Coal Summit Conference Schedule

Thursday, June 20

12 noon-7PM Ground and Air Fieldtrips (see separate schedule).

3-5 PM Coalition for Just and Sustainable Communities meeting.

8 PM Welcome by Conference Moderator Harvard Ayers, Appalachian Voices. Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Kristen Sykes, Friends of the Earth.

8:15 PM Brent Blackwelder, Keynote Speaker, President of Friends of the Earth.

9:15 PM Musicians Kate Long, Charleston, and Chad Watson, Boone, NC.

Friday, June 21

8:45 AM Brief Announcements.

8:55 AM The True Cost of Coal. Presentation of the Todd Cherry (Appalachian State University) study. Presented in the author's absence by Matthew Wasson, Appalachian Voices with a brief introduction by Don Barger, National Parks Conservation Association.

9:30 AM The Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining. Session Moderator Dianne Bady, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition.

Cindy Rank, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy; Rick Eades, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; Ben Stout, biologist, Wheeling Jesuit College.

11:00 AM Break

11:15 AM The Human/Community Impacts of Coal Mining. Session Moderator Jane Kochersperger, Clean Air Taskforce.

Beverly Braverman, Mountain Watershed Association; Judy Bonds, Coal River Mountain Watch; Janice Nease, Coal River Mountain Watch; Anna Filippelli, Tri-State Citizens Mining Network.

12:45 PM Lunch

2:15 PM The Environmental Impacts of Coal Combustion. Session Moderator Harvard Ayers, Appalachian Voices.

Orie Loucks, Miami University of Ohio; Rick Webb, University of Virginia; Bill Sharpe, Pennsylvania State University.

3:45 PM Break

4:00 PM The Human Impacts of Coal Combustion. Session Moderator Ulla Reeves, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.

Joel Schwartz, Harvard School of Public Health; Tony Delucia, president, American Lung Association, Lisa Evans (invited), Clean Air Taskforce.

5:30-9:30 PM Ground and Air Fieldtrips (see separate schedule)

7:00-9:00 PM Slide shows and videos TBA.

Time TBA- Citizens Coal Council Reception.

9:15 PM Social Event TBA. Square Dance program and demonstration??

Saturday, June 22

8:00-12:00 AM Air Fieldtrips (see separate schedule).

12:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM Introduction of Featured Speaker Carl Pope by Wyona Coleman, Tri-State Citizens Mining Network and Sierra Club.

Carl Pope, Featured Speaker, Executive Director of the Sierra Club.

1:30 PM The Politics of Coal. Session Moderator Jane Johnson, Citizens Coal Council.

David Rouse, Kentucky Resources Council; Janet Fout, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; Angela Ledford, Clear The Air; Carl Pope, Sierra Club.

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM Alternatives to Coal. Session Moderator Rebecca Sherman, American Rivers.

Stephen Smith, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy; Peter Adels, PennFuture; Phil Radford, Power Shift (invited).

4:45 PM Wrap-up. Ken Hechler, former West Virginia Congressman, to be introduced by Julian Martin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. Bob Bruck, North Carolina State University.

5:30 PM Adjourn Coal Summit