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March 2009
Contents
Residents Vent Concerns to DEP
Bush Midnight Rule Change Exposed to Sunlight of Justice
BLACK FRIDAY
Communities Must Organize to Win
Mining the Mountains
Dozens of Boone County Residents File Massive Lawsuit Against Eight Coal Mine Operators About Tainted Water

Coal Companies Cause Loss of Jobs, Not Environmentalists
Come CLEAN: The Citizens’ Energy Investment Act Needs You
Come Lobby With the Sludge Safety Project
Prenter Gets Funding to Bring Clean Water to the Community
“All We Wanted Was Water”
Sludge Safety Project Action Goals for the 2009 WV Legislative Session
Coal Slurry Poisons Water Supplies, State Agencies Do Nothing
Lobbying for Change - Now!
DEP Gets Earful on Permit Renewal for Marsh Fork
DEP Still Ducking Its Responsibility
Waste Ponds: An Industry Hazard
OVEC’s New Organizer Fights to Protect Family Cemetery
OVEC’s Cemetery Protection Bills Introduced at Legislative Session
Power Company Meets with Stakeholders
Notes from Maria Gunnoe, OVEC’s Boone County Organizer
Ashford Resident’s Comments to DEP - “Spare Our Community”
Why Not Wind?
WV Coal-Ash Dams Infrequently Inspected, DEP Admits
National Park Service Opposes MTR Permit Renewal on Gauley Mountain
Gimme FIVE! - For Clean Election Reforms in WV
Meet, Eat and Greet and Support Clean Elections
Get Active with Clean Elections in WV Now!
WV Residents Join with Indian Tribal Leaders to Protest OSM Actions
Burning the Future – Coal in America
Kudos to OVEC
Coalfield Native Writes of Industry’s Disregard for Environment 
Drinking Water Problems Obvious, Should Be Investigated
Eating For OVEC Keeps Raising $$$
Voices of Buffalo Creek: A Survivor Speaks Out
Air Quality Compared in Mining and Non-Mining Areas of West Virginia
NPR Interviews OVEC Members on Stream Buffer Zone Rule Change
Role of OVEC and CRMW in Helping with Coal Novel and Film
The Most Important Number on Earth is 350 - Here’s Why
He’s a Coallllll Man
Hear This: We Don’t Want Sludge in Our Water!
OSM Faults WV Dam Enforcement
SSHhhhhh!! What the Coal Lobby Wants Hidden
Valuing Ecosystem Services: Picturing an End for Mountaintop Removal
Rant on Rahall
Miscellany


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Come CLEAN: The Citizens’ Energy Investment Act Needs You

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A big project for 2009 is the Citizens’ Energy Investment Act. It promotes decentralized energy generated by regionally appropriate, reliable, and renewable resources. Join and learn more at theclean.org/clean_act.html.

 
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