Sorry to miss the upcoming meeting because
of a previously scheduled conflict. Please send address to which I can
forward my check for $20.
Larry (Schwab)
From: mvcac-bounces@cheat.org
[mailto:mvcac-bounces@cheat.org] On Behalf Of
Duane330@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009
1:19 PM
To: mvcac@cheat.org
Cc: Duane330@aol.com
Subject: [MVCAC] Input for Wed.
Meeting
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
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
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
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 ]
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
in the northern panhandle by CONSOL
Energy.
We're off to the viewing and funeral for
my step-father.
Duane
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