Ask your representative to support Rep. Pallone's 'Clean Water Protection Act' in the 110th Congress

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From iLoveMountains.org (http://www.ilovemountains.org)...

Ask your representative to support the Clean Water Protection Act

With the new Congress in Washington, DC, we have a tremendous opportunity to make progress in our campaign to end the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining.

But to realize that opportunity, we need you to take action today.

In the coming weeks, Representative Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey is preparing to introduce the Clean Water Protection Act in the new 110th Congress. This act eliminates a loophole that has allowed coal companies to dump millions of tons of mine waste into nearby streams when they practice mountaintop removal coal mining.

Will you take a moment today to write your Representatives and ask them to join Rep. Pallone by becoming a co-sponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act?

Click here to learn more and take action: http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/write_your_rep/

Before the last congress adjourned, we secured the support of 77 cosponsors for the Clean Water Protection Act.

But in the new Congress, the bill must be introduced again -- and our goal is to start with 77 original cosponsors, sending a loud message that the American people and their representatives are ready to close the loopholes that allow mountaintop removal coal mining.

Please, take a moment today to contact your representatives. It takes only a moment using our online tools, but Congress needs to hear from you.

Click here to learn more about the Clean Water Protection Act and to contact Congress: http://www.ilovemountains.org/action/write_your_rep/

Thank you for taking action.

Mary Anne Hitt
http://www.ILoveMountains.org/

p.s. Congress needs to hear from all of us. Please forward this email to your friends and family and ask them to join you in telling Congress to act now on the Clean Water Protection Act.

Online Video:

Moyers on America: Is God Green? (Bill Moyers / PBS): http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/media_players/chapter2-1.html

National Memorial for the Mountains (from AppalachianVoices): http://youtube.com/watch?v=MpSDY6r2BVc

Mountaintop Removal Movie (from iLoveMountains.org): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPixjCneseE

Keeper of the Mountain (by symbolman): http://www.tbtmradio.com/video/mtrgibson.wmv

Ed Wiley on Marsh Fork Elementary (from Pennies of Promise): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9afd2K6xx_I

Ed Wiley Visits with Senator Byrd (from Pennies of Promise): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6974iOVCsFk

Links:

Appalachian Voices: http://www.appvoices.org

Coal River Mountain Watch: http://webpages.charter.net/crmw/index.htm

ilovemountains.org: http://www.ilovemountains.org

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth: http://www.kftc.org /

Mountain Justice Summer: http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/index.php

OHVEC: http://www.ohvec.org /

Pennies of Promise: http://www.penniesofpromise.org

Save Our Cumberland Mountains: http://www.socm.org /

Sludge Safety Project: http://www.sludgesafety.org/index.html

[porphyrian]

1. I like clean water. - n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

5. Please ask your Rep to be a cosponsor!

:hi:

[Sydnie]

2. Have I told you today

just how much I appreciate you? If not, I have been most derelict in expressing it clearly.

:loveya: K&R!

[Sapphire Blue]

3. Thank you, Sydnie! I appreciate you, too!

:hug: :loveya: :hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

4. FYI - 109th Congress cosponsors of the 'Clean Water Protection Act'

May 26, 2005

Sponsor: Rep. Frank Pallone

Cosponsors

Rep. Thomas Allen
Rep. Robert Andrews
Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Rep. Howard Berman
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Rep. Sherrod Brown
Rep. Lois Capps
Rep. Ed Case
Rep. Ben Chandler
Rep. John Conyers
Rep. Jim Cooper
Rep. Elijah Cummings
Rep. Peter DeFazio
Rep. William Delahunt
Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Rep. Anna Eshoo
Rep. Lane Evans
Rep. Sam Farr
Rep. Chaka Fattah
Rep. Bob Filner
Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick
Rep. Barney Frank
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest
Rep. Raul Grijalva
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez
Rep. Alcee Hastings
Rep. Maurice Hinchey
Rep. Rush Holt
Rep. Michael Honda
Rep. Nancy Johnson
Rep. Stephanie Jones
Rep. Patrick Kennedy
Rep. Dale Kildee
Rep. Dennis Kucinich
Rep. James Langevin
Rep. James Leach
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. John Lewis
Rep. Zoe Lofgren
Rep. Stephen Lynch
Rep. Edward Markey
Rep. Betty McCollum
Rep. James McDermott
Rep. James McGovern
Rep. John McHugh
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. Martin Meehan
Rep. Robert Menéndez
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald
Rep. Bradley Miller
Rep. George Miller
Rep. James Moran
Rep. Richard Neal
Rep. John Olver
Rep. Major Owens
Rep. William Pascrell
Rep. Donald Payne
Rep. Todd Platts
Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Steven Rothman
Rep. Bobby Rush
Rep. Bernard Sanders
Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Rep. Adam Schiff
Rep. Allyson Schwartz
Rep. José Serrano
Rep. Christopher Shays
Rep. Louise Slaughter
Rep. Adam Smith
Rep. John Spratt
Rep. Fortney Stark
Rep. Ellen Tauscher
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen
Rep. Henry Waxman
Rep. Robert Wexler
Rep. Lynn Woolsey

Cosponsorship information sometimes is out of date.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?tab=main&bill=h109-2719

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6. Now that's a list! Thanks for posting K & R nt

[Sapphire Blue]

7. We need to get them onboard as cosponsors in the 110th Congress!

:hi: Thanks for the K&R, glitch!

[nam78_two]

8. K&R

Thanks as always Sapphire-a :toast to you...

[Sapphire Blue]

10. Thank you, nam78_two!

A :toast: & :hug: :hug: :hug: to you!

[EFerrari]

9. jet lagged K&R

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11. Thanks, sfexpat2000! Be good to yourself today!

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[EFerrari]

13. Hi! I have to get one of these machines fully operational

-- one is sick and the other is 39 like me. :)

It might take a while but I'll be back. :hi:

[Dystopian]

12. Thank you Sapphire Blue!

Thank you so very much for posting this!

:kick: and recommended!

:yourock:


peace~

[Sapphire Blue]

17. Thank you for the K&R, Dystopian!

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[blm]

14. Sure thing - this is what we're here for.

Thanks, SB.

[Sapphire Blue]

18. Thanks, blm! I'm so glad that you're here!

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[blm]

21. heh...that makes an even dozen of us.

heheh. ;)))))

[Reterr]

15. k&r.eom

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19. Thank you, Reterr!

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[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. K&R!

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[Sapphire Blue]

20. Thank,s, Lone_Star_Dem!

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[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. My pleasure

:hi:

[bobbolink]

22. Wonderful links to videos! Thanks!

I'm so upset that my former Rep, DeGette, who is supposed to be sooooo damned liberal, doesn't show up on any of these important lists! :mad:

Of course, now that I have Tancredo, I have soooo much hope that he'll respond positively to my call. :crazy: Nevertheless, he will hear from me, and because it's about water quality, something important ALL OVER the West, maybe there's a slight chance he'll hear it. :shrug:

Thanks for the headsup!

[Sapphire Blue]

23. Thank you so much for taking on Tancredo, bobbolink!

:hug: :loveya: However he responds, it's crucial that he hears from his constituents!

[bobbolink]

24. That's what I keep telling people--push and push....

Giving up and letting his neocon constituents be his only input doesn't give us anything at all. If the shoes were on the other foot, the neocons sure wouldn't give up!!!

Just gotta blow off steam, tho... TANCREDO SUX!!! :evilgrin:

OK, I feel better now.... :silly:

[Sapphire Blue]

25. We hear the defeatists attitude all too often! THANK YOU for not giving up!!!

:headbang: :yourock: :headbang:

(:nuke: You can blow off all the steam you want, my friend! ;) )

[bobbolink]

26. OK, let's face it.... I just like to throw rocks at the "enemy"

:rofl:

I'm not sure there's actually a higher purpose.... it's just fun to call and give 'em hell... ~~guffaw~~

However, I *do* keep reminding others that it's important to do this.... One case in point----- Last year, I reminded a local friend to write Tancredo about the budget, and not voting for the cuts. Much to my surprise, he got a letter back saying he was against cutting Medicaid! Now, it's true he actually DID vote for the cut, but... my point is, he was more on our side than we thought, and if those who automatically give up on him had barraged his office with calls and emails, *maybe* it would have changed his vote! I keep saying that to people, at least. :evilgrin:

I like Tony Hall's speech to BookTV--he says that our congresscritters should get an in-office visit from us at least once a year, and not to settle for a staffer, but demand (nicely, of course..hehehe) to see the Rep in person. Can you imagine what would happen if all DUers would organize their friends, family and neighbors to lobby their Reps in person for poverty issues??? Can you imagine what would be the outcome of that?

Can you also imagine how it would make us poor folk feel to have that kind of support in our corner?!

OK, I think I just blew off some more steam.... thanks for listening!

:hug: :pals: :hug:

[Sapphire Blue]

28. In case you run out...

On the serious side, people really need to hear what you've just posted! Please consider starting a thread on this!

:thumbsup: :headbang: :yourock: :headbang: :thumbsup:

Edited to add: You really do rock!!! ;)

[bobbolink]

48. YIKES!! You're trying to "rock" me to sleep... ^_^

That's quite a supply.

Actually, some there look like they would make good ili-ili, the Hawaiian equivalent of castanets. :)

I'll consider posting that sometime, but.... I know from hard experience that stuff like that just sinks like ....a.....

ROCK. :)


Thanks for the kind words! :hug: :pals: :hug:

[pecwae]

27. K&R!!

I hope we have some TN DU'ers who will get on this. I lived in the Boone, NC and Mountain City, TN area for 8 years and witnessed horrible rape of the mountains especially on the TN side.

Awesome links, SB! Appalachian Voices is outstanding!

[Sapphire Blue]

29. Thank you, pecwae! We need DUers from TN & every other state to get on this!

We've got to stop this destruction of the mountains and the people.

I hope those reading this thread will (after writing to their Rep) take the time to watch the videos & visit the links... they're all great!

[Sapphire Blue]

30. ^^^

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37. ^^^

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41. ^^^

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[lonestarnot]

31. mmmmmmmmm cool clear water!

[Uncle Joe]

33. Thanks for the thread Sapphire Blue

Kicked and recommended

[Sapphire Blue]

35. You're welcome, Uncle Joe!

:hi: Thanks for the K&R!

[k_jerome]

34. done. nt.

[Sapphire Blue]

36. Thank you, k_jerome!

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[salin]

38. another k & r ...

very, very compelling!

[Sapphire Blue]

39. Thank you, salin!

:hi:

[salin]

40. No, Thank *you* Sapphire Blue!

Keep up the good fight, keep us informed so that more of us can do our part. You do great things! Thank you. :toast:

[Sapphire Blue]

42. ...

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[NCarolinawoman]

43. This is one of the most important things that we can do.

For the people, for the critters. and for God's green earth.

THis is a MORAL issue.

[Sapphire Blue]

46. Yes, it is!

:kick: for the people, for the critters, and for God's green earth!

[NCarolinawoman]

44. Here's a kick cause I got to this late! n/t

[NCarolinawoman]

45. And hee's another kick!

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47. ...

:hi: Thanks so much for kicking this, NCarolinawoman!

[ismnotwasm]

49. What a wonderful cause

Kick, and I'd like to take a moment to thank you for all your hard work Sapphire Blue.
I would have never watched "Is God Green" if you hadn't given me a heads up, and I had a very productive conversation with a fundamentalist pastor about it. (I've been away for a few days, and I hope this get kicked up a bit!)

[lonestarnot]

50. Kick!