Posts by Vivian
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Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 1, 2014
No Más MTR en Laciana-León
In March, OVEC issue organizer Maria Gunnoe, who is the winner of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America, the 2012 Wallenberg Medal and assorted other awards, received a message on Facebook from Victor Rodriguez. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Social justice
No Más MTR en Laciana-León
In March, OVEC issue organizer Maria Gunnoe, who is the winner of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America, the 2012 Wallenberg Medal and assorted other awards, received a message on Facebook from Victor Rodriguez. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Feb 6, 2014
Farewell Sid
We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Wendy Johnston and her family, including her extended family of mountain defenders, on the passing of Wendy’s father Sid Moye. Sid passed away on January 29 at his happy home, surrounded by his family and dear friends, just as he wished. His funeral services were held February 1 in […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Farewell Sid
We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Wendy Johnston and her family, including her extended family of mountain defenders, on the passing of Wendy’s father Sid Moye. Sid passed away on January 29 at his happy home, surrounded by his family and dear friends, just as he wished. His funeral services were held February 1 in […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Feb 4, 2014
McEntee’s Comments @ SB373 Public Hearing
On February 3, the WV Legislature held a public hearing on SB 373, a bill crafted in response to the MCHM chemical / water crisis still unfolding here in Central West Virginia. Below are the comments from one of the 50 people who spoke last night. More
Issues: Health, MCHM, Water, WV American Water
McEntee’s Comments @ SB373 Public Hearing
On February 3, the WV Legislature held a public hearing on SB 373, a bill crafted in response to the MCHM chemical / water crisis still unfolding here in Central West Virginia. Below are the comments from one of the 50 people who spoke last night. More
Issues: Health, MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 26, 2014
Honoring the Waters: Videos of Vigil, Music, Speech
Thanks to the folks who made these fabulous videos of the Jan. 21 Honoring the Waters ceremony and some of the music and speeches featured at the indoor part of the event. Click the YouTube links to open the videos on YouTube, check out the credits and find more information. More
Issues: MCHM, Social justice, Water
Honoring the Waters: Videos of Vigil, Music, Speech
Thanks to the folks who made these fabulous videos of the Jan. 21 Honoring the Waters ceremony and some of the music and speeches featured at the indoor part of the event. Click the YouTube links to open the videos on YouTube, check out the credits and find more information. More
Issues: MCHM, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 26, 2014
Honoring the Waters: Two of the Speeches
Honoring the Waters: Two of the Speeches: Heavy snowfall kept a couple of our speakers and likely hundreds of folks who had planned to be there from our January 21 Honoring the Waters Candlelight Vigil. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Honoring the Waters: Two of the Speeches
Honoring the Waters: Two of the Speeches: Heavy snowfall kept a couple of our speakers and likely hundreds of folks who had planned to be there from our January 21 Honoring the Waters Candlelight Vigil. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 26, 2014
Take a pebble. Drop it in water. Watch the ripples on the water.
On January 21, in the midst of a statewide snowstorm, around 200 people gathered for an event: Honor the Waters Candlelight Vigil. Outside the West Virginia State Capitol, alongside the Kanawha River, in sub-freezing temperatures and a beautiful snowfall, people stood together to honor and defend our water during a time of crisis. People across the nation and around the globe held solidarity vigils. More
Issues: MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Take a pebble. Drop it in water. Watch the ripples on the water.
On January 21, in the midst of a statewide snowstorm, around 200 people gathered for an event: Honor the Waters Candlelight Vigil. Outside the West Virginia State Capitol, alongside the Kanawha River, in sub-freezing temperatures and a beautiful snowfall, people stood together to honor and defend our water during a time of crisis. People across the nation and around the globe held solidarity vigils. More
Issues: MCHM, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Dec 1, 2013
Call Gov. Tomblin: Free Roselle, Test MTR Dust
Climate Ground Zero Campaign Director Mike Roselle is in jail in West Virginia. He gathered a bucket-full of dust from a mountaintop removal coal mining site (dust that studies have shown to be toxic) and delivered it to the door of WV Governor Tomblin’ s mansion on Thanksgiving Day. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Call Gov. Tomblin: Free Roselle, Test MTR Dust
Climate Ground Zero Campaign Director Mike Roselle is in jail in West Virginia. He gathered a bucket-full of dust from a mountaintop removal coal mining site (dust that studies have shown to be toxic) and delivered it to the door of WV Governor Tomblin’ s mansion on Thanksgiving Day. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 19, 2013
Fracking Waste Hearing at WV State Capitol Today
For those of you who are near Charleston, W.Va. today, November 19, from 3 to 4:00 p.m. there’s a hearing on the handling and disposal of fracking waste at the WV State Capitol in the House Government Organization Committee Room (in the East Wing, second floor Room 215E; see page nine of this map-pdf ). Presenters include John Jack, Vice President, GreenHunter Resources and Ben Stout, Professor, Wheeling Jesuit College. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale
Fracking Waste Hearing at WV State Capitol Today
For those of you who are near Charleston, W.Va. today, November 19, from 3 to 4:00 p.m. there’s a hearing on the handling and disposal of fracking waste at the WV State Capitol in the House Government Organization Committee Room (in the East Wing, second floor Room 215E; see page nine of this map-pdf ). Presenters include John Jack, Vice President, GreenHunter Resources and Ben Stout, Professor, Wheeling Jesuit College. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 8, 2013
Keeper of the Mountains President Speaks Out on St. Mary’s and Unclean Coal
To encourage clean coal propaganda is to be complicit in the sickness, suffering and deaths of thousands of Appalachians. It is shameful for a hospital whose primary function should be the health of its community. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Keeper of the Mountains President Speaks Out on St. Mary’s and Unclean Coal
To encourage clean coal propaganda is to be complicit in the sickness, suffering and deaths of thousands of Appalachians. It is shameful for a hospital whose primary function should be the health of its community. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 7, 2013
Retired Miner Blasts St. Mary’s for Hosting Coal Lobby Group Head
By hosting the American Coalition for "Clean Coal" Electricity (ACCCE), St. Mary's Center of Education is promoting dirty energy that inflicts serious health impairments on the public. This mirrors what John Hopkins Medical Center is doing (or was doing until days ago when they were exposed)-- creating a major road block for miners with black lung, who are being denied their rightful benefits for a disease that is taking the lives of thousands of miners. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Retired Miner Blasts St. Mary’s for Hosting Coal Lobby Group Head
By hosting the American Coalition for "Clean Coal" Electricity (ACCCE), St. Mary's Center of Education is promoting dirty energy that inflicts serious health impairments on the public. This mirrors what John Hopkins Medical Center is doing (or was doing until days ago when they were exposed)-- creating a major road block for miners with black lung, who are being denied their rightful benefits for a disease that is taking the lives of thousands of miners. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Oct 28, 2013
ACHE Responds to Latest MTR Health Study
Major depression rates are 40% higher among residents living near mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a recent peer-reviewed study. This work adds to the growing body of evidence linking mountaintop removal to serious health impacts in Appalachia. Residents responded that the study further demonstrates an urgent need for the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, HR 526. More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
ACHE Responds to Latest MTR Health Study
Major depression rates are 40% higher among residents living near mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a recent peer-reviewed study. This work adds to the growing body of evidence linking mountaintop removal to serious health impacts in Appalachia. Residents responded that the study further demonstrates an urgent need for the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, HR 526. More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Sep 5, 2013
Not the Kind of White Water that Attracts Tourists
20130905_untitled_0004-3 The clear-looking (but mining-impacted) West Fork joins the visible gunk in the Pond Fork, all heading downstream to rise of the Litte Coal River in Madison. Photo by Vivian Stockman OVEC organizer and Boone County, W.Va. resident Maria Gunnoe was taking a child to the school bus this morning when they both saw Pond Fork running white. The children waiting for the bus where very agitated, worried what this meant for the river. Maria worried what does this mean for thechildren… what does this latest incident mean for everyone who lives downstream, everyone subjected to ongoing, accumulating coal-related pollution More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Not the Kind of White Water that Attracts Tourists
20130905_untitled_0004-3 The clear-looking (but mining-impacted) West Fork joins the visible gunk in the Pond Fork, all heading downstream to rise of the Litte Coal River in Madison. Photo by Vivian Stockman OVEC organizer and Boone County, W.Va. resident Maria Gunnoe was taking a child to the school bus this morning when they both saw Pond Fork running white. The children waiting for the bus where very agitated, worried what this meant for the river. Maria worried what does this mean for thechildren… what does this latest incident mean for everyone who lives downstream, everyone subjected to ongoing, accumulating coal-related pollution More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 28, 2013
UnHoly Frack! Former WV DEP Head Now Chesapeake Mouthpiece
Last night I started watching Triple Divide, about deep shale gas fracking in Pennsylvania. I purchased a copy of the DVD from the Mountain Watershed Association last weekend, when I attended the No Fracking Way gathering. My dog looked at me funny when I yelled “What the frack!” at the TV. I was reacting to the voice of Chesapeake Energy’s director of federal affairs, a voice I recognized as belonging to Former DEP Secretary Stephanie Timmermeyer More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Social justice
UnHoly Frack! Former WV DEP Head Now Chesapeake Mouthpiece
Last night I started watching Triple Divide, about deep shale gas fracking in Pennsylvania. I purchased a copy of the DVD from the Mountain Watershed Association last weekend, when I attended the No Fracking Way gathering. My dog looked at me funny when I yelled “What the frack!” at the TV. I was reacting to the voice of Chesapeake Energy’s director of federal affairs, a voice I recognized as belonging to Former DEP Secretary Stephanie Timmermeyer More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 28, 2013
Work of Art To Lead the Way: The Great Ohio River Relay
This fall, a baton that symbolizes water, mountains and life itself, will be passed by relay along the entire 981-mile length of the Ohio River. Participants will move the baton along the river by canoe or kayak, or along the river’s banks by foot, bicycle, rollerblade or skateboard — by any human-powered means. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Social justice, Water
Work of Art To Lead the Way: The Great Ohio River Relay
This fall, a baton that symbolizes water, mountains and life itself, will be passed by relay along the entire 981-mile length of the Ohio River. Participants will move the baton along the river by canoe or kayak, or along the river’s banks by foot, bicycle, rollerblade or skateboard — by any human-powered means. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 26, 2013
Peter Britton’s Ebook Out
A guest blog by Peter Britton Coal Ain’t the Culprit, an ebook, is but a chapter in the long and lethal story of coal. The rock that burns has helped shape the world, power countries and now threatens to ruin it. Global warming is, in large part, due to burning coal which creates and releases […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Peter Britton’s Ebook Out
A guest blog by Peter Britton Coal Ain’t the Culprit, an ebook, is but a chapter in the long and lethal story of coal. The rock that burns has helped shape the world, power countries and now threatens to ruin it. Global warming is, in large part, due to burning coal which creates and releases […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 20, 2013
Volunteers Sought for Great Ohio River Relay
The Huntington Herald Dispatch carries a story today about the need for volunteers from our area to take part in the Great Ohio River Relay. Join up! Tentatively starting around September 22, OVEC has committed to providing relayers for the baton between Pt. Pleasant, WV and Ironton, OH. If you are interested in helping, contact […] More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Social justice
Volunteers Sought for Great Ohio River Relay
The Huntington Herald Dispatch carries a story today about the need for volunteers from our area to take part in the Great Ohio River Relay. Join up! Tentatively starting around September 22, OVEC has committed to providing relayers for the baton between Pt. Pleasant, WV and Ironton, OH. If you are interested in helping, contact […] More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 13, 2013
Tell WV Public Service Commission to Support Greater Energy Efficiency Now
Guest Blog by Energy Efficient West Virginia Today the West Virginia Public Service Commission held a hearing to review Appalachian Power’s energy efficiency programs for the past year and evaluate their plans for 2014. Intervening parties include Energy Efficient West Virginia. Appalachian Power will present a couple new pilot programs and they will continue to […] More
Issues: Energy, Energy efficiency, Social justice
Tell WV Public Service Commission to Support Greater Energy Efficiency Now
Guest Blog by Energy Efficient West Virginia Today the West Virginia Public Service Commission held a hearing to review Appalachian Power’s energy efficiency programs for the past year and evaluate their plans for 2014. Intervening parties include Energy Efficient West Virginia. Appalachian Power will present a couple new pilot programs and they will continue to […] More
Issues: Energy, Energy efficiency, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 6, 2013
August 15: Come Out to CARE
We hope you will join us: CARE: Citizen Action for Real Enforcement August 15: 6-8 p.m. CARE TEACH-IN at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 520 Kanawha Blvd West, Charleston, WV. Free and open to public. Pizza and beverages provided.Help spread the word – post this flier at school, work and friendly businesses. Floods, contaminated water, coal […] More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal
August 15: Come Out to CARE
We hope you will join us: CARE: Citizen Action for Real Enforcement August 15: 6-8 p.m. CARE TEACH-IN at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 520 Kanawha Blvd West, Charleston, WV. Free and open to public. Pizza and beverages provided.Help spread the word – post this flier at school, work and friendly businesses. Floods, contaminated water, coal […] More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 5, 2013
ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth
Thanks to the Post Carbon Institute (PCI; like them on Facebook here), OVEC is in the midst of distributing more than 250 copies of the large-format book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth. Organizationally, OVEC has partnered with PCI in their Energy Reality Campaign, a national effort to increase energy literacy, with […] More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Energy efficiency, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pollution
ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth
Thanks to the Post Carbon Institute (PCI; like them on Facebook here), OVEC is in the midst of distributing more than 250 copies of the large-format book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth. Organizationally, OVEC has partnered with PCI in their Energy Reality Campaign, a national effort to increase energy literacy, with […] More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Energy efficiency, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jul 8, 2013
What the Frack? Find Out Tonight
If you have HBO, be sure to tune in tonight for Josh Fox’s Gasland II. More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Fracking, Marcellus Shale
What the Frack? Find Out Tonight
If you have HBO, be sure to tune in tonight for Josh Fox’s Gasland II. More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Fracking, Marcellus Shale