WV Gov. Refuses to Meet with Schoolchildren

Written by Japhet

Crossposted from Its Getting Hot in Here:

It’s time to turn the heat up on Gov. Manchin. Today the Governor dodged attempts of community members to arrange a meeting to deliver 500 letters from children around the world concerned about the health of the kids of Marsh Fork Elementary School.

Marsh Fork sits 150 feet away from coal factory and is downstream from a seeping sludge dam. These two waste sites are products of mountaintop removal coal mining which has already claimed over 450 mountains in Appalachia. The Governor has refused repeated requests from the community to move their school to a safer location and to stop mountaintop removal altogether. This week during the “Rising to the Challenge” week of action, the letters will get into the hands of the governor… somehow. Stay tuned for more.

If you are in the area, we will be meeting up at 10:30 am February 1st at the Liberty Bell outside the capitol building in Charleston, WV for a rally and press conference. If you are outside the area, call the governor and demand that he receive the letters! For more info, contact Scott Parkin 415-235-0596 or read this fact sheet.

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Posted on 31 January 2007

Tags: climate

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After a lifetime on the East Coast and getting stuck in the Midwestern suburbs of Chicago and northern Michigan I'm finally on the West Coast in the always cool and never hot city of San Francisco. Japhet worked for various outdoor organizations before becoming a member of Howard Dean's webteam (a lowly online organizer) in Burlington, Vermont. Afterwards, he continued his election work with America Coming Together in Madison, Wisconsin where he helped increase voter turnout to the highest in state history. Now, coming back to this environmental and corporate ethics roots, Japhet is excited to put his skills to use for Rainforest Action Network.

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3 Comments For This Post I'd Love to Hear Yours!

Katherine says:

February 1, 2007 at 4:34 pm

I think that this great that you are getting letters from other concerned school children. How did you go about getting these letters from around the world? Do you have a program for this? This would be something my husband and I would be interested in funding.

Looking forward to your reply, Katherine
David Grace says:

February 5, 2007 at 9:21 am

Hi All,
Here are a list of West Virginia talk-radio stations that you can use to discuss the issue. Some stream on the internet but most don’t.

I don’t have schedule info on all the stations, but local people can figure it out.

My Best
David Grace
San Francisco, CA
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WAJR 1440 AM Morgantown, WV + http://www.wajr.com Talk
– 8:30-noon m-f et, 7am sat 304.296.0041 / 800-765-8255

WCHS 580 AM Charleston, WV no http://www.58wchs.com News/Talk
– 11am m-f et 800-765-TALK

WDMX 100.1 FM Vienna, WV no http://www.wdmx.com Oldies
– 3-8pm m-f et 800-833-9211

WHIS 1440 AM Bluefield, WV no http://www.talkradiowhis.com Talk
– 9-noon m-f et 304 327-5200

WMMN 920 AM Fairmont, WV no http://www.920wmmn.com Talk
– 10am m-f et

WRNR 740 AM Martinsburg, WV no site Talk

WRVC 930 AM Huntington, WV no http://www.wrvc.com News/Talk
– 9-noon 3-5pm m-f et, 7am sat

WMTD 1380 AM Hinton, WV no site News/Talk

WVHU 800 AM Huntington, WV + http://800wvhu.com News/Talk
– 6-9am 6pm m-f et, 6-9am sat et 304-529-3699 / 877-800-WVHU

WVTS 950 AM Charleston, WV no site News/Talk

WWNR 620 AM Beckley, WV no site News/Talk

WWVA 1170 AM Wheeling, WV no http://www.wwva.com News/Talk
– 3-6pm m-f et 304 232-WWVA / 800 624-1170

WXKX 1340 AM Clarksburg, WV no site News/Talk
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January 22, 2010 at 6:40 am

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