Greenfire Coalition Writer's Forum
Historical Perspective on Hazleton City Landfill Dredge Issue
Written by Drew Magill on 12-27-2006
Dire Wildlife Use-Nature v. Consumption
Mike Sauers November 18, 2025 When you study the flora and fauna history of North America, you discover a richness and abundance that is often compared to Africa (Wild Animals of N.A. Nat. Geographic Soc. 1930). Though the Natives numbered in millions, they found ways...
Food for Thought
Mike Sauers I'm writing this post from sunny Florida where I'm enjoying a well deserved vacation. So far it has been very relaxing and enjoyable. However, no matter where you call home, the mind continues to wrestle with the world. The following are my thoughts and...
Things to Consider in 2022
Mike Sauers A new year is upon us and we are presented with a dizzying array of choices. Many of these choices will affect us, our families, our communities and our planet. The following are suggestions based on my 71 years of life. They are not prioritized as each is...
Driving With Blinders On—-How the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Views Corporate Welfare and Hydraulic Fracturing (“Fracking”)
Mike Sauers In a recent edition of Broad + Liberty, Carl Marrara, Vice President of Government Affairs at the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association opines a very narrow but breathtakingly informative view of "corporate welfare"...
Education——Economic Development——A Full Life
Mike Sauers We live in precarious times. The onslaught of information, accurate or not, is daunting. Information/news/opinion sources have exploded in a variety of formats. Data, facts and fractured information comes at us twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week...
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,...
Government Spending Priorities-Who, What, When, Where
We are all busy. Families, careers, earning a living, retirement and a host of other things absorb our energies and resources. We strive to be productive, law abiding citizens. We participate in the electoral process. We pay our taxes. We fully expect that our elected...
Testimony of the Greenfire Coalition as Presented to the House Republican Policy Committee Task Force on the Environment
Mike Sauers Delivered January 23, 1992 at Pottsville City Hall Council Chambers This is an interesting piece of history. Much of what was presented then could be said again today. Not much has changed. At least one Republican Committee member at that time, Dave...
Sustainability–Can It Be Achieved?
Mike Sauers Sustainability is an awesome and humbling word. Whether it is environmental, quality of life, economic, or any essential endeavor it requires research, knowledge, planning, implementation, commitment and ongoing evaluation. That is a challenge that cannot...