By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Strong winds of political change swept through West Virginia in this month’s general election, carrying candidates behind environmental rollbacks into the White House, the United States Senate and a host of down-ballot races.
But there are other forces in the air that don’t get as much attention.
“There should be an air quality sensor every mile of this state, because the air we breathe is — that’s our life,” lifelong Kanawha Valley resident Morgan King said. “We should know what we’re breathing.”
King, climate and energy program manager for the West Virginia Citizen Action Group, a progressive advocacy organization, was speaking during a webinar the night after the election that was focused partly on the group’s community air monitoring efforts.
