Climate Corner: Out-of-state interests win, real issues lose

May 30, 2026 Griffin Bradley editorial@newsandsentinel.com With the primaries now behind us, I can’t say I’m entirely surprised by the outcomes. If West Virginia has taught us anything about politics in the last decade or more, it’s that… Read More

Climate Corner: Grateful for community support

May 23, 2026 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action (MOVCA) was proud to take part for the first time this year in the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation’s Give Local MOV annual day of giving. Our organization received… Read More

Climate Corner: AI, data centers a dangerous spreading plague

Climate Corner: AI, data centers a dangerous spreading plague Local columns May 16, 2026 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com Silicon Valley wants to control every single aspect of your life. They want to tell you what you can and can’t… Read More

Climate Corner: The ‘scare’

May 9, 2026 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com For many years, the story of C8 or PFOA contamination in the Mid-Ohio Valley was framed as nothing more than a “scare.” Journalists who covered it were accused of using inflammatory and… Read More

Climate Corner: Time to step up on injection wells

Local columns May 2, 2026 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com Last fall I received a phone call from someone in Parkersburg who reported that she witnessed brine waste (production waste from high-pressure hydraulic fracturing, i.e., fracking) being transported from railway… Read More