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Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 13, 2016
Become a Citizen Advocate: Make a Difference on Your Issues
Come learn how to be a citizen advocate. Why? Because change only happens because of people who care. Plus, this free training comes with free snacks. You might be too cynical to believe it, but legislators really do respond when people come to talk to them about their issues: While the above chart is about […] More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution, Social justice, Transition economy
Become a Citizen Advocate: Make a Difference on Your Issues
Come learn how to be a citizen advocate. Why? Because change only happens because of people who care. Plus, this free training comes with free snacks. You might be too cynical to believe it, but legislators really do respond when people come to talk to them about their issues: While the above chart is about […] More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution, Social justice, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 7, 2016
What, Me Lobby? Learn How: Advocacy Trainings
This month, with the legislative session right around the corner, several WV groups are co-hosting a series of advocacy trainings across the state. We sure hope OVEC members and supporters will take advantage of these trainings. Current sponsors of the all or some of the trainings include WV Rivers Coalition, WV FREE, WV CAG, WV E-Council […] More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Rogersville Shale, Social justice, Transition economy
What, Me Lobby? Learn How: Advocacy Trainings
This month, with the legislative session right around the corner, several WV groups are co-hosting a series of advocacy trainings across the state. We sure hope OVEC members and supporters will take advantage of these trainings. Current sponsors of the all or some of the trainings include WV Rivers Coalition, WV FREE, WV CAG, WV E-Council […] More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Rogersville Shale, Social justice, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 7, 2016
Drinking Water Forum Features Fun Along With Information
West Virginia Rivers Coalition and 21 partners, including OVEC, will host a free public forum on how citizens can get involved in drinking water protection, January 9 at the Culture Center in Charleston. The event, which coincides with the second anniversary of the Freedom Industries’ chemical leak, focuses on how the public can help shape […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, WV American Water
Drinking Water Forum Features Fun Along With Information
West Virginia Rivers Coalition and 21 partners, including OVEC, will host a free public forum on how citizens can get involved in drinking water protection, January 9 at the Culture Center in Charleston. The event, which coincides with the second anniversary of the Freedom Industries’ chemical leak, focuses on how the public can help shape […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 7, 2016
Fayette County to Enact Ban on Oil & Gas Waste Disposal
A most-excellent call-to-action from Headwaters Defense: On Tuesday, January 12, Fayette County will become the first county in West Virginia to enact a ban on oil and gas waste disposal. This is the culmination of many months of hard work by members of Headwaters Defense and citizens of Fayette County. Collectively, we have obtained 5,000 petition signatures, pressured the County […] More
Issues: Fracking, Water
Fayette County to Enact Ban on Oil & Gas Waste Disposal
A most-excellent call-to-action from Headwaters Defense: On Tuesday, January 12, Fayette County will become the first county in West Virginia to enact a ban on oil and gas waste disposal. This is the culmination of many months of hard work by members of Headwaters Defense and citizens of Fayette County. Collectively, we have obtained 5,000 petition signatures, pressured the County […] More
Issues: Fracking, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 7, 2016
Tennessee – Support the Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition
From our friends in Tennessee, who are active with United Mountain Defense: Last month, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining issued a draft report approving the state of Tennessee’s request to protect ridgetops from destructive mountaintop coal mining. If the state’s request is approved, at least 67,000 acres in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area […] More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal
Tennessee – Support the Lands Unsuitable for Mining Petition
From our friends in Tennessee, who are active with United Mountain Defense: Last month, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining issued a draft report approving the state of Tennessee’s request to protect ridgetops from destructive mountaintop coal mining. If the state’s request is approved, at least 67,000 acres in the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area […] More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 27, 2015
People’s Pastoral: Our Stories Take Us Home
From a Catholic Committee of Appalachia press release: An Appalachian Catholic social justice organization has issued a regional grassroots pastoral letter on the call to be a “church of the poor” and the transformative power of people’s stories in the work for justice. The Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA), based in Spencer, West Virginia, releases this […] More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice
People’s Pastoral: Our Stories Take Us Home
From a Catholic Committee of Appalachia press release: An Appalachian Catholic social justice organization has issued a regional grassroots pastoral letter on the call to be a “church of the poor” and the transformative power of people’s stories in the work for justice. The Catholic Committee of Appalachia (CCA), based in Spencer, West Virginia, releases this […] More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 18, 2015
Shale and Pipelines: What the Frack is Going On in Putnam County?
Shale and Pipelines: What the Frack is Going On in Putnam County? 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday, January 21 Eleanor Presbyterian Church 205 Eleanor Circle, Eleanor, WV OVEC is sponsoring this community forum. Come out to meet your neighbors and What does the development of Rogersville Shale and the proposed Mountaineer XPress Pipeline mean for our […] More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Rogersville Shale
Shale and Pipelines: What the Frack is Going On in Putnam County?
Shale and Pipelines: What the Frack is Going On in Putnam County? 6 – 8 p.m. Thursday, January 21 Eleanor Presbyterian Church 205 Eleanor Circle, Eleanor, WV OVEC is sponsoring this community forum. Come out to meet your neighbors and What does the development of Rogersville Shale and the proposed Mountaineer XPress Pipeline mean for our […] More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Rogersville Shale
Hoots and Hollers Dan Dec 17, 2015
Kentucky Coal Co. Plans = Toxic Dust for West Oakland
Hey Kentucky, I’ve got good news for ya! The death of coal companies has been largely exaggerated. It turns out your coal companies are fine, they are just busy destroying Utah and Oakland now. Oh, and New Mexico and Colorado, too, just as they have destroyed the health and environment of Appalachia for decades. Now, […] More
Issues: Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice
Kentucky Coal Co. Plans = Toxic Dust for West Oakland
Hey Kentucky, I’ve got good news for ya! The death of coal companies has been largely exaggerated. It turns out your coal companies are fine, they are just busy destroying Utah and Oakland now. Oh, and New Mexico and Colorado, too, just as they have destroyed the health and environment of Appalachia for decades. Now, […] More
Issues: Pollution, Racial inequality, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 17, 2015
OVEC’s Successes in 2015: Thank You!
OVEC's work is successful because of the work of our volunteers, members and supporters. Thank you! Here's a sampling of some of our 2015 successes. As you make your end donations, please remember OVEC. Donations to OVEC are tax-deductible. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Climate change, Coal, DEP, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Mountaintop removal
OVEC’s Successes in 2015: Thank You!
OVEC's work is successful because of the work of our volunteers, members and supporters. Thank you! Here's a sampling of some of our 2015 successes. As you make your end donations, please remember OVEC. Donations to OVEC are tax-deductible. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Climate change, Coal, DEP, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 16, 2015
DEP Seeks Comments for Feasibility Study on Clean Power Plan
Update: Take easy e-action here. The goal of EPA’s Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants is to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, which are the nation’s largest source of such emissions. By 2030, the plan should cut carbon emissions from the power sector 32 percent below 2005 levels. States may develop their own State […] More
Issues: Climate change
DEP Seeks Comments for Feasibility Study on Clean Power Plan
Update: Take easy e-action here. The goal of EPA’s Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants is to reduce carbon emissions from power plants, which are the nation’s largest source of such emissions. By 2030, the plan should cut carbon emissions from the power sector 32 percent below 2005 levels. States may develop their own State […] More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Dec 10, 2015
My Comments at the MXP Pipeline EIS Scoping Hearing
Update: April Keating reports that FERC has informed her that people can make comments to FERC up until the day a pipeline is approved. So, continue piping up! FERC is especially looking for comments during the EIS period, which is the time the agency is trying to identify problems. Pipe up! In case it’s of […] More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale, Utica Shale
My Comments at the MXP Pipeline EIS Scoping Hearing
Update: April Keating reports that FERC has informed her that people can make comments to FERC up until the day a pipeline is approved. So, continue piping up! FERC is especially looking for comments during the EIS period, which is the time the agency is trying to identify problems. Pipe up! In case it’s of […] More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale, Utica Shale
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 10, 2015
How to Submit Written Comments on Mountaineer XPress Pipeline
Update: April Keating reports that FERC has informed her that people can make comments to FERC up until the day a pipeline is approved. So, continue piping up! FERC is especially looking for comments during the EIS period, which is the time the agency is trying to identify problems. Pipe up! Below is information from […] More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale, Utica Shale
How to Submit Written Comments on Mountaineer XPress Pipeline
Update: April Keating reports that FERC has informed her that people can make comments to FERC up until the day a pipeline is approved. So, continue piping up! FERC is especially looking for comments during the EIS period, which is the time the agency is trying to identify problems. Pipe up! Below is information from […] More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale, Utica Shale
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 9, 2015
What to Say to FERC at Pipeline EIS Scoping Meeting?
Update: April Keating reports that FERC has informed her that people can make comments to FERC up until the day a pipeline is approved. So, continue piping up! FERC is especially looking for comments during the EIS period, which is the time the agency is trying to identify problems. Pipe up! FERC is preparing an […] More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Pollution, Rogersville Shale, Utica Shale
What to Say to FERC at Pipeline EIS Scoping Meeting?
Update: April Keating reports that FERC has informed her that people can make comments to FERC up until the day a pipeline is approved. So, continue piping up! FERC is especially looking for comments during the EIS period, which is the time the agency is trying to identify problems. Pipe up! FERC is preparing an […] More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Pollution, Rogersville Shale, Utica Shale
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 8, 2015
WV: Time to Comment on Another Proposed Pipeline
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.’s proposed Mountaineer XPress pipeline project. FERC uses the EIS to determine whether this project meets a threshold for "public convenience and necessity." You may comment by writing through December 17 or attend one of four public scoping meetings. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Utica Shale
WV: Time to Comment on Another Proposed Pipeline
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.’s proposed Mountaineer XPress pipeline project. FERC uses the EIS to determine whether this project meets a threshold for "public convenience and necessity." You may comment by writing through December 17 or attend one of four public scoping meetings. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Utica Shale
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 3, 2015
Free Training for Career in Environmental Field
The Coalfield Development Corporation is offering free environmental remediation training opportunities. Training starts January 25, so apply now! All the details you need are in the flier and brochure here. More
Issues: Pollution, Transition economy
Free Training for Career in Environmental Field
The Coalfield Development Corporation is offering free environmental remediation training opportunities. Training starts January 25, so apply now! All the details you need are in the flier and brochure here. More
Issues: Pollution, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 3, 2015
A Tale of Three Pipelines
State and local officials and the FERC need to hear from everyone affected. Most often, landowners are referred to as stakeholders, but everyone who uses water is a stakeholder, because gas development takes a major toll on water resources. We are on the front lines of a war on our water, especially in the Marcellus/Utica/Rogersville region of Appalachia. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale
A Tale of Three Pipelines
State and local officials and the FERC need to hear from everyone affected. Most often, landowners are referred to as stakeholders, but everyone who uses water is a stakeholder, because gas development takes a major toll on water resources. We are on the front lines of a war on our water, especially in the Marcellus/Utica/Rogersville region of Appalachia. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Rogersville Shale
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 3, 2015
OVEC Founder’s Statement on Blankenship Verdict
A statement by OVEC founder Dianne Bady on the breaking news that the jury in the trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has reached its verdict after ten days of deliberation: Don Blankenship got off on the most legally serious charge — securities fraud — which carried a penalty of up to thirty years. […] More
Issues: Coal
OVEC Founder’s Statement on Blankenship Verdict
A statement by OVEC founder Dianne Bady on the breaking news that the jury in the trial of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has reached its verdict after ten days of deliberation: Don Blankenship got off on the most legally serious charge — securities fraud — which carried a penalty of up to thirty years. […] More
Issues: Coal
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Dec 3, 2015
A Review of Time to Choose
Disclaimer first: since I have friends in and am a member of OVEC, which helped with the filming of the coal piece, I could have a positive bias as I write this review of Time to Choose. On the other hand, the reading I do on issues of environmental justice, peak oil and resource depletion, […] More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
A Review of Time to Choose
Disclaimer first: since I have friends in and am a member of OVEC, which helped with the filming of the coal piece, I could have a positive bias as I write this review of Time to Choose. On the other hand, the reading I do on issues of environmental justice, peak oil and resource depletion, […] More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 3, 2015
Paris Climate Talks Apps
Pleased to present: Our #COP21 negotiator app for Android http://bit.ly/1QFE6hf and iPhone http://bit.ly/Tho7YZ More
Issues: Climate change
Paris Climate Talks Apps
Pleased to present: Our #COP21 negotiator app for Android http://bit.ly/1QFE6hf and iPhone http://bit.ly/Tho7YZ More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 30, 2015
Time to Choose No More Sacrifice Zones
Update: the free streaming period is over, but you can see a clip of the film here. Follow the film on Facebook here and on Twitter here. Use the hashtag: #TimeToChoose. Time To Choose, a new film by the Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson will be screened at two special events in Paris in two weeks during the UN climate-change […] More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Rogersville Shale, Sustainability, Transition economy
Time to Choose No More Sacrifice Zones
Update: the free streaming period is over, but you can see a clip of the film here. Follow the film on Facebook here and on Twitter here. Use the hashtag: #TimeToChoose. Time To Choose, a new film by the Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson will be screened at two special events in Paris in two weeks during the UN climate-change […] More
Issues: Climate change, Coal, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Rogersville Shale, Sustainability, Transition economy