The world is having a hard time burying coal. The “get-no-respect” energy source has rapidly moved from a pariah to a courted fuel, even if countries are […]
Tag: renewable energy
Guest essay: Federal funds for geothermal energy boom
by Delegate Evan Hansen The promise of a booming clean energy sector and new clean energy jobs for West Virginia workers has never been more hopeful. The […]
A greener future: WVU researchers seek to use clean hydrogen
MORGANTOWN — Researchers at West Virginia University are vying to overcome the final hurdle in connecting renewable energy to the power grid by “greenifying” the production of […]
Sept. 25 letters to the editor
Commission + council = things getting done It would be an act of kindness for anyone to suggest that the progress made by the present Congress is […]
‘He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands’
We have heard over and over how West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin occupies a strategically powerful position. The 50-50 tie in the Senate means President Joe Biden […]
We must act now on climate change
by Dr. Diana Bernstein As a climate scientist in the deep South, I am often asked whether climate change is real. My usual response is to say, […]
Guest essay: West Virginians are building the power plants of the 21st century
by Dan Conant Hard work and resilience are woven into the fabric of West Virginia. It’s in our blood. Our muscle and our mountains powered our nation […]
Poll: West Virginians ready to embrace new energy future, secure good jobs
MORGANTOWN – The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Nature Conservancy teamed to conduct a poll on West Virginian’s views of the state’s energy future. The […]
Aug. 15 letters to the editor
Familiar anti-immigrant talk reappearing My great-grandparents fled the oppression of Jewish people in Czarist Russia, arriving in the United States, some not entirely legally, between 1886 and […]
Stopping climate change is the ultimate moon shot
As a pandemic hijacked the nation’s attention, we pushed aside other, even bigger problems. But now that COVID-19 is being cornered, the crisis of climate change is […]
