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Stop the Hate,
Start the Healing Vigil Thursday Evening
Stop the Hate, Start the Healing Vigil tomorrow, Oct. 6 from 5:30 -
7:00 p.m. at Davis Park on Capitol Street in Charleston, W.Va. At
this event, people of faith stand together to speak out against
attacks based on race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality,
gender or disability. Add your voice! For more info, contact Carol
Warren at 304-343-3360. Sponsored by the West Virginia Interfaith
Center for Public Policy Stop the Hate Committee. (OVEC is very
pleased to have once again been asked to help with outreach for this
inspiring event.)
Call to
Stop Latest Energy Bill Boondoggle
One environmental disaster doesn't call for another: Oppose H.R.
3893
Compiled from
Earthjustice and
USPIRG action
alerts and other sources: The so-called “Gasoline for America’s
Security Act of 2005” (H.R. 3893) introduced by Representative Joe
Barton [TX-R] does nothing to “provide reliable and affordable
energy for the American people” as it claims. (See page 17
here for an account of our run-in with Barton.)
Instead--and these are just two of the bill's many terrible provisions--it guts the New Source Review rule of the Clean Air Act by allowing coal-fired power plants to avoid permitting by reclassifying major projects as “routine repairs.” Also, communities that challenge oil refinery permits will have to pay oil company lawyers if they communities are ultimately unsuccessful. This bill surfaces while the oil industry is reaping record profits and on the heels of an admission from the industry’s own lobbyist-in-chief that environmental rules are not the major driver of high gas prices!
This bill is attempt by some members of
Congress to use the recent devastating hurricanes as an excuse to push
through legislation that would give huge payoffs to cash-rich energy
companies, at the expense of the health and safety of Americans. Much of
the bill has no relation to the hurricanes or to America’s gasoline
supplies -- parts are nothing more than recycled pieces of “wish-list”
legislation that the oil and gas industries have not been able to
succeed in passing any other way. Read the bill
here.
The House is expected to vote on this industry giveaway on
Friday--just two days! Read more and take action by clicking
here. Remember, many politicians say they put more stock in phone
calls than e-mails, so please take a few minutes to call and ask your
representative to oppose the harmful and misleading H.R. 3893.
Find your rep's contact info by clicking
here. The
Union of Concerned Scientists also has an action you can take on this
bill by clicking
here. Take action with Clean Air Now, by clicking
here.
Last Event of
the Year on Kayford Mountain This Weekend
Oct 8-9: Beginning at 1 p.m. both days, it's the 16th annual
Changing of the Leaves Fall Festival on Kayford Mountain. This is
the Stanley Heirs Park Foundation's last event of the year. Everyone
is welcome, and feel free to camp. Call 304-542-1134 with questions.
Directions to Stanley Heirs Park: From Charleston take I-64E
to Exit 79 (Sharon-Cabin Creek). Turn right at bottom of ramp, then
take an immediate left onto Cabin Creek Rd. Go 7.5 miles to the "Y"
at Leewood and take the right fork. Go 3.5-4 miles and come to
blacktop and dirt. At the left hand corner take the one-lane bridge
across the creek. Stay on this road for 1.5-2 miles then head right,
up the hill. Follow the guardrails, then keep going. Pass the big
white rock at the top of the hill, go 1/10th of a mile to the
parking lot for Stanley Heirs Park.
Expo This!
Speechifying, Vigils and Marches Oct. 18-20
Please join Mountain Justice, MUPeace,
Sludge Safety
Project members, OVEC and others on Oct. 18-20 in Huntington,
W.Va. Choose a day and an event, or stay the whole time to help
counter the "Coal Quality Expo '05." This industry expo, held at the
convention center, is heavy on promoting the equipment and chemicals
used at coal preparation plants. Yup, think
Marsh Fork Elementary, the close-by coal prep plant and the
looming coal sludge impoundment. Think class actions lawsuits from
ill-prep plant workers who blame their sickness on the chemicals
used in coal prep plants--chemicals that likely end up in
blackwater spills and
seeping (sometimes
roaring) out of coal sludge impoundments. Think about what
is happening in Mingo County. Then think about joining us. On
Tuesday, Oct. 18, Ed Wiley of
Coal River Mountain Watch and Hillary Hosta of
Coalfield Sustainability Project will speak on the
Marshall University campus about sludge, mountaintop removal and
climate change. Location and time TBA. From 7 to 8:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 19 there's a candlelight vigil for the mountains
outside of the Holiday Inn on 3rd Avenue (next to the convention
center) where many of the expo attendees will stay. From 3:30 to
5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 its a March on King Coal--speak
out against coal sludge impoundments and mountaintop removal. Meet
at Pullman square, march to the convention center, then to the
nearby Army Corps of Engineers (which issues permits for mountaintop
removal and coal sludge impoundments) building and back to the
center. For more information, contact Abe at the OVEC office,
304-522-0246, or reply to this e-mail.
Treehuggers of
America Unite!
Get your groove on at OVEC's 16th annual Treehuggers' Ball on Friday
Nov. 4. Note the new time--from 8 p.m. to midnight. We are
already lining up some swell silent auction goods and services,
including a gift basket from
La Paix Herb Farm
and a harp from Mary Ramsay. Please consider making a donation to
the silent auction to help make this our most successful
Treehuggers' to date. Reply to this e-mail or call the office at
304-522-0246 for info on how to donate.
OVEC's own Tonya Adkins will sing and play guitar for us (she's amazing!). We'll also hear from Brett Senters & Co., as well as Huntington's most famous band, Big Rock & the CandyAss Mountain Boys.
Help spread the word by handing out these fliers, updated from our last Action Alert! with the new time. They are really eye-catching when printed on fluorescent green or yellow paper.
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