Energy in W.Va.

• Environmental groups have commissioned a statewide poll that found a majority believing in climate change and favoring "solar and wind power and more conservation over coal, oil and nuclear power," The Charleston Gazette reports.

• A left-leaning state think tank is raising questions about the value of recent special legislation that will freeze an upcoming scheduled increase to the state's gas tax, The Associated Press reports. The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy calls the move a "short-term solution, and in part cites "similar freezes in Indiana and Illinois, where the bulk of savings from gas taxes went to gasoline vendors in the form of higher profits," the article said.