On June 19, 20 coalfield residents and other West Virginians met with Van Jones, President Obamas Special Advisor on Green Jobs and Innovation, at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Pictured before the meeting in D.C. are Eric Mathis, organizer of the meeting, and four staff with FRIenergy, a renewable energy development company thats interested in community wind projects: Mark Wilson, Holly Duff, Carolyn Pinson Nielsen, Amanda Nielsen. OVEC co-director Dianne Bady also participated. Van Jones promised this meeting was just the first step, and he will be working with us towards a green energy economy in WV.