[OccupyCU] Fwd: Monday in Homer: Save the Salt Fork River from a dirty coal mine

[s.hansen at comcast.net]

Jesse, 

I, and a couple of friends are going to this meetng this evening, but we will be leaving from St. Joe, so I am sorry I  cannot offer you a ride.  I don't know of anyone carpooling from C-U. 

Sandra 









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From: "Jesse Phillippe" <japhillippe at gmail.com> 
To: "s hansen" <s.hansen at comcast.net> 
Cc: occupyCU at lists.chambana.net 
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 3:29:46 PM 
Subject: Re: [OccupyCU] Fwd: Monday in Homer: Save the Salt Fork River from a dirty coal mine 

Is anyone going to this?  Contact me if you are interested in going. 
We should do carpools. 

On 1/11/13, s.hansen at comcast.net <s.hansen at comcast.net> wrote: 
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> ----- Forwarded Message ----- 
> From: "Josh Nelson, CREDO Action" <act@ credoaction .com> 
> To: "Sandra Hansen" <s. hansen @comcast.net> 
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 9:03:49 AM 
> Subject: Monday in Homer: Save the Salt Fork River from a dirty coal mine 
> 
> CREDO action 
> 
> 
> 
> Monday in Homer: Speak out against Homer's proposed water sale to Sunrise 
> Coal. Attend Monday's village board meeting in Homer and speak out against a 
> proposed coal mine in Champagne and Vermilion counties. 
> RSVP 
> 
> 
> Dear Sandra, 
> 
> It's a classic bait and switch. After originally requesting 2,000-4,000 
> gallons of treated water per day for a proposed dirty coal mine near Homer, 
> Sunrise Coal LLC revealed to the Homer Village Board last week that it will 
> eventually need up to 10 times that amount. 1 
> 
> If the village board gives in to Sunrise Coal's outrageous water request and 
> the mine is allowed to move forward, much of the water for the mine would 
> likely come from the Salt Fork River, reducing its water level and putting 
> local drinking water supplies at risk of being contaminated with toxic 
> mining pollution. 
> 
> On Monday, the Homer Village Board will be making a decision, after taking 
> local input. So we need to make sure the board members know local residents 
> are concerned about the significant negative health and environmental 
> impacts this mine will bring to Illinois. 
> 
> What: Homer Village Board meeting on proposed water sale 
> When: Monday, January 14, 7 p.m. 
> Where: Homer Village Hall, 500 East 2nd Street, Homer, IL 61849 
> 
> Click here to RSVP for Monday's Homer Village Board meeting. 
> 
> 
> 
> Once you RSVP for the meeting, we'll send you suggested talking points and 
> all of the information you'll need to make your experience on Monday 
> productive and easy. 
> 
> Much of the coal Sunrise plans to mine in Champagne and Vermilion counties 
> is directly underneath some of the most fertile farmland in the world. And 
> since underground mining often leads to subsidence, or land sinking, the 
> proposed mine would threaten the viability of future productive farming and 
> decrease property values. 2 
> 
> And since the state officials who will make future permitting decisions on 
> Sunrise Coal's proposed coal mine have shown a repeated willingness to 
> approve coal mining permits despite the threats they pose to local residents 
> and the environment, stopping the Homer Village Board from granting the 
> water contract to Sunrise Coal is our best chance to stop this dangerous 
> coal mine. 
> 
> Sunrise's proposed mine would create a toxic industrial zone in Vermilion 
> and Champagne counties that would last for decades, so the decision the 
> Homer Village Board makes on Monday will have a multigenerational impact. I 
> hope you can attend Monday's meeting and speak out against Sunrise Coal's 
> outrageous water purchase proposal. 
> 
> Click here to RSVP for Monday's meeting in Homer. 
> 
> Thanks for fighting to stop a dangerous new coal mine in Illinois. 
> 
> Josh Nelson, Campaign Manager 
> CREDO Action from Working Assets RSVP 
> 
> 1. Tracy Moss, " Snag pops up in coal company's water request in Homer ", 
> The News-Gazette, 1/3/13 
> 2. " Letter to Landowners ", Stand up to Coal 
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