Climate Corner: Capitalism and cancer

May 7, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com Twenty years ago, I lost my mother to cancer. She died two months before her 70th birthday. Her cancer had already progressed to stage 3 by the time of her diagnosis. At… Read More

Climate Corner: Thank you, Mr. Bruce

Apr 30, 2022 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com I’d like to take a moment to honor the sacrifice of the late Wynn Alan Bruce, who departed this life following an act of self-immolation outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building this… Read More

Climate Corner: Engage, inform on climate change

Apr 23, 2022 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com After the 52nd annual Earth Day we should celebrate by striving to get more people engaged in action to address climate change. A majority of Americans accept the fact that global warming… Read More

Climate Corner: Youth vs. government

Apr 16, 2022 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com Across the globe, youth are dissatisfied with their governments’ responses to the climate crisis. Recently, Lancet Planet Health published a report about the first large-scale investigation of climate anxiety in young people… Read More

Climate Corner: What can one person do?

Apr 9, 2022 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com In a world of more than seven billion people, each of us is a drop in the bucket. But with enough drops, we can fill any bucket. — David Suzuki ***… Read More

Climate Corner: Faith important in climate rescue

Local columns  Apr 2, 2022 Angie Iafrate editorial@newsandsentinel.com When I was younger, my grandpa related the “Parable of the Drowning Man.” It’s the one about the guy who is caught in a catastrophic storm, but as the floodwaters… Read More

Climate Corner: Choose to refuse

Mar 26, 2022 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com Before the creation of plastics the world was totally dependent on nature for the materials needed to produce everyday items. Because these other materials; such as metals, stones, bones, horns, fangs and… Read More

Climate Corner: Transition time is now

Mar 19, 2022 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Vladimir Putin is a petrostate autocrat, meaning Russia is a nation heavily dependent on oil and gas revenue and Putin, as an authoritarian who has made a mockery of any semblance of… Read More

Climate Corner: Tackling climate change one forkful at a time

Mar 12, 2022 Randi Pokladnik When COVID-19 closed down restaurants and affected food distribution, we were reminded of how important food sources were and how quickly those sources could be jeopardized. One of the greatest threats to food… Read More

Climate Corner: Job creation from fossil fuels – Where’s the beef?

Mar 5, 2022 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com In a recent opinion piece, the writer asserted the fossil fuel industry has a positive impact on job creation and the economy. This assertion was made without any evidence to support it…. Read More