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
Climate Corner: A mission to empower people
Nov 23, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action has now contributed our Climate Corner column to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel for over three-and-a-half years. I want to thank the editor for her willingness to have… Read More
Climate Corner: Join the fight!
Oct 26, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com A study conducted from July to November 2023 by the NYU School of Medicine, Stanford University, Utah State University, the University of Washington and George Washington University, among others, and published in… Read More
Op-ed: Expanding oil and gas use not the answer
Aug 22, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com It should come as no surprise to anyone that the presidents of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the West Virginia Oil & Gas Association and the Ohio Oil & Gas Association would claim… Read More
Climate Corner: Learn more about an alternative
Aug 10, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com On Thursday, Aug. 15, from 6-7:30 p.m., at the Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library at 3100 Emerson Ave. in North Parkersburg, the West Virginia solar installation company Solar Holler will be… Read More
Climate Corner: EPA finalizes important rules
May 25, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized four rules on greenhouse gas emissions from electric generation facilities. Such facilities make up 51% of emissions emanating from West Virginia, over double… Read More
Climate Corner: More fracked gas is a dead end
Mar 23, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com It’s clearer than ever that, for residents of Ohio and greater Appalachia, the fracking “boom” has turned out to be a bust. The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub will only be another dead end… Read More
Climate Corner: No more time to delay action
Jan 20, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com The International Energy Agency recently reported that an estimated 507 gigawatts of renewable electricity were added globally in 2023, three-quarters of which was solar. Most of this solar was built in China,… Read More
Climate Corner: ‘Blue’ hydrogen is not the answer
Nov 25, 2023 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com I’m writing this weekend’s Climate Corner column in response to a column from last weekend’s edition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel regarding the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen (ARCH2) hub proposed for… Read More
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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