Climate Corner Reimagining economic development in the Mid-Ohio Valley
Dec 27, 2025 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com t a recent meeting of the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce, I posed the following question to Brian Chavez, who represents the 30th Ohio Senate District and is chairman of the Ohio… Read More
Climate Corner: Make energy policy boring again
Dec 20, 2025 Griffin Bradley editorial@newsandsentinel.com Over the last decade, I would venture to guess that Americans have heard more about energy policy than ever before. One party’s moonshot solution to climate contrasted with the other party’s appeal… Read More
Climate Corner: COP 30 – not all the news was bad
Dec 13, 2025 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com If you paid any attention at all to COP 30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference held last month in Belem, Brazil, you probably know about what didn’t happen: the United States… Read More
Climate Corner: Time to pass Ohio River Basin Restoration Act
Dec 6, 2025 Charlise Robinson editorial@newsandsentinel.com For generations, the Ohio River has been the pulse of our region. It powers our economy, supplies drinking water to millions, supports thriving communities, and defines who we are. Yet despite its… Read More
Climate Corner: West Virginia residents deserve answers
Nov 29, 2025 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com Residents of West Virginia are seeking answers to their questions about proposed data centers/ power plants in their communities. These include a 500-acre data center in Tucker County, the 150-acre ammonia plant… Read More
Climate Corner: Bird migration about more than just the seasons
Nov 22, 2025 Dawn Hewitt editorial@newsandsentinel.com Just about every morning, I walk my dogs past Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta. By far the most numerous birds I encounter are vultures, both turkey and black. It is not unusual… Read More
Climate Corner: Gratitude, truth and a warming world Reclaiming the real story of Thanksgiving – and what it teaches us about living in balance with the Earth
Nov 15, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com This time of year brings with it one of America’s most enduring stories — one we tell ourselves to feel better. The story of the “First Thanksgiving,” as many of us learned… Read More
MOVCA To Present Wendell Berry Documentary November 17
AWTT Portrait Exhibition at South Library Closes PARKERSBURG, West Virginia – Marking the November 17th closing of the Americans Who Tell the Truth exhibition at South Parkersburg Library, Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action will present a program centered on the… Read More
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Climate Corner: Data centers taking pages from coal baron playbook
Jan 3, 2026 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com “Data Centers and bitcoin mines are remaking rural America the same way coal once did. They move into weak regulatory terrain, rewrite the rules in their favor, drain the resources that communities… Read More