Education

Talen and Amazon Ink Deal

Michael Sauers June 16, 2025 The headline read, Talen, Amazon ink $18B deal. I prefer agreement or understanding but in the current Trump world "deal" suffices. The deal is a 17 year arrangement where Talen Energy will supply power to Amazon's facilities across the...

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The Secret Workings of Governor Shapiro

Michael Sauers June 11, 2025 Little did I know that, yesterday, as I wrote a post on data centers, Governor Shapiro was holding a press conference/campaign event announcing a deal between Amazon and Pennsylvania. The announcement was kept under wraps (secret) until...

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Data Centers-Fodder For the Weak Minded

Michael Sauers June 9, 2025 The lunatics who are foisting data centers on us to support their version of a digital economy are attempting to control the future. Has anyone asked you about this plan? Probably not. Why not? They are control freaks in need of a community...

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Forests-Not Understood & Need Protection

Michael Sauers June 8, 2025 Most of Greenfire Coalition Writers' Forum's posts are meant to be hors d'oeuvres. The hope is that they will stimulate natural curiosity, study, exploration and perhaps, action. Purposely brief so that they invite reading as they compete...

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Shapiro, Legislature Kneecaps Citizens

Michael Sauers June 6, 2025 For fifty years I have been supporting communities who find themselves being pressured by the Federal Government, State Government, Economic Development Agencies (CANDO, SEDCO, Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance) and Proposing Industries to...

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Polling Politicos Avoid-You Should Be Irate

Michael Sauers May 24, 2025 The wealthy can afford everything. The well-off have great purchasing power also. They make up a very small percentage of the U.S. population (1-5%) but they, through their suits (lawyers, accountants, representatives in government, etc.),...

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Progressive V. Corporate Democrats

Michael Sauers May 22, 2025 The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party has been ongoing since the Party's birth. Recently, Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, ripped the scab off the festering debate when he openly acknowledged that the...

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Tire-burning in Nesquehoning Approved

Written by: Linda Christman Posted by:Michael Sauers May 21, 2025 As of May 1, the State Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) has approved the permit to allow the Panther Creek Power Plant to burn tire shreds in addition to waste coal. The plant produces...

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Teachers/Education Are Dangerous

Michael Sauers May 15, 2025 There is a serious lack of teachers at all levels. The pay and working conditions are awful. The majority of teachers scrape by most of their careers. Towards the end (25 to 35 years) there is ray of sunshine called a pension. Paired with...

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Organic Farming Is the Present & Future

Michael Sauers May 12, 2025 As I travel the countryside, I am noticing farmers, highway departments, lawn care companies and just regular folks applying fungicides, insecticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers everywhere. Have they lost their minds? Are they...

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