A study published in the journal Nature Communications this past week suggests part of the Atlantic Ocean’s most important circulation system is on the verge of collapse. […]
Tag: fossil fuels
July 30 letters to the editor
WVU BOG must keep discussions public The present budget problems of West Virginia University is a matter that should concern all West Virginians, particularly those living in […]
Montana may be seeing the first youth climate revolt
This is hardly a scientific sampling, but a high school teacher in the Dallas area tells me that her students have two big worries: One is getting […]
Taxing clean energy: What is wrong with these people?
Texas is currently America’s leader in wind and solar power. It provides 28% of America’s wind energy. If it were a country, it would be the fifth […]
May 28 letters to the editor
Decision for new trash bins a garbage plan Let’s talk trash. Or, more specifically, trash bins. We recently had delivered to our driveway a huge […]
Guest essay: Pleasants deal bad for Mon County
Also unfair to MonPower consumers by Jim Kotcon The Pleasants power plant is a 43-year-old, 1,300-MW, coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County. MonPower’s parent company, FirstEnergy, tried […]
Biden’s right turn ‘a slap’ to young voters
by Will Bunch If you’ve never heard of the Willow project — the massive, up-to-600-million-barrels oil-drilling venture on federal lands in the Alaska wilderness that was greenlighted […]
Guest essay: Why coal remains necessary
by Syd S. Peng As the nation’s transition to renewable energy gains speed, with rapid deployment of wind and solar power and grid-scale batteries, a misguided idea […]
Federal agency gives green light to Mountain Valley Pipeline completion
The protracted legal and permitting fight over the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline may be nearing its end. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued […]
Feb. 19 letters to the editor
Firefighters go above and beyond for dog On Valentine’s Day evening, my wife and I had the opportunity to witness the Morgantown Fire Department in action and […]
