Oil and gas industry won’t police itself

Mar. 4 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by Michael Ireland, Parkersburg WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Some people think methamphetamine is harmful. But we don’t need a law or agency to control it. The concerned parties should just hold a… Read More

Do not look to past

Mar. 4, 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by Giulia Mannarino, Belleville WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Recently, this newspaper used the “Our Opinion” column of the editorial page to commend U.S. Rep. David McKinley for being involved in the inclusion… Read More

Solar Energy is possible

Solar energy is possible Mar 11, 2018 In a recent study, scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science, University of California-Irvine, and CalTech found that wind and solar alone could provide 80 percent of U.S. electricity demand. A… Read More

Ignore and make worse strategy

Feb 4 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by Eric Engle, Parkersburg, WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel The White House is reportedly seeking a 72 percent budget cut for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and… Read More

Energy’s future is not the past

Jan 7 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by Eric Engle,Parkersburg, WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel As of Dec. 29, the Trump administration officially repealed a 2015 rule that set standards on hydraulic fracturing on federal land. According to The Hill:… Read More

Weather is not climate

Jan 7 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by George Banziger, Marietta, OH The Parkersburg News and Sentinel The eastern portion of the U.S. is experiencing a severe cold snap. Those who deny the irrefutable pattern of scientific facts for human-induced climate… Read More

Man-made global warming is real and coal is dead

Jan 6 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by non-member Allan Tweddle, Charleston Charleston Gazette-Mail Congratulations on the article “US releases major report,” and especially on the front page above the fold. As one who has been trying to help West Virginia… Read More

Resist This Regime

December 3, 2017            Letter-to-the-Editor Submitted by Eric Engle, Parkersburg I’m not usually one to dabble in hyperbole, but I don’t think it’s the least bit hyperbolic to say that America is being “governed” by a fascist regime. As I write… Read More

Let the market decide the nation’s best energy options

December 2 2017  Opinion column  by Jim Probst, state coordinator for WV Citizens Climate Lobby Charleston Gazette- Mail Thank you to Daily Mail Opinion for its Nov. 20 editorial headlined “Tariffs threaten growing solar power industry.” In it, the Daily… Read More

THANK YOU FOR TAKING A POSITIVE STAND

Nov. 18, 2017 Letters-to-the-Editor by David Ballantyne, Newport, OH The Marietta Times I would like to thank the Leadership of the City of Marietta for installation of Solar Panels on the roof of the Municipal Court Building at… Read More