Needed: Student Volunteers and Equipment

OVEC's mission is to organize and maintain a diverse grassroots organization dedicated to the improvement and preservation of the environment through education, grassroots organizing and coalition building, leadership development and media outreach. We are a non-profit group.

OVEC formed in 1987. To fulfill our mission, over the years we have tackled numerous issues. To learn about some of our successes, click here (links to history section of our original website).  Our work encompasses much of West Virginia and portions of southern Ohio and eastern Kentucky.

Our current major work focuses on:

• Mountaintop Removal / Valley Fill Strip Mining
• Coal Waste or Slurry Impoundments at Mountaintop Removal Sites
• Campaign Finance Research and Reform in West Virginia 
• Anti-degradation and Water Quality

Other COAL-related issues include:

• Energy Policy
• Overweight Coal Trucks
• "Clean" Coal
• Flooding near MTR sites and Logging Operations
• Power Plants and Pollution
• Watch-dogging Government Regulatory Agencies
• Acid Mine Drainage
• Abandoned Mine Lands and Bonding Issues

Other issues:

• Alternative Energy and Sustainable Development
• Dioxin