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From: Robert Dorman <redorman@theofficenet.com>
I have attached a congressional email list to the bottom of
this message,
for those of you who may wish to reach congress through the internet.
--Bob Dorman
>Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 03:16:56 -0500
>From: Norman Benally <Norman_Benally@compuserve.com>
>Subject: Fw: The Alert
>Sender: Norman Benally <Norman_Benally@compuserve.com>
>To: Robert Dorman <redorman@theofficenet.com>
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>Mr. Dorman,
>The anti-environmental "rider bill" sponsored by
Senior Senator Robert Byrd
>and the coal industry's political allies may have serious
implications on
>Black Mesa. Please post the Alert on your mailing list. Its
important that
>all elected officials in Congress and the White House get
letters to oppose
>the West Virginia Senators "Rider Bill," Possibility
is that the "rider bill"
>will be coming up again this coming week! Additionally, Peabody
Coal Company
>contributed $3000 to Senator Robert Bird's relection for 2000!...One
of many
>coal companies that contributed to his campaign. Interesting
that, according
>to the Charleston Dailymail online of West Virginia. Address
http://www.
>dailymail.com/news/News/1999111030/.
>
>
>
>Norman B.
>-------------Forwarded Message-----------------
>
>From: "Dennis Short", INTERNET:ccc@netone.com
>To: "CCC", INTERNET:ccc@netone.com
>
>Date: 11/12/99 6:53 PM
>
>RE: Fw: The Alert
>
>
>
>
>
>All Hands Alert
>
>Dear Friends and Allies of the Citizens Coal Council,
>
>What a week!!! Thanks to everyone's tremendous work, Senator
Byrd and the
other members of
>the WV Congressional delegation have not yet been able to
attach the coal
strip mining rider to
>another bill. Your calls, letters and media work over the
past two weeks
have now made this the
>HOT issue in Washington AND spreading across the country.
>
>The real heat started when the busload of West Virginians
with some
Kentucky folks came to
>Washington week before last and set up a cemetery memorializing
the
destroyed streams in front
>of the Capitol. That scared our opposition so they bused juiced
up We
haven't had this much
>national attention paid to our coal issues for over 20 years.
>
>It has become so hot President Clinton hasn't dared to give
it away to
Senator Byrd, who is
>pouting and not talking with the White House. Congress recessed
Wednesday
without finishing
>work on this. Every day of delay up to this point has been
a victory for
us, allowing us to grow
>stronger and get more attention. Congress will come back next
Tuesday and
Wednesday and will
>probably have a vote no later than Friday. We have to be ready
for a vote
in the House of
>Representatives on Tuesday. With your continued help, we have
a chance to
get a good vote total
>in the House.
>
>How this affects you.
>The West Virginia coal companies want the rider so they will
be exempted
from obeying parts of
>the clean water and mining laws. If they win this exemption,
the barn door
will be very hard to
>close. Coal companies in other states will also demand special
breaks.
>
>For example, mines in Pennsylvania might demand weaker bonding
standards;
mines in Tennessee
>might demand Congress drop the right to have lands declared
unsuitable for
mining; western
>mines will want the reclamation standards dropped. And the
list goes on
and on. Other industries
>will go after weakening air pollution, toxic waste, wilderness
protection,
coal leasing and other
>laws. So this isn't just a West Virginia or CCC fight. This
is your fight
for a safe, healthy
>environment no matter where you live or what specific issues
your group
works on.
>
>Media paragraph:
>
>CCC and other allies are calling newspapers around the country
and
encouraging them to
>editorialize on this issue. Some CCC member groups such as
KFTC have
already been hard at
>work and this has resulted in a fantastic editorial and several
good
articles (with one op-ed in the
>wing). We need everybody who can to pitch in and contact their
local
papers as well. The reason
>that this is so significant is that: a) the Clinton/Gore Administration
will be monitoring the media
>to figure out if this is really a political liability AND
b) Members of
Congress who will be pressed
>by Senator Byrd for support (or at least not to oppose) to
his rider need
to know that the folks at
>home have a clear position: NO RIDER!
>
>CCC will be sending out some background information by e-mail
to help you
with your pitch to
>editorial boards. We can also make this available to you by
fax. If you
need the information by
>fax, please call and let us know. If we aren't here or the
phone is tied
up, please leave us a
>message with your fax number.
>
>Two targets:
>1. Call your Congressperson's office. If you don't know the
direct number,
call the Capitol
>switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to connect you to your
Congressperson's office. When you
>reach that office, ask to speak to the legislative aide who
handles
environment or appropriations.
>The message: Vote against any appropriations bill that contains
the coal
strip mining rider. I don't
>want our clean water and coal mining laws weakened. Vote against
any
anti-environmental rider.
>
>2. Keep calling the White House at 202/456-1414. Fax a letter
to President
Clinton at 202-546-
>2461. Message: Tell him to oppose the rider.
>
>Remember, your Congressperson and President Clinton count
the number of
calls on an issue, so
>you don't need lots of fancy words or big facts, just be plain
and strong.
>
>3. Please ask your friends, family and members of your group
to call and
write. If your group has
>a phone tree, get everyone called and committed to take action.
>
>4. It has been virtually impossible to provide updates (other
than through
e-mail) and thank you
>individually for your hard work. The CCC staff is putting
its full
attention into winning this one
>and so, for another week at least, we will be unable to respond
to much of
anything else. If
>anything is urgent, please call Dennis at 303-722-9119.
>
>Thank you,
>Carolyn Johnson
>Staff Director
>
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