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Free Training for Career in Environmental Field
The Coalfield Development Corporation is offering free environmental remediation training opportunities. Training starts January 25, so apply now! All the details you need are in the flier and brochure here.
A Tale of Three Pipelines
State and local officials and the FERC need to hear from everyone affected. Most often, landowners are referred to as stakeholders, but everyone who uses water is a stakeholder, because gas development takes a major toll on water resources. We are on the front lines of a war on our water, especially in the Marcellus/Utica/Rogersville region of Appalachia.
OVEC Founder’s Statement on Blankenship Verdict
A statement by OVEC founder Dianne Bady on the breaking news that the jury in the […]
A Review of Time to Choose
Disclaimer first: since I have friends in and am a member of OVEC, which helped with […]
Paris Climate Talks Apps
Pleased to present: Our #COP21 negotiator app for Android http://bit.ly/1QFE6hf and iPhone http://bit.ly/Tho7YZ
Celebrating a Milestone: We Own Our Office Space
OVEC’s Press Release on Ribbon Cutting Ceremony In February 2015, OVEC purchased the building in which […]
Wirt County, October 25, 2015
Photos by Vivian Stockman For permission to use photos (non-profit groups, school, students, low-income organization, no-income […]
Edwight MTR Operation and Shumate Coal Sludge Dam
Photos by Vivian Stockman; Flyover courtesy SouthWings For permission to use photos (non-profit groups, school, students, […]
Twilight MTR Operation and Jarrell Cemetery
Photos by Vivian Stockman; Flyover courtesy SouthWings For permission to use photos (non-profit groups, school, students, […]
West Virginia Groups Oppose Morrisey’s Attack on the Clean Power Plan
Citing numerous health studies plaintiffs insist the need for CPP is now.
Time to Choose No More Sacrifice Zones
Update: the free streaming period is over, but you can see a clip of the film […]
WV Groups Seek to End Water Pollution at Shuttered Mines
Environmental groups including Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and Sierra Club initiated legal action today to stop pollution from three valley fills at the site of the now “reclaimed” White Flame mountaintop removal mine.
Giving Thanks, Gifting Local, #GivingTuesday, Never Give Up
From the local, with family and friends, to the global, we hope you find yourself with plenty of reasons to be thankful as the holiday season begins.
Media Advisory: #GivingTuesday: OVEC’s Night at the Kanawha Forest Exposition
Volunteers and staff of the Huntington-based Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition will be on hand to meet with visitors to the 247 Capitol St. storefront space that evening. They’ll explain the group’s work to those interested.
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.
Ironies of Frack-Waste-“Water”: “Beneficial” Brine or Toxic Trouble?
A plant near Fairmont is recycling the waste water produced by gas fracking, and we don’t really know what’s in that “brine.” Should we be using that on fires, on roads?
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.