Citizens Fed Up With WV DEP

Patty's message is clear: DEP isn't protecting coalfield residents.

OVEC's Feb. 2005 Winds of Change newsletter, foreground, will be good reading for visitors to DEP.

French TV New York (camera man in foreground) flew in to talk to us about the full cycle of coal--mining, transportation, combustion, disposal of the ash. Not to mention rubber-stamping regulators and bought-off politicians.

DEP Chief Stephanie Timmermeyer (right; yellow turtle neck) agreed to see us, unlike our last mass visit. This time she knew we knew she was in the building.

Jackie Browning explains his concerns about the safety of coal sludge impoundments--both the dams themselves and the chemicals used in them. He worked in constructing the dams and in the prep plants. He has seen how the companies skirt the law; the prep plant chemicals have made him very ill.

February 10, 2005 Photos by Vivian Stockman

February 10, 2005
Photos by Vivian Stockman