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WV Campaign Finance Reform needs your effort today!
Stayed tuned for quick trip to DC and more info on valley fill rule changes.
We need your help for Treehuggers' Ball
WV Campaign Finance Reform - Call Now!: Let's get the legislature moving! If you are tired of the overwhelming big special interest influence in the West Virginia legislature and would like to see a new, constitutional system that would help reduce the access and influence of big money on "our" politicians, now is the time to contact your Senator. Tell them that you want an interim study of the West Virginia Clean Elections Act and to vote Senate Concurrent Resolution 42 (S-CR-42) out of the Senate Rules Committee and put it to a vote on the Senate floor! The resolution calls for the legislature to study the possibility of enacting the Clean Elections bill during the next interim legislative session. Click here for more info on Clean Elections.
Members of that committee who need to receive phone calls to get this resolution to a floor vote are: Sen. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Leonard Anderson, Sen. Edwin J. Bowman, Sen. H. Truman Chafin, Sen. Oshel Craigo, Sen. Lloyd Jackson, Sen. Bill Sharp, Sen. Bill Wooten, Sen. Sarah Minear, and Sen. Vic Sprouse. The toll free number to call to leave a legislator a message is: 1-877-565-3447.
You can find individual Senators' office phone numbers here. Click on the drop down menu, click on their names, hit submit, and you get their phone numbers.
Stay Tuned - Valley Fills Please check the website frequently for updates on the Bush Administration's rule change proposal that would make illegal valley fills at mountaintop removal sites legal. An Action Alert! on this issue will be coming your way soon, too. For now--please reply to this e-mail if you are willing / able to travel to DC on short notice about this issue. OVEC, working with a coalition of state and national groups may move to quickly arrange for transport and accommodations to get coalfield residents and activist to DC.
Treehuggers' Ball We're soliciting donations of goods and services for the raffle at the Friday, March 22 OVEC Treehuggers' Ball. If you have an item to donate, please let us know. We hope to se you all at the Calamity Café in Huntington, starting at 9:30 p.m.— it's a ball!
Artic National Wildlife Refuge
Endangered Species Act: URGENT ACTION ALERT: Call Representative Rahall in support of the Endangered Species Act!
Anti-ESA Representative Jim Hansen has decided that his retirement goal (he will not be seeking another term in the House) is to "reform" the Endangered Species Act. Rep. Hansen has been a constant foe of the ESA throughout his years in Congress and is now the Chairman of the House Resources Committee with jurisdiction over the ESA. Utilizing two recent controversies involving agency science and the ESA, Rep. Hansen has scheduled two hearings to grandstand about how the ESA is "broken." However, both examples he will use do not actually show that the ESA is broken, it is not. More information (from our On Top of the Hill publication) is below. It is critically important that members of the Resources Committee (especially Rep Rahall, the ranking Democrat) hear from constituents in their districts and home states in support of the Endangered Species Act. We need champions of environmental issues to stand-up for the ESA at these hearings in order to illustrate support for the ESA. The public supports the Act and we do not need it to be undermined by the political agenda of a retiring member of Congress.
ACTION: Please call Representative Rahall (202) 225-3452 with this general message:
"I am calling today to urge you to stand-up for the ESA in the hearings in the House Resources committee on the lynx and the Klamath controversy. Anti-ESA forces are using these examples to say that the ESA is broken. It is not broken and I fully support the Endangered Species Act. Please be a vocal supporter during these hearings." Representative Rahall is the only Member of Congress from West Virginia on the Resources Committee. For these purposes, we should urge him to represent the views of all West Virginians. If you have any other questions or need more information, please do not hesitate to call or email. Thank you so much for your help in this urgent matter.
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