Climate/Energy

Carbon Capture, a Great Illusion

Written by Karen Feridun Posted by Michael Sauers August 29, 2024 A last minute scramble to pass a controversial bill introduced by Sen. Gene Yaw epitomizes the old saying, "There are two things you don't want to see being made-laws and sausages." According to Yaw,...

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Carbon Capture and Storage Is No Solution

Karen Feridun May 24, 2024 Karen Feridun is the co-founder of Better Path Coalition and No False Solutions PA Coalition In an op-ed published in the May 16, 2024 edition of the Observer-Reporter, State Senator Camera Bartolotto tries and fails to talk around the...

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The Keystone Cops Are Back in Harrisburg

July 30, 2023 Mike Sauers The Keystone Cops represented humorous incompetence during the silent film era. In two previous posts, Why the Push for Clean Renewable Energy, dated November 12, 2021 and Driving With Blinders On..., dated January 5, 2022, I stated that...

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Dialogue with Governor Shapiro

Mike Sauers January 25, 2023 The following is an opinion piece that recently appeared in The Sunbury Daily Item. It was written by Karen Feridun who is a co-founder of the Better Path Coalition and an organizer of the Pennsylvania Climate Convergence. Last summer, the...

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Good News for Local Conservationists

This letter appeared recently in the Hazleton Standard Speaker. Editor: Local conservationists have recently received some unaccustomed good news. On the global level the Inflation Reduction Act provides substantial funding to combat climate change. On the national...

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Why the Push for Clean Renewable Energy?

Mike Sauers My maternal grandfather, Andrew Hissick, was a licensed anthracite coal miner. His sons; John, Hubert and Daniel were his laborers. My fraternal grandfather, Michael Sauers, was a pump operator at the mines. I grew up surrounded by deep mines, culm banks,...

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