Tag: Clean elections

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Newsletter OVEC Apr 2, 2019
Winds of Change, Spring, 2019
Driving around on a Sunday in early February, I saw dozens of slips just in my little section of the pipeline in Putnam County, but this was definitely the worst. It makes me wonder how many there are in total between Wayne County and Moundsville. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution, Water

Action Alert Vivian Mar 4, 2019
Feeling Mad in March? Take Action!
Don't get mad in March! Get active. Defend water. Stand up for fair courts and clean elections. Oppose the Appalachian Storage Hub. Volunteer. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Fracking, Water

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

Action Alert Vivian Oct 3, 2018
October Opportunities to Take Information, Turn it to Action
October offers plenty of opportunities to inform yourself, and to turn chances your outrage (or despondency) into action. Get primed to act, get primed to vote! More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Fracking, Social justice, Transition economy, Water

Newsletter OVEC Sep 19, 2018
Winds of Change, Fall, 2018
On June 27, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places announced its decision to restore the site of the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain labor conflict to the National Register, which should help protect the site from mountaintop removal coal mining. More
Issues: Appalachian Storage Hub, Clean elections, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Pollution, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 7, 2018
Jam-packed June: Jump to it for Justice
Here are some of the regional June events you can attend and actions you can take to help the long arc of the moral universe bend ever closer to justice... More
Issues: Clean elections, Coal, Fracking, Pipelines, Social justice, Water

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 16, 2016
Will You Complete Quick Survey About OVEC’s Work?
We urge you to complete this 5-minute survey. Your answers to the survey questions will help shape our work over the coming years. More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pipelines, Renewable energy

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

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 15, 2016
Take Action on HB 4527: We Need to Know Who’s Influencing Elections
Please contact House Judiciary Committee members and your delegates and urge them to support HB 4527. Tell them that secret money has no place in West Virginia. As West Virginians we stand up for what we believe in. More
Issues: Clean elections

Action Alert Vivian Feb 9, 2016
Take Action for Your Rights, Your Water, Your Future
Take Action on SB 508, Take Action on SB 408, Power+ to the People, Join Us Today @2 p.m. in the Lower Rotunda of the State Capitol More
Issues: Clean elections, Fracking, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Aug 28, 2015
Protest Dick Cheney’s Visit to West Virginia
On September 3, Cheney will keynote the Chamber of Commerce meeting at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, WV. Cheney shouldn't get a red carpet greeting. Come protest his visit to WV. More
Issues: Clean elections, Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Pollution, Social justice

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 2, 2015
Save the Date: July 31 is Picnic Time
Circle July 31 on your calendar and plan to join us for OVEC’s annual member and invited-guest picnic. Come on out to Coonskin Park! More
Issues: Clean elections, Energy, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Music, Pipelines, Social justice, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC May 27, 2015
Write Your Climate Letter Now, Get it Hand Delivered in DC
This year, six members of the WV CCL will be in D.C. to train, then lobby for the political will to curb CO2 emissions! You can help without travelling to D.C. WV CCL has a simple letter that you can fill-in. Download this, print, add your own words, sign and then get the letter to WV CCL before June 20. More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Health

Hoots and Hollers Dustin White May 8, 2015
Potential Gubernatorial Candidate Plans MTR Mine Near A Head-Start Preschool
In an April 21 article, Jim Justice, owner of Southern Coal Corporation, told the Beckley Register-Herald that he is considering running for WV governor in the 2016 election. For the record, OVEC, as a tax-exempt organization, never advocates for or against any political candidate. We do believe, however, that we play a positive role by providing […] More
Issues: Clean elections, Coal, DEP, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 10, 2015
Defend Our Water: Urgent! Last Push – Calls Needed on Tank Bill
--Please, right away Tell Speaker Tim Armstead to not roll back water protections and reject SB 423 as-is. E-mail him at tim.armstead@wvhouse.gov or call 304-340-3210. If you can, hand deliver your comments to Speaker Armstead’s office, Room 228M at the State Capitol. You may see some like-minded, water-drinking friends there. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Clean elections, Health, Marcellus Shale, Water, WV Legislature