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Press Release OVEC Mar 2, 2015
Quakers Force PNC Bank to End Investment in Mountaintop Removal
Bowing to pressure from Quaker environmentalists, yesterday PNC Bank announced that it will be restricting financing of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The shift outlined in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report means PNC Bank will effectively cease its investment in this controversial practice. More
Issues: Faith, Health, Mountaintop removal
Quakers Force PNC Bank to End Investment in Mountaintop Removal
Bowing to pressure from Quaker environmentalists, yesterday PNC Bank announced that it will be restricting financing of mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. The shift outlined in its 2015 Corporate Responsibility Report means PNC Bank will effectively cease its investment in this controversial practice. More
Issues: Faith, Health, Mountaintop removal
Press Release OVEC Feb 18, 2015
Multistate Groups Demand Coast Guard Action to Protect Ohio River
Citing serious public health and safety concerns, environmental and community groups opposed to barging of fracking waste sent a letter to the U.S. Coast Guard requesting that the agency immediately initiate investigative action related to GreenHunter, LLC to determine the true contents of waste that GreenHunter, LLC may be transporting by barge on inland waterways, including the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, both, sources of drinking water for millions of people. More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Water
Multistate Groups Demand Coast Guard Action to Protect Ohio River
Citing serious public health and safety concerns, environmental and community groups opposed to barging of fracking waste sent a letter to the U.S. Coast Guard requesting that the agency immediately initiate investigative action related to GreenHunter, LLC to determine the true contents of waste that GreenHunter, LLC may be transporting by barge on inland waterways, including the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, both, sources of drinking water for millions of people. More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Water
Press Release Vivian Feb 10, 2015
Citizens Call on Oil and Gas Industry and Politicians to Safeguard WV Waters
Come out Monday evening! Oil and gas industry lobbyists are among those leading the efforts to pass H.B. 2574/S.B. 423, “Amending the Aboveground Storage Tank Act.” This bill would gut last year’s unanimously-passed SB 373, the Above Ground Storage Tank Act, drafted in the wake of the MCHM chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water of about a sixth of the state’s population. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Clean elections, Fracking, Water, WV American Water, WV Legislature
Citizens Call on Oil and Gas Industry and Politicians to Safeguard WV Waters
Come out Monday evening! Oil and gas industry lobbyists are among those leading the efforts to pass H.B. 2574/S.B. 423, “Amending the Aboveground Storage Tank Act.” This bill would gut last year’s unanimously-passed SB 373, the Above Ground Storage Tank Act, drafted in the wake of the MCHM chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water of about a sixth of the state’s population. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Clean elections, Fracking, Water, WV American Water, WV Legislature
Press Release OVEC Jan 29, 2015
Dangers of Conductivity Pollution to Streams Affirmed in Yet Another Major WV Court Ruling
Huntington, WV – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has, once again, found that conductivity pollution from a mountaintop removal mine violated key clean water protections. This decision follows on the heels of a similar decision from June 2014 that also found that high conductivity discharges from coal mines harm streams. That decision, against Alpha Natural Resources subsidiaries, led to a December 2014 settlement expected to result in active treatment of conductivity pollution for the first time. More
Issues: Coal, Pollution, Water
Dangers of Conductivity Pollution to Streams Affirmed in Yet Another Major WV Court Ruling
Huntington, WV – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has, once again, found that conductivity pollution from a mountaintop removal mine violated key clean water protections. This decision follows on the heels of a similar decision from June 2014 that also found that high conductivity discharges from coal mines harm streams. That decision, against Alpha Natural Resources subsidiaries, led to a December 2014 settlement expected to result in active treatment of conductivity pollution for the first time. More
Issues: Coal, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Jan 13, 2015
Media Advisory: Update on January 17 Events in Month of Water
Update on Next Events in January: A Month of Water What /When: Saturday, January 17 in Charleston, WV 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Safe Water System Leadership Training 2:00 p.m. Water Unites Us: Rally for Clean Water Statewide 5:00 p.m. After Rally/ Party Dinner More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Fracking, MCHM, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, Water, WV American Water
Media Advisory: Update on January 17 Events in Month of Water
Update on Next Events in January: A Month of Water What /When: Saturday, January 17 in Charleston, WV 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Safe Water System Leadership Training 2:00 p.m. Water Unites Us: Rally for Clean Water Statewide 5:00 p.m. After Rally/ Party Dinner More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Fracking, MCHM, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, Water, WV American Water
Press Release OVEC Jan 7, 2015
Citizen Groups Compelling U.S. EPA to Protect Appalachia’s Water
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and local groups representing Appalachian citizens announced Wednesday that they will push the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court to weigh in on the documented, systematic failure of Kentucky and West Virginia to regulate harmful water pollution from mountaintop removal coal mines. More
Issues: Water
Citizen Groups Compelling U.S. EPA to Protect Appalachia’s Water
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and local groups representing Appalachian citizens announced Wednesday that they will push the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in federal court to weigh in on the documented, systematic failure of Kentucky and West Virginia to regulate harmful water pollution from mountaintop removal coal mines. More
Issues: Water
Press Release OVEC Jan 5, 2015
Media Advisory: WV Water Crisis 1- Year Anniversary Tele-Press Conf
January 9, 2015 is the one-year anniversary of the chemical leak that contaminated the drinking water of nearly a sixth of West Virginia’s population. On Wednesday (January 7), leaders of citizen groups, a water scientist and an impacted mother will hold a phone-based news conference to look back on the crisis and outline the progress, pitfalls and next steps in their work to ensure safe drinking water for all West Virginians. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Media Advisory: WV Water Crisis 1- Year Anniversary Tele-Press Conf
January 9, 2015 is the one-year anniversary of the chemical leak that contaminated the drinking water of nearly a sixth of West Virginia’s population. On Wednesday (January 7), leaders of citizen groups, a water scientist and an impacted mother will hold a phone-based news conference to look back on the crisis and outline the progress, pitfalls and next steps in their work to ensure safe drinking water for all West Virginians. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Press Release OVEC Jan 5, 2015
Tim O’Brien’s New Download Label Launches with Song About WV Chemical Spill / Water Crisis
Grammy winning Americana artist Tim O’Brien will launch his new download label Short Order Sessions on January 6. Available on all digital music outlets including iTunes and Amazon, the label’s debut release is Brush My Teeth With Coca-Cola, a humorous look at the Freedom Industries chemical spill one year ago that contaminated the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Tim O’Brien’s New Download Label Launches with Song About WV Chemical Spill / Water Crisis
Grammy winning Americana artist Tim O’Brien will launch his new download label Short Order Sessions on January 6. Available on all digital music outlets including iTunes and Amazon, the label’s debut release is Brush My Teeth With Coca-Cola, a humorous look at the Freedom Industries chemical spill one year ago that contaminated the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Press Release OVEC Dec 23, 2014
One Year Anniversary of the Elk River Chemical Leak
January 9, 2015, events from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. in and around the WV Culture Center on the State Capitol Grounds. All events are free of charge and open to the public, and are organized by active members of the WV Safe Water Roundtable. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
One Year Anniversary of the Elk River Chemical Leak
January 9, 2015, events from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. in and around the WV Culture Center on the State Capitol Grounds. All events are free of charge and open to the public, and are organized by active members of the WV Safe Water Roundtable. More
Issues: MCHM, Water
Press Release OVEC Dec 19, 2014
Legal Agreements Require Protection from Selenium Pollution at West Virginia Coal Mines
Citizen and environmental groups have reached three separate settlement agreements with Alpha Natural Resources and Consol Energy requiring the companies to deal with their responsibility for selenium pollution into streams from multiple mountaintop removal coal mines and coal mining facilities in West Virginia. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Water
Legal Agreements Require Protection from Selenium Pollution at West Virginia Coal Mines
Citizen and environmental groups have reached three separate settlement agreements with Alpha Natural Resources and Consol Energy requiring the companies to deal with their responsibility for selenium pollution into streams from multiple mountaintop removal coal mines and coal mining facilities in West Virginia. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Water
Press Release OVEC Dec 16, 2014
Still No Decision on Kanawha State Forest Surface Mine Four Months After Hearing
The Kanawha Forest Coalition today released a report detailing the regulatory mishaps and procedural flaws they say were involved in the DEP issuance of a permit allowing surface mining within 588 feet of Kanawha State Forest and within 1,500 feet of homes. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Still No Decision on Kanawha State Forest Surface Mine Four Months After Hearing
The Kanawha Forest Coalition today released a report detailing the regulatory mishaps and procedural flaws they say were involved in the DEP issuance of a permit allowing surface mining within 588 feet of Kanawha State Forest and within 1,500 feet of homes. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Press Release OVEC Dec 15, 2014
Landmark Settlement Addresses Conductivity Pollution from Surface Coal Mines
Citizen and environmental groups have reached a landmark settlement agreement with Alpha Natural Resources that requires the company to bring its pollution discharges from four mountaintop removal coal mines into compliance with narrative water quality standards. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Water
Landmark Settlement Addresses Conductivity Pollution from Surface Coal Mines
Citizen and environmental groups have reached a landmark settlement agreement with Alpha Natural Resources that requires the company to bring its pollution discharges from four mountaintop removal coal mines into compliance with narrative water quality standards. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Water
Press Release OVEC Dec 13, 2014
Media Day at Kanawha State Forest
Find out why the Kanawha Forest Coalition contends that the WVDEP has not followed its rules in issuing a mountaintop removal mining permit for the KD#2 mine near KSF and why the Coalition is continuing to appeal this permit. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Media Day at Kanawha State Forest
Find out why the Kanawha Forest Coalition contends that the WVDEP has not followed its rules in issuing a mountaintop removal mining permit for the KD#2 mine near KSF and why the Coalition is continuing to appeal this permit. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Press Release OVEC Dec 11, 2014
Groups Coalesce Against Fracking Activity in Ohio River Valley
Late in November, representatives of citizen groups from West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio gathered in Huntington, W.Va., to discuss the growing threats to the Ohio River Basin, which provides drinking water for five million people. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
Groups Coalesce Against Fracking Activity in Ohio River Valley
Late in November, representatives of citizen groups from West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio gathered in Huntington, W.Va., to discuss the growing threats to the Ohio River Basin, which provides drinking water for five million people. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Dec 10, 2014
Patriot Coal’s Hobet 21 Mining Complex a Major Source of Harmful Pollution
Citizen and environmental groups have put Patriot Coal Corporation subsidiary Hobet Mining on notice of their intent to sue over the company’s pollution at its sprawling Hobet 21 coal mining complex in Boone County, WV. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Pollution
Patriot Coal’s Hobet 21 Mining Complex a Major Source of Harmful Pollution
Citizen and environmental groups have put Patriot Coal Corporation subsidiary Hobet Mining on notice of their intent to sue over the company’s pollution at its sprawling Hobet 21 coal mining complex in Boone County, WV. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Pollution
Press Release OVEC Dec 1, 2014
Grassroots Progress Report Evaluates Obama’s Legacy in Appalachia
The report discusses the Obama Administration’s successes and shortfalls in addressing the impacts of mountaintop removal and investing in a just and sustainable economy in Appalachia More
Grassroots Progress Report Evaluates Obama’s Legacy in Appalachia
The report discusses the Obama Administration’s successes and shortfalls in addressing the impacts of mountaintop removal and investing in a just and sustainable economy in Appalachia More
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