Greenfire Coalition Writer's Forum
Vegan Mayo/Pesto/Tahini Treats
Recipes/Tested by Carola Sauers Posted by Michael Sauers June 27, 2024 Raw Almond Mayo 3/4 cup soaked/peeled almonds 1/4--1/2 cup apple cider vinegar 2--4 gloves of garlic 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper pinch of seal salt 2 pitted dates 1/4--1/2 cup of olive oil Small...
Dandelions
Michael Sauers June 22, 2023 Some young and saucy dandelions Stood laughing in the sun; They were brimming full of happiness, And running o'er with fun. At length they saw beside them A dandelion old; His form was bent and withered, Gone were his locks of gold....
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...
Fully Fund Public Schools
Written by Ginny Mazzei Posted June 15, 2024 Tuesday's (6-11-24) Press Enterprise carries a report about the proposal to invest in public education, HB 2370, that passed the Pennsylvania House on Monday. I say it is about time. I am over 65 and understand the...
Trump-Hitler-Roosevelt
Written by Gerard Hoefling June 13, 2023 I am writing in response to a recent Letter to the Editor in which the author expressed disdain for those who might compare former President Donald Trump with Adolph Hitler and instead argued a more accurate comparison would...
How to Destroy a Community and It’s Environment in Fourteen Easy Lessons
Written/Posted by Drew Magill June 13, 2024 Take a dying coal town with hundreds of unemployed miners, thousands of acres of abandoned mine lands and all the streams polluted by acid mine drainage. Have a self serving chamber of commerce form an economic...
Dreams
Written by Robert Curry Posted by Michael Sauers June 3, 2024 Sometimes dreams are just too big for one person to carry. Those big dreams must be shared if they are to become a reality. The story of the Hazleton Integration Project (HIP) is one such dream. HIP...
What Did I Miss? I’m Confused and I Don’t Understand!
Written by Rodney Holt Posted by Mike Sauers June 2, 2024 I consider myself an old man. I was born in the 50's, became aware in the 60's and now, in the 2020's, I'm asking myself what did I miss. I don't understand! "The Methodists will not replace us"! "The...
Trump Is a Menace
Michael Sauers June 1, 2024 Let me begin by saying that I have been disillusioned by the Democrat Party since Clinton. From Clinton on the Party has become very corporate and right of center. They simply refused or were incapable of giving full throated voice to...
Response to Editorial that Appeared in Sun Gazette on May 25, 2024, Entitled, “We Need Long-term Answers to Energy Needs”
Michael Sauers May 27, 2024 Dear Editor, I agree with the May 25, 2024 editorial entitled,"We Need Long-term Answers to Energy Needs", but not through the use of "fracking". The authors sound like oil and gas alarmists when they "cry wolf" as they bemoan the use of...