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Action Alert OVEC Oct 30, 2019
Tired of Being Ghosted by Politics as Usual? Support the #WVProDemocracy Campaign
It’s spooky when politicians rely on campaign contributions from big money ghouls, so let's exorcise big money from our elections! More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy, Social justice
Tired of Being Ghosted by Politics as Usual? Support the #WVProDemocracy Campaign
It’s spooky when politicians rely on campaign contributions from big money ghouls, so let's exorcise big money from our elections! More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy, Social justice
Press Release OVEC Oct 22, 2019
“Defend the Water” Targets the Petrochemical Industry for Public Health, Environment and Climate Change Risks
More than 50 Native American Leaders to Join Action Multi-State Coalition People Over Petro Launches to Fight Petro Industry Expansion More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Health, Petrochemicals
“Defend the Water” Targets the Petrochemical Industry for Public Health, Environment and Climate Change Risks
More than 50 Native American Leaders to Join Action Multi-State Coalition People Over Petro Launches to Fight Petro Industry Expansion More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Health, Petrochemicals
Action Alert OVEC Oct 4, 2019
Time to Choose to Get Active: Climate, Politics, Solar, with Friends Here and Beyond
Plenty of opps in October to be #WVProDemocracy and to show your demand for climate action now! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Climate change, Fair courts, Fracking, Pro Democracy, Renewable energy
Time to Choose to Get Active: Climate, Politics, Solar, with Friends Here and Beyond
Plenty of opps in October to be #WVProDemocracy and to show your demand for climate action now! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Climate change, Fair courts, Fracking, Pro Democracy, Renewable energy
Newsletter OVEC Oct 2, 2019
Winds of Change, Fall 2019
At noon on Tuesday, August 6, dozens of people gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Charleston, WV, to mark the 54th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Climate change, Coal, Pollution
Winds of Change, Fall 2019
At noon on Tuesday, August 6, dozens of people gathered outside the federal courthouse in downtown Charleston, WV, to mark the 54th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Climate change, Coal, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Sep 26, 2019
#NoASH: Fracking and Radium-226
A lesser known problem with fracking is radium-226. Found in shale, it causes at least 3 types of cancer, is water soluble, and has a half-life of 1600 years. The more we frack, the more we expose ourselves to this deadly toxin. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking
#NoASH: Fracking and Radium-226
A lesser known problem with fracking is radium-226. Found in shale, it causes at least 3 types of cancer, is water soluble, and has a half-life of 1600 years. The more we frack, the more we expose ourselves to this deadly toxin. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Sep 25, 2019
Transform FERC into FREC
Resist FERC, fracking and fossil fuel infrastructure! Help build the movement toward to replace FERC with FREC, the Federal Renewable Energy Commission. More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Transform FERC into FREC
Resist FERC, fracking and fossil fuel infrastructure! Help build the movement toward to replace FERC with FREC, the Federal Renewable Energy Commission. More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Action Alert OVEC Sep 4, 2019
Stand Up, Speak Out, Support: September, ASH, and Climate Crisis
September is all the addressing the climate crisis head on. Show up, stand up, speak up and offer your support! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Coal, Fracking
Stand Up, Speak Out, Support: September, ASH, and Climate Crisis
September is all the addressing the climate crisis head on. Show up, stand up, speak up and offer your support! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Coal, Fracking
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 27, 2019
Our Appalachian Storage Hub Videos Are Here!
Thanks to Evan Gilland, studying documentary film making at OU, for interning with us this summer. Here are the fruits of his labor, designed to be watched individually or in sequence, all about the Appalachian Storage Hub. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Petrochemicals, Water
Our Appalachian Storage Hub Videos Are Here!
Thanks to Evan Gilland, studying documentary film making at OU, for interning with us this summer. Here are the fruits of his labor, designed to be watched individually or in sequence, all about the Appalachian Storage Hub. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Climate change, Fossil fuels, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Petrochemicals, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 9, 2019
Renewable Energy Safe, Sane and Smart: Quit Wasting Money and Planet on CCS
To embrace any energy resource that emits greenhouse gases is to contribute to financially unsound and worse, ecocidal. More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Fracking, Renewable energy
Renewable Energy Safe, Sane and Smart: Quit Wasting Money and Planet on CCS
To embrace any energy resource that emits greenhouse gases is to contribute to financially unsound and worse, ecocidal. More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Fracking, Renewable energy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 2, 2019
Something in the Water: West Virginians New Fight for Clean Water
"Flint is just the tip of the iceberg. ...this is part of the dark underbelly of American society... It’s bigger than Flint. It’s all over this country. It’s particularly people of color." More
Issues: Pollution, Social justice, Water
Something in the Water: West Virginians New Fight for Clean Water
"Flint is just the tip of the iceberg. ...this is part of the dark underbelly of American society... It’s bigger than Flint. It’s all over this country. It’s particularly people of color." More
Issues: Pollution, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 1, 2019
Yes to Voting Rights Advancement Act; No to Discrimination in Voting
For the sake of our country, help restore and protect voting rights for all Americans! More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy
Yes to Voting Rights Advancement Act; No to Discrimination in Voting
For the sake of our country, help restore and protect voting rights for all Americans! More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 31, 2019
Come Stand Up for Voting Rights For All
On the Voting Rights Act's anniversary, come stand up for voting rights! We need a government that is representative of all its people in order to address pressing challenges and improve conditions for all. #WVProDemocracy More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy, Social justice
Come Stand Up for Voting Rights For All
On the Voting Rights Act's anniversary, come stand up for voting rights! We need a government that is representative of all its people in order to address pressing challenges and improve conditions for all. #WVProDemocracy More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 30, 2019
Coal to Liquid Plant: Personal Statement from Alex Cole
Do you know why our young people are leaving? The disease is in the despair of being tied to a dying industry, especially if that industry is as inherently toxic and carcinogenic as coal and chemicals. More
Issues: Coal, Pollution
Coal to Liquid Plant: Personal Statement from Alex Cole
Do you know why our young people are leaving? The disease is in the despair of being tied to a dying industry, especially if that industry is as inherently toxic and carcinogenic as coal and chemicals. More
Issues: Coal, Pollution
Action Alert OVEC Jul 29, 2019
Yes to Voting Rights, Solar; No to Coal-to-Liquids, Petrochem
Please take action for our future! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Coal, Pollution, Renewable energy
Yes to Voting Rights, Solar; No to Coal-to-Liquids, Petrochem
Please take action for our future! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Coal, Pollution, Renewable energy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 25, 2019
For Sanity’s Sake: Come to a Hearing to Oppose Coal-to-Liquid Plant in Mason County
This dubious endeavor is for the fool’s errand of turning coal into diesel fuel, a “technology” that has proven time and again to be uneconomical and downright stupid. More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Pollution
For Sanity’s Sake: Come to a Hearing to Oppose Coal-to-Liquid Plant in Mason County
This dubious endeavor is for the fool’s errand of turning coal into diesel fuel, a “technology” that has proven time and again to be uneconomical and downright stupid. More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 18, 2019
No Rockwool ANYWHERE in WV!
Report from the June 19 anti-Rockwool press conference at the WV State Capitol; OVEC staff attended in support of Shepherdstown area residents. More
Issues: Health, Pollution
No Rockwool ANYWHERE in WV!
Report from the June 19 anti-Rockwool press conference at the WV State Capitol; OVEC staff attended in support of Shepherdstown area residents. More
Issues: Health, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 18, 2019
Swedish Model of Recycling
What to do with our waste? Anerobic digestion of landfilled organic materials creates methane. The author of this piece wants well-balanced, well thought out solutions that involve innovation. More
Issues: Energy, Pollution
Swedish Model of Recycling
What to do with our waste? Anerobic digestion of landfilled organic materials creates methane. The author of this piece wants well-balanced, well thought out solutions that involve innovation. More
Issues: Energy, Pollution
Action Alert OVEC Jul 15, 2019
A Late Summer Ask: Please Help Keep OVEC in Action
You can help keep OVEC in action this summer. Please join, and donate whatever you can. More
A Late Summer Ask: Please Help Keep OVEC in Action
You can help keep OVEC in action this summer. Please join, and donate whatever you can. More
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 6, 2019
Be #WVProDemocracy: Comment to State Election Commission on Urgent Matter
Be for Fair Courts, Pro-Democracy right here in West Virginia. Everything we work for depends on a strong democracy! Take easy e-action by July 10. More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy
Be #WVProDemocracy: Comment to State Election Commission on Urgent Matter
Be for Fair Courts, Pro-Democracy right here in West Virginia. Everything we work for depends on a strong democracy! Take easy e-action by July 10. More
Issues: Clean elections, Fair courts, Pro Democracy
Action Alert OVEC Jul 2, 2019
July Actions: EVs and Solar Please, Instead of Climate Insanity
Shine for solar in the summer, make sure there's no coal-to-liquid bummer: Take action! More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
July Actions: EVs and Solar Please, Instead of Climate Insanity
Shine for solar in the summer, make sure there's no coal-to-liquid bummer: Take action! More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Renewable energy, Transition economy