Climate Corner: Why ‘better living through chemistry’ is not always true
Apr 24, 2021 Randi Pokladnik Parkersburg News and Sentinel.com “Better living through chemistry” was a marketing slogan used by the DuPont company in the 1930s. Chemical companies continue to make good use of advertising to convince Americans that… Read More
Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action to host panel discussion
Apr 24, 2021 Staff Reports editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action is celebrating Mother Earth throughout April. “Our featured events for the month revolve around a great documentary, ‘Kiss the Ground,’” said Adeline Bailey, Climate Action member…. Read More
Mid-Ohio Valley celebrates Earth Day throughout the week
Apr 23, 2021 Evan Bevins Staff Reporter ebevins@newsandsentinel.com BELPRE – In Belpre’s Depot Park, a Green Mountain sugar maple was planted Thursday in memory of Pauline Collett, a longtime member of the Belpre Garden Club and owner of… Read More
Earth Day high school essay contest deadline nears
Apr 22, 2021 Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action is sponsoring a high school Earth Day essay contest during the month of April for youth in grades nine through twelve attending school or homeschooling in the region. Submissions must be… Read More
Our house is on fire
The Athens News By Aaron Dunbar April 21, 2021 Growing up, I never spent much time thinking about the house where I lived. As far as I was concerned, it was four walls and a roof. A house… Read More
With climate crisis looming, it’s time for leaders to take bold action
The Columbus Dispatchby Aaron DunbarApril 19, 2021 Political leaders: The time is now for bold action on climate change Last year I received a handwritten note in the mail from Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, acknowledging my letter published in The… Read More
Climate Corner: Bigfoot and the big lie
Apr 17, 2021 Aaron Dunbar Parkersburg News and Sentinel I write a lot about climate change, given that it’s one of the greatest existential threats ever faced by humanity. But my first true love has always been for… Read More
WVU Parkersburg to mark Earth Day
Apr 17, 2021 Staff Reports editorial@newsandsentinel.com PARKERSBURG — Earth Day will be celebrated 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday on the main campus walking trail at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Organized by the Ecohawks, a student environmental group, the… Read More
Support THRIVE
Parkersburg News and Sentinel Apr 17, 2021 By Giulia Mannarino On Sept. 10, 2020 the THRIVE Resolution was introduced in Congress by Democrats. This resolution simultaneously tackles three separate but inextricably intertwined crisis: pandemic recovery, climate change and… Read More
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Earth Day events continue
Apr 26, 2021 Madeline Scarborough Staff Reporter mscarborough@newsandsentinel.com For the past two weeks, people have come together across the community to celebrate Earth Day. The area has hosted river and street clean ups; enjoyed nature through bird walks,… Read More