Climate Corner: Divorce your lawn
Aug 13, 2022 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com This year Californians had to do something that many of us would have a hard time doing … they had to let their lawns die. The drought in that state became so… Read More
Climate Corner: Failed promises of the natural gas industry
Jul 30, 2022 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com Residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley have been presented with several myths about the benefits of the natural gas industry. These myths have resulted in unfulfilled promises that have left the Valley and… Read More
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
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
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
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
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Climate Corner: Water Protectors update
Aug 20, 2022 Giulia Mannarino editorial@newsandsentinel.com Last summer, more than a thousand people participated in the Treaty People Gathering (TPG), a protest against the Line 3 pipeline being constructed by Enbridge, a Canadian energy transportation company. This pipeline… Read More