Ask your WV State Senator to Vote NO on HB 5018
We need your help stopping HB 5018. This bill has passed through the House of Delegates and is now under consideration by the State Senate.
This Unclean Air Act prohibits the use of community-collected data in courts — for both the public and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
Statewide, WVDEP has 18 air monitoring sites, only covering 13 of our counties, which leaves 42 of our counties without air quality monitoring stations.
In the background, WV residents have the 4th highest asthma rates in the whole country.
Like Angie Rosser told the crowd yesterday at the rally during Environmental Day at the Capitol: HB 5018 is an industry attempt to relieve polluters from being accountable for the harms of pollution on communities. What do you think polluters are afraid of? What do you think they’re trying to hide?
Executive Director of the WV Rivers Coalition, Angie Rosser, addresses the crowd at Environmental Day at the Capitol. Photo by WV E-Council.
Today, we’re asking you to contact your State Senator to tell them you want them to Vote No on HB 5018.
West Virginians deserve clean air and water. Thank you for taking a few minutes today to advocate for our right to breathe clean air and access clean water.
More soon,
WV Rivers Coalition
