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Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 19, 2016
Ongoing #RubberStampRebellion
An update on the OVEC crew's participation in Beyond Extreme Energy's (BXE) ongoing #RubberStampRebellion, with shots or the skit in front of the US International Trade Commission. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
Ongoing #RubberStampRebellion
An update on the OVEC crew's participation in Beyond Extreme Energy's (BXE) ongoing #RubberStampRebellion, with shots or the skit in front of the US International Trade Commission. More
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Energy efficiency, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 18, 2016
Wildfire, Wilsons at BXE’s #RubberStampRebellion
We work to move beyond extreme extraction in all sorts of ways, and this week that includes working with Beyond Extreme Extraction (BXE). Volunteers Mary Wildfire and Brenda and Robin Wilson are in D.C. right now, taking part in BXE's #RubberStampRebellion. They are there to tell to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Stop rubber-stamping gas industry permit applications and change the way you operate. Prioritize the emergence of wind, solar and other renewables above fossil fuels. We say: No New Permits! More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Wildfire, Wilsons at BXE’s #RubberStampRebellion
We work to move beyond extreme extraction in all sorts of ways, and this week that includes working with Beyond Extreme Extraction (BXE). Volunteers Mary Wildfire and Brenda and Robin Wilson are in D.C. right now, taking part in BXE's #RubberStampRebellion. They are there to tell to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): Stop rubber-stamping gas industry permit applications and change the way you operate. Prioritize the emergence of wind, solar and other renewables above fossil fuels. We say: No New Permits! More
Issues: Fracking, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 17, 2016
Sustainability Fair to Include Screening of Cowspiracy at OVEC Office
Come out 10- 4 this Saturday, May 21, for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair in Old Central City. Then come up the street for a screening of Cowspiracy at the OVEC office. All free. More
Issues: Energy efficiency, Health, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy
Sustainability Fair to Include Screening of Cowspiracy at OVEC Office
Come out 10- 4 this Saturday, May 21, for the second annual Huntington Sustainability Fair in Old Central City. Then come up the street for a screening of Cowspiracy at the OVEC office. All free. More
Issues: Energy efficiency, Health, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 10, 2016
Update on the Environmental Songwriting Contest
Several months ago we told you about the Environmental Songwriting Contest With Cash Prizes. Use the power of music to address some of the most important issues of our time, and please help spread the word: A message from the Connecticut Songwriters Association: Calling All Songwriters: The international Environmental Songwriting Contest, sponsored by the CT Songwriters Association, is […] More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Water
Update on the Environmental Songwriting Contest
Several months ago we told you about the Environmental Songwriting Contest With Cash Prizes. Use the power of music to address some of the most important issues of our time, and please help spread the word: A message from the Connecticut Songwriters Association: Calling All Songwriters: The international Environmental Songwriting Contest, sponsored by the CT Songwriters Association, is […] More
Issues: Climate change, Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Water
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire May 7, 2016
Come to the Rubberstamp Rebellion: Ride with Us, Tell Off FERC
Join us for a ride to the Rubberstamp Rebellion at FERC headquarters in D.C. Tell FERC to stop rubberstamping pipelines! More
Issues: FERC, Fracking, Pipelines
Come to the Rubberstamp Rebellion: Ride with Us, Tell Off FERC
Join us for a ride to the Rubberstamp Rebellion at FERC headquarters in D.C. Tell FERC to stop rubberstamping pipelines! More
Issues: FERC, Fracking, Pipelines
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 3, 2016
Win-Win-Win: With Your Help, We Save Energy, You Save Energy & One Group Wins Big
Save energy! To build participation in its HomeSMART Energy Assessment program, and to help non-profit organizations save on their energy bills, AEP subsidiary Appalachian Power is sponsoring a contest and rewards program. The reward: For every home that a non-profit group signs up for the in-home energy assessment, that group will receive at least $10 worth of energy efficiency improvements for its offices. The contest: The non-profit group that signs up the most homes for the in-home energy assessments wins a $10,000 energy efficiency upgrade for its building! (We think you can see where we are going with this...) More
Issues: Energy efficiency
Win-Win-Win: With Your Help, We Save Energy, You Save Energy & One Group Wins Big
Save energy! To build participation in its HomeSMART Energy Assessment program, and to help non-profit organizations save on their energy bills, AEP subsidiary Appalachian Power is sponsoring a contest and rewards program. The reward: For every home that a non-profit group signs up for the in-home energy assessment, that group will receive at least $10 worth of energy efficiency improvements for its offices. The contest: The non-profit group that signs up the most homes for the in-home energy assessments wins a $10,000 energy efficiency upgrade for its building! (We think you can see where we are going with this...) More
Issues: Energy efficiency
Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 3, 2016
Time To Choose Coming to Theaters in U.S. on June 3
Time To Choose comes to theaters across the U.S. on June 3. In this documentary, Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson addresses global climate change, capturing the urgency of the issue and the innovation of people worldwide who are coming up with solutions. More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal
Time To Choose Coming to Theaters in U.S. on June 3
Time To Choose comes to theaters across the U.S. on June 3. In this documentary, Oscar-winning documentary director Charles Ferguson addresses global climate change, capturing the urgency of the issue and the innovation of people worldwide who are coming up with solutions. More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating May 3, 2016
Great Gibson Custom Guitar Up for Grabs
This Gibson Custom guitar, built with sustainable Chechen wood, is in excellent condition and ready to be played. It was built in 1994 and is signed by the builders, master luthiers Ren Ferguson and John Walker. More
Issues: Fracking
Great Gibson Custom Guitar Up for Grabs
This Gibson Custom guitar, built with sustainable Chechen wood, is in excellent condition and ready to be played. It was built in 1994 and is signed by the builders, master luthiers Ren Ferguson and John Walker. More
Issues: Fracking
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 27, 2016
Progressives and Liberals are the Future
The transformation that began with The Enlightenment is a fact. Amid all the chaos and confusion of daily life, through a thousand contradictory barrages, the struggle for a safer, fairer, more secure, more humane world never ceases—and the gradual tide of success seems unstoppable. More
Issues: Racial inequality, Social justice
Progressives and Liberals are the Future
The transformation that began with The Enlightenment is a fact. Amid all the chaos and confusion of daily life, through a thousand contradictory barrages, the struggle for a safer, fairer, more secure, more humane world never ceases—and the gradual tide of success seems unstoppable. More
Issues: Racial inequality, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Mary Wildfire Apr 27, 2016
TTIP = Totalitarian Take-Over In Progress
Tell the Truth, International Parasites! Totalitarian Take-Over In Progress On Sunday, April 24, President Obama stood next to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany and proclaimed that free trade deals like the TPP and the TTIP (which he was pushing) have been an “indisputable” good for our country. Amazingly, he did not then fall forward from the […] More
Issues: Social justice
TTIP = Totalitarian Take-Over In Progress
Tell the Truth, International Parasites! Totalitarian Take-Over In Progress On Sunday, April 24, President Obama stood next to Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany and proclaimed that free trade deals like the TPP and the TTIP (which he was pushing) have been an “indisputable” good for our country. Amazingly, he did not then fall forward from the […] More
Issues: Social justice
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 27, 2016
Vote For the Issues that Matter to You
Vote in the primaries, to help choose the lawmakers who will represent you. Then vote again (right now!) to choose the issues that you want to fight for in the coming years, for a better West Virginia. More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice, Transition economy
Vote For the Issues that Matter to You
Vote in the primaries, to help choose the lawmakers who will represent you. Then vote again (right now!) to choose the issues that you want to fight for in the coming years, for a better West Virginia. More
Issues: Clean elections, Health, Social justice, Transition economy
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 24, 2016
Derrick Jensen, MTR and the Ruffed Grouse
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Derrick Jensen, an activist and the author of more than 20 books, about environmental destruction, violence against women, racism, imperialism, and so on. Derrick says his work is about “trying to stop this culture from destroying the biosphere.” The interview will air tonight, Sunday, April 24, at […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Derrick Jensen, MTR and the Ruffed Grouse
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by Derrick Jensen, an activist and the author of more than 20 books, about environmental destruction, violence against women, racism, imperialism, and so on. Derrick says his work is about “trying to stop this culture from destroying the biosphere.” The interview will air tonight, Sunday, April 24, at […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 19, 2016
April 20 Hearing on Fracking Waste Injection Permit
Short notice: Public hearing April 20! In an earlier blog we noted: The Beckley Register-Herald reports: “A Department of Environmental Protection permit application renewal for an underground injection control well used to dispose of oil and natural gas waste in the Trap Hill area of Raleigh County is open for public comment…” More details on […] More
Issues: DEP, Fracking, Water
April 20 Hearing on Fracking Waste Injection Permit
Short notice: Public hearing April 20! In an earlier blog we noted: The Beckley Register-Herald reports: “A Department of Environmental Protection permit application renewal for an underground injection control well used to dispose of oil and natural gas waste in the Trap Hill area of Raleigh County is open for public comment…” More details on […] More
Issues: DEP, Fracking, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 18, 2016
Earth Day(s) Activities Going on This Week, and to End of Month; Vote!
April’s greening of the land is here and so are Earth Day events, to help us learn about ways to green up our lives and our communities. If you are in Huntington, Charleston or Parkersburg we hope you will join OVEC at these events: April 20: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Earth Day at MU Student Center Plaza. OVEC […] More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Water
Earth Day(s) Activities Going on This Week, and to End of Month; Vote!
April’s greening of the land is here and so are Earth Day events, to help us learn about ways to green up our lives and our communities. If you are in Huntington, Charleston or Parkersburg we hope you will join OVEC at these events: April 20: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Earth Day at MU Student Center Plaza. OVEC […] More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 14, 2016
Comment Now on Source Water Protection Plans
As you will recall, in January 2014 a Freedom Industries chemical spill into the Elk River poisoned the drinking water of some 300,000 West Virginians. Under intense public pressure, legislators passed some new laws to protect human health (and in following years, the legislators have been rolling back those protections, but that’s another story). One of the laws still […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Water, WV American Water
Comment Now on Source Water Protection Plans
As you will recall, in January 2014 a Freedom Industries chemical spill into the Elk River poisoned the drinking water of some 300,000 West Virginians. Under intense public pressure, legislators passed some new laws to protect human health (and in following years, the legislators have been rolling back those protections, but that’s another story). One of the laws still […] More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Water, WV American Water
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 8, 2016
Smart Meters: Dumb Idea
For your bills, your health, your safety and your privacy, smart meters are a dumb idea. More
Issues: Energy, Social justice
Smart Meters: Dumb Idea
For your bills, your health, your safety and your privacy, smart meters are a dumb idea. More
Issues: Energy, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Apr 6, 2016
Double Your Impact: Donate for Our Challenge Grant
For each and every donation that we receive between now and June 1, OVEC will receive a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $20,000! In other words, to be eligible for this $20,000 gift, we must raise $20,000. Please donate here. More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Renewable energy, Social justice
Double Your Impact: Donate for Our Challenge Grant
For each and every donation that we receive between now and June 1, OVEC will receive a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $20,000! In other words, to be eligible for this $20,000 gift, we must raise $20,000. Please donate here. More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Renewable energy, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Mar 31, 2016
Care About Climate Change? Call Congress!
Could you help us by making a phone call? We have been told Congress never hears from West Virginians about the climate! Here are some suggestions for Spring 2016. More
Issues: Climate change
Care About Climate Change? Call Congress!
Could you help us by making a phone call? We have been told Congress never hears from West Virginians about the climate! Here are some suggestions for Spring 2016. More
Issues: Climate change
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Mar 30, 2016
Consultant Sought for Energy and Natural Resources Working Group of AFN
The newly established Energy and Natural Resources Working Group (ENRWG) of the Appalachia Funders Network (AFN) seeks a consultant to enable successful collaboration among the member organizations by providing leadership, content expertise, and facilitation in support of our shared vision. The consultant will have access to administrative support to schedule calls, take notes during calls, […] More
Issues: Coal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Transition economy
Consultant Sought for Energy and Natural Resources Working Group of AFN
The newly established Energy and Natural Resources Working Group (ENRWG) of the Appalachia Funders Network (AFN) seeks a consultant to enable successful collaboration among the member organizations by providing leadership, content expertise, and facilitation in support of our shared vision. The consultant will have access to administrative support to schedule calls, take notes during calls, […] More
Issues: Coal, Renewable energy, Social justice, Transition economy