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Emissions are down during COVID

Study shows 2.4B ton decrease as people stay home WVU Today  One silver lining to COVID-19 restrictions, based on a recent report, is a 2.4 billion-ton plummet in global carbon emissions. Yet worldwide carbon output remains astronomical — 34 billion tons — and experts project ...

The year in COVID reviewed

A look back at pivotal moments in the pandemic In March, just days after the 2020 legislative session ended, Gov. Jim Justice began his regular COVID-19 briefings, featuring his COVID response leadership team. Justice and his leadership team actually began talks and taking measures in ...

Noteworthy commission projects of 2020

Be it an individual, a family, a business, an agency, a city, county, state or nation, 2020 can essentially be summed up in eight characters, COVID-19.  And while that’s certainly true for Monongalia County, there was some other stuff that happened, too.  But we might as ...

MCHD answers vaccine questions

Welcome to 2021. It’s great to turn the page on what has undoubtedly been the most challenging year for many people. While we don’t know exactly what lies ahead, the release of two COVID-19 vaccines (so far) provides hope that when we’re ready to say goodbye to 2021, the world will ...

Stretching to fit the times

Yoga studios adapt to change caused by the coronavirus by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com Local yoga studios have undergone significant changes to not only the number of students permitted in their classes but how their classes are conducted, and even the demographics of  ...

Social media misinformation not helping fight against COVID

by Olivia Murrayomurray@dominionpost.com The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated with the completion and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of not one but two vaccines for the virus.  The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first to meet the ...