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Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 8, 2019
High School Curriculum: The Benefits of Renewable Energy
Teach your students about renewable energy. More energy from the sun strikes the earth in an hour than all of humanity uses in a year! More
Issues: Renewable energy
Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Nov 8, 2019
Plastisphere: Plastic Here, Plastic There, Plastic Everywhere
We are so awash in plastic crap, it's in our crap. The more research I do plastics and their ability permeate every aspect of our lives, the more concerned I become.   More
Issues: Appalachian Storage HubFracking
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 6, 2019
High School Curriculum: Climate Change: The Science and Solutions
Educators and others may download this lesson plan Climate Change: The Science and Solutions. More
Issues: Climate change
April Keating
Hoots and Hollers Robin Blakeman Oct 5, 2019
Goodbye April…
I'm sure April's strong spirit will be with us in our ongoing efforts to ensure clean water and air for future generations in our state and region.  More
Issues: FrackingPipelinesWater
Hoots and Hollers Robin Blakeman Oct 1, 2019
Climate and Health Conference Underscores Need to Act
An impressive gathering of scientific, public policy and legal minds at the WVU Law Center underscores the need for action now. More
Issues: Climate changeHealth
Hoots and Hollers Dustin White Sep 30, 2019
Show Your Opposition to the PTTG Cracker Plant
Use social media to let folks know #NoPTTGlobalCracker. Plastic is not the planet's future More
Issues: Appalachian Storage HubPetrochemicals
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 HubFracking
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: FrackingPipelines
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Sep 25, 2019
The First Thing is to Stop Digging
We do not need to trash the Ohio River with a toxic petrochemical complex to make plastic to coat our foods and then end up choking the oceans. There is a better approach to food systems, and a better approach to economic development in our area. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage HubPollution
Hoots and Hollers Robin Blakeman Sep 13, 2019
WV Climate Events
Here's a summary of WV Climate change events for the next two weeks More
Issues: Climate changeHealthPro Democracy
Hoots and Hollers Frank Grant Sep 3, 2019
Review of The Death Of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump by Peter Wehner
This book represents the hope and promise that we are equipped, through our democratic process, to do something about. This should be a must-read for every politician in America. More
Issues: Clean electionsSocial justice
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Sep 1, 2019
Speculations on the Persistence of Shale Drilling
Frackers are apparently not making money, so they are thinking plastics, yet a supply glut may force the closure of some plastic/petrochemical facilities by the mid 2020s. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage HubFracking
Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Aug 31, 2019
The Lungs of the Planet are Burning: Why We Need to Act
Stopping these fires in the Amazon should be the world’s top priority. Whether we adopt personal actions or demand our politicians engage in a global initiative, we cannot watch while the lungs of the planet burn. More
Issues: Climate change
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 HubClimate changeFossil fuelsFrackingHealthMarcellus ShalePetrochemicalsWater
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 15, 2019
When You Talk About Voter Suppression, Talk About White Supremacy
"We ALL deserve a thriving, engaged, and true democracy. One where participating is accessible and encouraged. One where violent systems of white supremacy and voter suppression do not exist. We know that if we build an engaged and thriving form of governance at every level we too can build the equitable and just future that we all deserve." More
Issues: Clean electionsRacial inequality
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 15, 2019
Delegate Danielle Walker Speaks on Voting Rights
"We must use our voice. We must join forces. We must take a stand." That’s why we urge everyone to demand that Congress pass HR4, and to do all they can to safeguard their right to vote and democracy itself. More
Issues: Clean electionsFair courts
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 13, 2019
Rick Martin of NAACP Charleston WV on Voting Rights and the Courts
"The American people are entitled to judges who will decide cases on the facts and the law, not deeply rooted ideology or rank partisanship. Our rights to fully participate in every facet of political, social, and economic life, on an equal basis, lie in the balance." More
Issues: Clean electionsFair courtsPro Democracy
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Aug 13, 2019
Stand Up For Voting Rights: Restore the Voting Rights Act
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: Clean electionsFair courts
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 changeCoalFrackingRenewable energy
Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Aug 8, 2019
The Climate Reality Project
The reality is the climate crisis is here. And the reality is we can all write a different narrative for the future of our planet. Get real--get active! More
Issues: Climate changeRenewable energy
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