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Who We Are

OVEC (the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition) formed in 1987 to stop a toxic waste dump/incinerator proposed for a low-income community near Huntington, WV. We won that campaign. By supporting organized voices and empowered communities, we’ve been winning environmental and social justice campaigns ever since. Our members and volunteers are crucial to our work. Join OVEC!

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Sign-On Letter to Show Your Opposition to the Appalachian Petrochemical Complex

Featured Events

October 15: Deadline to Comment to USFS on ‘Streamlined’ Oil and Gas Permit Process in 44 Nat’l Forests

October 15: Deadline to Comment to Protect Our Right to Protest in DC

October 15: Screening of Dark Money at the Underground Cinema’s Mondays That Matter

Recent Posts

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Oct 11
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report: Support One Another, Upcoming Events
This latest IPCC report underscores the need for us to support one another. The film UNFRACTURED helps illustrate just one way to action. More

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Oct 11
Reaplce NAFTA Says There’s Time to Fix Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 (USMCA)
There is time to fix NAFTA 2.0. More

Press Release OVEC Oct 4
Groups Applaud Progress on Ohio River Protections
Your comments worked--for now! We will need to continue to let ORSANCO know we what it to maintain its role in pollution control standards for the Ohio River. More

Action Alert Vivian Oct 3
October Opportunities to Take Information, Turn it to Action
October offers plenty of opportunities to inform yourself, and to turn chances your outrage (or despondency) into action. Get primed to act, get primed to vote! More

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Oct 2
Sign-On Letter: “Innovation Valley: A Cleaner, Better Vision for the Ohio River Valley” #NoASH
WV, OH, and PA grassroots groups are circulating a sign-on letter to our states' governors calling for an alternative future in the Ohio River Valley, one that is not based on extraction and harm. Deadline to sign is Oct. 19 More

Press Release OVEC Oct 1
Ohio River Advocates to Governors: Reject Roll-Back of Clean Water Protections
In the lead-up to an October 4 vote that could overturn 70 years of regional collaboration to reduce pollution in the Ohio River, advocates are urging regional governors to reject weakening clean water protections to the river, which is the source of drinking water for more than five million people. More

Hoots and Hollers Mel Tyree Oct 1
Fortunately, We Don’t Need Our Government for Climate Action, Clean Energy Growth
Our government is failing to act on greenhouse gas reductions, but basic economics will bring clean energy to the market place, with or without government involvement. More

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Oct 1
Mondays That Matter Screens Dark Money this Month; Panel Tonight
In the wake of the Citizens United ruling, dark money floods elections nationwide, but this film documents a struggle that has the potential to change the way elections happen across the U.S. More

Hoots and Hollers Robin Sep 28
Huntington Mayor Asks ORSANCO to Maintain Its Ohio River Pollution Control Standards
Huntington, WV Mayor Steve Williams has sent a statement to ORSANCO commissioners, asking that they not abdicate their PSC role iwithin the Ohio River watershed. You can comment too! More

Hoots and Hollers Robin Sep 26
Act Now: Final Push to Keep Ohio River Pollution Control Standards Intact
Next week ORSANCO meets in Fayette Co. and may try to ditch its Ohio River pollution control standards efforts. Speak up, and contact your gov, too. Here's how. More

Newlsetter OVEC Sep 19
Winds of Change, Fall, 2018
On June 27, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places announced its decision to restore the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain labor conflict to the National Register, which should help protect the site from mountaintop removal coal mining. More

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