Climate Corner: Hijacking the plastics treaty

Aug 30, 2025 Randi Pokladnik Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner On Aug. 15, the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee of the United Nations ended without a legally binding treaty on plastics pollution. With more than 2,600 participants,… Read More

Climate Corner No more time to waste

Aug 23, 2025 Eric Engle   At a recent meeting I attended with a representative from Congressman Riley Moore’s office at the Resiliency Center in Parkersburg, another meeting attendee referred to the anthropogenic (human-caused) global climate crisis as,… Read More

Climate Corner:’The Last American’

Aug 16, 2025 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com “To the American who is more than satisfied with himself and his country this volume is affectionately dedicated.” So reads the opening dedication to J.A. Mitchell’s 1889 novel “The Last American.” An… Read More

Climate Corner: Educating for the earth – youth programs can build a greener future

Aug 9, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com Humans like to imagine ourselves at the top of the pyramid when thinking about our place in the universe. But we often forget that we are just one part of the complex… Read More

Climate Corner: Here comes the sun

Aug 2, 2025 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com It’s exciting that one of the world’s largest solar microgrid and storage projects is currently under construction and located in West (by God) Virginia! The “Canary Solar Grid” project in Jackson County,… Read More