It’s an old fallacious argument — a variation of the bandwagon fallacy (“everyone else is doing it”) that goes like this: Everyone else is misbehaving, so why should I have […]
Tag: pollution
Three Greer companies violate state pollution discharge permit levels; penalties total $573,525
MORGANTOWN – Three Greer Industries companies were assessed civil penalties totaling $573,525 for violations for the state Water Pollution Control Act. The state Department of Environmental Protection announced the violations […]
Bridging the Gap
WVU Today In 2014, around 10,000 gallons of a coal-washing chemical called MCHM spilled into the Elk River near Charleston, affecting 30,000 residents in nine counties. Two years later, floods […]
June 6 letters to the editor
Medical care unevenly distributed in town Recently, after I cut a couple of fingers on a hedge trimmer, I needed to get to urgent care. I live on the Don […]
Holding everyone responsible for disaster at Florida fertilizer plant
The environmental crisis at the old Piney Point fertilizer plant didn’t originate overnight, and blame doesn’t fall only on the land’s private owner, HRK Holdings. That’s why it is good […]
The Plastic Problem
According to West Virginia University professor Michael McCawley, the insidiousness of plastic lies largely within. Because just as plastic waste fills our oceans and landfills with pollutants, it can have […]
March 28 letters to the editor
To be a destination or to be the doldrums? I personally do not want more people to come live in West Virginia and I hope more of them leave. So, […]
Income tax cut not what current and future West Virginians want
As Gov. Jim Justice promotes his income tax cut proposal, he touts eliminating the tax as this great thing that will bring thousands of new people to West Virginia. But […]
Postcast 62 – March 12, 2021
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=43850496″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Welcome to another episode of The Postcast, the audio companion to The Dominion […]
Why promote tourism, then add water pollution?
There are some things that are just quintessentially West Virginian: Pepperoni rolls, potholes, bright orange cones on every major roadway as soon as the weather turns nice and a state […]
