[Green] Fwd: [MOVClimateAction] VERY IMPORTANT COMMENT OPPORTUNITY!!!!!

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Thanks, Vic.

I have sent a message about this issue to ODNR Oil & Gas Division and to Repr. Don Jones and Senator Hoagland.


---- Vic Elam via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> I put some comments together and sent in as well.  I had difficulty finding
> where to submit on the ODNR website and just sent it through the OVEC
> website comment facilitator.  I did a cost benefit analysis and frankly
> struggled to come up with anything to put for benefits.
> 
> Vic
> 
> When the Earth, its products, its creatures become his concern, man is
> caught up in a cause greater than his own life and more meaningful. Only
> when man loses himself in an endeavor of that magnitude does he walk and
> live with humility and reverence.   - William O. Douglas
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:42 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry to keep bothering you, Green friends, but here’s an easy letter for
> > you to write on an important topic. There’s a proposal to permit
> > underground (and under-river!!!) liquid natural gas storage (from fracking
> > waste) wells before the Ohio DNR.
> >
> > An organization called Concerned Ohio River Residents has prepared a
> > thorough fact sheet, including a template for a letter opposing the
> > permitting, and a lengthy list of talking points providing myriad reasons
> > why these wells are a bad idea.
> >
> > I spent about 20 minutes on this, and fired off a letter. I hope you will,
> > too. Follow the link provided below, and you can educate yourself pretty
> > well on this topic as you write.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > —dawn
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > *From:* Eric Engle via Mid-ohiovalleyclimateaction <
> > mid-ohiovalleyclimateaction at lists.movclimateaction.org>
> > *Date:* January 21, 2021 at 8:11:55 PM EST
> > *To:* Mid-ohiovalleyclimateaction at lists.movclimateaction.org
> > *Subject:* *[possibly spam] [MOVClimateAction] VERY IMPORTANT COMMENT
> > OPPORTUNITY!!!!!*
> > *Reply-To:* Eric Engle <ericengle85 at yahoo.com>
> >
> > 
> > Good Evening,
> >
> > Comments that citizens of both Ohio *and* West Virginia can submit to the
> > Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) have been made available by
> > Concerned Ohio River Residents at the link. These comments are in
> > opposition to the Powhatan Salt Company LLC's permit request for creating
> > solution mining caverns around the Ohio River. These caverns carved in salt
> > formations would store natural gas byproducts and potentially hydrogen
> > derived from oil & gas exploration, and therefore not green hydrogen in any
> > way. The subject line for emailed comments doesn't really matter, but the
> > suggested subject line was
> > "Powhatan Salt Company solution mining well permit applications: No. SALT
> > – 1 SMP #2, No. SALT 2 – SMP #3, and No. SALT – 3 SMP #4"
> >
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CGovI9EqVFuCDLMjLzTiT46wW2BGVNc9lt7na_uQsbg/edit
> >
> > **IMPORTANT** Please try to make your comments unique. You *DO NOT* need
> > to be able to offer expert comments or anything like that, those have been
> > addressed at the link, but personalize the comments if you can. Talk about
> > how you live in the area or get your water from the Ohio River or anything
> > that can make the comments more meaningful and individualized.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Eric Engle
> > Chairman
> > Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action
> > (304) 488-4384
> > ericengle85 at yahoo.com
> >
> > "Do the best you can. And when you know better, do better." -Maya Angelou
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