Environment

Earth Day, Come and Gone

Michael Sauers April 23, 2025 Earth Day is a bust. It has been reduced to people cleaning garbage along roadsides. Whoopie! Environmental activism is a mere whimper. Climate change is already upon us and is/will continue to have drastic effects for centuries to come....

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Trump! Trump! Trump!

Michael Sauers March 20, 2025 Since Trump's second inauguration he and his subordinates have thrown enormous amounts of mud at the wall. He is always testing the limits of his actions. Continuously he attempts to discredit the Congress, Courts and Media. Primary...

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Bring On The Nukes!

Michael Sauers January 5, 2025 One of the huge negative aspects of artificial intelligence and crypto currency is that they require intensive amounts of energy, consequently increasing our carbon footprint. Beggars can't be choosers so these two endeavors will use...

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We Need a Rapid Phase Out of Fracking in Pennsylvania

To Governor Josh Shapiro and State Legislators Campaign Created and Written by Karen Feridun Posted by Mike Sauers October 28, 2004 We, the undersigned, call on you to begin a rapid phase out of fracking in Pennsylvania. The climate clock we installed in the Capitol...

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Hiking Glen Onoko Falls/Ridge to Overlook

Written and Posted by Michael Sauers September 4, 2024 Nothing clears the mind, steadies the soul and strengthens the body like a walk through the forest. Picture yourself moving through cool valleys and mountain woodlands; exploring streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and...

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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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I’m in a Jakey Hollow State of Mind

Michael Sauers August 23, 2024 Jakey Hollow is a 59 acre natural area snuggled in Columbia County just outside Bloomsburg. It is part of the Weiser State Forest under the auspices of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. It is also part of the...

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Statement of Carbon County Concerning a Proposal to Burn Tires

Written by Linda Christman Posted June 19, 2024 The Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning has asked for permission to burn tires as fuel. The plant has been burning waste coal since 1992 and now proposes to add tire shreds to the fuel mix. Waste coal burned as...

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