Tag: Mountaintop removal

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Newsletter OVEC Mar 21, 2011
Winds of Change, March 2011
Celebration Highlights Our Many 2010 Successes, Launches New Sustainer Campaign Initiative More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 19, 2011
Fact Sheet: The Impact of Coal of Our Lives
The impact of coal on our lives includes serious negative effects on human health, blasting damage, stream contamination, increased risk of flooding, disbandment of long-standing communities, and the destruction of our cultural heritage. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water

Newsletter OVEC Dec 7, 2010
Winds of Change, December 2010
On Sept. 1, 2010, after a four-day trial, US District Judge Robert C. Chambers ordered Patriot Coal subsidiary Apogee to install a fluidized bed reactor system to reduce selenium at three water outfalls. More
Issues: Fracking, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Renewable energy, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Oct 9, 2010
A geographical information system-based analysis of cancer mortality and population exposure to coal mining activities in West Virginia, United States of America
Cancer incidence and mortality rates are high in West Virginia compared to the rest of the United States of America. Previous research has suggested that exposure to activities of the coal mining industry may contribute to elevated cancer mortality, although exposure measures have been limited. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Water

Newsletter OVEC Sep 13, 2010
Winds of Change, September 2010
For 30 years, coal companies and regulators have ignored a crucial provision in federal law requiring that when companies bury streams, they must replace the “structure” and “function” of those streams. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Renewable energy, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 11, 2010
A Comparative Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life for Residents of U.S. Counties with and without Coal Mining
We compared health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in mining and non-mining counties in and out of Appalachia using the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice

Newsletter OVEC Jun 14, 2010
Winds of Change, June 2010
After at least three years of trying to more effectively protect cemeteries, we finally did it! This year, at OVEC’s urging, citizens and members of the faith community joined forces in lobbying for the passage of HB 4457, which improves cemetery protection throughout West Virginia. More
Issues: Cemetery protection, EPA, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jun 9, 2010
Learning Outcomes among Students in Relation to West Virginia Coal Mining: an Environmental Riskscape Approach
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice

MTR Gallery Vivian Apr 28, 2010
Hobet Mountaintop Removal Operation Continues Expansion
High Resolution Mountaintop Removal Pictures More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

MTR Gallery Vivian Apr 28, 2010
Spruce No. 1 Mine: Spruce Valley and Pigeon Roost Hollow, Logan County
High Resolution Mountaintop Removal Pictures More
Issues: Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Apr 22, 2010
Ecological Integrity of Streams Related to Human Cancer Mortality Rates
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water

Newsletter OVEC Mar 15, 2010
Winds of Change, March 2010
Bo Webb, a resident of Rock Creek, WV, a Vietnam war veteran and someone whose home is adversely affected by mountaintop removal, doesn’t take no for an answer. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 11, 2010
Mountaintop Mining Consequences
Damage to ecosystems and threats to human health and the lack of effective mitigation require new approaches to mining regulation More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Sep 23, 2009
Higher coronary heart disease and heart attack morbidity in Appalachian coal mining regions
Recent studies have documented poor population health outcomes in coal mining areas of Appalachia compared to other parts of the region or the nation More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jul 9, 2009
Mortality in Appalachian Coal Mining Regions: The Value of Statistical Life Lost
We compared age-adjusted mortality rates and socioeconomic conditions across four county groups: Appalachia with high levels of coal mining, Appalachia with lower mining levels, Appalachia without coal mining, and other counties in the nation. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice