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OVEC Action Alert - April 16, 2005 |
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- E-comment Today
- Summit for the Mountains 5
- Logan: History in the Hills -Save Blair Mountain
- Shepherdstown: Cindy Rank Debates Arch
- Earth Day
- Williamson: Learn About Coal Sludge Impoundments
- Appalachians
- More Events
- Jack Spadaro's Website
Sorry Selenium Proposal--Comment to EPA by Monday
Deadline Monday April 18! For more than a decade, concerned scientists have been pressuring the EPA to strengthen its 1987 selenium water quality standards. Selenium, a toxic metal, is known to cause severe reproductive impairments in fish, birds, and other wildlife, even at levels that comply with current standards. High selenium levels are generally associated with releases from a variety of sources, including valley fills at mountaintop removal operations.Easily file comments by e-mail. Visit: http://ga0.org/campaign/EPA_comments_selenium.
May 20-22: Join the Friends of the Mountains coalition at the Summit for the Mountains, from Friday evening May 20 thru Sunday afternoon May 22 at Camp Virgil Tate, Sissonville, WV. Low fee ($10 min., more if you can afford) with lodging and meals included, for coalfield residents and others who are working to end mountaintop removal. We start at 6p.m. Friday evening with refreshments, socializing and films. Saturdays session includes a strategy session, non-violence or framing trainings and a pizza party. Sunday we examine ways to achieve our agreed upon goals. To see the agenda, click here. To register, print and mail in this form. If you have trouble accessing these forms, call the office at 304-522-0246 or e-mail vivian@ohvec.org.
April 21 in Logan: History in the Hills -Save Blair Mountain
Thursday, April 21: Join us at the Logan County Culture and History Museum at Chief Logan State Park, near Logan, WV, for a press conference to educate the public of the need to save Blair Mountain and abolish the practice of mountaintop removal and all forms of steep-slope surface mining. Come join Elaine Purkey, Singer/Songwriter; Mari-Lynn Evans, producer of "The Appalachians"; Ken Hechler, former Congressman/Historian; Wess Harris, publisher of "When Miners March"; coalfield resident Maria Gunnoe; and Robbie Cox, National Board Member of the Sierra Club, to lend support in the efforts to protect our communities from devastation and preserve the history of the hills. Read more about this event and the history of Blair Mountain in the April 21 entry on the OVEC website calendar.
April 21 in ShepherdstownGo Cindy!
Thursday, April 21: 7 p.m. in the Cumberland Room of Shepherd University's Student Center: "Mountaintop Removal: An Appalachian Debate" featuring West Virginia Highlands Conservancy mining committee chair Cindy Rank and Larry Emerson, Arch Coal's director of environmental performance. Sponsored by Shepherd University's Institute of Environmental Science. Free.
April 22 marks the 35th anniversary of Earth Day. Hug a tree, smell a flower, write a letter to the editor, compost your car, check out www.mountainjusticesummer.org, tell your neighbors about mountaintop removal and invite them to help you end this ecocidal form of coal mining.
Join us Tuesday, April 26, from 7-9 p.m. in Mingo County for an information session on coal sludge impoundments by www.coalimpoundment.org in the General Purpose Room, 4th Floor, Williamson Campus of the Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. Come get your questions answered and voice your concerns.
Next Month in Logan: Come Out to Save Blair Mountain
May 6: 9:30 a.m. at the Logan County Culture and History Museum Chief Logan State Park, Logan, WV: The State Historic Preservation Office meets to hear the Friends of the Mountains' proposal to preserve Blair Mountain as a National Historical Site. Blair Mountain, a miners' battle ground, could be destroyed by mountaintop removal. We'll need a good showing of supporters to save this historical site! Respond to this e-mail if youd like more information.
You are invited to the May 7 premier party for "The Appalachians," with live music and a 50-minute montage of the 3-hour film, at the Cultural Center in Charleston, WV. Click here to see your invitation. This public television series documents the unique legacy, courage, character, arts and culture of the Appalachian people. Part of the film shows the effects of mountaintop removal mining. WV Public TV will air the film in three parts on May 8, May 15, May 22 and the entire film on May 18. For more information, click here.
Please check the OVEC website calendar for more events, including the May 14 training on how to read mining permits at DEP, followed that evening by a screening of Sludge and Monogah with Jack Spadaro and Davitt McAteer.
Speaking of Jack Spadaro, check out his brand new website: www.jackspadaro.com.
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