OVEC - Help defend our water: End mountaintop removal coal mining, deep shale fracking pollution; promote renewable energy.

Rover Pipeline Construction Disrupts Community Near Sistersville, WV
Growing a Better Future: Project Plant
What kind of energy future do we want?
Our Moral Imperative is to Protect Water, Not Fossil Fuel Corporations
Fracking for gas in deep shale fracks up your neighborhood!
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Mountaintop removal is flat out nuts.

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!

Check It Out!

November 30 to December 1: Call to Action for Racial Equality presents West Virginia’s first racial justice conference, the Mountain State Racial Justice Summit. Register now, here.

Featured Events

November 19: Climate Change Address with Bob McCollister

November 20: WV Environmental Council's 18th Annual Green Jam

Recent Posts

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Nov 15
Plants, Plastics: The Hemp Kind Versus the Toxic Kind
Why build an enormous petrochemical complex in the Ohio Valley to produce toxic plastics? Why risk our health? Let's embark on a major hemp production project to lift l without destroying the land, air and water we depend on! More

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 7
WV Environmental Council Hiring for Lobbyist Positions
The WV Environmental Council is seeking lobbying proposals for full time legislative lobbying during the 2019 regular Legislative Session, which runs from January 9 through March 9, 2019. More

Action Alert OVEC Nov 5
The Climate is Ripe for Change: Vote Tomorrow. Come Out Tonight. Support Minden. Act.
Vote: If you haven't voted already, please get thee to the polls on November 6. And every Monday in November, come find out about the Devil We Know. And be sure to make comments for Minden by Nov. 13. More

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 1
Hey WV, If You Haven’t Voted Yet, Vote!
A guide to voting in Cabell County and elsewhere in WV. Vote, vote, vote! More

Hoots and Hollers Frank Grant Oct 26
Drawdown: A Book To Ramp Your Climate Action Up
This marvelous book stands as an essential primer on how our species can redeem itself from the harm it has done and is doing to the planet. Drawdown will ramp your action up! More

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Oct 24
If Not Now, When? If Not Us, Who?
We have the tools and the science to tackle this problem. Whether main stream media, government institutions, and state and local politicians join us remains to be seen, but waiting is not an option. More

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Oct 24
Early Voting On in WV from October 24 to November 3
Why vote? The powers-that-be are trying to make it harder for you to vote! Don't take that--get out and vote. Here are some ways to inform yourself. More

Hoots and Hollers Robin Oct 23
Ever Heard of PHMSA? Learn About Upcoming Actions and Comment
This little-known governmental entity could have a big role in approval and/or oversight of the proposed Appalachian Storage Hub project. Learn more and take action. More

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

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