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
Current and former Ohio politicians from both parties bow at the altar of fossil fuels
Randi Pokladnik May 22, 2024 4:30 am Ohio’s Republican politicians will do anything to promote fracking in Ohio. They’ve passed legislation that outlaws protests against oil and gas infrastructure (SB 33); forces Ohio landowners into fracking leases… Read More
Guest column/Fracking, hunting don’t mix — lease should be denied
Nov 4, 2023 Herald Star RANDI POKLADNIK Many hunters are entering wooded areas in Ohio in search of deer, turkey and pheasants. Among the most popular places to hunt are Ohio’s public lands, especially parks and wildlife areas in… Read More
Hydrogen hub isn’t the ‘clean’ energy Manchin portrays (Opinion)
By Eric Engle Nov 1, 2023 Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., recently wrote a very positive op-ed piece published in the Gazette-Mail regarding the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2). In glowing terms, Manchin spoke of the opportunities bestowed… Read More
Guest column/Democracy denied at oil, gas commission meeting
Herald-Star Sep 29, 2023 RANDI POKLADNIK On Sept. 18, about 75 Ohio citizens traveled from all over the state to attend the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting. The meeting was to decide if thousands of acres… Read More
Don’t buy snake oil in form of carbon capture
Charleston Gazette-Mail The idea of carbon capture and storage (aka carbon capture and sequestration or in some cases carbon capture, utilization and storage or sequestration) has captured the imagination of West Virginia’s state and federal politicians. That’s about… Read More
WV needs leaders who will move past fossil fuels (Opinion)
By Eric Engle Jul 26, 2023 Charleston Gazette-Mail 窗体顶端 窗体底端 While homes and businesses in states like Florida, California and Louisiana become uninsurable from the effects of climate change, the fossil fuel industry contributing most to the climate… Read More
Now is the second-best time to act on climate (Opinion)
By Eric Engle Jul 13, 2023 Charleston Gazette-Mail The hottest days on Earth dating back approximately 125,000 years have all occurred in the recent week between July 4 and July 10, according to data from the University of… Read More
State parks, wildlife areas on fracking list
Jun 17, 2023 The Marietta Times George Banziger “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” This quote, is from Dr. Seuss’s 1971 book “The Lorax.” These words may… Read More
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Guest column/Hydrogen hub project is bad for our communities
Aug 24, 2024 RANDI POKLADNIK On Aug. 16, I sat in on the third public meeting (by zoom) about the ARCH2 Clean Hydrogen Hub. This meeting was conducted by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. The Department of… Read More