Climate Corner: Human stories amid our changing climate
Sep 9, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com (Photo Provided) This column often focuses on facts and figures, and those are important, but today I want to share stories from the front lines of climate change. We in the Mid-Ohio… Read More
The Teflon Time Machine – from the Manhattan Project to the Mid-Ohio Valley
Sep 2, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com The years between World War I and World War II were full of innovation, technological advances, and scientific growth. Many modern inventions — or the perfection of modern inventions — take root… Read More
Climate Corner: Weather on steroids
Aug 26, 2023 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com The jet stream is a river of wind that blows from West to East, high up in the atmosphere where jets fly. It is the boundary between the cold air of the… Read More
Climate Corner: Two new innovative developments for renewable energy and jobs
Aug 19, 2023 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com My family has strong ties to the steel industry. My paternal grandmother “flipped tin” during the 1950s and 1960s to check for tinplate defects. My dad was a millwright at Wheeling-Pitt. He… Read More
Climate Corner: A little humility might be in order
Aug 12, 2023 Vic Elam editorial@newsandsentinel.com I find that there are a lot of people who seem to have a sense of privilege when it comes to possessions. I don’t and cannot pass judgment on anyone but offer… Read More
Climate Corner: Transition to renewable energy — environmental and economic renewal
Jul 29, 2023 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com A recurrent myth in the Mid-Ohio Valley is that the transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels has to be painful and fraught with job loss, economic decline, and sacrifice. This assumption… Read More
Climate Corner: Wildfires and air quality monitoring
Jul 22, 2023 Jonathan Brier climatecorner@brierjon.com Have you noticed hazy skies or the news about the Canadian wildfires, which are causing air quality concerns here in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Wildfires are intensifying and can be tied to 88… Read More
Climate Corner: Baked Alaska?
Jul 15, 2023 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com “To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.” — John Muir, naturalist *** Alaska is on the front lines of the climate crisis…. Read More
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Climate Corner: Beyond shopping bags
News & Sentinel Sep 16, 2023 Jean Ambrose After a month of climate-induced catastrophes across the world–so called “thousand year” floods in eight countries in just the past eleven days! –I’ve been feeling as though my efforts to… Read More