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March  2011
Contents
Celebration Highlights Our Many 2010 Successes, Launches New Sustainer Campaign Initiative
EPA Action Stops Destructive Spruce No. 1 Mine
The Last Mountain Premieres at Sundance
Fayette County Battles Impacts from Increased Mountaintop Removal
Toll of Coal Conference Examines Impacts of Coal on Human Health
Larry Gibson – A Passion for Justice, Personified
E-Day! Press Conference Highlights Marcellus Shale Issues
Legislators Look at Shale Drilling Regs, More Inspectors, Higher Fees
Eat for OVEC and Raise $$$ Too!
Welcome to Our New Board Members
Plugging into SSP Efforts Rewarding to Volunteers
SSP’s Legislative Update
Cheers for “Deers and Beers” – A Truly Unique Fundraiser
Alternate Energy Trust Fund Bill Introduced in WV Legislature
Hobet Mine Follows You – Wherever You Live
take ACTION! How to File a Blasting Complaint:
Lazarus House Church Honors Rev. Jim Lewis with a Gift to OVEC
Goodbye to Richard Goldman
EPA Environmental Justice Division Visits WV Coalfields
OVEC Buys Land in the Path of MTR
A Farewell to Frankie
Remembering Frankie
Still Seeking Justice For All - OVEC at Annual Council of Churches’ MLK Jr. Event
Judy Bonds’ Memorial:
Fight Harder!
What Would Judy Do?
Real Faces Expose the Truth About MTR and Its Costs
Winnie Fox, Gentle But Fierce Environmental Advocate, Passes Away
Legal Brief: Appeal of Mingo MTR Mine
Supreme Court Finally Hears Cemetery Desecration Case
Legal Brief: Coal-to-Liquid Air Appeal
The Re-Named Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Rally
Clean Elections Pilot Project Making Progress
Scientists Urge Congress to Take ‘A Fresh Look’ at Climate Change
Enormous Health and Water Impacts of Coal and Nuclear Power Hidden
Blair Mountain Legal Update – National Trust Joins Re-Listing Lawsuit
OVEC Party Over Here
On Coal River Premiers in WV
Dirty Business Film Debunks Myth of ‘Clean Coal’
Legal Brief: Weakening the Rules
Holding More Coal Mines in WV Accountable for Toxic Selenium Pollution With Additional Court Actions
Chinese Don’t Want to Burn Their Future
Sustainer Support ... Taking OVEC Commitment to New Levels
PASSAGES
Rally After KY Governor’s Office Is Occupied
TAKE ACTION!
Web Extras:
Like Cornered Rats, Coal Industry and Lackeys Lash Out
Please Tell Your Celebrity Friends
Talking to the DEP about a Blair Mountain MTR Permit
Blankenship: Good Riddance


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Rally After KY Governors Office Is Occupied

About 1,275 folks turned out on Valentines Day for Kentuckians For The Commonwealths I Love Mountains Rally at the Kentucky State Capitol. The crowd, which included a sprinkling of OVEC members, cheered on the 14 MTR opponents who had just emerged from occupying Gov. Steve Beshears office for several days.
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