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March 2009
Contents

Residents Vent Concerns to DEP
Bush Midnight Rule Change Exposed to Sunlight of Justice
BLACK FRIDAY
Communities Must Organize to Win
Mining the Mountains
Dozens of Boone County Residents File Massive Lawsuit Against Eight Coal Mine Operators About Tainted Water

Coal Companies Cause Loss of Jobs, Not Environmentalists

Come CLEAN: The Citizens Energy Investment Act Needs You
Come Lobby With the Sludge Safety Project
Prenter Gets Funding to Bring Clean Water to the Community
All We Wanted Was Water
Sludge Safety Project Action Goals for the 2009 WV Legislative Session
Coal Slurry Poisons Water Supplies, State Agencies Do Nothing
Lobbying for Change - Now!
DEP Gets Earful on Permit Renewal for Marsh Fork
DEP Still Ducking Its Responsibility
Waste Ponds: An Industry Hazard
OVECs New Organizer Fights to Protect Family Cemetery
OVECs Cemetery Protection Bills Introduced at Legislative Session
Power Company Meets with Stakeholders
Notes from Maria Gunnoe, OVECs Boone County Organizer
Ashford Residents Comments to DEP - Spare Our Community
Why Not Wind?
WV Coal-Ash Dams Infrequently Inspected, DEP Admits
National Park Service Opposes MTR Permit Renewal on Gauley Mountain
Gimme FIVE! - For Clean Election Reforms in WV
Meet, Eat and Greet and Support Clean Elections
Get Active with Clean Elections in WV Now!
WV Residents Join with Indian Tribal Leaders to Protest OSM Actions
Burning the Future Coal in America
Kudos to OVEC
Coalfield Native Writes of Industrys Disregard for Environment 
Drinking Water Problems Obvious, Should Be Investigated
Eating For OVEC Keeps Raising $$$
Voices of Buffalo Creek: A Survivor Speaks Out
Air Quality Compared in Mining and Non-Mining Areas of West Virginia
NPR Interviews OVEC Members on Stream Buffer Zone Rule Change
Role of OVEC and CRMW in Helping with Coal Novel and Film
The Most Important Number on Earth is 350 - Heres Why
Hes a Coallllll Man
Hear This: We Dont Want Sludge in Our Water!
OSM Faults WV Dam Enforcement
SSHhhhhh!! What the Coal Lobby Wants Hidden
Valuing Ecosystem Services: Picturing an End for Mountaintop Removal
Rant on Rahall
Miscellany


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Winds of Change Newsletter, March 2009     See sidebar for table of contents

Miscellany


OVEC Works!

Thanks to everyone near and far taking action to end mountaintop removal, with an extra special thanks to all the coalfield residents who speak out courageously. Due to the recent rising levels of threatening behavior from mountaintop removal proponents, we wont be publishing a listing of everyone we wish to thank. We hope you know how much we appreciate you. OVEC works because of you! Thanks!


Coal Trucks Troubling You?

Call 1-866-SEETRUX (1-866-733-8789) from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. to report road violations by any truck driver, regardless of cargo, to WV regulatory officials.


Recurring Donations Help Keep OVECs Work Going

If you agree that OVECs work is critical to protecting West Virginia, please consider joining our recurring donors program. Click on the Donate link above, then click on the blue Donate Now button.

Recurring donations help build OVECs sustainability and help us with our long-term planning, since we can better estimate our members donations. Remember, donations to OVEC are tax deductible.


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Coal that comes from mountaintop removal mining provides about

4%

of our nations electricity, a percentage that could easily be supplied and surpassed by conservation, increased energy efficiency and truly cleaner energy sources like wind and solar power.

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