Selected Readings for June 2024
Compiled by Cindy Taylor NOTE from Cindy: When scrolling through this selected media listing, you will find some media postings openly available without any costs, while other sites may have a paywall or request contributions (or registration). MOVCA… Read More
Climate Corner: Fracking — good water in, bad water out
Jun 1, 2024 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com With the active support of state legislatures in West Virginia and Ohio and the engagement of oil and gas companies, many of which are based outside of this region, fracking (high-pressure hydraulic… Read More
Climate Corner: EPA finalizes important rules
May 25, 2024 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized four rules on greenhouse gas emissions from electric generation facilities. Such facilities make up 51% of emissions emanating from West Virginia, over double… Read More
Current and former Ohio politicians from both parties bow at the altar of fossil fuels
Randi Pokladnik May 22, 2024 4:30 am Ohio’s Republican politicians will do anything to promote fracking in Ohio. They’ve passed legislation that outlaws protests against oil and gas infrastructure (SB 33); forces Ohio landowners into fracking leases… Read More
Climate Corner: Bye-bye, birdies
May 18, 2024 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com “Birds tell us about the health of our natural environment — we ignore their messages at our peril.” — Patricia Zurita, BirdLife CEO *** Bird populations are declining around the world…. Read More
Climate Corner: Good news for everyone
May 11, 2024 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com Spring is a good time for some good news, given how surrounded we are by bad news so much of the time. The good news is even better when it pertains to… Read More
Climate Corner: Climate Corps a place to learn skills, duty and responsibility
May 4, 2024 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com) I’m a student of history. In times like these, it gives me hope to look at other times when the future seemed dim to remember that we’re not novices in confronting great… Read More
Selected Readings for May 2024
MOVCA Selected Media Postings April 2024 plus a few missed in the March listing Compiled by Cindy Taylor Available online in The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: April 30, 2024 Business News Staff report “West Virginia officials approve construction… Read More
Climate Corner: An Earth Day to celebrate
Apr 27, 2024 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com Earlier this month, we received unprecedented news regarding PFAS when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced enforceable drinking water limits on two forever chemicals — specifically PFOA (or C8) and PFOS. After… Read More
Last Updated: June 9, 2024 by main_y0ke11
Climate Corner: Citizen watchdogs
Jun 8, 2024 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com In 1978, Lois Gibbs, a homeowner in the suburb of Love Canal, N.Y., was concerned with her son’s failing health. She attributed it to him attending the 99th Street School, which was… Read More