Climate Corner: With climate justice for all
Oct 23, 2021 in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Giulia Mannarino Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner The climate crisis is not just an environmental issue; it is also an ethical, social and political issue. An online article published in… Read More
Climate Corner: Manchin involvement with coal a real problem
Oct 16, 2021 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com Sen. Joe Manchin III really likes throwing around the word “entitlements” lately. The senator keeps emphasizing when the media catches up with him that he doesn’t want our society to become an… Read More
Climate Corner: Climate change affects leaf-peeping, too
Oct 9, 2021 Nenna Davis editorial@newsandsentinel.com I remember shuffling as a child through the rainbow of fallen leaves as I walked past City Park to my fifth-grade class at Park School. I would pick up the prettiest ones… Read More
Climate Corner: How to talk to kids about climate change (part 2)
Oct 2, 2021 Linda Eve Seth editorial@newsandsentinel.com “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; We borrow it from our children.” — Native American proverb Our instinct as parents is to protect our kids from the harshness… Read More
Climate Corner: Why biodiversity matters
Sep 25, 2021 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com While I was researching my masters thesis in 1998 on organic farming in Ohio, I came across a disturbing event in Jack Dole’s book, “Altered Harvest: Agriculture, Genetics and the Fate of… Read More
Climate Corner: Re-imagine Appalachia
Sep 18, 2021 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com There has been a lot of frightening and vividly portrayed news about extreme weather lately that has brought our collective attention to the urgent need to address human-caused climate change. Unstoppable wildfires… Read More
Climate Corner: Save the grandchildren
Sep 11, 2021 Dr. Randi Pokladnik What will it take to motivate Americans into action? Two of the happiest days of my life were when we welcomed our two granddaughters into the world in 2004 and 2005. At… Read More
Climate Corner: Recycle/repurpose
Aug 28, 2021 Nenna Davis editorial@newsandsentinel.com Recycling is not a new concept. I remember waiting for the milkman to deliver cold milk and cottage cheese. These products were delivered in glass containers, which, once emptied, we would set… Read More
Climate Corner: Climate change makes allergies worse
Cynthia Burkhart editorial@newsandsentinel.com “Leaves of three, let it be!” I first learned this little rhyme many years ago, when I was a Brownie Scout in my cute little brown uniform and dark brown beanie hat. Of course, there… Read More
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Climate Corner: COP26 in Glasgow
Oct 30, 2021 Aaron Dunbar editorial@newsandsentinel.com I was four years old when parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held their first annual conference to agree to do nothing about the existential threat of… Read More