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
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
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
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
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
Apr 8, 2023 Rebecca Phillips editorial@newsandsentinel.com The Mid-Ohio Valley has long been known for the prevalence of respiratory woes, particularly the notorious “Ohio Valley Crud,” often a result of seasonal allergies. Unfortunately, there is bad news for allergy… Read More
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
Rebecca Phillips Marietta Times Sep 6, 2021 Weather-related tragedies are everywhere we look. On Sunday, Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction in Louisiana and is now tracking northeast, with flood warnings issued as far north as Cape… Read More
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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