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Groups Highlight Failed Reclamation at Coal Mine
For the first time, environmental and citizen groups in West Virginia filed suit against a mine operator to enforce water quality certification protections. Mingo Logan Coal Company, the target of the suit, has failed to turn two diversion ditches (ditches that re-route streams destroyed by the mining) into functional streams at its Mountain Laurel Mine Complex in Logan County.
Radioactive Drill Cuttings and WV Landfills
In his commentary of the report, Hughes writes, "Wetzel County has had active Marcellus black shale exploration and drilling for at least eight years now. And finally we now have a public report that clearly, unambiguously states that Marcellus shale is radioactive. Of course, geologists have known that for many decades. But, also for decades, there has been great reluctance by the natural gas exploration and production companies to acknowledge that fact in public."
Dear Senator Manchin: Please Lead WV Out of Fossil Fuel Quagmire
The Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance and other groups have written an open letter to Senator Joe Manchin asking him to lead the state out of the fossil fuel quagmire / crisis we are in.
No More MTR on Coal River Mountain (Or Anywhere)
The WV DEP held an informal conference on the Long Ridge mountaintop removal permit on July 7. Of course, Coal River Mountain Watch urged folks to comment against Alpha Natural Resources’ proposed new 847-acre site on Coal River Mountain.
Together We Grow: Help Fund Our Office Space
OVEC's roots run deep. For 28 years, thanks to the help of folks like you, we’ve worked together to defend the air, land and water for the people and communities we love. Together We Grow. Now, we are pushing our roots deeper, so we can broaden our reach.
Sept. 12: The Ground Beneath Our Hearts
Mark your calendars now and join OVEC on September 12 for a very special international event, The Ground Beneath Our Hearts! This will be a worldwide celebration of our love for the beauty of our homes and heritage in places that have been terribly damaged by extractive industries. OVEC will be hosting an Appalachian celebration at Kanawha State Forest (Shelter #6) beginning at 11:00 a.m.
$50 Billion Just Waiting For Groups Like Ours
The fabulous Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation has funded OVEC for years. Noyes knows that small grassroots groups like ours are making a real difference in the world. They also know we face big issues and that we need to funding to increase our capacity on the ground. That's why Noyes has started a campaign to get donor advised funds into the hands of grassroots groups across the country. Currently, more than $50 billion in donors advised funds are waiting to be contributed to nonprofit organizations. Imagine what $50 billion can do to advance social justice!
July 13: Not Your Grandparent’s Oil & Gas Industry, Meeting Two
Please plan to join us at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13 at First Congregational UCC, 701 5th Ave, Huntington, WV. Come join the community conversation. Share what you know and what you want to know about leasing of mineral rights in Wayne and surrounding counties. Come voice your concerns about potential Rogersville Shale "development" in our area.
Rogersville Shale: USGS Report on Rome Trough
In our attempts to learn more about Rogersville Shale, we've excerpted some information from Evidence for Cambrian Petroleum Source Rocks in the Rome Trough of WV and KY, Appalachian Basin (U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO Open-File Report 05-1443). Note that the information below is restricted to the reports findings for West Virginia.
MTR Hearing, Fracking Meeting, Call for Racial Equality: An OVEC Action Alert
Urgent Work on Dismantling Racism Continues, Hearing on MTR Permit on Coal River Mountain, July 13: Not Your Grandparent’s Oil & Gas Industry, Meeting Two
Winds of Change, Summer 2015
OVEC Wins Second Annual Jean and Leslie Douglas Pearl Award
Call to Action for Racial Equality in WV
In response to the persisting violence against people of color in cities and towns around the […]
Bucks For Bats Fundraising Party June 16
Come party with the Kanawha Forest Coalition on June 16 from 6-9 p.m.! We're gathering friends and supporters, with great live music, food, and drink, to celebrate a year of organizing to save our mountains -- and to help fund our latest effort: a scientific bat survey of a few abandoned mine portals inside Kanawha State Forest.
Media Advisory: NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry
NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry: A Forum on Fracking — Is Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming to Wayne and Cabell Counties? ~ Free ~
Rally This Friday: Tell DEP: Issue “Show Cause” Order; Revoke KD#2
June 5: 10 -11 a.m Rally! at the WV DEP (601 57th St. SE next to the Kanawha Mall). Rally to urge the DEP to hold Keystone Coal accountable by issuing the Show Cause Order and revoking the KD#2 permit!
Save the Date: July 31 is Picnic Time
Circle July 31 on your calendar and plan to join us for OVEC’s annual member and invited-guest picnic. Come on out to Coonskin Park!
NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry, More: An OVEC Action Alert
NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry Please plan to join OVEC at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 15 for NOT Your Grandparents’ Oil & Gas Industry: A Forum on Fracking — Is Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming to Wayne and Cabell Counties?
Program to offer environmental jobs training
Marshall University's Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences and the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center at Marshall have partnered with the Coalfield Development Corporation to provide an environmental workforce training program in southern West Virginia.
Write Your Climate Letter Now, Get it Hand Delivered in DC
This year, six members of the WV CCL will be in D.C. to train, then lobby for the political will to curb CO2 emissions! You can help without travelling to D.C. WV CCL has a simple letter that you can fill-in. Download this, print, add your own words, sign and then get the letter to WV CCL before June 20.
World Premiere of Blood on the Mountain Brings Labor, Environmentalists Together
Sierra Club and AFL-CIO, in association with the Workers Unite! Film Festival will co-host a world premiere celebrating release of the extraordinary new documentary feature film, Blood On The Mountain.