Climate Corner: HB 2014 is a dead end

Mar 29, 2025 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com House Bill 2014, the Power Generation and Consumption Act of 2025, introduced on 3/18/25 into the WV House of Delegates by Speaker Roger Hanshaw at the behest of Gov. Patrick Morrisey, is… Read More

Climate Corner: Carbon Capture and Sequestration not the answer

Mar 22, 2025 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) is a process which captures carbon dioxide from industry emissions and injects the CO2 deep into the ground via Class VI injection wells. It is an unproven… Read More

Climate Corner: Ban the brine

Mar 15, 2025 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com On the increasingly rare occasions when this old lady has to drive in the winter, I try to wait until after the road-clearing crews and salt trucks have done their work. Since… Read More

Climate Corner: Profit, people, planet

Mar 8, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com Is it true that government should be run more like a business? This seems to be a given these days, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. The goal of a… Read More

Film Festival!

10 films from 4 continents in 2 hours! Climate Future Film Festival!   Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action invites you to join us (and co-host Green Sanctuary Committee) for Merlyn Climate Grants Climate Future Film Festival, in the social hall at First… Read More

Climate Corner: No movies on a dead planet

Mar 1, 2025 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com This weekend marks the occasion of the 97th annual Academy Awards. This year’s Oscars come on the heels of the January wildfires that devastated much of Los Angeles, scorching nearly 57,000 acres… Read More

Climate Corner: Pulling the plug

Feb 22, 2025 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com Since the purchase of the White House by the unelected Elon Musk, who contributed $288 million to back Republicans including Donald Trump and others, there has been a flurry of activities from… Read More

Climate Corner: Tough times in Margaritaville

Feb 15, 2025 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com National Margarita Day – Feb. 22, 2025 If you are planning to celebrate National Margarita Day on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, here is something to think about as you make your… Read More

Suggested Readings for February 2025

Compiled by Cindy Taylor NOTE from Cindy: When scrolling through this selected media listing, you will find some media postings openly available without any costs, while other sites may have a paywall or request contributions (or registration). MOVCA… Read More

Climate Corner: The right path forward

Feb 8, 2025 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com An AP newswire piece in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel last weekend contained a section that jumped out at me. The piece read, in part, “…a Chinese upstart, DeepSeek, said it developed… Read More