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Thank you for being a GREEN reader and for joining us on this wild journey that was 2020.
As we gear up for 2021, and the legislative session that is right around the corner, we hope that you will consider a year-end gift to help fund our lobbying efforts next year. Please go here to donate safely and securely online. Or please mail your contribution to: WVEC, PO Box 1007, Charleston, WV 25324.
We just received word that E-Day, along with similar events at the Capitol, has been cancelled for 2021. While this is disappointing news, we will find a virtual alternative so we can make our voices heard and hopefully have some fun. Stay tuned!
On behalf of the WVEC board of directors, I want to express our gratitude for your support over the past year. While it has been a challenge in many ways, knowing that we have each other is truly a blessing and a comfort.
Best wishes to you for a safe and happy holiday season!
Linda Frame
WVEC President
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Shining a Light on SolarSolar United Neighbors As a new year approaches, it is important to know that 2021 may be the last year for homeowners to take advantage of the federal Energy Investment Tax Credit (EITC) for solar installations. The tax credit is stepping down -- from 30% in 2019, to 26% in 2020, to 22% in 2021. Unless Congress takes action to extend the EITC, it will expire altogether for residential solar installations in 2022.Tagged: Renewable energy Building a Resilient Food and Agriculture System in the Mountain State Do you know where your food comes from? Do you know who grew it? How many fossil fuels were consumed to produce, process, transport, and store the food that sits on your shelf? At the center of these questions lies irreversible impacts to our environment, and at the same time, changing the answer to these questions personally does not solve the issue.Tagged: Climate change Let’s Make It Permanent WV Citizens for Clean Elections We saw the impact that increased access to the ballot box had on voter participation, and we cannot allow that to be taken away. Thanks to your support, we were able to accomplish a lot this year, despite the obstacles that came about due to COVID-19. Here is a quick recap:Tagged: Clean elections Keeping the DEP Accountable in the Eastern Panhandle The book released earlier this year by West Virginia University Press, I’m Afraid of That Water: A Collaborative Ethnography of a West Virginia Water Crisis, was profiled in the October edition of GREEN. This collection of stories from the 2014 Elk River chemical spill and ensuing water crisis highlight the importance of protecting the quality of the water supply.Tagged: Water A History of ResistanceOVEC The fight for justice has never been won at the ballot box alone. Resistance against the status quo is not uncommon in Appalachia; from the Mine Wars to the Red for Ed strikes, West Virginia has been center stage in pivotal regional events. Bleak and seemingly-unwinnable battles are not unique to this state or its history. Rather, they are the norm. Resistance moving forward means learning from our collective past.Tagged: Climate change, Health, Legislation, Pollution, Social justice |
