Tag: WV American Water

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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

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 29, 2015
FERC Hear This: Pipeline Risks to Rural Folks Too High
My home is approximately one mile from the Supply Header Pipeline. The proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline runs parallel to the Supply Header Project in our area. Why would we allow two pipelines so close to one another? At a meeting in Doddridge County, Dominion told us that the pipeline's blast zone radius will be 942 feet — everything 942 feet around any point of explosion along the pipeline will basically be gone/toast. Because of fracking-related activities, there already have been well fires, explosion, spills, leaks, well-water contamination and wrecks. Our roads have been destroyed by heavy truck traffic and full of drilling traffic — you take your life in your hands every time you get in your car. We are at risk now 24 hours a day every day of the year for this industry. Now, once again we are being asked to take on more of their risk. More
Issues: Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Pipelines, Pollution, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 5, 2015
Necessary Improvements to SB 423 Aboveground Storage Tank Act
Necessary Improvements to SB 423 Aboveground Storage Tank Act More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Clean elections, Health, MCHM, Regulation, WV American Water, WV Legislature

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Mar 5, 2015
SB 423: Jailing Those Who Tells Us What’s in Those Tanks?
Check out pages 28 and 29, and the Orwellian-named section §22-30-14 of SB 423: Gutting the Aboveground Storage Tank Bill. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Clean elections, Health, Regulation, Social justice, Water, WV American Water, WV Legislature

Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Feb 15, 2015
Sample Comments on AboveGround Storage Tank Bill
If you need some inspiration to draft your own note to send the committee considering the Aboveground Storage Tank Act , here's a sample letter, as well as e-mail addresses for the committee. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Coal, Health, Marcellus Shale, Water, WV American Water, WV Legislature

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Feb 15, 2015
Defend Our Drinking Water: Public Hearing 8:30 a.m. Monday
Massive thanks to WV Rivers Coalition for this action alert, which has all the details you need to attend public hearing on HB 2289, to reclassify the Kanawha River to be protected as a drinking water supply (Category A), set for 8:30 a.m., tomorrow Monday, Feb. 16. The weather forecast is not the greatest, so we really need folks already in the Charleston area to show up if at all possible. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Coal, Health, Water, WV American 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

Hoots and Hollers Robin Blakeman Feb 3, 2015
Defend Our Water: Save SB 373!
It took intense citizen pressure to pass SB 373, and we need to build that pressure again to preserve the improvements to water regulation gained in that bill. Act fast because this bill (HB 2574) seems fast tracked, with only one committee reference (House Judiciary). More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, Coal, Health, Marcellus Shale, MCHM, Pollution, Social justice, Water, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 21, 2015
Hog Slurry Lagoons New “Future” for Old MTR Sites? Hog Wash!
Helmick says another thing that government officials have avoided saying out loud: MTR mining activity makes places remote. From our experience, that's because people have been driven away by the approaching mining. Helmick likely overstated himself and knows that there are some people and communities still near some MTR sites, but the folks living near MTR sites are far more likely to be unhealthy and facing early death than people who don't live near MTR sites. More
Issues: Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 15, 2015
Water Unites Us: Rally for Clean Water Statewide
Hey West Virginia! Got fracking? Got mountaintop removal? Got acid mine drainage? Got oil & gas? Got chemical spills? Got sludge "ponds"? Got underground slurry injection? Got conductivity? Got selenium pollution? Got buried streams? Got to stand up for clean water! Come out Saturday, January 17 for a training and a rally for clean water, more events in January: A Month of Water in Charleston, WV More
Issues: Coal, Fracking, Health, Marcellus Shale, Mountaintop removal, Pollution, Social justice, Water, WV American 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

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 13, 2015
Wear Blue for Our Water: State of State Address
As part of January: A Month of Water, assorted citizen groups are encouraging people to attend the governor's State of the State Address on Wednesday, January 14. The speech, which comes on the first day of the West Virginia Legislative Session, begins at 7 p.m. in the House Chamber at the WV State Capitol. There's an upstairs gallery for members of the public. Show up, wear blue. Everyone who can make it is encouraged to attend to put the governor and legislators on notice that we expect clean, safe water to be a priority for this legislative session! More
Issues: Clean elections, MCHM, Water, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jan 7, 2015
Janet Keating: Intro to Tele-Press Conference on Water Crisis Anniversary
Citizen groups, many who currently participate in the West Virginia Safe Water Roundtable, including OVEC, still have concerns about the long-term safety of our water supply. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, Pollution, Water, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers OVEC Jan 7, 2015
Cathy Kunkel on Water Crisis Anniversary
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the water crisis it is that public pressure can help protect our water. Advocates for a Safe Water System is going to keep pushing for changes from the water company because its clear that the company is not going to make the necessary changes on its own. Keep up the pressure: Come out in January! More
Issues: MCHM, Water, WV American Water

Action Alert OVEC Dec 30, 2014
Defend Our Water: Come to Chemical Leak Anniversary Events
Safeguard our water- come out in January to mark the one-year anniversary of the major chemical leak of coal-cleaning chemicals into our water supply. More
Issues: Aboveground storage tanks, MCHM, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Apr 2, 2014
Volunteers Needed for Phone Survey on Water Crisis
The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department (KCHD) is working with their University partners to conduct a scientific study related to the West Virginia chemical spill. KCHD needs your help to conduct a phone survey. Volunteers may report at the KCHD at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6. More
Issues: MCHM, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Feb 4, 2014
McEntee’s Comments @ SB373 Public Hearing
On February 3, the WV Legislature held a public hearing on SB 373, a bill crafted in response to the MCHM chemical / water crisis still unfolding here in Central West Virginia. Below are the comments from one of the 50 people who spoke last night. More
Issues: Health, MCHM, Water, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers Vivian Jan 26, 2014
Take a pebble. Drop it in water. Watch the ripples on the water.
On January 21, in the midst of a statewide snowstorm, around 200 people gathered for an event: Honor the Waters Candlelight Vigil. Outside the West Virginia State Capitol, alongside the Kanawha River, in sub-freezing temperatures and a beautiful snowfall, people stood together to honor and defend our water during a time of crisis. People across the nation and around the globe held solidarity vigils. More
Issues: MCHM, Water, WV American Water

Hoots and Hollers Janet Keating Jan 10, 2014
OVEC ED Statement on Leak / Water Emergency
The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) extends its concern to people and communities impacted by yesterday’s release of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol. More than a day and a half after people first noticed the odor that alerted officials to the leak, the smell still lingers near downtown Charleston, though, due to health-department-ordered shutdown of restaurants, there are few people downtown. More
Issues: MCHM, WV American Water