- april15.2021 ISSUE of WestVirginiaVille.com
- COVERSTORY: CHARACTERS: “When Earl Went to War”
- EDITOR’S NOTES: ‘A ninetysomething issue’
- 5 QUESTIONS: Bhante G on death & meditating via ZOOM
- IN MEMORIUM: Giancarlo DiTrappano
- SPOTLIGHT: What the 2020 WV Legislature passed—and didn’t
- CLIMATE: Why care about the climate crisis?
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- MARCH 2021 Issue of WestVirginiaVille.com
The West Virginia Climate Alliance is a recently formed umbrella group that includes many key players and groups in West Virginia and the surrounding region (see list below) devoted to addressing the daunting challenges of the climate crisis.
See more on the Alliance, its members and focus below, as well as a first video by WestVirginiaVille’s AMP Multimedia, in which people from around the state tackle the question: “Why do you care about the climate crisis?”
“WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS? A West Virginia Climate Alliance Video: CLICK BELOW TO VIEW
The Climate Alliance is a coalition of environmental organizations, faith-based organizations, civil right and civic organizations, and young adults. Created in 2020, the Climate Alliance lists three goals for legislation addressing climate change:
- First, legislation must address environmental justice to ensure that communities of color are not disproportionately impacted by the transition to a low-carbon economy.
- Second, the Alliance promotes action that addresses a just or true transition for fossil fuel workers so that they are not left behind in this transition.
- Third, the Alliance wants to ensure emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced by a level that scientists have determined are necessary in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, such as increased flooding, more intense wildfires and more destructive hurricanes.
Members of the West Virginia Climate Alliance
Environmental Organizations:
West Virginia Rivers Coalition:
WEBSITE: wvrivers.org.
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/wvrivers
West Virginia Citizen Action Group:
WEBSITE: wvcag.org.
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/WVCAG
Moms Clean Air Force –West Virginia:
WEBSITE: momscleanairforce.org/state-chapters/west-virginia.
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/MomsCleanAirForceWestVirginia
Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition:
WEBSITE: ohvec.org. FACEBOOK: facebook.com/OVEC.WV
Sierra Club of West Virginia Chapter:
WEBSITE: sierraclub.org/west-virginia.
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/sierraclub.westvirginia
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy:
WEBSITE: wvhighlands.org
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/WVHighlandsConservancy
West Virginia Environmental Council:
WEBSITE: wvecouncil.org.
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/WVECouncil
Faith-based Organizations
West Virginia Council of Churches:
WEBSITE: wvcc.org
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/wvcouncil
West Virginia Interfaith Power and Light:
WEBSITE: wvipl.org
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/WVIPL
American Friend Service Committee
WEBSITE: afsc.org/charleston-wv
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/afscwv
Christians for the Mountains
WEBSITE: christiansforthemountains.org
FACEBOOK: At this link
Civil Rights and Civic Organizations
NAACP West Virginia
WEBSITE: naacp.org/about-us
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/NAACPWV/
Corazon Latino
WEBSITE: corazonlatino.us
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/CoraLatin/
League of Women Voters of West Virginia
WEBSITE: lwvwv.org
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/lwvwv
Other Climate Change Organizations
WVU School of Law Center on Energy and Sustainable Development
WEBSITE: energy.law.wvu.edu
Citizens Climate Lobby West Virginia
WEBSITE: citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/WV_Charleston
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/CCLWV
West Virginia Center on Climate Change
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ClimateCenterWV/
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action
WEBSITE: main.movclimateaction.org
FACEBOOK: At this link
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
WEBSITE: chesapeakeclimate.org
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/ChesapeakeClimate
- april15.2021 ISSUE of WestVirginiaVille.com
- COVERSTORY: CHARACTERS: “When Earl Went to War”
- EDITOR’S NOTES: ‘A ninetysomething issue’
- 5 QUESTIONS: Bhante G on death & meditating via ZOOM
- IN MEMORIUM: Giancarlo DiTrappano
- SPOTLIGHT: What the 2020 WV Legislature passed—and didn’t
- CLIMATE: Why care about the climate crisis?
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- MARCH 2021 Issue of WestVirginiaVille.com
