Registration Now Open for E-Day 2025!

Environmental Day (E-Day) at the WV State Capitol is WVEC’s annual day of citizen advocacy. Registration is now open! Learn more and register here.

WVEC’s 2025 Legislative Priorities

WVEC is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting WV’s environment and advocating for sustainable policies and a healthy future. We are a coalition of 15 WV environmental organizations. Read our priorities here.

Recent Posts

Legislative Updates WVEC February 15, 2025
GREEN, Volume 35 Issue 1
The 2025 legislative session began on February 12, and our lobby team wasted no time getting to work. Veteran lobbyists Lucia Valentine and Kasey Russell attended the State of the State address and have spent the first few days meeting with lawmakers and stakeholders to advance our legislative priorities. This year, we’re focused on protecting community air monitoring, upholding water quality standards, safeguarding public lands, and addressing abandoned gas wells. More
Issues: Eday, Event, Legislation

Action Alerts WVEC January 26, 2025
Join Us for a 2025 Legislative Preview Webinar: Clean Water & Public Lands
This Monday, January 27, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., WV Rivers Coalition is co-sponsoring a webinar with the WVU Sierra Student Coalition.  Join us and their special guest, Dr. Sam Workman, WVU Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Policy Research and Public Affairs, to learn about what to expect at the 2025 legislature. More
Issues: Event, Legislation

Action Alerts WV Citizen Action Group January 6, 2025
POSTPONED – WV Citizen Action’s 50th Anniversary Concert
As we start the new year, join us at WV Citizen Action’s 50th Anniversary Celebration to reflect on their progress, recharge for challenges ahead, and celebrate five decades of shared accomplishments. More
Issues: Event

Action Alerts WVEC January 2, 2025
We Can’t Do It Without You: Donate to WVEC Today
Since 1989, it has been our privilege to represent West Virginians’ concerns about clean water, clean air, renewable energy and a sustainable future at the West Virginia State Legislature. We rely on your donations to make this possible. More

Action Alerts WVEC November 25, 2024
Music for a Cause: Tomorrow!
Join us for a special evening of music and friends at WVEC’s annual GREEN Jam on Tuesday, November 26, from 7 pm to Midnight at The Empty Glass in Charleston. More
Issues: Event

Action Alerts WV Rivers Coalition November 13, 2024
Tomorrow: Fairmont Brine Community Meeting
Important Public Meeting on Environmental Health in Fairmont!  The Fairmont Brine Processing Facility has been found to have radiation levels up to 30 times higher than normal background levels, posing serious health risks to our community. More
Issues: Health, Pollution, Water

Newsletters WVEC October 31, 2024
GREEN, Volume 34 Issue 12
We are excited to welcome and introduce Kasey Russell as our new lobbyist. Kasey brings a wealth of policy and lobbying experience to WVEC. She is covering the West Virginia legislative interims, closely monitoring developments, such as the recent special session, and getting to know our WVEC coalition partners.  More

Action Alerts WV Citizen Action Group October 4, 2024
Urgent Action: Stop HB 208 – A Rushed Nuclear Waste Bill
Urgent action is needed to prevent a hasty decision on nuclear waste regulation primacy in West Virginia. Primacy means our state, not the federal government, would control nuclear waste regulation. More
Issues: Health, Legislation, Pollution

Action Alerts WVEC September 18, 2024
Urgent Action Alert: Sign a Petition to Protect Old Growth Forests by Friday
Your comments on the Forest Service Environmental Impact Statement are due by noon this Friday, Sept. 20. We want to ensure that there are meaningful definitions of "old" growth for the Mon Forest and that forest management and water protection management enhance our old trees' carbon storage and ecological benefits. Sign this petition today! More
Issues: Public lands, Water

Action Alerts WVEC September 12, 2024
Living in the Shadow of the Bhopal Disaster
You are invited to attend a panel discussion on environmental justice with survivors of the Bhopal India disaster - Bati Bai Rajak, Farhat Jahan, and Rachna Dhingra at West Virginia State University on Monday, September 16, 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the Davis Fine Arts Center Theater, Institute WV. More
Issues: Event, Pollution