Climate Corner: Educating for the earth – youth programs can build a greener future
Aug 9, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com Humans like to imagine ourselves at the top of the pyramid when thinking about our place in the universe. But we often forget that we are just one part of the complex… Read More
Climate Corner: Here comes the sun
Aug 2, 2025 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com It’s exciting that one of the world’s largest solar microgrid and storage projects is currently under construction and located in West (by God) Virginia! The “Canary Solar Grid” project in Jackson County,… Read More
Climate Corner: Climate change and children’s health
Jul 26, 2025 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is. — Greta Thunberg, Swedish activist *** Children are uniquely vulnerable to climate change. In many parts… Read More
Climate Corner: The urgent case for reviving the Ohio River Basin
Jul 19, 2025 Charlise Robinson editorial@newsandsentinel.com The Ohio River Basin covers a vast region that encompasses portions of 14 states and homelands of over 40 federally recognized Tribal Nations. The waters of the basin supply drinking water to… Read More
Climate Corner: The future my daughter lost and how we get it back
Jul 12, 2025 Jonathan Brier climatecorner@brierjon.com 2025 is … the year the government of the United States turned its back on science. … the year I became a dad. … the future my daughter should have seems to… Read More
Climate Corner: Do we live in a pollution haven?
Jul 5, 2025 Vic Elam editorial@newsandsentinel.com Over the past several decades, the United States has experienced a steady loss of manufacturing and heavy industry to countries with more lenient environmental regulations. While globalization and economic factors like labor… Read More
Climate Corner: What happened to ‘all-of-the-above’ energy?
Jun 28, 2025 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com Federal elected officials in the House, Senate and Oval Office have frequently stated that their energy policy is “all of the above,” meaning coal, oil, natural gas, wind, solar, nuclear, hydroelectric, geothermal,… Read More
Climate Corner: Why not West Virginia? A comparison
Jun 21, 2025 Griffin Bradley editorial@newsandsentinel.com As a lifelong West Virginian, I have a soft spot for seeing my state succeed. With all of its grit, tenacity and work ethic, there’s no reason that West Virginia shouldn’t be… Read More
Climate Corner: Don’t fall for it
Jun 14, 2025 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., had an op-ed published in the June 5 edition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel titled “Pulling the plug on the EV mandate” that was absolutely farcical. The… Read More
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Climate Corner:’The Last American’
Aug 16, 2025 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com “To the American who is more than satisfied with himself and his country this volume is affectionately dedicated.” So reads the opening dedication to J.A. Mitchell’s 1889 novel “The Last American.” An… Read More