December 28 |
OVEC Action
Alert Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition |
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Online Action
for the Mountains: Please Comment By Dec. 30
As 2009 draws to a close, please take
a few more moments for the mountains... The Office of Surface
Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement is accepting comments
until December 30 on its proposal to delay addressing Stream
Buffer Zone Rule changes for another year. Learn more about the
Stream Buffer Zone Rule and
take action here.
Make a New
Year's Resolution for the Mountains
If you follow the
news
about mountaintop removal, you'll know why a
recent Associated Press news article opened with:
Environmental activists gained more momentum this year than in the past decade against the destructive, uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining known as mountaintop removal, though they have yet to mobilize the millions of supporters they want. (Hint, in 2010, spread the word, organize to help mobilize the masses.)
The article went on:
The environmentalists are "waking up a pretty big industry that has maybe taken the opposition from some of these groups for granted," says Chris Hamilton, senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association.
The industry fights back by equating support for coal with patriotism, and by portraying opposition to mountaintop removal as opposition to gainful employment.
Yup. The industry's public relation machines are in full gear, spitting out new "grassroots" groups and encouraging people to cut-and-paste letters to the editor.
For the mountains, would you consider a New Year's Resolution to write letters to the editor to your local paper, no matter where it is? If you read some of the recent letters to the editors in papers such as the Beckley Register Herald, the Logan Banner, the Charleston Gazette, the Charleston Daily Mail, the Wheeling News-Register, the Williamson Daily News and the Huntington Herald Dispatch you might get the inspiration you need to write a letter of your own, to both your local paper and other newspapers in West Virginia. Most newspapers make about 200 words the limit for letters to the editor.
An End-of-Year Reminder
Please don’t miss the chance to make your
donation to OVEC on or before Dec. 31 to earn a charitable
gift credit on your 2009 taxes. You can donate online by clicking
here. Or you can mail your gift to:
OVEC
P.O. Box 6753
Huntington, WV 25773-6753
Thank you. See you next year!
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