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

Climate Corner: One struggle

Jun 7, 2025 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com On the morning of May 2, the humanitarian aid vessel known as the Conscience was struck by drones in international waters off the coast of Malta. The ship, part of the Freedom… Read More

Climate Corner: Biting your nose to spite your face

May 31, 2025 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com It has become obvious that the Trump administration as well as Republicans in Ohio and West Virginia no longer believe their own mantra “all of the above” when it comes to energy… Read More

Climate Corner: More mosquitoes, more problems

May 24, 2025 Dr. Danesha Seth Carley editorial@newsandsentinel.com On a recent evening, I stepped outside after dinner to water my tomato plants. Within minutes I was swatting at my arms and legs, rushing back indoors with a fresh… Read More

Climate Corner: A report back from college

May 17, 2025 Nate McPeak editorial@newsandsentinel.com On the last day my Natural Resources and Human Ecology professor said, “College is about discovering the meaning of life.” While I am not there yet, I do think I am on… Read More

Climate Corner: Fairmont’s Chernobyl

May 10, 2025 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com Last fall, I received an email from a group concerned about public health, informing me of an important event scheduled for Nov. 14, 2024, in Fairmont, W.Va. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency… Read More