Climate Corner: Few options after unforgivable ruling
Jul 9, 2022 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Six unelected authoritarian despots on the U.S. Supreme Court have decided in the case West Virginia v. EPA that the federal administrative body tasked with protection of public health and the environment… Read More
Suggested Readings for July 2022
MOVCA June – July 4, 2022 Selected Media Postings Compiled by Cindy Taylor Appearing in The Marietta Times: June 10, 2022 Local News by Michele Newbanks “Washington County Commission appoints Wright as designated sewer engineer” https://www.mariettatimes.com/news/2022/06/washington-county-commission-appoints-wright-as-designated-sewer-engineer/ Article states,… Read More
Climate Corner: An eco-friendly Fourth of July
Jul 2, 2022 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com With picnics, parades and fireworks, July Fourth celebrations are often a highlight of the summer. But these celebrations and the activities associated with them can be less than ideal for the planet…. 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: Climate change urgency that creates jobs
Jun 11, 2022 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com Many thanks to Sen. Joe Manchin for his efforts at bipartisan solutions on climate legislation. Up to this point these efforts have not been successful, yet the importance of addressing climate change… Read More
Suggested Readings For June 2022
MOVCA May 2022 Selected Media Postings Compiled by Cindy Taylor Appearing in The Marietta Times: May 15, 2022 Local Column by George Banziger “Attendance important at meeting on injection well application” https://www.mariettatimes.com/opinion/local-columns/2022/05/attendance-important-at-meeting-on-injection-well-application/ Appearing online in The Parkersburg News… Read More
Climate Corner: Foote predicted climate change 165 years ago
May 28, 2022 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com Scientists understood the physics of climate change in the 1800s — thanks to a woman named Eunice Newton Foote. Foote (1819-1888), an American scientist (and distant relative of Sir Isaac Newton),… Read More
Climate Corner: No time to waste
May 21, 2022 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com The old cliche goes that, when you’re in a hole and trying to get out, you first stop digging. That is the opposite of what we’re doing when it comes to fossil… Read More
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Climate Corner: Just itching to address climate change
Jul 16, 2022 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com “Late at night while you’re sleeping, poison ivy comes a-creeping…” — Lieber and Stoller 1959 *** Unless you are as old as I am, you might not recognize the song remnant… Read More