(2003)   2004 Press Releases and Media Advisories  (2005)

December 16, 2004  OSM Spearheads “Reforestation Initiative” For Appalachia’s Strip-Mined Lands- Top Regional Environmental Groups Refuse Sign-On, Have Questions

December 7, 2004  Over 10,000 Tons of PVC Land-filled in West Virginia; National Report on PVC, The Poison Plastic, Describes; Looming Waste Crisis and Pervasive Hazards

December 6, 2004  Army Corps of Engineers Violating Court Order by Allowing Coal Companies to Bury Streams With Mining Waste, Environmentalists Charge

November 8, 2004  Blankenship’s Buyout of Justice and Democracy Outrages Group

October 13, 2004  Former State Senator to Receive OVEC’s Laura Forman Passion for Justice Award

October 5, 2004  Forever Wild: A Celebration of Wilderness

August 26, 2004  Bush mercury rule fine print lets West Virginia power plants off the hook for toxic air pollution: new study- Mt. Storm power plant is nation's top emitter of arsenic and chromium 

August 18, 2004  PAYBACKS: How the White House and Congress Are Neglecting Our Health Care Because of Their Corporate Contributors

July 19, 2004  Friends of the Mountains in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Stop MTR Rallies 

May 27, 2004  "The Day After Tomorrow"

May 24, 2004  The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition’s 15th Annual Treehuggers’ Ball

May 18, 2004  Friends Of The Mountains Protest Massey Energy'S Destruction In Appalachia  (pdf)

May 14, 2004  Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 18, 2004; FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAINS TO PROTEST MASSEY ENERGY'S DESTRUCTION IN APPALACHIA AT ANNUAL MEETING

May 4, 2004  Candidates Voice Support For Clean Elections

March 26, 2004  Appalachian Citizens Come to DC to Speak Out Against Bush Administration Plan to Increase Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Repeal 20 Year-Old Stream Buffer Zone

March 22, 2004  Groups kick off coal sludge impoundment safety campaign

February 16, 2004  Spring Creek Natural Foods Wins Green Entrepreneur Award at 15th Annual WV Environmental Council E-Day!