Climate Corner: We are burning our grandkids’ future
Oct 8, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com “How could I look my grandchildren in the eye and say I knew what was happening to the world and did nothing?” This question, posed by Sir David Attenborough, should be one… Read More
Climate Corner: Divorce your lawn
Aug 13, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com This year Californians had to do something that many of us would have a hard time doing … they had to let their lawns die. The drought in that state became so… Read More
Climate Corner: Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District anything but a conservancy
Jun 25, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District includes parts or the entirety of 27 Ohio counties. All of these counties have seen some impact from oil and gas development. However, the counties of Carroll,… Read More
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
The war we cannot afford to lose
Marietta Times Apr 6, 2022 Dr. Randi Pokladnik Dr. Svitlana Krakovska, a Ukrainian climate scientist and member of the International Panel on Climate Change recently said, “Human induced climate change and the war on Ukraine have the same… 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: Tar Sands oil extraction continues to threaten climate
Jan 8, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com When President Biden revoked the permit of the Keystone XL Pipeline in January 2021, he stated, “permitting the pipeline would undermine U.S. climate leadership by undercutting the credibility and influence of the… Read More
Get the facts correct
Randi Pokladnik Letters to the editor The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Nov 20, 2021 A Nov. 13 letter titled “U.S. Weather Bureau Report” was a classic example of unsubstantiated claims. The author refers to the November 1922 edition of… Read More
Last Updated: April 30, 2023 by main_y0ke11
Climate Corner: Is going nuclear really the right option?
Nov 19, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) meetings wrap up in Egypt, citizens around the world realize that we can no longer base our economies on carbon fuels. Many nations… Read More