March 17 |
OVEC Action
Alert Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition |
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Today: National
Call-in Day to Help End Mountaintop Removal
This week, a van load of OVEC members and more than 140 folks from more
than 20 states are in Washington D.C. for the
4th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week. Our folks are meeting
with members of Congress asking for the politicians' support of HR 1310,
the Clean Water Protection Act, which would help end mountaintop
removal coal mining.
Today, no matter where you are, please help out our folks in D.C. It's really easy to make your call right now, just click here to use this nifty call-in tool.
This tool will dial your Representative directly at no charge and provide you with a script for speaking to them based on whether or not they support the Clean Water Protection Act. At the end of your call, you will have the opportunity to leave feedback on how your call went
— which can really help in future conversations we'll have with that Representative.You can also find out whether your representative is already a sponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act in 2008 here.
Do something green this St. Patrick's Day. Call to keep our mountains green!
If you need to get your ire up to make the call, check out yesterday's New York Times editorial, "Appalachia's Agony" and Jeff Biggers latest column, "St. Pat's Day Call-in: Big Coal on the Ropes, Knock Out Calls Coming."
If you would prefer to contact your U.S. Representative the traditional way, call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121, ask for your House Representative, and tell them:
* That you are their constituent, calling to request that they to become a co-sponsor of the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310) which was introduced by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) with Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA). Or, if your representative is already a cosponsor (see list here), thank them and urge them to push for a hearing this year.
* Across the Appalachian coalfields, more than 2,000 miles of streams have been buried and destroyed by mountaintop removal coal mining.
* The Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310) is necessary to protect clean drinking water for many of our nation's downstream towns and cities.
* The Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310) is also necessary to protect the quality of life for Appalachian coalfield residents who face frequent catastrophic flooding and pollution or loss of drinking water as a result of mountaintop removal.
In West
Virginia: Call For Clean Elections
For those of you who live in West Virginia, while you have the phone
warmed up, please take a few more minutes out of your day to make
calls for a better West Virginia. All the information you need
is
here.
Thursday:
Sludge Safety Project Press Conference in Charleston
This week (March 19),
Sludge Safety
Project's Lobby Thursday, will include a press
conference. If you would like more information or would
like to help by attending the press conference, please e-mail
vivian@ohvc.org.
Sunday: Two
Authors Sign Their Books at Taylor Books
Here's a reminder: We hope you will join us this Sunday, March 22,
at
Taylor Books (226 Capitol St.,
Charleston) from 2 to 5 p.m. as we co-host authors Dr. Shirley
Stewart Burns and Arnold "Bud" Fultz. More information about the two books
on mountaintop removal is
here.
www.ohvec.org 304-522-0246 vivian@ohvec.org |
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