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Press Release OVEC May 10, 2016
Special Interests Win in Supreme Court Takeover
Wealthy special interests groups pulled off another victory in a West Virginia Supreme Court race. After spending more than $2 million in support of Beth Walker’s candidacy, these anonymous groups have duplicated the feat Don Blankenship pulled off 12 years ago. More
Issues: Social justice, WV Legislature
Special Interests Win in Supreme Court Takeover
Wealthy special interests groups pulled off another victory in a West Virginia Supreme Court race. After spending more than $2 million in support of Beth Walker’s candidacy, these anonymous groups have duplicated the feat Don Blankenship pulled off 12 years ago. More
Issues: Social justice, WV Legislature
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 10, 2016
Update on the Environmental Songwriting Contest
Several months ago we told you about the Environmental Songwriting Contest With Cash Prizes. Use the power of music to address some of the most important issues of our time, and please help spread the word: A message from the Connecticut Songwriters Association: Calling All Songwriters: The international Environmental Songwriting Contest, sponsored by the CT Songwriters Association, is […] More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Water
Update on the Environmental Songwriting Contest
Several months ago we told you about the Environmental Songwriting Contest With Cash Prizes. Use the power of music to address some of the most important issues of our time, and please help spread the word: A message from the Connecticut Songwriters Association: Calling All Songwriters: The international Environmental Songwriting Contest, sponsored by the CT Songwriters Association, is […] More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 3, 2016
Win-Win-Win: With Your Help, We Save Energy, You Save Energy & One Group Wins Big
Save energy! To build participation in its HomeSMART Energy Assessment program, and to help non-profit organizations save on their energy bills, AEP subsidiary Appalachian Power is sponsoring a contest and rewards program. The reward: For every home that a non-profit group signs up for the in-home energy assessment, that group will receive at least $10 worth of energy efficiency improvements for its offices. The contest: The non-profit group that signs up the most homes for the in-home energy assessments wins a $10,000 energy efficiency upgrade for its building! (We think you can see where we are going with this...) More
Issues: Energy efficiency
Win-Win-Win: With Your Help, We Save Energy, You Save Energy & One Group Wins Big
Save energy! To build participation in its HomeSMART Energy Assessment program, and to help non-profit organizations save on their energy bills, AEP subsidiary Appalachian Power is sponsoring a contest and rewards program. The reward: For every home that a non-profit group signs up for the in-home energy assessment, that group will receive at least $10 worth of energy efficiency improvements for its offices. The contest: The non-profit group that signs up the most homes for the in-home energy assessments wins a $10,000 energy efficiency upgrade for its building! (We think you can see where we are going with this...) More
Issues: Energy efficiency
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 3, 2016
Time To Choose Coming to Theaters in U.S. on June 3
Time To Choose comes to theaters across the U.S. on June 3. In this documentary, Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson addresses global climate change, capturing the urgency of the issue and the innovation of people worldwide who are coming up with solutions. More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal
Time To Choose Coming to Theaters in U.S. on June 3
Time To Choose comes to theaters across the U.S. on June 3. In this documentary, Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson addresses global climate change, capturing the urgency of the issue and the innovation of people worldwide who are coming up with solutions. More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 27, 2016
Progressives and Liberals are the Future
The transformation that began with The Enlightenment is a fact. Amid all the chaos and confusion of daily life, through a thousand contradictory barrages, the struggle for a safer, fairer, more secure, more humane world never ceases—and the gradual tide of success seems unstoppable. More
Issues: Racial inequality, Social justice
Progressives and Liberals are the Future
The transformation that began with The Enlightenment is a fact. Amid all the chaos and confusion of daily life, through a thousand contradictory barrages, the struggle for a safer, fairer, more secure, more humane world never ceases—and the gradual tide of success seems unstoppable. More
Issues: Racial inequality, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 27, 2016
Vote For the Issues that Matter to You
Vote in the primaries, to help choose the lawmakers who will represent you. Then vote again (right now!) to choose the issues that you want to fight for in the coming years, for a better West Virginia. More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice, Transition economy
Vote For the Issues that Matter to You
Vote in the primaries, to help choose the lawmakers who will represent you. Then vote again (right now!) to choose the issues that you want to fight for in the coming years, for a better West Virginia. More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 19, 2016
April 20 Hearing on Fracking Waste Injection Permit
Short notice: Public hearing April 20! In an earlier blog we noted: The Beckley Register-Herald reports: “A Department of Environmental Protection permit application renewal for an underground injection control well used to dispose of oil and natural gas waste in the Trap Hill area of Raleigh County is open for public comment…” More details on […] More
Issues: DEP, Fracking, Water
April 20 Hearing on Fracking Waste Injection Permit
Short notice: Public hearing April 20! In an earlier blog we noted: The Beckley Register-Herald reports: “A Department of Environmental Protection permit application renewal for an underground injection control well used to dispose of oil and natural gas waste in the Trap Hill area of Raleigh County is open for public comment…” More details on […] More
Issues: DEP, Fracking, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 14, 2016
Comment Now on Source Water Protection Plans
As you will recall, in January 2014 a Freedom Industries chemical spill into the Elk River poisoned the drinking water of some 300,000 West Virginians. Under intense public pressure, legislators passed some new laws to protect human health (and in following years, the legislators have been rolling back those protections, but that’s another story). One of the laws still […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Water, WV American Water
Comment Now on Source Water Protection Plans
As you will recall, in January 2014 a Freedom Industries chemical spill into the Elk River poisoned the drinking water of some 300,000 West Virginians. Under intense public pressure, legislators passed some new laws to protect human health (and in following years, the legislators have been rolling back those protections, but that’s another story). One of the laws still […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 8, 2016
Smart Meters: Dumb Idea
For your bills, your health, your safety and your privacy, smart meters are a dumb idea. More
Issues: Energy, Social justice
Smart Meters: Dumb Idea
For your bills, your health, your safety and your privacy, smart meters are a dumb idea. More
Issues: Energy, Social justice
Newsletter OVEC Mar 28, 2016
Winds of Change, Spring 2016
In December, OVEC organized a one-day, statewide meeting called It’s A Gas at Jackson’s Mill 4-H Camp, which was attended by representatives of organizations across West Virginia working on various aspects of deep shale oil and gas “development.” More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Climate change, Coal, Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Water
Winds of Change, Spring 2016
In December, OVEC organized a one-day, statewide meeting called It’s A Gas at Jackson’s Mill 4-H Camp, which was attended by representatives of organizations across West Virginia working on various aspects of deep shale oil and gas “development.” More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Climate change, Coal, Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 21, 2016
Hurrah for Liberals
This book shows how liberals struggled, sometimes for centuries, to overcome conservatives and improve life for humanity. More
Issues: Social justice
Hurrah for Liberals
This book shows how liberals struggled, sometimes for centuries, to overcome conservatives and improve life for humanity. More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 14, 2016
Fayette County: March for Common Sense Water Testing, March 18
#KidsNeedCleanWater March for Common Sense Water Testing Friday, March 18 at noon in Fayetteville, WV A call to action from Headwaters Defense We are marching from the Fayette County Courthouse lawn to the Department of Health to demand that the DHHR conduct comprehensive water testing at the Fayetteville Elementary School. Throughout Fayette County there have been numerous […] More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Pollution, Water
Fayette County: March for Common Sense Water Testing, March 18
#KidsNeedCleanWater March for Common Sense Water Testing Friday, March 18 at noon in Fayetteville, WV A call to action from Headwaters Defense We are marching from the Fayette County Courthouse lawn to the Department of Health to demand that the DHHR conduct comprehensive water testing at the Fayetteville Elementary School. Throughout Fayette County there have been numerous […] More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Pollution, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 9, 2016
Huntington’s Sustainability Fair Seeking Volunteers, Participants
News: Second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair looking for volunteers and vendors News: Sustainability Fair to feature workshops on energy, food Save the date and plan to join us on Saturday, May 21 for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Old Central City. Activities will unfold in and around […] More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy
Huntington’s Sustainability Fair Seeking Volunteers, Participants
News: Second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair looking for volunteers and vendors News: Sustainability Fair to feature workshops on energy, food Save the date and plan to join us on Saturday, May 21 for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Old Central City. Activities will unfold in and around […] More
Issues: Renewable energy, Social justice, Sustainability, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 9, 2016
Good News for Appalachian Youth: STAY Project Growing
The first STAY Project Coordinator is Kendall Bilbrey, a 24-year-old Southwest Virginia native and long-time STAY member. More
Issues: Social justice
Good News for Appalachian Youth: STAY Project Growing
The first STAY Project Coordinator is Kendall Bilbrey, a 24-year-old Southwest Virginia native and long-time STAY member. More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 7, 2016
SB 601 Would Make It Easier to Build Drilling Waste Landfills, Hurt Local SWAs
please call or email your delegates and tell them that SB 601 is bad because the Public Service Commission's oversight is important, and prevents unneeded waste dumps from being built. However, the oil and gas provisions are not the only concern. SB 601 also puts our local and regional solid waste authorities at a competitive disadvantage with the so-called "recycling" facilities that are being deregulated, jeopardizing the public investment in these facilities. Your senators need to hear a similar message. More
Issues: Fracking, WV Legislature
SB 601 Would Make It Easier to Build Drilling Waste Landfills, Hurt Local SWAs
please call or email your delegates and tell them that SB 601 is bad because the Public Service Commission's oversight is important, and prevents unneeded waste dumps from being built. However, the oil and gas provisions are not the only concern. SB 601 also puts our local and regional solid waste authorities at a competitive disadvantage with the so-called "recycling" facilities that are being deregulated, jeopardizing the public investment in these facilities. Your senators need to hear a similar message. More
Issues: Fracking, WV Legislature
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 6, 2016
Strong Mountain Communities Now Hiring for ED
Strong Mountain Communities is looking for a dynamic leader to coordinate a network of entrepreneurs, lenders, and economic development officials with the goal of achieving sustainable economic diversification in southern West Virginia. More
Issues: Transition economy
Strong Mountain Communities Now Hiring for ED
Strong Mountain Communities is looking for a dynamic leader to coordinate a network of entrepreneurs, lenders, and economic development officials with the goal of achieving sustainable economic diversification in southern West Virginia. More
Issues: Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 6, 2016
Source Water Protection Plans: Have Your Say
The law requires most of the state's public water systems to write up Source Water Protection Plans (SWPPs) by July 1, 2016. The water utilities are required to encourage public participation in creating the plans. We're encouraging you to get involved, too. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Health, Water, WV American Water
Source Water Protection Plans: Have Your Say
The law requires most of the state's public water systems to write up Source Water Protection Plans (SWPPs) by July 1, 2016. The water utilities are required to encourage public participation in creating the plans. We're encouraging you to get involved, too. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Health, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 4, 2016
Open Letter to Honduran President On the Murder of Berta Cáceres
Global Witness drafted a letter to President Hernández of Honduras, asking for an immediate and thorough investigation and guaranteed protection for the family and colleagues of Berta Cáceres. More than 50 organizations have signed on to the letter. More
Issues: Social justice
Open Letter to Honduran President On the Murder of Berta Cáceres
Global Witness drafted a letter to President Hernández of Honduras, asking for an immediate and thorough investigation and guaranteed protection for the family and colleagues of Berta Cáceres. More than 50 organizations have signed on to the letter. More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 4, 2016
March 15: DEP Public Meeting on Fayette Co. Compressor Station Permit
March 15: 6 - 8 p.m. Meadow Bridge Fire Station, located at 8958 Sewell Creek Road, (Route 20), Meadow Bridge, Fayette County, WV. The DEP's will hold a public meeting to provide information regarding Mountain Valley Pipeline’s air quality permit application for the Stallworth Compressor Station. More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
March 15: DEP Public Meeting on Fayette Co. Compressor Station Permit
March 15: 6 - 8 p.m. Meadow Bridge Fire Station, located at 8958 Sewell Creek Road, (Route 20), Meadow Bridge, Fayette County, WV. The DEP's will hold a public meeting to provide information regarding Mountain Valley Pipeline’s air quality permit application for the Stallworth Compressor Station. More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines