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• Rally for Green Jobs and Healthy Mountains; Appalachian Community Economics Conference; National Day of Action Green Jobs

• Support Mingo County Communities

• More Events For A Better Future, For Our Communities and Our Mountains

• Register to Vote; Register Others

• Support Clean Elections in West Virginia

• Comment on East Lynn Mining Proposal

• Volunteers Needed Oct. 17 and 18 in Roanoke, Va.

 Go Green Jobs!
Sept. 16:  5-6:30 p.m. Rally for Green Jobs and Healthy Mountains at the WV State Capitol. Show your support for the Coal River Wind Project by attending this event and signing the online petition.  For more info, contact Coal River Mountain Watch's Rory or Lorelei at 304-854-2182.  

Keep thinking green... and attend the Appalachian Community Economic Conference in Abingdon, Virginia. on Sept. 19-21:  Network for a cleaner, greener, sustainable Appalachia.  Details here.

Sept. 27:  National Day of Action Green Jobs

Go Green Jobs!  Go CLEAN!
P. S.  While you are signing the CLEAN Call-to-Action on climate change and our renewable energy future, check out this ad and sign up for e-mails from CLEAN -  Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now.   

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 Support Mingo County Communities
Folks in Mingo County are organizing to protect their communities in the midst of a proposed 2300-acre mountaintop removal operation. The permit, if granted, would allow for 14 valley fills, which area residents feel would threaten their safety and quality of life. The public hearing for this permit is tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 9) at 6 p.m. at the Burch Elementary School in Delbarton, WV.  

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 More Events For A Better Future, For Our Communities and Our Mountains
Sept. 9- 23: Peace Fast! Call for Peace in the Coalfields From WV Council of Churches’ Government Concerns and Peace and Justice Programs.  See the listing on the OVEC calendar page for more info.

Sept. 12-14: Prayer Vigil and Weekend in Wise, Va.

Oct. 11:  Stop Mountaintop Removal National Day of Action

Many more events are listed on OVEC's online calendar page.

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 Register to Vote; Register Others
In West Virginia, Oct. 14 is the last day to register to vote in the upcoming general election. Election Day is Nov. 4. Early voting, at your county clerk's office, starts Oct. 15 and includes the last two Saturdays before Election Day. For details on how to register to vote, early voting and more, click here.  Vote!

If you'd like to help others register to vote, you can participate in Mountain State Education and Research Foundation's non-partisan voter registration drive.  Call 304-346-8928.

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 Support Clean Elections in West Virginia
Let your legislators know you support public campaign financing in West Virginia. Helping citizens like us be able to run for office will be a great step forward in getting the kinds of policies we want in our state - instead of what the special interests want. Sign our Clean Elections Petition. Then, please take a moment to send an e-mail to your state legislators telling them you support the WV Public Campaign Financing Act. Thanks for your help in holding our legislators accountable to the voters! 

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 Comment on East Lynn Mining Proposal
According to an Aug. 31 article in the Huntington Herald Dispatch, a proposal to conduct underground mining operations near East Lynn Lake in Wayne County, WV is garnering concerns from residents, elected officials, geologists and the federal agency that manages the property. But another federal agency that has the final say has given preliminary approval to the project, based on a draft report paid for by the two coal companies that want to do the mining.  Read more here.

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 Volunteers Needed Oct. 17 and 18 in Roanoke, Va.
OVEC needs a couple of volunteers who can help us out in Roanoke, Va. on October 17 and 18.  If you are available then and interested to find out what is up, please e-mail vivian@ohvec.org for details.

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