[OccupyCU] Homer Coal Mine Meeting

[Stuart Levy]

I'd be interested in going, if anyone is leaving from C-U.    I'd need a 
ride too.


On 1/14/13 3:37 PM, Jesse Phillippe wrote:
> I'm just sending this out with a more concise subject line, so that
> people notice it.
> Anyway, respond to the Occupy list if there are any plans or if people
> just want to up and go to Homer tonight.
>
> On 1/14/13, Jesse Phillippe <japhillippe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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:
>>>
>>> ----- 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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