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April 22 letters to the editor

Albright Dam removal a win for climate resilience The results of climate change have created uncertainty about the future for young people. With the climate emergency intensifying each year, contamination threats, and increasing water scarcity, it is unclear what the environment will be ...

SEC weighs in on companies and climate change risk

The Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing whether to require public companies to disclose climate change vulnerabilities that might affect their future stock performance. Debate is raging about whether companies should be trusted to carry out this due-diligence exercise at their own ...

Manchin, Republicans nix Biden’s nominee to Federal Reserve

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia likely killed the Biden administration’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve Board. Manchin cited Raskin’s opposition to carbon-based fuels as the primary reason that he could not support her. “Her previous public statements have ...

Does being a land of plenty make us a land of good?

Last week, it was peanuts. Unsalted, roasted in the shell, to be exact. But lately, it’s always something, some commonplace commodity that suddenly cannot be found at the store. Strawberries. Peppers. Ground turkey. And Lord, don’t even get me started on Ore-Ida Golden fries. I used ...

Electric bus plant brings double benefits to W.Va.

Among the exciting new businesses coming to West Virginia is GreenPower Motor Co.’s electric school bus manufacturing operation, which will make its home in South Charleston. While the additions of Nucor’s steel mill in Mason County and Owen & Minor’s medical supply center in ...

Consider before lifting nuclear ban

The West Virginia Legislature will be considering lifting the state’s nuclear energy ban this session. If images of Chernobyl, Three-Mile Island and Fukushima flashed through your mind, you are not alone. Nuclear energy makes many of us skittish. There’s no doubt nuclear power offers ...