This Tuesday, The OU Campus Greens will stage a rally from noon
to
one at the West Portico of Memorial Auditorium on OU's College Green
to
support OU's committed opposition to permit #7 that would undermine
the
watershed of Dysart Woods.
The rally will also protest the passage of the #6 mine that will
harm Dysart Woods. But OU is not appealing the destructive six
permit,
and is doing little to stop permit #7. Rally speakers include
OU
professors, administrators and Campus Greens members.
At 10 a.m., Wednesday, at the Ohio Division of Mines and
Reclamation's headquarters in Columbus, The OU Campus Greens and the
Ohio
State University Student Environmental Action Coalition will hold a
press
conference/demonstration to protest the passage of the #6 mine and
demand
that permit 7 be denied.
At 7 p.m., October 22 in Morton Hall Room 235 on OU's campus,
Geography Professor Ted Bernard, Plant Biology Professor Irwin Ungar
and
Associate Plant Biology Professor Brian McCarthy will speak about Dysart
Woods and answer questions from the audience.
The Ohio Division of Mines and Reclamations acted recklessly and
illegally in granting the #6 permit before conducting a geological
study
to determine its impacts on Dysart Woods.
"The ODMR's rubber stamp of Ohio Valley Coal's permit six was
politically streamlined with thousands of dollars of campaign
contributions and personal private air service by Ohio Valley Coal
Company
to Governor Voinovich," Environmental Activist Chad Kister said.
"More than 5,000 citizens have signed petitions and more than
a
thousand citizens have written letters to the ODMR opposing permits
#6 and
#7. Nobody has written a letter in favor of either permit, according
to
Bill Stirling of the ODMR. It is time the citizens rise up and
demand
that democracy prevail."