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Thoughts from our president
Winter is marching through the highlands with freezing temperatures, strong winds (causing temperatures and wind chills to drop below zero on many of occasions) and several snowstorms…
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Question of Nuclear Power back on the Table in West Virginia
By John McFerrin For over twenty years using nuclear energy to generate electricity in West Virginia has not been a realistic possibility because it…
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Old Song
This country lays a living claim this hour, the upsweep of ridges rising beyond the…
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Something Useful from Acid Mine Drainage: Is that Possible?
By John McFerrinOne type of materials that is necessary for modern life is a class of minerals known as rare earth elements. These elements…
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Tributes to Frank Young
*You have always been such a stable, thoughtful, reasonable personal friend, and foundation stone for so much that WVHC and other civic and environmental groups in WV have sought…
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Remembering Frank Young
By George BeethamFrank Young was president of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy when I got involved in the wind issue. I contacted the…
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Remembering Frank Young
By Marilyn ShoenfeldI have known Frank and Becky for at least 23 years, or as long as I have been on the Board…
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Remembering Frank Young
By Cynthia EllisFrank Young seemed brilliant to me. But he would not have agreed. Still, when we gathered with him and other members of the…
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Frank Young
Franklin (Frank) D. Young of Ripley, WV, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 at the Hubbard Hospice House in Charleston, WV. He was born at Tuppers Creek, in…
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Theodore Roosevelt and Climate Change
On April 15, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt, issued an “Arbor Day Proclamation to the School Children of the United States,” telling them:It is…
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