Take Action

Learn how to read a permit.  The more people who know where to find the key parts of a permit, the better equipped we will be to impact DEPs decisions and make sure coal companies follow the law.  We need all the help we can get here in Mingo County! If you would like to join us in learning how to find useful information in a permit, call (304) 475-2529 and leave a message.

Shana is seeking volunteers to go with her door-to-door in areas in Mingo County that have been or could be impacted by mountaintop removal, flooding or sludge impoundments.  If you want to help by handing out fliers, making phone calls or knocking on doors, please call (304) 475-2529 and leave a message. 

Whether you live in Mingo or anywhere else in West Virginia, help us collect signatures on a petition to hold the DEP accountable.  Visit www.ohvec.org and print a copy of our petition, which calls on the legislature to investigate the DEP and the millions of dollars in fines that remain uncollected from polluters.  Still have petitions sitting around?  Please fill those puppies up and mail them to P.O. Box 212, Rawl, WV, 25691.

There are many ways volunteers can get involved in their communities to make a difference, so please give us a call and lets all stand our ground together.

Contact us for more information about any Boone County events or opportunities call (304) 245-8481 or e-mail wvhollowgirl@gmail.com.

And no matter where you live, take action! Write letters to the editor of the local papers and to your representatives. Sign up for online action alerts. Click on "action alerts" at www.ohvec.org.

Become an OVEC member today! If you are active and not a member, please join. If you are a member already, please ask a friend about joining. Lets build our strength by building our numbers.

In July OVEC staff facilitated a meeting between Coal River Wind Project proponents and the union organization Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation. ACT is willing to help us contact wind energy companies.

You can help move this project forward too. Visit www.coalriverwind.org to learn more and take action.