Climate Corner: It doesn’t have to be that way
Feb 25, 2023 George Banziger editorial@newsandsentinel.com On Feb. 3 a train consisting of 151 total cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. About 20 of the cars were carrying hazardous materials, and five of the cars contained vinyl chloride,… Read More
Climate Corner: Demand accountability for derailment damage
Feb 18, 2023 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com If you’ve been paying much attention to the headlines in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably heard about the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio,… Read More
Climate Corner: Goodbye, Tuvalu; alas, I hardly knew you
FEB 11, 2023 LINDA EVE SETH Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner editorial@newsandsentinel.com “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.” — Ritu Ghatourey *** Anyone who has stood… Read More
Climate Corner: How much are you willing to tolerate?
Feb 7, 2023 The Marietta Times Vic Elam On Sept. 8 a brine truck carrying what was reported as drilling brine with zinc salts crashed on or near Mountaineer Hwy. near New Martinsville spilling 1260 gallons into a yard… Read More
Climate Corner: Blue hydrogen hub a bad idea for the Ohio Valley
Feb 4, 2023 Eric Engle editorial@newsandsentinel.com With the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, perhaps better known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations received up to $7… Read More
Suggested Readings for February 2023
MOVCA January 2022 Selected Media Postings Compiled by Cindy Taylor Appearing on-line in the Charleston Gazette-Mail: viewing available only to subscribers See Articles by Mike Tony, Environment and Energy Reporter https://www.wvgazettemail.com/users/profile/mike%20tony/ Appearing on-line on WTAP: January 11, 2023… Read More
Climate Corner: An intergenerational partnership
Jan 28, 2023 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com When America was attacked on 9/11, more than 20 years ago and before anyone now in high school was born, there was a prevalent idea that if there were the smallest chance… Read More
Climate Corner: Maple syrup season approaches – but for how much longer?
Jan 21, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com If you are like me, you look forward to each year’s maple syrup crop. After tasting the real thing, the artificially flavored and colored substance that passes for syrup in most grocery… Read More
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Climate Corner: Ecological grief
Mar 11, 2023 Vic Elam editorial@newsandsentinel.com A few years ago, I reviewed the results of a survey of people from inner cities who were asked a number of questions about natural areas and their relation to them. One… Read More