Join Us Tuesday For E-Day at the WV Legislature, January 28th!

ENVIRONMENT DAY at the West Virginia Legislature is January 28th

Invitation from WV Environmental Council, Charleston, 1/23/20

You are invited to attend E-Day at the Legislature on Tuesday, January 28 from 9 am to 2 pm at the West Virginia State Capitol.

Activists and other visitors will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on civic engagement during our day at the Legislature! Our informational tables will be set up in the Upper Senate Rotunda. You can discover the importance of civic engagement, take part in citizen lobbying, and learn about our member organizations, resources, and initiatives.

Join us for a press conference beginning at Noon to hear from our lobbyists, legislators, and Tracy Danzey. Tracy, our keynote speaker is environmental activist from Parkersburg, now residing in Jefferson County. Tracy contracted hip cancer at age 21 which resulted in loss of her leg from the hip down, attributed to C8 in her water sources growing up. She recently walked across Denmark in protest of Rockwool.

Our member groups participating include: Eastern Panhandle Sierra Club, Eastern Panhandle Green Coalition, Buckhannon River Watershed Association, Cheat Lake Environmental & Recreation Association (CLEAR), Citizens Climate Lobby West Virginia, Citizens for Clean Elections, Friends of Cheat River, Jefferson County Foundation, Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, People Concerned About Chemical Safety, Sierra Club Student Coalition WVU, Solar United Neighbors, Sierra Club — WV Chapter, WV Citizen Action Group, WV Climate Action, WV Rivers Coalition, WV SORO, WV League of Women Voters.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about the West Virginia Environmental Council & our involvement at the Legislature.

After E-Day, head on over the the Empty Glass for our GREEN JAM to further support the E-Council. it’s from 5-9 pm.

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See also: WV Environmental Council, GREEN Digest, Volume 30 Issue 2, 1/17/20

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Science journalist to talk radioactivity in Ohio Valley oil & gas industry

News Report by Brittany Grego, WTOV News 9, January 23, 2020

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — Barnesville resident Jill Hunkler has been working with a writer from Rolling Stone Magazine.
Science Journalist Justin Nobel will be coming to Belmont County Friday, Jan. 24, to talk about a recent article he wrote on radioactivity and the oil and gas industry in the area.

“These are very serious issues, Justin has found in government documents and early industry reports that link oil and gas to radioactive exposures and also court cases that involve oil and gas industry cancer deaths have been linked to radioactivity on the job,” said Hunkler.

The event will take place this Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 PM inside Ohio University Eastern’s Shannon Hall Theatre.

Anyone is welcome to attend.

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2020 Barbara Danko Political Forum, Sunday, Chatham University

14th Ward Independent Democratic Club and the Chatham University College Democrats to hold the 2020 Barbara Daly Danko Political Forum:

“The Petrochemical Build-Out: Not What It’s Cracked Up To Be?”

Sunday, January 26, 2020, Doors Open 1:00 P.M, Forum 1:30 P.M.,

Eddy Theatre, Chatham University, Woodland Rd., Pittsburgh 15232

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

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