Tag: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Preserve and protect

Preserve and Protect Parkersburg News and Sentinel – April 22, 2018 Today is Earth Day. Back in 1968, when Apollo astronauts were on a mission to identify landing sites on the moon, one of them accidentally turned back… Read More

Open letter to McKinley

Mar. 4, 2018 Letter-to-the-Editor by Ron Teska, Belleville , WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Mr. McKinley, I am writing to express my concern for our grandchildren’s and those yet to be born’s future. With the Stream Protection… Read More

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

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

MOVCA Receives Grant for 2018

MOVCA receives $10,000 grant from Dunn Foundation 25 Jan 2018 — The Parkersburg News And Sentinel From staff reports PARKERSBURG – Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action has received a $10,000 grant from the Dunn Foundation. The 2018 grant is the second… 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by Eric Engle,Parkersburg, WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel As of Dec. 29, the Trump administration officially repealed a 2015 rule that set standards on hydraulic fracturing on federal land.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

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

Coal on the Rebound

Dec. 17 2017 Letter-to-the-Editor by Michael Ireland, Parkersburg, WV The Parkersburg News and Sentinel An early report shows a slight rise in West Virginia coal purchases as the holiday season begins. One analyst (me) thinks that reveals what… Read More