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Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 13, 2012
Until Friday: You Can Go On Congressional Record re: Maria Gunnoe’s Testimony and That Photo
If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes to read this Sunday, June 10 Lexington Herald-Leader editorial, “EPA should hang tough in coalfields.” The paper also published the Joel Pett cartoon, at right, that day. The editorial tells the story of what happened to OVEC organizer Maria Gunnoe on Capitol Hill on June 1. […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 8, 2012
Earth: Don’t Push Me, Cuz I’m Close to the Edge
Although my high school days are long gone, one lesson from a biology class stays with me. Warnings from scientists like this underscore the importance of that lesson. We students conducted an experiment where we inoculated an agar-filled Petri dish with a microorganism. The agar supplied the needs of this microorganism. Each day we used […] More
Issues: Climate change, Energy efficiency, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 6, 2012
Congressional Offices Occupied to End MTR; Make That Call
This morning residents from West Virginia joined residents from three other states severely impacted by mountaintop removal coal mining in congressional office sit-ins in protest of their congressional representatives’ refusal to protect their communities from the extreme impacts of mountaintop removal. Constituents are currently occupying the offices of Congressmen Nick Rahall (D-WV), Hal Rogers (R-KY), […] More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 6, 2012
Lamborn Doesn’t Want You to Call Today to End MTR
“I accept the judgment of professional staff,” Lamborn said Tuesday. “If it’s inappropriate, I don’t think I should be viewing it. The fewer people who viewed it, the better.” That from Rep. Lamborn in a Denver Post article this morning titled “Rep. Lamborn panel blocks bath photo over child-porn concerns.” He also said, “If it’s […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 5, 2012
Politico Names Names: Who Found the Photo “Inappropriate”
According to a June 1 Politico article titled “Hill Republicans alert cops to activist’s ‘inappropriate’ photo” by Bob King and Erica Martinson: Committee Republican spokesman Spencer Pederson said subcommittee Chairman Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) “determined that that picture was inappropriate for committee use.” Pederson said full committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) agreed. “Due to the nature […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 5, 2012
“No Criminal Activity,” Now Join the Call-In Tomorrow
Whoever it was on that House subcommittee who had OVEC’s Maria Gunnoe detained and investigated for child pornography for attempting to show this photo during her testimony… whoever that was, he wasn’t thinking too far past his own anger at Maria for daring to speak the truth about what the coal industry gets away with […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 4, 2012
Bady Blog
Aaron Bady is the son of OVEC co-founder Dianne Bady. This weekend he blogged in regard to Maria Gunnoe’s Friday, June 1 testimony before a House subcommittee, specifically on some craziness someone on the subcommittee worked up: Obscenity: I Know It When I See It. Please take a few minutes to read the posting. As […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Vivian Jun 4, 2012
End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington Is On
More than 150 people from across the country, including OVEC members and staff, are in Washington D.C. right now for the 7th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington. In about 150 meetings with Congresspeople and officials from various agencies they are delivering this message: Stop mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Recent, peer-reviewed studies […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jun 1, 2012
OVEC’s Maria Gunnoe to Testify Before Congress Today
Here’s the press release we sent out yesterday about Maria Gunnoe’s testimony (and the Alliance for Appalachia’s upcoming End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington) at a Congressional oversight hearing, which starts at 10 a.m. today. You can watch the hearing on live streaming starting at 10 a.m. Here’s Maria’s written testimony and check out this […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian May 31, 2012
OVEC Photos Used on World Catastrophe Map Website
OVEC’s photos of mountaintop removal appear on numerous websites, including government websites. They’re on the covers of and inside books, in CD jackets, in newspaper articles, on newsletters and fundraising mailers various groups send out for their end mountaintop removal work. Students from grade school to grad school have used them for papers and projects. […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian May 30, 2012
Take Action for Coal River
May 30 was Coal River Day, but it’s not too late to take action. Tell Congress to support Clean Water Act protections for the headwater streams of this important river system in West Virginia. Read more and take action here. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 25, 2012
OVEC Offers Trainings and Group Presentations
Picture these scenarios: you want to speak out — about important issues in your community — but feel you need more information before you do. There is a gathering in your church or community that necessitates a speaker. You and your community want to learn how to organize around critical issues. You want to show […] More

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 17, 2012
Maria Gunnoe to Receive the Wallenberg Medal
OVEC organizer Maria Gunnoe will be awarded the twenty-second University of Michigan Wallenberg Medal on Tuesday, October 23. After the medal presentation, Gunnoe will give the Wallenberg Lecture at the university. The award is named for Raoul Wallenberg, and this year marks the one-hundredth anniversary of his birth. In announcing this honor, the University of […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 13, 2012
Updated “Burning the Future” airing on PBS in April and May
AWARD-WINNING DOC BURNING THE FUTURE TO AIR ON PUBLIC TELEVISION AND FREE ONLINE DURING EARTH MONTH, APRIL 2012 To help raise greater awareness about the ongoing health and environmental impacts of coal, an updated version of the award-winning film Burning the Future: Coal in America will be broadcast on select PBS stations in April and […] More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Mar 19, 2012
“Coal Rush” World Premier March 29
Coal Rush has its world premier March 29, 2012 at The Atlanta Film Festival. The documentary examines what happened when a few hundred people living in small communities in Mingo County, W. Va. took on the fourth-largest coal company in the United States. If you have contacts in the Atlanta area, please encourage them to […] More
Issues: Coal, Pollution

Vivian Mar 2, 2012
Downed Dome, Again
Winds shred dome at Boone County coal operation The above news story gives some information on the latest dome-downing. This means even more coal dust for the residents of Sylvester, W.Va. The top photo, by me, shows bits of the shredded dome; photo taken 3-1-2012. The bottom photo, by “Dustbuster” Mary Miller, shows what’s missing. […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal