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• Take Action: Save the Buffer Zone

• Mountainkeeper Larry Gibson in People Magazine on Newstands Now

• Burning the Future Wins WV Award; Screens in Pittsburgh Tonight

• BBC examines "Surface Tension"

 Take Action: Save the Buffer Zone
As you will recall, the Bush administration has been seeking to change a mining rule that, if enforced, would help protect streams - and the people and wildlife that rely on clean water - from mountaintop removal mining.  Local citizen groups and national environmental groups joined together to rally their members. We generated tens of thousands of comments against the proposed rule change.

Now, the Bush administration is poised to give the coal industry a parting gift by finalizing the rule change, despite citizen outcry. Please take the time to comment again. Read more and take the easy web action here.

More about the buffer zone rule change proposal:
Citizens Want Rule Enforced, Not Clarified
OSM Silence Birds and Amphibians; Ignores People Too

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 Mountainkeeper Larry Gibson in People Magazine on Newstands Now
Please join with the 40 million (!) readers of People Magazine in reading about OVEC board member Larry Gibson's effort to preserve his part of Kayford Mountain.  Larry's article is on page 138 of the October 20 issue, the one with Nicole Richie and Angelina Jolie on the cover.

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 Burning the Future Wins WV Award; Screens in Pittsburgh Tonight
Congratulations to director David Novack and all the OVEC volunteers who worked so hard for the documentary Burning the Future. The film took first place at the West Virginia Filmmakers Festival. Read more here.

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 BBC examines "Surface Tension"
Five years after he was first here, BBC World Report (a radio program with millions of listeners worldwide) correspondent Steve Evans again contacted OVEC requesting an interview with a mountaintop removal opponent.  OVEC member and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy member Julian Martin responded and did a great job. Check the stories out here (look for the "Madison" heading) and here.

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