Climate Corner: Elected officials missing in action
May 3, 2025 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com Two of Southeast Ohio’s elected officials missed an important opportunity to hear their constituents’ concerns and answer their questions. Last Saturday, April 26, the trustees of the Warren Community Water Board held… Read More
Climate Corner: Ban the brine
Mar 15, 2025 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com On the increasingly rare occasions when this old lady has to drive in the winter, I try to wait until after the road-clearing crews and salt trucks have done their work. Since… Read More
Climate Corner: A Challenge and an Opportunity
Dec 28, 2024 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com 2024 has been a year of climate-related disasters. On Dec. 19, Reuters published one photo from each of the countries mentioned in its coverage this year: of the 125 countries, 22, or… Read More
Climate Corner: Not the end of the world
Jul 27, 2024 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com There is a lot of bad news out there; we’ve all heard it. So it was a surprise to read “Not the End of the World,” a recent book by Hannah Ritchie,… Read More
Climate Corner: Good news for everyone
May 11, 2024 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com Spring is a good time for some good news, given how surrounded we are by bad news so much of the time. The good news is even better when it pertains to… Read More
Climate Corner: Paradise threatened
Feb 24, 2024 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com As winter drags on in the Mid-Ohio Valley, many of us dream of escaping to tropical climes until spring. Since retiring, I have been lucky enough to do just that, spending several… Read More
Climate Corner: Stubborn optimism
Dec 9, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com As I write this column, the first week in December, the COP28 conference is underway in Dubai. This event is, in part, a follow-up to a treaty that the U.S. and 194… Read More
Climate Corner: Human stories amid our changing climate
Sep 9, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com (Photo Provided) This column often focuses on facts and figures, and those are important, but today I want to share stories from the front lines of climate change. We in the Mid-Ohio… Read More
Climate Corner: Wildfires smoke – not just a nuisance
Jun 24, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com While the Mid-Ohio Valley was spared the worst of the smoke plume from the recent Canadian wildfires, there is no doubt that we felt the effects, or that a different wind pattern… Read More
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What will the day after tomorrow look like?
Sep 13, 2025 Rebecca Phillips Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner Some of us no doubt remember the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s currents led to an ice-covered Northern… Read More