Issues - West Virginia Environmental Council

Renewable Energy Campaign
	West Virginia Citizens’ Energy Plan For Economic Opportunities and a Sustainable Future
Air Quality
	Valley needs air monitoring
	Bucket Brigades
	How the five-gallon plastic bucket came to the aid of grassroots environmentalists

Peak Oil

Mercury Poisoning
	The Failure of Chemical Regulation: The Case of Mercury
	Don't Eat That Fish! More Mercury Will be the Legacy of New Coal-Burning Plants
Mountaintop Removal Mining
	Gambling with Coal: How Future Climate Laws Will Make New Coal Power Plants More Expensive (pdf)
	"The Coal Mine Next Door" by Peter Slavin
	Moving Mountains by Eric Reese
	more info: Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
	It’s Time for a Moratorium on the Construction of New U.S. Coal Plants. Will coal plants soon become the 8-track stereo of the energy world? by David Merrill

Roadless Areas in National Forests
	Country roads may ‘take you home,’ but logging roads ruin rivers

Food and Our Heath
	Toxic Plastic Water Bottles
	Pesticides Raise Child Risk of Leukemia - Study
	Study: Pesticide May Reduce Fertility
	A New Alarm Sounds for Amphibians
	Study: Tumeric & Curried Cauliflower Prevent Prostate Cancer
	Study: Junk Food Additives Stop Nerve Cell Growth
	Backyard Gardens: "A Subversive Plot" Whose Time Has Come
	Pigs, Chickens, Cows and Vegetables: The Lowdown
	Organic Eating: Gardening, Farming, Labeling, Standards

Industrial Hemp Farming
	Quest for U.S. Industrial Hemp Farming Advance
	Hemp News Coverage

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