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MOV Climate Corner: Mountaineers deserve better

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“Data Centers and bitcoin mines are remaking rural America the same way coal once did. They move into weak regulatory terrain, rewrite the rules in their favor, drain the resources that communities rely on and send the value somewhere else.” This quote is from a piece in Salon titled “Data centers are West Virginia’s new strip mines: The Mountain State is experiencing a data center boom—and using the old coal playbook” by Sean Carlton. I read the piece recently on Facebook, where it was shared by Tucker United – a group of Tucker County residents and their supporters ...

MOV Climate Corner: Reimagining economic development in the Mid-Ohio Valley

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At a recent meeting of the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce, I posed the following question to Brian Chavez, who represents the 30th Ohio senate district and is chairman of the Ohio Senate Energy Committee: “What economic benefit does the injection-well industry (which pumps millions of barrels of production waste from hydraulic fracturing) present to Washington County, and how would you assess the economic cost/benefit ratio of this industry for our region?” Since Mr. Chavez did not really answer my question, I attempted to answer it at the Dec.18 meeting of the Washington County ...

Explosion of ‘new and splendid’ steamboat kills 24

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The steamboat BUCKEYE BELLE with about 40 passengers on board was torn apart in a spectacular boiler explosion on November 12, 1852, at Beverly, Ohio. Wreckage and human remains rained down on the surrounding area. It was a gruesome sight. 24 died; a dozen were injured. The BELLE was ...

Apps can help with New Year’s resolution

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Please raise your hand if you ate too much turkey, dressing, noodles, ham, cake, pie or Christmas cookies last week. If your belt looks like it should be around a big red suit, please raise your hand. If your New Year’s resolution is to do something about it, please pick up your smart ...