Renewable energy is no threat to agriculture
Feb 3, 2024 RANDI POKLADNIK Herald-Star Online Why does Ohio’s Republican party continue to vilify solar and wind energy, as evidenced by a recent opinion piece “We must abandon reckless wind and solar subsidies” by U.S. Senate candidate… Read More
Good News for the Ohio River Valley!
Written by: Dr. Randi Pokladnik | Posted on: 12-30-2023 | FaCT: Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future Category: News | Ohio River Valley PTTGCA Solar battery storage FORM Energy As 2023 comes to an end, the people in the Ohio River Valley… Read More
Climate Corner: Time to get off the bench
Jan 6, 2024 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com The final 2023 column of the Climate Corner, written by George Banziger, “Some Good News for the Climate in 2023,” spoke about the progress we have made toward addressing the climate crisis…. Read More
Democracy Denied: Oil and Gas Land Management Commission
Written by: Dr. Randi Pokladnik | Posted on: 12-27-2023 | FaCT: Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future Category: fracking | oil and gas commission On Monday, September 18th, about 75 Ohio citizens traveled from all over the state… Read More
Another Assault on Local Communities and National Forests
Written by: Dr. Randi Pokladnik | Posted on: 12-27-2023 | FaCT: Faith Communities Together for a Sustainable Future Category: action | fracking carbon capture and storage The United State Forest Service has proposed a rule change to allow carbon dioxide captured… Read More
Guest column/Fracking, hunting don’t mix — lease should be denied
Nov 4, 2023 Herald Star RANDI POKLADNIK Many hunters are entering wooded areas in Ohio in search of deer, turkey and pheasants. Among the most popular places to hunt are Ohio’s public lands, especially parks and wildlife areas in… Read More
Climate Corner: Save Ohio parks
Oct 21, 2023 Randi Pokladnik editorial@newsandsentinel.com On Friday, Oct. 27, at noon, Save Ohio Parks will be holding a rally for Ohio State Parks, Climate and Democracy. When HB 133 passed back in 2011, Ohio’s Republican legislators made… Read More
Guest column/Democracy denied at oil, gas commission meeting
Herald-Star Sep 29, 2023 RANDI POKLADNIK On Sept. 18, about 75 Ohio citizens traveled from all over the state to attend the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting. The meeting was to decide if thousands of acres… 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
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Property rights take a back seat to fossil fuel profits
February 19, 2024 Dr. Randi Pokladnik LTE Columbus Dispatch Ohio pro-fossil-fuel laws are enabling both public and private lands to be exploited by out-of-state fossil fuel companies. In 2022, House Bill 507 was passed during the 2022 General Assembly “lame duck” session…. Read More