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Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 9, 2016
Write Your Letter to Don Blankenship Before His Prison Term is Up
Ann Bybee-Finley, a native West Virginian, from Hurricane, started the letter-writing campaign. The goal is to send Don Blankenship one letter each day of his one year sentence. The campaign has collected about 155 letters so far. Write your letter now. More
Issues: Coal
Write Your Letter to Don Blankenship Before His Prison Term is Up
Ann Bybee-Finley, a native West Virginian, from Hurricane, started the letter-writing campaign. The goal is to send Don Blankenship one letter each day of his one year sentence. The campaign has collected about 155 letters so far. Write your letter now. More
Issues: Coal
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 8, 2016
Come Out, Comment for WV #Water
As the Charleston Gazette reported, the WV DEP water rule proposal could increase cancer-causing discharges. That’s why environmental groups across the state are urging everyone to comment on the proposal, and to come out to a public hearing, tomorrow, August 9 at 6 p.m. in the Coopers Rock Training Room at WV DEP headquarters, 601 57th St. S.E., […] More
Come Out, Comment for WV #Water
As the Charleston Gazette reported, the WV DEP water rule proposal could increase cancer-causing discharges. That’s why environmental groups across the state are urging everyone to comment on the proposal, and to come out to a public hearing, tomorrow, August 9 at 6 p.m. in the Coopers Rock Training Room at WV DEP headquarters, 601 57th St. S.E., […] More
Press Release OVEC Aug 4, 2016
Groups Unite to Protect Our Region From Fracked Gas and Related Infrastructure
During the last weekend of July, more than 50 leaders representing 26 organizations from 6 states gathered at the Southern Appalachian Labor School. They discussed ways to strengthen regional work around issues people face from fracked gas drilling, waste disposal and related infrastructure concerns, and they heard a keynote address from a member of a group that organized to defeat the Keystone XL pipeline. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale
Groups Unite to Protect Our Region From Fracked Gas and Related Infrastructure
During the last weekend of July, more than 50 leaders representing 26 organizations from 6 states gathered at the Southern Appalachian Labor School. They discussed ways to strengthen regional work around issues people face from fracked gas drilling, waste disposal and related infrastructure concerns, and they heard a keynote address from a member of a group that organized to defeat the Keystone XL pipeline. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 15, 2016
Loopholes and Judgement Toxic to WV’s Drinking Water
A guest blog by Barbara Daniels and Tom Rhule, with the WV Mountain Party Environmental Justice Committee. Note that all opinions expressed are those of the bloggers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of OVEC members and staff. Factual statements below are the result of the writers’ research and have not been fact-checked by OVEC. For more than a […] More
Issues: Fracking, Water
Loopholes and Judgement Toxic to WV’s Drinking Water
A guest blog by Barbara Daniels and Tom Rhule, with the WV Mountain Party Environmental Justice Committee. Note that all opinions expressed are those of the bloggers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of OVEC members and staff. Factual statements below are the result of the writers’ research and have not been fact-checked by OVEC. For more than a […] More
Issues: Fracking, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 11, 2016
Black Lives Matter and Plastic Bags
Why are we talking about plastic bags, rain barrels, solar rooftops…etc, when so many are continually under siege from poverty, racism and violence? More
Issues: Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice
Black Lives Matter and Plastic Bags
Why are we talking about plastic bags, rain barrels, solar rooftops…etc, when so many are continually under siege from poverty, racism and violence? More
Issues: Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice
Newsletter OVEC Jul 5, 2016
Winds of Change, Summer 2016
A Letter From Our Retiring Executive Director, Court Directs DOI to Reconsider Removing Protections from Blair Mountain Battlefield, More... More
Issues: FERC, Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution
Winds of Change, Summer 2016
A Letter From Our Retiring Executive Director, Court Directs DOI to Reconsider Removing Protections from Blair Mountain Battlefield, More... More
Issues: FERC, Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution
Press Release OVEC Jul 1, 2016
Groups Secure Settlement Requiring Alpha Natural Resources to Fund Community Restoration Projects
Agreement modifies existing water treatment settlement and resolves the groups’ objections in Alpha’s bankruptcy More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Reclamation, Social justice
Groups Secure Settlement Requiring Alpha Natural Resources to Fund Community Restoration Projects
Agreement modifies existing water treatment settlement and resolves the groups’ objections in Alpha’s bankruptcy More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Reclamation, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 29, 2016
#WVFlood Relief Efforts Continue – How to Help; How to Get Help
If you are looking to donate items, time or money to help people harmed or devastated by the June 23 floods that caused state-of-emergency declarations for 44 of West Virginia's 55 counties, here are some updates. #WVFlood More
Issues: Climate change
#WVFlood Relief Efforts Continue – How to Help; How to Get Help
If you are looking to donate items, time or money to help people harmed or devastated by the June 23 floods that caused state-of-emergency declarations for 44 of West Virginia's 55 counties, here are some updates. #WVFlood More
Issues: Climate change
Press Release OVEC Jun 24, 2016
Drop-off locations in Huntington, Barboursville for flood-relief supplies
The City of Huntington and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) have established drop-off locations for supplies that will be distributed to flood victims in West Virginia. More
Issues: Climate change, Health
Drop-off locations in Huntington, Barboursville for flood-relief supplies
The City of Huntington and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) have established drop-off locations for supplies that will be distributed to flood victims in West Virginia. More
Issues: Climate change, Health
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 20, 2016
Call on Climate Today: A Present to WV on Its Birthday
Today, eight concerned West Virginians who are members of the Citizens' Climate Lobby are headed to Washington, D.C. to express their concerns on climate change. Help them out: Please call your congressman and senators today to express your own concerns about climate change. Making the call only takes a few minutes and this link makes it easy. More
Issues: Climate change
Call on Climate Today: A Present to WV on Its Birthday
Today, eight concerned West Virginians who are members of the Citizens' Climate Lobby are headed to Washington, D.C. to express their concerns on climate change. Help them out: Please call your congressman and senators today to express your own concerns about climate change. Making the call only takes a few minutes and this link makes it easy. More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 15, 2016
Will You Call Today About Senate Energy Bill?
More than 370 groups, including OVEC, have signed a letter opposing S. 2012, the Senate energy bill misleadingly named the Energy Policy Modernization Act. Provisions in the bill would expand domestic oil and gas development. Our letter states, “We strongly oppose any final energy bill that encourages more domestic oil and gas extraction and stifles our urgently […] More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines, Pollution
Will You Call Today About Senate Energy Bill?
More than 370 groups, including OVEC, have signed a letter opposing S. 2012, the Senate energy bill misleadingly named the Energy Policy Modernization Act. Provisions in the bill would expand domestic oil and gas development. Our letter states, “We strongly oppose any final energy bill that encourages more domestic oil and gas extraction and stifles our urgently […] More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 3, 2016
Get Local in Joining Frack Free America Day of Action June 7
Frackfree America has declared June 7 a Frack Free America Day of Action. We encourage you to get local in joining this national action by engaging in some type of public, legal and peaceful way of declaring your neighborhood and/or community’s aversion to gas fracking encroachment. You could host a “toxic tea party” or a silent or prayer vigil. We've got other ideas, too... More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Rogersville Shale
Get Local in Joining Frack Free America Day of Action June 7
Frackfree America has declared June 7 a Frack Free America Day of Action. We encourage you to get local in joining this national action by engaging in some type of public, legal and peaceful way of declaring your neighborhood and/or community’s aversion to gas fracking encroachment. You could host a “toxic tea party” or a silent or prayer vigil. We've got other ideas, too... More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Rogersville Shale
Press Release OVEC Jun 3, 2016
Farmers Join Cowboy & Indian Alliance to Plant “Seeds of Resistance” along path of Atlantic Coast & Mountain Valley Pipelines
You are cordially invited to a gathering in Monroe County on Wednesday, June 8 at 9 a.m., during which sacred Indian Ponca corn will be planted in resistance to the MVP pipeline. This landmark event will take place at Patricia A. “Cookie” Cole’s Blue Roamin’ Farm, located near the Salt Sulphur Historic District. More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Farmers Join Cowboy & Indian Alliance to Plant “Seeds of Resistance” along path of Atlantic Coast & Mountain Valley Pipelines
You are cordially invited to a gathering in Monroe County on Wednesday, June 8 at 9 a.m., during which sacred Indian Ponca corn will be planted in resistance to the MVP pipeline. This landmark event will take place at Patricia A. “Cookie” Cole’s Blue Roamin’ Farm, located near the Salt Sulphur Historic District. More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 3, 2016
Bike for Bill: Fracking Awareness Cross-Country Tour On Now
We are calling a cross-country bike trek the Bike for Bill because funds raised will support Bill Hughes' most excellent outreach on fracking impacts here in West Virginia. More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines
Bike for Bill: Fracking Awareness Cross-Country Tour On Now
We are calling a cross-country bike trek the Bike for Bill because funds raised will support Bill Hughes' most excellent outreach on fracking impacts here in West Virginia. More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 2, 2016
Hitch a Ride to Help Plant Seeds of Resistance on June 8
On June 8, come to the Seeds of Resistance Corn Planting Ceremony in Weston, WV. Help plant seeds of resistance in the paths of the proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley fracked gas pipelines. As of June 2, OVEC has space for 2-3 more people in a vehicle coming (and returning same day) on June 8 from Huntington, to Charleston and up 79 North. If you'd like to meet this vehicle for a ride to the ceremony, e-mail info@ohvec.org right away. More
Issues: Pipelines, Pollution, Social justice
Hitch a Ride to Help Plant Seeds of Resistance on June 8
On June 8, come to the Seeds of Resistance Corn Planting Ceremony in Weston, WV. Help plant seeds of resistance in the paths of the proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley fracked gas pipelines. As of June 2, OVEC has space for 2-3 more people in a vehicle coming (and returning same day) on June 8 from Huntington, to Charleston and up 79 North. If you'd like to meet this vehicle for a ride to the ceremony, e-mail info@ohvec.org right away. More
Issues: Pipelines, Pollution, Social justice
Press Release OVEC May 20, 2016
Public excluded from FERC meeting, while industry reps are “invited guests”
FERC commissioners closed their regularly scheduled May 19 meeting to the public due to "security concerns," with just 16 hours' notice. They then held their meeting with members of the press and "invited guests," some of whom were representatives of the fossil fuel industry FERC is supposed to regulate. More
Issues: FERC, Pipelines
Public excluded from FERC meeting, while industry reps are “invited guests”
FERC commissioners closed their regularly scheduled May 19 meeting to the public due to "security concerns," with just 16 hours' notice. They then held their meeting with members of the press and "invited guests," some of whom were representatives of the fossil fuel industry FERC is supposed to regulate. More
Issues: FERC, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 19, 2016
Ongoing #RubberStampRebellion
An update on the OVEC crew's participation in Beyond Extreme Energy's (BXE) ongoing #RubberStampRebellion, with shots or the skit in front of the US International Trade Commission. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
Ongoing #RubberStampRebellion
An update on the OVEC crew's participation in Beyond Extreme Energy's (BXE) ongoing #RubberStampRebellion, with shots or the skit in front of the US International Trade Commission. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
Press Release OVEC May 18, 2016
Mountain Valley Pipeline Would Impose $Billions in Costs on Local People, Communities, According to New Research
A new study by Charlottesville-based Key-Log Economics (“Economic Costs of the Mountain Valley Pipeline: Effects on Property Value, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Development in Virginia and West Virginia”) estimates the total cost to an eight-county region in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia to $8.0 to $8.9 billion, in present value terms. More
Issues: FERC, Pipelines, Water
Mountain Valley Pipeline Would Impose $Billions in Costs on Local People, Communities, According to New Research
A new study by Charlottesville-based Key-Log Economics (“Economic Costs of the Mountain Valley Pipeline: Effects on Property Value, Ecosystem Services, and Economic Development in Virginia and West Virginia”) estimates the total cost to an eight-county region in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia to $8.0 to $8.9 billion, in present value terms. More
Issues: FERC, Pipelines, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 18, 2016
Wildfire, Wilsons at BXE’s #RubberStampRebellion
We work to move beyond extreme extraction in all sorts of ways, and this week that includes working with Beyond Extreme Extraction (BXE). Volunteers Mary Wildfire and Brenda and Robin Wilson are in D.C. right now, taking part in BXE's #RubberStampRebellion. They are there to tell to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Stop rubber-stamping gas industry permit applications and change the way you operate. Prioritize the emergence of wind, solar and other renewables above fossil fuels. We say: No New Permits! More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Wildfire, Wilsons at BXE’s #RubberStampRebellion
We work to move beyond extreme extraction in all sorts of ways, and this week that includes working with Beyond Extreme Extraction (BXE). Volunteers Mary Wildfire and Brenda and Robin Wilson are in D.C. right now, taking part in BXE's #RubberStampRebellion. They are there to tell to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Stop rubber-stamping gas industry permit applications and change the way you operate. Prioritize the emergence of wind, solar and other renewables above fossil fuels. We say: No New Permits! More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 17, 2016
Sustainability Fair to Include Screening of Cowspiracy at OVEC Office
Come out 10- 4 this Saturday, May 21, for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair in Old Central City. Then come up the street for a screening of Cowspiracy at the OVEC office. All free. More
Issues: Energy efficiency, Health, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy
Sustainability Fair to Include Screening of Cowspiracy at OVEC Office
Come out 10- 4 this Saturday, May 21, for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair in Old Central City. Then come up the street for a screening of Cowspiracy at the OVEC office. All free. More
Issues: Energy efficiency, Health, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy