Action Alerts Archive

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Action Alerts WVEC January 17, 2018
Citizen Lobbyist Training Around the State
Join a coalition of state and local organizations and student groups to learn how to effectively talk with your elected officials about progressive issues that matter to you! More
Issues: Legislation

Action Alerts WVEC January 16, 2018
Save Our State Parks From Logging
A bill to allow commercial logging in West Virginia’s State Parks, Senate Bill 270, was introduced in the WV Legislature at the request of Governor Justice. This bill would end an 80-year ban on logging in West Virginia’s State Parks. Contact the Governor now, tell him you oppose lifting the logging ban! More
Issues: Logging

Action Alerts Chuck Wyrostok January 9, 2018
How To Get Your Legislator’s Attention in 2018
Happy New Year! from the crew at the West Virginia Environmental Council. For 2018, we’ve reviewed, revised, and repurposed different aspects of ECouncil. We believe that periodic review and self-reflection are always healthy and productive processes. More
Issues: Legislation

Action Alerts Paul Dalzell May 3, 2017
Urgent! Call the Governor! Tell him we need a budget not more pollution!
Today, WV E-Council along with thirteen other organizations asked the Governor to limit the special session to only the budget crisis. Our water and our budget deserve our legislators full attention. You can encourage Governor Justice to limit the special session to only the state budget by calling his office: 304-558-2000. More

Action Alerts Laura Davidson April 5, 2017
What’s BUGGING us?
With only days left, we continue to fight hard to change the language of SB 687, a bill that would abandon the assessment of benthic macroinvertebrates (aka “bugs”) as the most scientifically sound way to measure a stream’s biological health from WV's narrative water quality standards. More

Action Alerts Paul Dalzell April 5, 2017
Press Conference on the West Virginia Legislature’s War on Water
The West Virginia Legislature has declared an all-out war on water. Lawmakers have already passed both HB 2506 and HB 2811, bills that weaken protections on streams and rivers which are sources for much of our drinking water. SB 687 is now poised to pass in the House of Delegates. More

Action Alerts Laura Davidson April 3, 2017
We called and you listened!
We called and you answered! Advocates for clean water out numbered industry officials 26:3 in speaking out on SB 687! Help us keep the momentum going! More

Action Alerts Laura Davidson March 31, 2017
Let’s keep the momentum going!
There will be a Public Hearing on SB 687 at 8:00am on Monday, April 3, 2017 in the House Chamber. SB 687 would make our narrative water quality the weakest in the nation, and make it easier for the coal industry to get away with poisoning our streams. More
Issues: Coal, Event, Legislation, Pollution, Social justice, Water

Action Alerts Paul Dalzell March 30, 2017
Ask Governor Justice to veto HB 2506
Sign the petition, and ask Governor Justice to veto HB 2506. Ask him to stand up for water and the health of all West Virginians. More

Action Alerts Paul Dalzell March 27, 2017
URGENT Action Now: STOP the madness!
The legislature has declared an all-out war on water, and we need your help to STOP the Madness! More

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