What you can do

Four things. Pick one today.

This is decided by permits, votes, and public comment — every one of which has a deadline and a person on the other end of it. None of these require money, and only one of them — showing up to the meeting — takes a whole evening.

Two minutesGet on the update listHearings get announced with little notice. The list is how neighbors find out in time to show up.Add your nameAny skill helpsVolunteerCan you help our grassroots effort? Send us an email — tell us what you’re good at and how you’d like to help, and we’ll plug you in.Email usOne eveningShow up to the meetingCouncil votes and hearings are decided by who is in the room. Bring your family, sign the speaker list, say your piece.See the agendaFive minutesSpread the messageMost of your neighbors still haven’t heard. Educate your friends, follow and share Protect Inola on Facebook, and print a flyer for your corner of town.See how to help
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Most people here still don't know.

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Who to contact

These are the people who decide. Email or call them.

They work for us. Tell them plainly that you oppose the smelter — say who you are, where you live, and what specifically concerns you. Local detail is what carries weight. A message to your own trustees and commissioners lands harder than any post online.

Darlene Shear
Mayor of Inola

900 James Court, Inola, OK 74036. Votes on project plans, zoning, and any pause on permitting.

Dan Corle
Trustee — Inola Town Council

Local approval and moratoria. Tell him why you oppose the smelter.

Mark Redden
Trustee — Inola Town Council

Local approval and moratoria. Tell him why you oppose the smelter.

Larry Grigg
Trustee — Inola Town Council

Local approval and moratoria. Tell him why you oppose the smelter.

Dan DeLozier
Rogers County — District 1 Commissioner

The county approved the tax financing agreement underpinning the project.

Steve Hendrix
Rogers County — District 2 Commissioner

The county approved the tax financing agreement underpinning the project.

Ron Burrows
Rogers County — District 3 Commissioner

The county approved the tax financing agreement underpinning the project.

Oklahoma DEQ — Air Quality Division
Air permit authority

The agency reviewing EGA’s application. Reference the Inola primary aluminum facility.

EPA Region 6
Federal oversight

Shares authority over Prevention of Significant Deterioration permitting in Oklahoma.

We are the people who live here.

Nobody is coming to protect Inola for us. The permit fight is coming — get on the list now so you don't miss the day the public comment window opens.

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