Tag: Mountaintop removal
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Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jul 2, 2014
Solar Powered Music Festival This Weekend
Keeper of the Mountains Foundation invites you to join them on Kayford Mountain for a solar-powered weekend of music and fund. Celebrate our Community and our Water! More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Water
Solar Powered Music Festival This Weekend
Keeper of the Mountains Foundation invites you to join them on Kayford Mountain for a solar-powered weekend of music and fund. Celebrate our Community and our Water! More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal, Renewable energy, Water
Newsletter OVEC Jun 22, 2014
Winds of Change, Summer 2014
In July of 2013, Bill Hughes sent a detailed e-mail to the owner-operator of Jay-Bee Oil & Gas’ Lisby Marcellus Shale gas operation. The well pad is about six miles southeast of Middlebourne, on Big Run Road in Tyler ounty, WV, and it’s been a problem for people living nearby since the operation “first pushed dirt,” Hughes says. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Water
Winds of Change, Summer 2014
In July of 2013, Bill Hughes sent a detailed e-mail to the owner-operator of Jay-Bee Oil & Gas’ Lisby Marcellus Shale gas operation. The well pad is about six miles southeast of Middlebourne, on Big Run Road in Tyler ounty, WV, and it’s been a problem for people living nearby since the operation “first pushed dirt,” Hughes says. More
Issues: Fracking, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian May 27, 2014
Custom Guitars: Fire Sale for OVEC
We had a house fire on November 13, 2013. A number of guitars I had stored in the basement (in closed cases on metal shelving) were damaged, but repairable. Anyone interested in buying one (or more) of these guitars, please e-mail vivian@ohvec.org and I’ll pass your contact information along. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Custom Guitars: Fire Sale for OVEC
We had a house fire on November 13, 2013. A number of guitars I had stored in the basement (in closed cases on metal shelving) were damaged, but repairable. Anyone interested in buying one (or more) of these guitars, please e-mail vivian@ohvec.org and I’ll pass your contact information along. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian May 27, 2014
Save Mountains, Then Dance: MJS Camp and Supermoon Festival
Mountain Justice Summer Camp and Supermoon Music Festival, June 14-22 on top of Pine Mountain in eastern Kentucky. The 10th Annual Mountain Justice Summer Camp is scheduled for June 14-22 on top of beautiful Pine Mountain in eastern Kentucky near Whitesburg. Registration for the summer camp is now live and everyone concerned about the future of Appalachia’s forests, water systems and mountains is invited! The low-cost registration includes all meals, tent camping and workshops and activities for the week. More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal
Save Mountains, Then Dance: MJS Camp and Supermoon Festival
Mountain Justice Summer Camp and Supermoon Music Festival, June 14-22 on top of Pine Mountain in eastern Kentucky. The 10th Annual Mountain Justice Summer Camp is scheduled for June 14-22 on top of beautiful Pine Mountain in eastern Kentucky near Whitesburg. Registration for the summer camp is now live and everyone concerned about the future of Appalachia’s forests, water systems and mountains is invited! The low-cost registration includes all meals, tent camping and workshops and activities for the week. More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 6, 2014
Episode 1: Years of Living Dangerously
On April 13 at 10 p.m. (Eastern), a new series premiers on the Showtime channel. But you can watch the series premier right here, right now. From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this documentary series provides first-hand reports on those affected by and seeking solutions to climate change More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal
Episode 1: Years of Living Dangerously
On April 13 at 10 p.m. (Eastern), a new series premiers on the Showtime channel. But you can watch the series premier right here, right now. From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this documentary series provides first-hand reports on those affected by and seeking solutions to climate change More
Issues: Climate change, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 4, 2014
Music to Move a Movement
Madonna sang it, so it’s got to be spot-on: “Music makes the people come together.” Madonna’s Music may be about people coming together to party, but music can move and motivate the masses to take more beneficial actions (not that we don’t need some fun in our lives), such as, for example, working to end […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Music, Water
Music to Move a Movement
Madonna sang it, so it’s got to be spot-on: “Music makes the people come together.” Madonna’s Music may be about people coming together to party, but music can move and motivate the masses to take more beneficial actions (not that we don’t need some fun in our lives), such as, for example, working to end […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Music, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 4, 2014
Take Action: Help Gainesville Off MTR-Coal
On April 17, Gainesville City Commissioner Lauren Poe will direct City staff to take the initial steps to formally end GRU's relationship with strip-mined coal from Appalachia. You can read more details on our website, but here's how you can help us win: More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal
Take Action: Help Gainesville Off MTR-Coal
On April 17, Gainesville City Commissioner Lauren Poe will direct City staff to take the initial steps to formally end GRU's relationship with strip-mined coal from Appalachia. You can read more details on our website, but here's how you can help us win: More
Issues: Coal, Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 1, 2014
No Más MTR en Laciana-León
In March, OVEC issue organizer Maria Gunnoe, who is the winner of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America, the 2012 Wallenberg Medal and assorted other awards, received a message on Facebook from Victor Rodriguez. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Social justice
No Más MTR en Laciana-León
In March, OVEC issue organizer Maria Gunnoe, who is the winner of the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America, the 2012 Wallenberg Medal and assorted other awards, received a message on Facebook from Victor Rodriguez. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Newsletter OVEC Mar 8, 2014
Winds of Change, March 2014
Don’t drink the water. Don’t shower. Don’t cook with it or wash your clothes. There’s half a century gone. Gone most of us who went to Elk Grade School, gone, too. Gone the white frame homes, the small brick duplexes, the school we marched to for our polio shots. Gone the quick-tongued streams, gone the valleys, filled with mountaintop, gone from the fog-draped skyscape. It’s licorice scented air, not sun-dried cotton sheets, licorice wafting from the tap. More
Issues: Energy, Fracking, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Winds of Change, March 2014
Don’t drink the water. Don’t shower. Don’t cook with it or wash your clothes. There’s half a century gone. Gone most of us who went to Elk Grade School, gone, too. Gone the white frame homes, the small brick duplexes, the school we marched to for our polio shots. Gone the quick-tongued streams, gone the valleys, filled with mountaintop, gone from the fog-draped skyscape. It’s licorice scented air, not sun-dried cotton sheets, licorice wafting from the tap. More
Issues: Energy, Fracking, Health, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Water
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Feb 6, 2014
Farewell Sid
We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Wendy Johnston and her family, including her extended family of mountain defenders, on the passing of Wendy’s father Sid Moye. Sid passed away on January 29 at his happy home, surrounded by his family and dear friends, just as he wished. His funeral services were held February 1 in […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Farewell Sid
We extend our heartfelt sympathies to Wendy Johnston and her family, including her extended family of mountain defenders, on the passing of Wendy’s father Sid Moye. Sid passed away on January 29 at his happy home, surrounded by his family and dear friends, just as he wished. His funeral services were held February 1 in […] More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers OVEC Feb 5, 2014
Coal Industry Would Like To Push & Poison Us Out of Here
When I first read this document 12 years ago, it infuriated me. Starting on page 13, the essay includes points that amount to a depopulation plan for southern West Virginia. I think it infuriates me even more now, after everything that’s happened since then. The latest: the January 9 “leak” into the Elk River of 10,000 gallons of a chemical used in coal prep plants from an uninspected,decrepit tank farm and the subsequent poisoning of the water supply of about 300,000 West Virginians, a water crisis that is still unfolding today, nearly a month later. More
Issues: MCHM, Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Water
Coal Industry Would Like To Push & Poison Us Out of Here
When I first read this document 12 years ago, it infuriated me. Starting on page 13, the essay includes points that amount to a depopulation plan for southern West Virginia. I think it infuriates me even more now, after everything that’s happened since then. The latest: the January 9 “leak” into the Elk River of 10,000 gallons of a chemical used in coal prep plants from an uninspected,decrepit tank farm and the subsequent poisoning of the water supply of about 300,000 West Virginians, a water crisis that is still unfolding today, nearly a month later. More
Issues: MCHM, Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jan 31, 2014
Remembering Elinore Taylor
I can’t remember a time when Elinore Taylor wasn’t associated with OVEC. If you go to our website and type in her name, you will find page after page of results. Elinore was everywhere present in OVEC’s activities and organizational development. Hers was a welcoming smile at board meetings, protests, and public hearings including events that she initiated. Behind that warm smile was not only a friendly, caring woman, but also a dedicated, determined defender of “the least of these, my brethren.” More
Issues: Clean elections, Faith, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Remembering Elinore Taylor
I can’t remember a time when Elinore Taylor wasn’t associated with OVEC. If you go to our website and type in her name, you will find page after page of results. Elinore was everywhere present in OVEC’s activities and organizational development. Hers was a welcoming smile at board meetings, protests, and public hearings including events that she initiated. Behind that warm smile was not only a friendly, caring woman, but also a dedicated, determined defender of “the least of these, my brethren.” More
Issues: Clean elections, Faith, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jan 31, 2014
Anita Wotiz, former WV native responds: I’m From West Virginia and I’ve Got Something to Say About the Chemical Spill
Having lived in West Virginia for 5 years and graduating (long ago) from Huntington High School, the state and its people are often in my thoughts and always in my heart. Last week I received an email from a friend of a friend who lives in West Virginia and was forwarding an article about the recent chemical spill. She commented that the article expressed many of her questions from the past 35 years she has lived in the state, but she had never felt the rage expressed by the author. More
Issues: MCHM, Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Water
Anita Wotiz, former WV native responds: I’m From West Virginia and I’ve Got Something to Say About the Chemical Spill
Having lived in West Virginia for 5 years and graduating (long ago) from Huntington High School, the state and its people are often in my thoughts and always in my heart. Last week I received an email from a friend of a friend who lives in West Virginia and was forwarding an article about the recent chemical spill. She commented that the article expressed many of her questions from the past 35 years she has lived in the state, but she had never felt the rage expressed by the author. More
Issues: MCHM, Mountaintop removal, Social justice, Water
Hoots and Hollers Crystal Jan 8, 2014
A Picture’s Worth a 1000 Verses
I was in the 9th grade when I first heard “Self Destruction” produced by KRS-One and D-Nice, members of the iconic hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The charity single became the anthem of the Stop the Violence Movement, started in response to violence in the hip hop and African American communities. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Music, Social justice
A Picture’s Worth a 1000 Verses
I was in the 9th grade when I first heard “Self Destruction” produced by KRS-One and D-Nice, members of the iconic hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The charity single became the anthem of the Stop the Violence Movement, started in response to violence in the hip hop and African American communities. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Music, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Dan Jan 2, 2014
Appalachians Working on Economic Transition
Right before the holiday break in December, I happily attended the Alliance for Appalachia’s Summit on Economic Transition. I went as an OVEC representative, along with OVEC’s founder Dianne Bady. More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Energy efficiency, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Appalachians Working on Economic Transition
Right before the holiday break in December, I happily attended the Alliance for Appalachia’s Summit on Economic Transition. I went as an OVEC representative, along with OVEC’s founder Dianne Bady. More
Issues: Clean elections, Climate change, Energy efficiency, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Dec 1, 2013
Call Gov. Tomblin: Free Roselle, Test MTR Dust
Climate Ground Zero Campaign Director Mike Roselle is in jail in West Virginia. He gathered a bucket-full of dust from a mountaintop removal coal mining site (dust that studies have shown to be toxic) and delivered it to the door of WV Governor Tomblin’ s mansion on Thanksgiving Day. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Call Gov. Tomblin: Free Roselle, Test MTR Dust
Climate Ground Zero Campaign Director Mike Roselle is in jail in West Virginia. He gathered a bucket-full of dust from a mountaintop removal coal mining site (dust that studies have shown to be toxic) and delivered it to the door of WV Governor Tomblin’ s mansion on Thanksgiving Day. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution
Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Nov 15, 2013
Help Us Reach Our Year-End Fundraising Goal
We have a lofty goal of raising $25,000 in memberships and grassroots donations by December 31. We can do this, with your help. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Help Us Reach Our Year-End Fundraising Goal
We have a lofty goal of raising $25,000 in memberships and grassroots donations by December 31. We can do this, with your help. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 8, 2013
Keeper of the Mountains President Speaks Out on St. Mary’s and Unclean Coal
To encourage clean coal propaganda is to be complicit in the sickness, suffering and deaths of thousands of Appalachians. It is shameful for a hospital whose primary function should be the health of its community. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Keeper of the Mountains President Speaks Out on St. Mary’s and Unclean Coal
To encourage clean coal propaganda is to be complicit in the sickness, suffering and deaths of thousands of Appalachians. It is shameful for a hospital whose primary function should be the health of its community. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Nov 7, 2013
Retired Miner Blasts St. Mary’s for Hosting Coal Lobby Group Head
By hosting the American Coalition for "Clean Coal" Electricity (ACCCE), St. Mary's Center of Education is promoting dirty energy that inflicts serious health impairments on the public. This mirrors what John Hopkins Medical Center is doing (or was doing until days ago when they were exposed)-- creating a major road block for miners with black lung, who are being denied their rightful benefits for a disease that is taking the lives of thousands of miners. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Retired Miner Blasts St. Mary’s for Hosting Coal Lobby Group Head
By hosting the American Coalition for "Clean Coal" Electricity (ACCCE), St. Mary's Center of Education is promoting dirty energy that inflicts serious health impairments on the public. This mirrors what John Hopkins Medical Center is doing (or was doing until days ago when they were exposed)-- creating a major road block for miners with black lung, who are being denied their rightful benefits for a disease that is taking the lives of thousands of miners. More
Issues: Coal, Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
Hoots and Hollers Vivian Oct 28, 2013
ACHE Responds to Latest MTR Health Study
Major depression rates are 40% higher among residents living near mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a recent peer-reviewed study. This work adds to the growing body of evidence linking mountaintop removal to serious health impacts in Appalachia. Residents responded that the study further demonstrates an urgent need for the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, HR 526. More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice
ACHE Responds to Latest MTR Health Study
Major depression rates are 40% higher among residents living near mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a recent peer-reviewed study. This work adds to the growing body of evidence linking mountaintop removal to serious health impacts in Appalachia. Residents responded that the study further demonstrates an urgent need for the Appalachian Community Health Emergency (ACHE) Act, HR 526. More
Issues: Health, Mountaintop removal, Social justice