WV-DEP Urgently Needs Funds to Employ Oil & Gas Inspectors

February 7, 2021

SUBJECT — Advocates and State Lawmakers Present Solutions for WVDEP Office of Oil and Gas Budget Shortfalls PRESENTERS — Dave McMahon, WVSORO & Dustin White, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition & Delegate Evan Hansen (D – Monongalia) & Senator William J. Ihlenfeld II (D – Ohio) PRESS RELEASE ON PRESS CONFERENCE — February 5, 2021 CHARLESTON, [...]

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The Future of the ACE Rule vs. the Clean Power Plan at EPA

February 6, 2021

Hoppy Kercheval Newspaper Column on ACE Rule Ignores the Obvious Letter to Editor by Betsy Lawson, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 31, 2021 While I generally appreciate Hoppy Kercheval’s Friday columns, the Jan. 22 column was disappointing. A federal court recently decided to throw out the deceptively named ACE (Affordable Clean Energy) rule. To say this [...]

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Newspaper Spells Out Leadership Vacuum in West Virginia

February 5, 2021

West Virginia Republicans Stuck in Energy Past From the Editorial, Morgantown Dominion Post, January 31, 2021 Two hours before President Biden’s inauguration, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito was already lambasting Biden’s proposed energy orders. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey vowed to fight any clean energy policies to come out of the Oval Office before Biden had even [...]

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ZOOM on Thursday, February 4th at 7:30 PM — “Fracking, Plastics & People’s Health”

February 4, 2021

Making the Connection: Fracking, Plastics and People’s Health @ 7:30 – 8:30 PM From the Hesperian Health Guides, S.W. Penna. Environmental Health Project, et al. Join speakers from the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives for a discussion about the connections between fracking and plastic production and disposal, and [...]

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PUBLIC NOTICE: Legislative Response to WVDEP Oil and Gas Budget/Layoffs

February 3, 2021

ZOOM 02/04/21: Legislative Response to WVDEP Oil and Gas Budget & Layoffs Media Advisory of Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition on February 2, 2021 . . PUBLIC BRIEFING ON LAYOFFS AT WV DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SET FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th AT 3:00 PM VIA ZOOM Contacts: Dave McMahon, West Virginia Surface Owners Rights Orginization (WVSORO) [...]

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Petrochemical Development in Appalachia Would Contaminate the Air & Water [02/03/21 @ 10:30 AM]

February 2, 2021

What’s the Future of Appalachian Petrochemical Development? From the Concerned Ohio River Residents, February 1, 2021 The threat of an Appalachian petrochemical buildout has loomed over our communities for more than a decade. Policymakers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia continue to double down on natural gas as a pathway to job growth and prosperity, [...]

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ONLINE PROGRAM ON FEB. 2nd FOR CLIMATE JOBS & CLIMATE JUSTICE

February 1, 2021

100 Days for Climate, Jobs, and Justice: Winning the THRIVE Agenda TO: Friends & Interested Citizens, FROM: Center for Coalfield Justice, February 1, 2021 Amidst a confluence of devastating crises — the pandemic, racial injustice, economic devastation, and of course climate change — we have a historic opportunity to set our country on a different [...]

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Can America Change to Help Defeat Climate Change?

February 1, 2021

Climate and Environment — Fighting climate change in America means changes to America From an Article by Seth Borenstein, Washington Post, January 31, 2021 [AP] Climate isn’t the only thing changing. What comes next in the nation’s struggle to combat global warming will probably transform how Americans drive, where they get their power and other [...]

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More Young People Taking on the Challenges of Climate Change

January 31, 2021

YECA Welcomes New National Organizer and Spokesperson Press Release from the Young Evangicals for Climate Action, January 28, 2021 Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA) welcomes Tori Goebel as the organization’s incoming National Organizer and Spokesperson. Tori has spent the last 4 years as Communications Director for YECA and the Evangelical Environmental Network, YECA’s partner [...]

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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) Calls for Community Dialogue

January 30, 2021

OVEC Calls for Community Dialogue in Response to Executive Actions Shared Vision for Successful Transition Away From Fossil Fuels From the Press Release of OVEC, Huntington, WV, January 29, 2021 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — This week, President Biden issued several executive orders to curb oil, gas, and coal emissions and increase energy production from offshore wind [...]

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