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Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Mar 2, 2019
The Legacy of Non-Stick Cookware
Citizens have become human guinea pigs for corporations. Industrial chemicals are generally considered safe until proven hazardous. More
Issues: Pollution

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 26, 2019
Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline: Goodbye Trees, Hello Dangerous Landslides
You just can’t take the trees off of the landscape here and expect the ground to stay put. The pipeline slips are a threat to property rights, water quality, and public safety. More
Issues: Pipelines

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 6, 2019
Solastalgia Got You Down? Map Your Own Landscape!
If mountaintop removal had changed your life, help map that. Share your memories and passion about your homeplace. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 4, 2019
Get Your MOJO On: Call Now About the Modern Jobs Act; Support Solar Jobs!
Support HB 2589 , MOJO, the Modern Jobs Act. It's a bipartisan effort regarding solar electricity generated on former coal mines. More
Issues: Coal, Renewable energy, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Jan 29, 2019
Hey EPA, Keep the Mercury Standards!
EPA should not be rolling back mercury standards! Much of the mercury that makes its way into our bodies originates from the burning of coal in power plants. Be on the alert to comment to EPA. More
Issues: Coal, Pollution

Hoots and Hollers Dustin White Jan 25, 2019
Bev Reed: I Want Better For The Ohio River Valley
Hear from Ohio resident Bev Reed in this guest blog. Bev is one of many local folks stepping up to defend what they love from infrastructure as part of the proposed Appalachian Petrochemical Hub. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking, Petrochemicals, Plastics

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 12, 2019
This is What Democracy Looks Like, and You Are In It
The 2018 WV teachers' strike is a recent example of how people power works. We, the people, know how to make WV a better place to live. But we need to fix a broken system. Here's a solution. More
Issues: Clean elections

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 12, 2019
Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline Work Severs Phone Lines, Blocks Roads
Pipeline construction: Your phone lines are cut, your roads are blocked, and they call the sheriff on you for standing on the public road. More
Issues: Marcellus Shale, Pipelines

Hoots and Hollers Dustin White Jan 9, 2019
Reflections On The Water: WV Water Crisis Five Years Later And A New Petrochemical Threat
If the WV DEP could not regulate one chemical storage tank, how in the world can they regulate all the infrastructure of a 400-mile-long petrochemical complex? More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, MCHM, Petrochemicals, Water

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Jan 8, 2019
Citizens Should Take the Lead On Creating the Change We Need
It is up to us. So many politicians are short sighted, unimaginative, and as Greta Thunberg said “not mature enough to tell it like it is.” More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Climate change, Petrochemicals

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Dec 11, 2018
Why I Support OVEC. I Hope You Will Too.
I’ve supported OVEC all these years because the tenacious group of people has enriched my life and my community. I am asking you to show your support to OVEC, too, by making your tax-deductible donation today. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 27, 2018
This #GivingTuesday: Help Stop the Petrochemical Zombie Attack
ASH would be a grave threat to the drinking water of millions of people. Politicians dreams of locking us into a petrochemical future is flat-out nuts, especially in light of all the grave climate change studies and reports that have emerged in recent months. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Climate change, Fracking, Pollution

Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Nov 25, 2018
Review of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Drawdown was a major collaborative effort involving 70 research fellows from 40 countries. It’s not so much a cohesive plan as a list of partial solutions: 80 that are tested and in use at least somewhere in the world, and another 20 that are speculative. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 21, 2018
Meet Alex Cole, OVEC’s Newest Staff Member
I come from a place with deep roots. I have spent my short 30 years studying our history and our ecology in an attempt to understand myself and my people. In my role as community organizer, I hope to continue that education and share what I have learned with as many people as possible. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Coal, Pollution

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Nov 15, 2018
Plants, Plastics: The Hemp Kind Versus the Toxic Kind
Why build an enormous petrochemical complex in the Ohio Valley to produce toxic plastics? Why risk our health? Let's embark on a major hemp production project to lift l without destroying the land, air and water we depend on! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Pollution

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 7, 2018
WV Environmental Council Hiring for Lobbyist Positions
The WV Environmental Council is seeking lobbying proposals for full time legislative lobbying during the 2019 regular Legislative Session, which runs from January 9 through March 9, 2019. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Appalachian Storage Hub, Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Nov 1, 2018
Hey WV, If You Haven’t Voted Yet, Vote!
A guide to voting in Cabell County and elsewhere in WV. Vote, vote, vote! More

Hoots and Hollers Frank Grant Oct 26, 2018
Drawdown: A Book To Ramp Your Climate Action Up
This marvelous book stands as an essential primer on how our species can redeem itself from the harm it has done and is doing to the planet. Drawdown will ramp your action up! More
Issues: Climate change, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy

Hoots and Hollers Randi Pokladnik Oct 24, 2018
If Not Now, When? If Not Us, Who?
We have the tools and the science to tackle this problem. Whether main stream media, government institutions, and state and local politicians join us remains to be seen, but waiting is not an option. More
Issues: Climate change, Coal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Oct 24, 2018
Early Voting On in WV from October 24 to November 3
Why vote? The powers-that-be are trying to make it harder for you to vote! Don't take that--get out and vote. Here are some ways to inform yourself. More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Mountaintop removal

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