panhandle by CONSOL Energy. We're off to the viewing and funeral for my step-father. Duane **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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Re: [MVCAC] Meeting Wednesday, January 7
by William Wonderlin 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

The location of the MVCAC meeting this Wednesday will be at the WVU Health Sciences Center in Room 3122-A (the George H. Wirtz Library). Enter through the new learning center and proceed to the main hallway at the North end of the building (the left end of the building as you are facing the Learning Center). Take the elevator (or stairs) to the 3rd floor. Room 3122-A is at the far end of the hallway. I will put up some signs. If you have any problem finding the room, call me at 288-1210. Thanks, Bill Bill Wonderlin Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry West Virginia University (304) 293-3159 -----Original Message----- From: Linda Shuster [mailto:lshuster@wvu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:22 PM To: <mvcac(a)cheat.org> Subject: [MVCAC] Meeting Wednesday, January 7 There will be an MVCAC meeting on Wednesday, January 7 at the 7:00 pm. The location will be announced shortly. _______________________________________________ MVCAC mailing list MVCAC(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/mvcac

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SCIENCE January 2 2009, 323 (5910)
by Duane330＠aol.com 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Adding Injury to Insult Coral reefs worldwide are under terrible pressure from rising sea-surface temperatures, pollution, and overexploitation. Another emerging threat to their health is ocean acidification--the declining pH of surface seawater layers caused by the absorption of increasing amounts of atmospheric CO2. Many studies have demonstrated recent declines in the coverage and numbers of live coral reefs, as well as reduced coral diversity, but few have examined how rates of coral calcification have been affected. De'ath et al. (p. _116_ (http://www.info-aaas.org/util/link.jsp?e=6isk9LxiL1JpBWJFMOUpopDoX0ApMAI2N-… kzhshCCEbx2ZWaYsxaR&s=6iHgiXdLbFDmU3lMydtcxPg..A&v=7FCw5FaSomjQElJWjQltRJw..A) ; see the news story by _Pennisi_ (http://www.info-aaas.org/util/link.jsp?e=47YNycyl_p6XJlMxZ4G3rDzMZ3cAhKChnS….. A&v=7FCw5FaSomjQElJWjQltRJw..A) ) examined growth patterns of 328 massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and found that their rates of calcification have declined by nearly 15% since 1990, to values lower than any seen for the past 400 years. The main causes of this continuing decline appear to be increasing water temperatures and ocean acidification. **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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