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Dec. 24 letters to the editor

Club wants to hang banners of veterans The local GFWC Mountaineer Woman’s Club, part of the national General Federated Woman’s Club, is a civic organization that has interests in public affairs, arts and culture, the environment and education. Our focus for this two-year period has ...

Hansen at COP28

The future of energy and the Mountain State The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, came to a close this past Tuesday. World leaders in government, business, finance and energy (renewable and, yes, fossil fuels) came together for nearly two ...

Electric truck comes with its own gas generator

A new electric truck will come with its own gas generator to improve reliability. That may sound like a headline from The Onion. But it’s no joke. Stellantis makes Ram pickups. Recently, the company announced a new electric version called the Ramcharger. It has an electric battery — ...

Oct. 1 letters to the editor

Regarding WVU cuts to library funding I had to laugh when I read The Dominion Post story “Transformation moves on to Academic Units” (9-21-23) about cuts to library funding as part of the “Academic Transformation” project. First, I laughed when Mark Gavin was quoted as saying ...

Promised green energy savings yet to materialize

There’s a major disconnect between what renewable energy backers promised and the current cost of electricity. One of the justifications for green energy mandates is that solar and wind power are cheap. Carbon Brief, a climate-focused website, triumphantly declared that solar energy is ...

More bad news on the climate

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. Scientists have been keeping a wary eye on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation for years, noting that as ...