OVEC Action Alerts Archive - 2005

OVEC Action Alerts for 2005 are archived below
Current OVEC Action Alerts

December 27, 2005 ANWR safe for now...Shall we stop mountaintop removal next? -- Rep. Mollohan thinks mountaintop removal damage is a thing of the past? -- Visual aids to understand the effects of mountaintop removal -- Resolve to help in 2006--Environmental gains of past under attack

November 30, 2005  Rulings Riles Residents, Responsible People Everywhere -- OVEC Holiday Gift Ideas -- Dec. 3: Day of Action for Planet in Peril -- Survey Says...Massey and School Kids Don't Mix -- Save the Dates  -- Help Get Stamps of Approval for Mother Jones and Eugene Debs -- November Hightower Lowdown on Mountaintop Removal

October 28, 2005 Final Mountaintop Removal Environmental Impact Statement Released; Treehuggers' Ball Nov. 4 -- Stoney End Harp in Silent Auction; OVEC's Co-Director Goes International --Tune In; Head On with Bob Kincaid On Air Again; Job Opportunities at Appalshop and SOCM

October 17, 2005  Vigil and March Oct. 19, 20 -- Down with Sludge, Up with Safety; Oct. 19: Protect Wilderness in West Virginia;Oct. 20: Is Toxic Sludge Good for You?;Oct. 22, 23: Book Worms and Authors Unite Against Mountaintop Removal;"Clean" Coal is a Dirty Lie

October 5, 2005  Stop the Hate, Start the Healing Vigil Thursday Evening; Call to Stop Latest Energy Bill Boondoggle; Last Event of the Year on Kayford Mountain This Weekend; Expo This! Speechifying, Vigils and Marches Oct. 18-20; Treehuggers of America Unite!

September 28, 2005  Save the Endangered Endangered Species Act--Call Today; Support More Wilderness in WV--Attend Tomorrow; Update on Marsh Fork Elementary; Update on Blair Mountain--Park Service Action and OVEC Lawsuit; Mountaintop Removal and Project Censored; OVEC's Treehuggers' Ball Nov. 4 ; Events Calendar

September 22, 2005  NEPA: Act by Monday--Stand Up for Your Right to Heard!; NEPA: Sample Letter; Background on NEPA--Democracy in Action; Latest on Saturday March in DC

September 1, 2005  Local Groups and Others Aiding Hurricane Katrina Victims; Is Katrina Spawn of Fossil Fuel-ishness?; Keep the Lights on Without Coal--Renewable Energy Conference; WOC's Up, Doc; Ballad for Blair Mountain--Listen Online; Web Action and DC Sept. 20 Action for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Come to DC Sept. 24 and 25; Another Reason to Come to DC Sept. 24 and 25

August, 26, 2005  Get "Mucked" in Kermit Tonight; Music for the Mountains Tomorrow and Other Upcoming Events; SouthWings Seeks Volunteer Pilots ; Take Action to Protect the Mon Forest; Thanks for Coming Out to the Buffer Zone Meeting; Comment until Sept. 1

August 22, 2005  Buffer Zone Press Conference and Meeting Wednesday

August 11, 2005  No Matter Where You Live, Act by Monday: Buffer Streams from Valley Fills; Truth, with Humor; You Call This Justice? EPA Environmental Justice Plan Stinks; Events Calendar

August 4, 2005  Thanks on the Rally, Thanks on the Fundraising!; This Saturday: Stop Mountaintop Removal Rally in Tennessee; Save the Date, Save the Buffer Zone; Calendar of Events; Volunteers Wanted for Tri-State Multicultural Festival

July 28, 2005  See You Saturday!; Call Today on the Energy Bill before Congress

July 21, 2005 Please Come Out July 30; Help Us Reach Our Clean Elections Challenge Grant Goal

June 24, 2005  Vigils Monday; Help Us! Clean Elections Will Clean Out Coal's Influence On Politics; The Appalachians Premieres In Kentucky Sunday; Work For The Wild!; We Want You July 30

June 21, 2005  July 30--Save the Date!; July 8: East Coast (Richmond, Va.) Convergence Against Mountaintop Removal; Please Comment--OSM Agrees To Do Environmental Impact Statement On Stream Buffer Rules!; Masses Swarming to End Global Warming--DC Fast and More

June 2, 2005  Volunteers Needed: WV Public Broadcasting Will Mention Our Groups on Air; Clean Water Protection Act--What You Can Do To End Mountaintop Removal; Two Most Excellent Op-Eds; Events This Weekend--Military Service and Our Youth: Rights and Risks; People in Action: May 24 and May 31 Photos

May 29, 2005  Make Massey Mind! Masses Amass Again May 31; Protect the Blackwater Canyon Trail ; Art and the Mountains--Dream Away Mountaintop Removal

May 23, 2005  Reminder: May 24 Stand Up to Massey For the Sake of the Kids; Take Action No Matter Where You Live--by May 26; Sign a Petition Calling for an End to MTR; May 28 Reminder: Mountain Justice Summer Open House

May 17, 2005  Stand Up to Massey--For The Sake of the Kids; Stand Up To DEP--For the Sake of the Kids; WV CAG Needs Help From Folks in Huntington; More Events

May 10, 2005  Blair Mountain Success!; DEP Workshop and Sludge film Saturday; Come out May 24; Still Here; Help Stop Mountaintop Removal --Support the Clean Water Protection Act!

May 2, 2005  Location Change for Save Blair Mtn Meeting; The Appalachians; Don B and Me; Mountain Justice Summer Training Camp and more…

April 22, 2005  Tonight in Huntington; Today in Hollywood; Today on the Internet; Next Week in Williamson

April 16, 2005  E-comment Today; Summit for the Mountains 5; Logan: History in the Hills -Save Blair Mountain; Shepherdstown: Cindy Rank Debates Arch; Williamson: Learn About Coal Sludge Impoundments; More Events; Jack Spadaro's Website

March 29, 2005  Reminders on 2 Important Events in Charleston; The “Larry Gibson” of Ecuador

March 23, 2005  More on March 31; Correction to Film Date

March 18, 2005  Dates for Action!

March 12, 2005  The Legislative Session Heats Up--Take Action; Take Action for the Arctic Monday!; Help La Paix Herb Farm; March 19: Two Years, Too Many; Mountaintop Removal and Flooding; "The Appalachians" PBS Series Airing

March 3, 2005  March 6 in Shepherdstown; March 9 in Charleston; March 30--Save the Date; Outrage; The People’s Ratification of Kyoto; Volunteer Wanted; Volunteers Needed--For the Sake of the Kids!

February 19, 2005  Hiring Organizers; Clean Elections; Dirty Sludge; Manganese Madness; Mucked and More

February 15, 2005  Make Your Voice Heard, Take Action Today!; Protect the New River Gorge from Massive Development; Wanted--Coalfield Community Organizers

February 5, 2005  Upcoming Events; Send A Valentine For Humanity; Support The Smokestack Six; Help Folks Wear Their Hearts On Their Bumpers

February 1, 2005  Kill Drill; See You In Charleston Feb. 10; Calling Writer- and Reader-Volunteers; Remember These Forums; February Newsletter Online; Act For Clean Elections

January 19, 2005  New Location for J20 Event; Creatively Countering Coal's Propaganda; Mountaintop Removal in the News in England

January 14, 2005  Getting The MLK March Info Straight; The Story of Jack Spadaro; Stand Up  on Jan. 20

January 12, 2005  Correction; Help the Mon Forest; Event in Shepherdstown; Job Opening

January 11, 2005  Update: Mucked and More

January 10, 2005  Watch Mucked Flick Tomorrow; Clean Elections Law Advancing; NPR's Marketplace On Blankenship  and the Supreme Court; Join the MLK, Jr. March; Library Victory; Job Openings; Read Up, Learn Up; Support E-Council