Climate Corner: Gratitude, truth and a warming world Reclaiming the real story of Thanksgiving – and what it teaches us about living in balance with the Earth
Nov 15, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com This time of year brings with it one of America’s most enduring stories — one we tell ourselves to feel better. The story of the “First Thanksgiving,” as many of us learned… 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: DOGE strikes again for Earth Day
Apr 19, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com “Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in… Read More
Climate Corner: Profit, people, planet
Mar 8, 2025 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com Is it true that government should be run more like a business? This seems to be a given these days, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. The goal of a… Read More
Climate Corner: The solstice and our fragile balance
Dec 21, 2024 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com This morning at 4:21 a.m., as most of us in West Virginia were still in bed, the Earth paused. Today marks the winter solstice — the shortest day and longest night of… Read More
Climate Corner: No place is safe from climate change
Oct 5, 2024 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com Many of us have visited the beautiful North Carolina mountains and enjoyed the vibrant community of Asheville, or have friends and family living there. However, Asheville is now unrecognizable due to a… Read More
Climate Corner: The Great Filter and the coming election
Jul 20, 2024 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com As a writer for Climate Corner, I am always excited to share news of the progress being made around the globe to develop renewable energy sources. In the United States, the investments… Read More
Climate Corner: Climate Corps a place to learn skills, duty and responsibility
May 4, 2024 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com) I’m a student of history. In times like these, it gives me hope to look at other times when the future seemed dim to remember that we’re not novices in confronting great… Read More
Climate Corner: Net metering benefits all
Feb 17, 2024 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.come) As someone who lives in rural Wood County, I experience frequent power outages. That means worrying about whether my freezer is going to thaw or if my blood sugar alarm is working…. Read More
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Climate Corner: Fossil fuels, war and home
Jan 24, 2026 Jean Ambrose editorial@newsandsentinel.com I write this column not as a historian or a policy expert, but as someone who lives in a region that has been asked, again and again, to give more than it… Read More