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The City of Dover and Clean Coal

Kyle Valentini, Free Press guest columnist

The City of Dover has signed a contract with AMP-Ohio to purchase power for the next fifty years from a proposed $3.3 Billion coal-fired power plant to be built in Letart Falls, Ohio. The plant will be the fifth of its kind in a 10 mile radius. The original estimated price tag was $1.2 billion. AMP-Ohio released new numbers in November, with estimates projected at $3.3 billion, plus financing. Costs could increase even more if federal regulations to control carbon dioxide are enacted. The proposed contract is a take-or-pay contract, where ratepayers, including Dover Light and Power customers, must pay for the plant for 50 years, no matter how high the costs go.

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Excerpt from Toward Freedom

Coal Mine Laws Written in Blood: An Interview with Judy Bonds (Coal River Mountain Watch)

Written by Frank Joseph Smecker
Wednesday, 27 May 2009

“Currently we have proposed two bills: a House bill: (H.R. 1310) the Clean Water
Protection Act, and a Senate bill: (S. 696) the Appalachia Restoration
Act. Both bills will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining, and
protect clean drinking water for many of our nation’s cities. It will
also protect the quality of life for Appalachian coalfield residents who
face frequent catastrophic flooding and pollution or loss of drinking
water as a result of mountaintop removal coal mining. But I honestly
believe these bills will not be passed into law unless the politicians
have the courage to do so.”

Read the interview in its entirety here: http://towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1593/1/

“Seeking a people person who can instruct a LEED NC 2.2 exam prep seminar in Columbus in June. This is a two day commitment from 9am to 5pm each day. Please email me your resume and include in the email the score you got on the NC 2.2 exam. Also, in the email, mention if you’ve ever worked on a LEED project. We provide all instructional materials. Local candidates only. Looking forward to hearing from you! ”

see: http://columbus.craigslist.org/edu/1180039716.html

Get ready! An informal drum circle will be held the last saturday of the month, starting at 9 am, meeting at the Dover Amphitheater on Deis Hill! Come one, come all!

1-Liter containers of Nabali Olive Oil, from Palestine are available for $20 a Liter. Contact Amanda at amanda.comstock (at) yahoo.com for inquiries.

Support Palestinian Farmers!

The Counter COALture Coalition announces the 2009 COALture Garden Counteraction

Not your usual “protest” you can save gas and participate without leaving your home!

Please consider planting a COALture garden of flowers, trees, shrubs, or other vegetation, on any location you can legally access, as an act of solidarity with others around the globe to express opposition to the negative environmental impact that coal mining, washing, burning, and disposing has upon the Earth.

On June 7th, 2009 we ask that these special spaces be dedicated, in the memory of a loved one if you wish, as a part of the COALture Garden Counteraction. 

The website is now up and running. Check it out …  www.countercoalture.org

“We’re in a Mess and What We Can Do”

Barry Romich, member of the Wayne County Sustainable Energy Network, is
to give a powerpoint presentation on climate disruption based on Thomas Friedman’s book, Hot, Flat, & Crowded.  Friedman has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize three times for his work with The New York Times, where he serves as the foreign affairs columnist.  The free presentation is 20-30 minutes, plus Q&A.

America has a problem and the world has a problem.  America’s problem is that it has lost its way in recent years - partly because of 9/11 and partly because of the bad habits that we have let build up over the last three decades, bad habits that have weakened our society’s ability and willingness to take on big challenges.

   The world also has a problem: It is getting hot, flat, and crowded.  That is, global warming, the stunning rise of middle classes all over the world, and rapid population growth have converged in a way that could make our planet dangerously unstable.

   The best way for America to solve its big problem - the best way for America to get its “groove” back - is for us to take the lead in solving the world’s big problem.

   Americans intuit that we’re on the wrong track and that we need a course correction.  If we want things to stay as they are - that is, if we want to maintain our technological, economic, and moral leadership and a habitable planet, rich in flora and fauna, leopards and lions, and human communities that can grow in a sustainable way - things will have to change around here, and fast.    - from Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Sunday, May 31, 2009
8 p.m.
First Moravian Church, 319 N. Walnut, Dover, Ohio

What a fantastic afternoon. The all-natural beauty workshop was well attended. Emily shared her all-natural beauty secrets with us and we all indulged in fruit smoothies afterwards. Thanks to Amanda for hosting and thanks to Emily for her wisdom and grace.

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Our teacher Emily

Here’s a great YouTube video, in cartoon style and narrated about “Carbon Weevils,” beings on the Planet Earth that use massive amounts of Carbon. Not to be missed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKqLqPRXGZg

Human noise pollution has been found to have enormous effects on the songs of birds and other animals.

“A male European blackbird was terrorizing the neighborhood. For several months, he started singing at around 5 a.m. each day, but this was no ordinary song. The bird imitated the sounds of ambulance sirens and car alarms at a jarringly life-like volume. It even produced cell-phone ring tones that went unanswered for hours.”

Read more about it here: 

http://www.conservationmagazine.org/articles/v8n2/not-so-silent-spring/