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Work of Art To Lead the Way: The Great Ohio River Relay
This fall, a baton that symbolizes water, mountains and life itself, will be passed by relay along the entire 981-mile length of the Ohio River. Participants will move the baton along the river by canoe or kayak, or along the river’s banks by foot, bicycle, rollerblade or skateboard — by any human-powered means.
Peter Britton’s Ebook Out
A guest blog by Peter Britton Coal Ain’t the Culprit, an ebook, is but a chapter […]
Volunteers Sought for Great Ohio River Relay
The Huntington Herald Dispatch carries a story today about the need for volunteers from our area […]
Renewable Energy Good for People, Planet
An exciting new report by Carnegie Mellon challenges the traditional way in which we discuss the […]
Tell WV Public Service Commission to Support Greater Energy Efficiency Now
Guest Blog by Energy Efficient West Virginia Today the West Virginia Public Service Commission held a […]
Corporate Attacks Show Need for Economic Transition
From Southern West Virginia to Detroit, there is a corporate attack happening on working people’s pensions […]
August 15: Come Out to CARE
We hope you will join us: CARE: Citizen Action for Real Enforcement August 15: 6-8 p.m. […]
ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth
Thanks to the Post Carbon Institute (PCI; like them on Facebook here), OVEC is in […]
Victory for the Crystal Block Families!
Update: Read this August 18 Sunday Gazette Mail article, Years later, son still upset about damage […]
The Great Ohio River Relay Needs You!
August 29 update: The kick-off event will be in Pittsburgh at the Mr. Rogers statue, not […]
A Farewell to Janice Nease
West Virginia’s mountains and people have lost another passionate protector. Janice Nease, a coal miner’s daughter, […]
PSC, Hear Us!: Come Out Tuesday, July 16
You have the chance to speak directly to Public Service Commissioners to encourage them to encourage […]
What the Frack? Find Out Tonight
If you have HBO, be sure to tune in tonight for Josh Fox’s Gasland II.
Gainesville Loves Mountains and You Can Too
Kudos to Gainesville Loves Mountains for two years of work which has resulted in the writing of […]
Winds of Change, June 2013
Victory: Supreme Court Pilot Program Now Permanent! In 2012, Allen Loughry became the first and only candidate for state Supreme Court to take advantage of public financing of his campaign, using a pilot program established thanks to our WV Citizens for Clean Elections coalition. Remarkably, Loughry won the election, defeating the politically powerful Tish Chafin.
Solidarity, People
The May 20 rally at the FirstEnergy shareholder meeting in Morgantown, WV, included union members from […]
The Buffalo Creek Miracle Baby
On March 23, 2013, OVEC brought Kerry Albright, the Miracle Baby of Buffalo Creek, to the […]
A Child’s World
I stood behind the table watching the young girl study the images. Her long […]
The Health Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Mining
In 2011 a group of researchers from West Virginia University and Washington State University published a study on the association between exposure to mountaintop removal (MTR) mining and the increased rate of birth defects in Central Appalachia.
Synopsis: Personal and Family Health in Rural Areas of Kentucky With and Without Mountaintop Coal Mining
Main Points: Surface water emerging from MTM mining sites, or present in ground water proximate to […]