Climate Corner: Generation Z speaks out
Jul 1, 2023 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com I recently participated in a national conversations project — Local Voices for a Fair Workforce Transition — that seeks to better understand the life experiences of those in communities most reliant on… Read More
Climate Corner: Wildfires smoke – not just a nuisance
Jun 24, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com While the Mid-Ohio Valley was spared the worst of the smoke plume from the recent Canadian wildfires, there is no doubt that we felt the effects, or that a different wind pattern… Read More
Climate Corner: Still everywhere
Jun 17, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com Why are we still talking about C8? I am often asked if our chemical problems aren’t behind us. So much time has passed since the Tennant family lost their cattle to contamination… Read More
Climate Corner: The dirty (debt ceiling) deal
Jun 10, 2023 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com Climate activists across the country, and especially in West Virginia, have been working hard to keep the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) a pipe dream. Critics oppose it for potential environmental concerns while… Read More
Climate Corner: Women, the environment and health issues
Jun 3, 2023 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com In 1974, a new term, ecofeminism, was used when speaking of women’s roles in the environmental movement. The definition of ecofeminism combines ecological concerns with feminist concerns in a philosophical and political… Read More
Climate Corner: Regulatory burden – must it be so?
May 27, 2023 Vic Elam editorial@newsandsentinel.com There has been a lot of critical conversation lately about the burden that business, industry, and the economy endure because of what many view as unnecessary laws or regulations. Though I cannot… Read More
Climate Corner: Addressing climate change in your own backyard
May 13, 2023 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.comFor anyone in the Mid-Ohio Valley who senses the importance and urgency to act on climate change, these can be frustrating and discouraging times. Public officials in West Virginia seem inextricably committed to… Read More
Climate Corner: Trust me (you?); we collect the data
May 6, 2023 Jonathan Brier My name is Jonathan Brier, I’m a resident of Marietta and an information scientist, but I started as a citizen scientist as a teenager. I didn’t know what I was doing would be called… Read More
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Climate Corner: Eliminate single-use plastics, starting now
Jul 8, 2023 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner (Photo Illustration/MetroCreative) This month, Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action (MOVCA) is observing plastic-free July, a global event coordinated by the Plastic Free Foundation to reduce and eventually eliminate the… Read More