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Press Release Robin Blakeman Nov 23, 2015
Media Advisory: #GivingTuesday: OVEC’s Night at the Kanawha Forest Exposition
Volunteers and staff of the Huntington-based Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition will be on hand to meet with visitors to the 247 Capitol St. storefront space that evening. They’ll explain the group’s work to those interested. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Water
Media Advisory: #GivingTuesday: OVEC’s Night at the Kanawha Forest Exposition
Volunteers and staff of the Huntington-based Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition will be on hand to meet with visitors to the 247 Capitol St. storefront space that evening. They’ll explain the group’s work to those interested. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Water
Press Release OVEC Nov 18, 2015
Media Advisory: OVEC’s Treehuggers’ Ball Back – Dec. 4, VClub, Huntington, WV
Presented and organized by the Board of Directors of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; musicians and bands will include Karen Scalf, the Shadowshaker Band, Big Rock and the Candy Ass Mountain Boys, Moonshine Crossing and Of The Dell. More
Issues: Music
Media Advisory: OVEC’s Treehuggers’ Ball Back – Dec. 4, VClub, Huntington, WV
Presented and organized by the Board of Directors of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition; musicians and bands will include Karen Scalf, the Shadowshaker Band, Big Rock and the Candy Ass Mountain Boys, Moonshine Crossing and Of The Dell. More
Issues: Music
Press Release OVEC Nov 17, 2015
Coal-Mac Mine Complex Destroying Pine Creek Watershed
Local citizen and clean water groups filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia over widespread water pollution from Coal-Mac, Inc.’s sprawling surface coal mining complex in Logan County, West Virginia. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Coal-Mac Mine Complex Destroying Pine Creek Watershed
Local citizen and clean water groups filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia over widespread water pollution from Coal-Mac, Inc.’s sprawling surface coal mining complex in Logan County, West Virginia. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Nov 9, 2015
OVEC Movie Night Features Film on Grassroots Victory Over Proposed Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline
With deep, unconventional Rogersville Shale oil and gas fracking and at least seven major proposed pipelines posing new threats to water, air and soil quality in West Virginia, a local grassroots groups wants to remind people that they can protect their communities with organized resistance. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines
OVEC Movie Night Features Film on Grassroots Victory Over Proposed Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline
With deep, unconventional Rogersville Shale oil and gas fracking and at least seven major proposed pipelines posing new threats to water, air and soil quality in West Virginia, a local grassroots groups wants to remind people that they can protect their communities with organized resistance. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines
Press Release OVEC Nov 8, 2015
Mayoral Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Marks OVEC’s New Presence in Old Central City
On November 7, members and supporters of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition gathered to celebrate the group’s new and remodeled office space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, office tours, live music and refreshments. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Mayoral Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Marks OVEC’s New Presence in Old Central City
On November 7, members and supporters of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition gathered to celebrate the group’s new and remodeled office space with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, office tours, live music and refreshments. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Press Release OVEC Sep 23, 2015
Discussion of Pope Francis’ Letter Open to the Public
The public is invited to join a discussion of the letter from Pope Francis to all people, "Laudato SI: On Care for Our Common Home." Free and open to all, the series is sponsored by a collection of local faith groups and climate activists. More
Issues: Faith, Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Discussion of Pope Francis’ Letter Open to the Public
The public is invited to join a discussion of the letter from Pope Francis to all people, "Laudato SI: On Care for Our Common Home." Free and open to all, the series is sponsored by a collection of local faith groups and climate activists. More
Issues: Faith, Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Press Release OVEC Sep 22, 2015
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Threatened Bat From Two West Virginia Coal Mines
The Center for Biological Diversity, Coal River Mountain Watch, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and the Sierra Club filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for their failure to protect threatened northern long-eared bats at two proposed mountaintop-removal coal mines in West Virginia. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Threatened Bat From Two West Virginia Coal Mines
The Center for Biological Diversity, Coal River Mountain Watch, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and the Sierra Club filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for their failure to protect threatened northern long-eared bats at two proposed mountaintop-removal coal mines in West Virginia. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Press Release OVEC Aug 20, 2015
Groups Act to Stop Coal Mining Pollution in West Virginia Waterways
Today, environmental and citizen groups in West Virginia filed suit against Pritchard Mining Company for violating Clean Water Act protections at its Fourmile Surface Mine in Boone and Kanawah Counties. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Groups Act to Stop Coal Mining Pollution in West Virginia Waterways
Today, environmental and citizen groups in West Virginia filed suit against Pritchard Mining Company for violating Clean Water Act protections at its Fourmile Surface Mine in Boone and Kanawah Counties. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Aug 18, 2015
Celebrating the Ground Beneath Our Hearts
If solastagia is getting to you, you are not alone, and you are invited to join in an international event to do something about it. Solastalgia is the pain you feel when the place you live in and love is under assault. Although coined by Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the meaning of the word resonates around the world for people whose homes have been irrevocably changed and damaged by industrial practices. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Social justice, Water
Celebrating the Ground Beneath Our Hearts
If solastagia is getting to you, you are not alone, and you are invited to join in an international event to do something about it. Solastalgia is the pain you feel when the place you live in and love is under assault. Although coined by Australian philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the meaning of the word resonates around the world for people whose homes have been irrevocably changed and damaged by industrial practices. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Social justice, Water
Press Release OVEC Aug 13, 2015
Court Finds Fola Coal Violating Clean Water Act
Today, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia found that conductivity pollution from two mountaintop removal coal mines owned by Fola Coal, a subsidiary of Consol Energy, violated key state and federal water quality protections. The mines, Fola Surface Mine No. 2 and Fola Surface Mine No. 6, are located in Nicholas and Clay counties and both dump mine waste into valley fills located in tributaries to Leatherwood Creek. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, WV American Water
Court Finds Fola Coal Violating Clean Water Act
Today, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia found that conductivity pollution from two mountaintop removal coal mines owned by Fola Coal, a subsidiary of Consol Energy, violated key state and federal water quality protections. The mines, Fola Surface Mine No. 2 and Fola Surface Mine No. 6, are located in Nicholas and Clay counties and both dump mine waste into valley fills located in tributaries to Leatherwood Creek. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, WV American Water
Press Release OVEC Jul 14, 2015
Groups Highlight Failed Reclamation at Coal Mine
For the first time, environmental and citizen groups in West Virginia filed suit against a mine operator to enforce water quality certification protections. Mingo Logan Coal Company, the target of the suit, has failed to turn two diversion ditches (ditches that re-route streams destroyed by the mining) into functional streams at its Mountain Laurel Mine Complex in Logan County. More
Issues: Coal, Water
Groups Highlight Failed Reclamation at Coal Mine
For the first time, environmental and citizen groups in West Virginia filed suit against a mine operator to enforce water quality certification protections. Mingo Logan Coal Company, the target of the suit, has failed to turn two diversion ditches (ditches that re-route streams destroyed by the mining) into functional streams at its Mountain Laurel Mine Complex in Logan County. More
Issues: Coal, Water
Press Release OVEC Jun 7, 2015
Media Advisory: NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry
NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry: A Forum on Fracking — Is Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming to Wayne and Cabell Counties? ~ Free ~ More
Issues: Fracking, Health
Media Advisory: NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry
NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry: A Forum on Fracking — Is Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming to Wayne and Cabell Counties? ~ Free ~ More
Issues: Fracking, Health
Press Release OVEC Apr 14, 2015
WV-Based OVEC and SkyTruth to Receive Jean and Leslie Douglas Pearl Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. –— Two West Virginia-based groups will be among those receiving the Cornell Douglas Foundation’s second annual Jean and Leslie Douglas Pearl Awards at a 4 to 6 p.m. ceremony at the National Press Club on April 14. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, WV American Water
WV-Based OVEC and SkyTruth to Receive Jean and Leslie Douglas Pearl Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. –— Two West Virginia-based groups will be among those receiving the Cornell Douglas Foundation’s second annual Jean and Leslie Douglas Pearl Awards at a 4 to 6 p.m. ceremony at the National Press Club on April 14. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, WV American Water
Press Release OVEC Apr 6, 2015
Patriot Coal’s Hobet 21 Mine Wiping Out W.Va’s Mud River Watershed
BOONE COUNTY, WV – Local citizen and clean water groups filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia over widespread water pollution from Patriot Coal Corporation’s sprawling Hobet 21 coal mine in Boone County, WV. Hobet 21 is part of the Hobet Mining Complex in Boone County, West Virginia, which covers 6,268 acres in and around the upper Mud River watershed, and is one of the largest surface mines in Appalachia. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Patriot Coal’s Hobet 21 Mine Wiping Out W.Va’s Mud River Watershed
BOONE COUNTY, WV – Local citizen and clean water groups filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia over widespread water pollution from Patriot Coal Corporation’s sprawling Hobet 21 coal mine in Boone County, WV. Hobet 21 is part of the Hobet Mining Complex in Boone County, West Virginia, which covers 6,268 acres in and around the upper Mud River watershed, and is one of the largest surface mines in Appalachia. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Mar 27, 2015
OVEC Statement on Drilling Under Ohio River
Since late summer of 2014, OVEC has been monitoring developments related to the sale of mineral rights under the Ohio River. It seems now that several corporations — most recently Statoil — are now announcing purchase of these mineral rights and intention to drill under the Ohio River. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
OVEC Statement on Drilling Under Ohio River
Since late summer of 2014, OVEC has been monitoring developments related to the sale of mineral rights under the Ohio River. It seems now that several corporations — most recently Statoil — are now announcing purchase of these mineral rights and intention to drill under the Ohio River. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Mar 19, 2015
Rogersville Deep Shale Drilling Next for Our Area?
Fracking operators are queuing up to dive into the deep Rogersville Shale deposit, located beneath eastern Kentucky and parts of southern and west-central West Virginia. More
Issues: Energy, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Rogersville Shale, WV American Water
Rogersville Deep Shale Drilling Next for Our Area?
Fracking operators are queuing up to dive into the deep Rogersville Shale deposit, located beneath eastern Kentucky and parts of southern and west-central West Virginia. More
Issues: Energy, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Rogersville Shale, WV American Water
Press Release OVEC Mar 17, 2015
Legal Action Taken to Protect West Virginia From Lax Oversight of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Seven local, regional and national groups today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining for failing to intervene on West Virginia’s lax oversight of mountaintop removal and other destructive surface coal mining — a state program that has, for decades, allowed the coal industry to ravage the environment, putting people at risk and destroying local communities. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal
Legal Action Taken to Protect West Virginia From Lax Oversight of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Seven local, regional and national groups today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining for failing to intervene on West Virginia’s lax oversight of mountaintop removal and other destructive surface coal mining — a state program that has, for decades, allowed the coal industry to ravage the environment, putting people at risk and destroying local communities. More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal
Press Release Vivian Mar 17, 2015
Citing Health Hazards, Citizens Demand End to MTR Permits
oday approximately 200 West Virginians rallied for healthy communities at the West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) headquarters in Charleston. The People’s Foot, a coalition of West Virginia groups and individuals, held the “No More Mountaintop Removal Permits Day” to demand that the WVDEP stop issuing new permits for this coal extraction method. Mountaintop removal causes clouds of fine blasting dust, known to promote lung cancer and other diseases, to drift through communities. More
Issues: Coal, Energy, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, Water
Citing Health Hazards, Citizens Demand End to MTR Permits
oday approximately 200 West Virginians rallied for healthy communities at the West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) headquarters in Charleston. The People’s Foot, a coalition of West Virginia groups and individuals, held the “No More Mountaintop Removal Permits Day” to demand that the WVDEP stop issuing new permits for this coal extraction method. Mountaintop removal causes clouds of fine blasting dust, known to promote lung cancer and other diseases, to drift through communities. More
Issues: Coal, Energy, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, Water
Press Release OVEC Mar 10, 2015
Environmental Groups Align Efforts to Challenge FERC Pipeline Projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is not informing the public about the big picture when it comes to natural gas infrastructure projects related to increased gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations according to several environmental groups. The groups represent interests in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia and are concerned that the regional impacts to forests, watersheds, air quality, and wildlife are largely being ignored as FERC approves new gas pipelines and compressor stations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The groups contend that FERC’s rush to increase natural gas infrastructure incentivizes fracking for shale gas while stifling the development of renewable energy. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
Environmental Groups Align Efforts to Challenge FERC Pipeline Projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is not informing the public about the big picture when it comes to natural gas infrastructure projects related to increased gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations according to several environmental groups. The groups represent interests in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia and are concerned that the regional impacts to forests, watersheds, air quality, and wildlife are largely being ignored as FERC approves new gas pipelines and compressor stations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The groups contend that FERC’s rush to increase natural gas infrastructure incentivizes fracking for shale gas while stifling the development of renewable energy. More
Issues: Fracking, Pollution, Water
Press Release OVEC Mar 9, 2015
The People’s Foot: No More MTR Permits Day
The WV DEP continues to ignore the studies that show mountaintop removal is drastically harming our health and cutting our lives short. The DEP continues to issue mountaintop removal permits that allow the coal industry to blast West Virginia mountains with high explosives, unleashing fine particulates of silica, aluminum, and molybdenum dust. These dust particulates are proven to promote lung tumors. Time to put your foot down! No more mountaintop removal permits. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
The People’s Foot: No More MTR Permits Day
The WV DEP continues to ignore the studies that show mountaintop removal is drastically harming our health and cutting our lives short. The DEP continues to issue mountaintop removal permits that allow the coal industry to blast West Virginia mountains with high explosives, unleashing fine particulates of silica, aluminum, and molybdenum dust. These dust particulates are proven to promote lung tumors. Time to put your foot down! No more mountaintop removal permits. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
