Tag: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Honest environmental talks

May 15, 2021 Christina Myer Editor cmyer@newsandsentinel.com Making progress in doing what is right for the environment isn’t simple. We have heard for years the critics of a switch to electric vehicles worried about mining the rare earth… Read More

Climate Corner: Methanol facility a bad idea for valley

May 8, 2021 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com The company West Virginia Methanol, Inc. submitted a permit application in November 2020 to build a facility in Pleasants County on a former carbon black site along the Ohio River. The West… Read More

Climate Corner: Back the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act

May 1, 2012 George Banziger Parkersburg News and Sentinel.com             Recently in the U.S. House of Representatives the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act was re-introduced into the 117th Congress. The EI&CD Act (HR 2307) is not a… Read More

Earth Day events continue

Apr 26, 2021 Madeline Scarborough Staff Reporter mscarborough@newsandsentinel.com For the past two weeks, people have come together across the community to celebrate Earth Day. The area has hosted river and street clean ups; enjoyed nature through bird walks,… Read More

Climate Corner: Why ‘better living through chemistry’ is not always true

Apr 24, 2021 Randi Pokladnik Parkersburg News and Sentinel.com “Better living through chemistry” was a marketing slogan used by the DuPont company in the 1930s. Chemical companies continue to make good use of advertising to convince Americans that… Read More

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action to host panel discussion

Apr 24, 2021 Staff Reports editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action is celebrating Mother Earth throughout April. “Our featured events for the month revolve around a great documentary, ‘Kiss the Ground,’” said Adeline Bailey, Climate Action member…. Read More

Mid-Ohio Valley celebrates Earth Day throughout the week

Apr 23, 2021 Evan Bevins Staff Reporter ebevins@newsandsentinel.com BELPRE – In Belpre’s Depot Park, a Green Mountain sugar maple was planted Thursday in memory of Pauline Collett, a longtime member of the Belpre Garden Club and owner of… Read More

Climate Corner: Bigfoot and the big lie

Apr 17, 2021 Aaron Dunbar Parkersburg News and Sentinel I write a lot about climate change, given that it’s one of the greatest existential threats ever faced by humanity. But my first true love has always been for… Read More

WVU Parkersburg to mark Earth Day

Apr 17, 2021 Staff Reports editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — Earth Day will be celebrated 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday on the main campus walking trail at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Organized by the Ecohawks, a student environmental group, the… Read More

Support THRIVE

Parkersburg News and Sentinel Apr 17, 2021 By Giulia Mannarino On Sept. 10, 2020 the THRIVE Resolution was introduced in Congress by Democrats. This resolution simultaneously tackles three separate but inextricably intertwined crisis: pandemic recovery, climate change and… Read More