Action Alerts Archive

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Action Alerts WVEC May 22, 2025
We Want to Hear From You – Take Our Quick Survey
WVEC is gathering input to help shape our advocacy priorities, and we’d love to hear from you. This short, anonymous survey will help us better understand how West Virginians view environmental issues, conservation, and outdoor recreation. Your feedback will directly inform our future campaigns and outreach efforts. More
Issues: Legislation

Action Alerts WVEC April 10, 2025
Urgent Action: Keep Water Safe. Keep Control Local. Stop These Bills
Dangerous legislative bills threaten our communities, and we need your help. Please call your legislators today and urge them to vote NO on HB 2014, SB 592, and SB 940. More
Issues: Aboveground tanks, Energy, Pollution, Water

Action Alerts WVEC April 8, 2025
Stop HB 2014 – Senate Hearing Today at 1 PM
HB 2014, introduced by House Speaker Hanshaw at Governor Morrisey’s request, aims to attract data centers by allowing them to run on private microgrids outside the PJM power grid. But the bill has major downsides. HB 2014 passed the House and is now in the Senate Economic Development Committee TODAY at 1 pm. More
Issues: Coal, Energy, Oil and gas, Pollution, Water

Action Alerts WVEC April 7, 2025
URGENT: Protect Our Water. Help Stop SB 592
The annual "Tank Bill" is moving, and it's dangerous. SB 592—set for a hearing today, April 7, at 3 pm in the House Energy Committee—would remove over 1,000 oil, gas, and coal tanks from the inspection list mandated by the Aboveground Storage Tank Act. More
Issues: Aboveground tanks, Health, Pollution, Water

Action Alerts, Newsletter article WV Citizen Action Group April 4, 2025
Urgent: Protect Local Control Over Water Pollution Permits
Local governments play a vital role in protecting their communities, including having a say in water pollution standards. But a new bill, SB 940, threatens to take that power away. More
Issues: Pollution, Water

Action Alerts WVEC April 1, 2025
Stop HB 2014: Protect WV from Harmful Data Center Impacts
West Virginia lawmakers are rushing forward with HB 2014 — a bill that would open the floodgates to data center development across our state while silencing local voices and putting ratepayers at risk. More
Issues: Energy, Energy efficiency

Action Alerts, Newsletter article WVEC March 14, 2025
Reminder: E-Day 2025 at WV State Capitol this Monday!
Change happens when we show up! For 35 years, Environmental Day (E-Day) has united advocates to demand stronger environmental protections for West Virginians. Attending isn't just about networking or displays—it's about showing up, being seen, and holding legislators accountable for their decisions about our environment, health, and future. More
Issues: Eday

Action Alerts WV Rivers Coalition March 10, 2025
Urgent Action Alert – Protect Our Drinking Water!
In 2014, the West Virginia Legislature passed the Aboveground Storage Tank (AST) Act in response to the devastating Elk River chemical leak. More
Issues: Aboveground tanks, Health, Pollution, Water

Action Alerts, Newsletter article WV Citizen Action Group March 7, 2025
Join the Rally, Sign the Petition—Fight AEP’s Rate Hike!
Our electricity bills have more than doubled between 2002 to 2022. Now, AEP wants to raise them again! They made costly mistakes and want us to pay for them. West Virginians for Energy Freedom (WV4EF) invites you to tell Appalachian Power that we can't take more rate hikes. More
Issues: Energy

Action Alerts WV Rivers Coalition March 4, 2025
Protect WV State Parks – Reject SB 627!
Two years ago, we secured an important victory by protecting our State Parks from underground carbon sequestration. Now, with the introduction of Senate Bill 627, these protections are at risk. More
Issues: State parks

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