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Time to Choose No More Sacrifice Zones
Update: the free streaming period is over, but you can see a clip of the film […]
Gifts With a Sense of Purpose
If you are looking for holiday gifts, we have some ideas that we think carry deeper meaning than a neck tie or scarf you purchase at a department store, such as gift memberships in OVEC or merchandise from our CafePress store.
#GivingTuesday: OVEC’s Night at the Kanawha Forest Exposition
From 6 - 8 p.m. on #GivingTuesday, December 1, we hope you'll come out for OVEC’s Night at the Kanawha Forest Exposition, 247 Capitol St., Charleston, WV. Stop in for refreshments and to listen to the music of local musician Paul Epstein.
Kanawha Forest Exposition ~ Nov. 23 to Dec. 5
The Kanawha Forest Coalition is excited to announce the Kanawha Forest Exposition - two weeks of local music, film screenings, a photo & video exhibit, workshops, arts and crafts, and more from November 23 to December 5 at 247 Capitol St. (corner of Lee St. and Capitol St. right next to Delfine's Jewelry) in downtown Charleston, WV.
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.
The Return of Treehuggers’ Ball is Dec. 4
After a five-year hiatus, OVEC's Treehuggers' Ball is back! We hope you will join us! This will be our 19th Treehuggers’ Ball Fun(d)raiser. The fun starts at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December 4, 2015 at the VClub Night Club, 741 6th Ave, Huntington, WV.
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.
BLM Examining Fracking in Wayne National Forest; Speak Up!
The BLM is examining opening the Wayne National Forest in Ohio to fracking. Public meetings coming up - speak out!
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.
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.
Putnam County becomes focus for gas drilling possibilities
Despite this year’s slumping gas prices, potential profits that lay far beneath Putnam County’s surface are piquing some companies’ interests.
First Responders Want to Know: What’s in There?
First responders who may have to deal with fracking-traffic accidents want to know what's in those big rigs. Good question.
In Ritchie County, Rural Life Ruined by Fracking Pipelines
Keely Kernan has just published a new short film narrated by Ritchie County, WV resident Jim Shreves, who lives in the middle of what locals now call "Frackistan."
EPA Seeking Young Adults to Serve on NEJAC Climate Justice Work Group
EPA is seeking young adults, ages 18 to 29, who are involved in climate change efforts and/or advocacy, to participate on this "first of its kind" youth-led advisory work group to assist the National Environmental Justice Council (NEJAC) in developing advice and recommendations to assist EPA in developing best practices to address climate change concerns.
Come Out Monday: Speak Out Against the 28% Water Rate Increase
If you are frustrated by the water company's high rates, poor service, main breaks and continued vulnerability, then the Public Service Commission needs to hear from you! Go public!
Ohio River: Algae Warning Lifted, Fracking Waste Threat Growing
The algae bloom threat is lifted, but radium 226, well we aren't doing anything about that.
Group Comments to Upshur Commission on Pipelines
Columbia Gas’ WB XPress pipeline upgrade and expansion project would affect six counties in West Virginia. The project would add new pipe and increase operating pressure at the four existing compressor stations in WV, and add one new station in Kanawha County.
Pipelines Pummel Property, Land, Water, Democracy
Photos show pipeline pummeling land and water. Letter details problems. Group takes action!
Come See Merchants of Doubt and After Coal
On Tuesday, October 20 at 6 p.m. the local chapter of the Citizens' Climate Lobby presents Merchants of Doubt as part of the WV International Fall Film Festival. The documentary draws parallels between early public relations campaigns in defense of the tobacco industry, and the ongoing PR orchestration of climate change denial. This film will rock your world!
Hey WV — Take Action for Racial Justice
November 3: Take Action for Racial Justice 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Wilson Student Union WV State University Take Action for Racial Justice will be an opportunity to join a team that is working on a racial justice issue, such as reducing racial disparities in arrests in Charleston, Second Chance Employment Act + Let Me Drive, Let Me Work (both criminal justice reforms), juvenile justice reform, West Side/East End reinvestment, and racial justice dialogue and education.