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Keep the Lights on Without Coal--Renewable Energy Conference
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Web Action and DC Sept. 20 Action for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Local Groups
and Others Aiding Hurricane Katrina Victims
Click
here for info on donating to local groups that are mobilizing to
aide Hurricane Katrina victims. Click
here for info on national-level groups. Also, MoveOn.org is
coordinating some grassroots emergency housing efforts; click
here for info.
OVEC's good friends at
Refinery Reform
have a member, Hilton Kelley with Community In Power Development
Association in Port Arthur, Texas who is working to help refugees in
Beaumont and Houston. Apparently there are 1,200 refugees at Ford Park
in Beaumont and buses are bringing people from New Orleans to the
Houston Astrodome. Hilton is organizing the local Port Arthur community
to bring bar-b-ques to Ford Park to cook for people, and is brining in
as much food and water as he can.
If you are able to help, he needs: (1) money to help buy supplies, (2)
volunteers in the Houston/Austin areas to house people, and (3) in the
slightly longer term – clothes, blankets, shoes, etc. Checks can be made
out to “CIDA” and donations are tax-deductible. They can be sent to
Hilton Kelley at 910 Colorado Ave, Port Arthur TX 77642. Please send him
an email at hiltonkelleycida@yahoo.com or give him a call at (409)
984-9595 if you put a check in the mail or are able to offer housing.
Is Katrina
Spawn of Fossil Fuel-ishness?
As we all know, mountaintop removal isn't the only toll from our
ever-increasing use of fossil fuels. Only people who are snookered by the
likes of
ExxonMobile, or
politicians beholden to the coal and oil industries don't believe
that human-induced global warming is really happening. But is it
responsible for increasingly severe severe storm events? Check it out:
--Brace
for More Katrinas, Say Experts; --Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.:
“For They That Sow the Wind Shall Reap the Whirlwind”; --Global
warming beefs up hurricanes.
Keep the Lights on
Without Coal--Renewable Energy Conference
Renewable energy: Think of the possibilities--ending mountaintop
removal and beginning to check global warming. Sept. 7 is the deadline for early
registration for the Sept. 14-15 conference: "A Renewable Future - Exploring Energy
Sources for West Virginia." Early registration is $75 and regular
registration is $100. Some scholarships are available. The
conference is at the Days Inn in Flatwoods, W. Va. This 2005
Conference on the Environment is presented by the West Virginia
Environmental Institute, in cooperation with the West Virginia
Development Office.
The conference will provide a forum for people experienced in
providing renewable resources to describe and debate issues relevant
to West Virginia. The goal is to lay some of the groundwork for the
state to begin utilizing all aspects of its renewable energy
potential. For scholarship or other information, call Cindy at (304)
342-6972. Click
here for a PDF informational brochure.
WOC's Up,
Doc
The September edition of Winds of Change, OVEC's newsletter
is on-line. Click
here.
Ballad
for Blair Mountain--Listen Online
Click
here to listen to a song for Blair Mountain. We'll update you on
the status The Friends of the Mountains’ nomination for Blair
Mountain to be listed on National Register of Historic Places soon. Hint: would-be mountain massacre-ers
are not happy. Get some background information
here.
Web
Action and DC Sept. 20 Action for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Not only are the fossil fuel cronies getting away with blowing up
Central Appalachian mountains and burying our streams, they just
can't stand to be kept out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Watch a bit of
Oil on Ice to remind yourself why the Refuge is so important
and to see how the Exxon Valdez spill
still pollutes the Alaska.
You are invited to join thousands of Americans for Arctic Refuge Action Day on September 20 in Washington, DC. Show your support for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in person! Why September 20? Congress could vote as soon as the end of September on whether to open the heart of the Arctic Refuge to roads, oil rigs, and pipelines. For more information, click here.
Goldman Prize winner and Gwich'in nation member Sarah James is
already in
DC, holding vigil to protect the Arctic Refuge. She's set up in a tent
on the National Mall, and she intends to stay as long as it takes. Years
of work to protect the Refuge have come down to the vote expected in September. On September 20, we can stand with the Gwich'in nation, and
make clear to Congress that drilling the Refuge would be a grave -- and
irreversible -- mistake.
Come to D.C. and stand with the Gwich'in -- or join thousands of others
across the country in sending a powerful message with your pledge of
support. Click
here for
more information and to sign an on-line petition. Sarah and her
fellow Gwich'in have to face powerful forces in Washington. Oil
companies stand to make millions from drilling the Refuge -- and they've
lobbied Congress for years to make it happen. Yet, tapping the oil
in the Refuge would solve none of our energy problems, and do nothing
about gas prices. It flies in the face of the public interest -- both
for the Gwich'in people, and for all Americans.
We can convince Congress to save the Refuge, but only if our lawmakers feel the heat -- from us. So sign the pledge now, and consider coming to DC on Sept. 20.
By the way, OVEC's co-directors Dianne Bady and Janet Keating (formerly Fout), along with the late Laura Forman, met and fell in love with Sarah when they all won the inaugural Leadership for a Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation. Coal River Mountain Watch's own Goldman Prize winner Judy Bonds also knows Sarah. Here's to Native Americans and Appalachians standing together for human rights and the environment in the face of the fossil fuel industry!
Come to DC Sept.
24 and 25
West
Virginia Patriots for Peace, in coordination with the
United for Peace and Justice Coalition, is organizing with
groups across the state to send a large WV delegation to the Sept.
24 march and rally in Washington, DC. The WV delegation will meet in
the vicinity of the Monument (location TBA) at 10:00 a.m. E-mail
patriots.news@verizon.net
for the location.
10:00 a.m. All-Day Peace & Justice
Festival Begins, Washington Monument Grounds
11:30 a.m. Rally at Ellipse
12:30 p.m. March steps off
3:00 p.m. "Operation
Ceasefire" Concert and Rally
On Sunday, Sept. 25 there's an
Interfaith Service and a grassroots training session sponsored by
United for Peace and Justice. On Monday, September 26, UPJ is heading
up a
mass-lobbying day. West Virginians are encouraged
to join this event. Contact
patriots.news@verizon.net for details.
Another Reason to Come to DC Sept. 24 and 25
Also on Sunday, check out the
DC Green
Festival with some amazing speakers and exhibitors at the DC
Convention Center. Speakers include: Lois Gibbs, Brock Evans,
Cindy Sheehan, Amy Goodman, Dennis Kucinich, Greg Palast, Lester Brown,
Medea Benjamin, Kevin Danaher, Gifford Pinchot III and many other
visionary leaders.
Special attractions include a marketplace of green businesses; Air
America Radio broadcasting live; Reverend Altagracia Pèrez on the
Wal-Mart victory; he Fair Trade Pavilion with coffee and chocolate tastings
and an art auction; a mobile tropical rainforest exhibit; workshops on
green careers; organic beer & wine; live music; organic vegetarian food
court and much more. This is a "nearly zero waste event." Tickets $15 at
the door. Click
here for more info.
www.ohvec.org 304-522-0246 vivian@ohvec.org |
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