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Columns and feature articles written for the Sunday Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus in Vermont (and since 2016 the Green Energy Times, which may be edited versions of Herald articles).

For each year, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and now 2022 and 2023 there is an compilation of my "Planet" newspaper columns on the right.

Environmental Journalism Revisited outlines the history, philosophy and vision of the Sunday Environment page; and gives an overview of the published content during the first four years.

This letter from the 1927 flood in Vermont was published in the Herald in memory of the Irene flood.

Since 2016, edited versions of my newspaper articles and recently many new articles have been published in the Green Energy Times (see annual collections to right)

2024-06-03Time to Join Mother Nature
Green Energy Times
2024-04-15Review of Global Climate Management
Green Energy Times
2024-02-14Our climate system is moving out of our control
Green Energy Times
2023-12-14Global Climate Issues
Green Energy Times
2023-10-15Mother Nature’s Takeover of Our Climate System
Green Energy Times
2023-08-23Climate Extremes and Surprises
Green Energy Times
2023-08-12You Can’t Fool Mother Nature
Rutland Herald
2023-04-17Winter Climate Extremes in the United States
Green Energy Times
2023-03-04Confront the Fossil Empire
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2022-12-12New Climate Extremes
Green Energy Times
2022-12-12Plug-in Hybrids are an important transition
Green Energy Times
2022-12-12Review of COP27
Green Energy Times
2022-10-15Truth that sets you Free
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2022-10-01Mother Nature reads your mind - The new Climate System
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2022-08-15Accelerating Climate Change and the Living Earth (GET)
Green Energy Times
2022-08-06Truth against webs of Lies
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2022-07-10The Vision of the indigenous Jesus (Yeshua) Sermon, July 10, 2022
Rutland UMC Sermon
2022-07-02Climate Disasters and Religious Absurdities
Rutland Herald-Times Argus
2022-05-21Lost in the webs of Lies (Global climate challenges and the truth)
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2022-04-12Climate Breakdown is Accelerating Rapidly
Green Energy Times
2022-04-09The horrors of climate change and war
Rutland Herald-Times Argus
2022-02-24Climate Change and Local Action
Green Energy times
2022-02-19Climate Change and Local Action
Rutland Herald-Times Argus
2021-12-24Freedom from the webs of lies.
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-12-15Limited progress at COP 26
Green Energy Times
2021-11-06“Code red for humanity”
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-10-15Code Red for Humanity and the Climate Crisis
Green Energy Times
2021-08-07Spreading the Truth
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-07-10Trust, Truth and Climate change
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-06-07Climate Crisis and the Fossil Empire
Green Energy Times
2021-05-29Choosing Truth or Lies
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-04-17Climate Crisis and Fossil Empire
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-04-02The Ways of the Earth
Green Energy Times
2021-02-27Truth and the Earth
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2021-01-20We Are At a Climate Crossroads of Opportunity
Green Energy Times
2021-01-09The Future has Arrived
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-11-21Joy and darkness
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-11-17Floating with the Ice across the Arctic
Green Energy Times
2020-11-16The Task Before Us
Green Energy Times
2020-10-03The Truth Matters
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-08-01Our Present Task
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-06-13Capitalism, Courage and Justice
Rutland Herald & Barre/Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-04-25The Global Economy Crumbles
Rutland Herald & Barre/Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-04-02Resolve to save the Earth
Green Energy Times
2020-03-07Phase-out fossil-fuel financing
Rutland Herald &Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-01-18Resolve to save the Earth
Rutland Herald & Barre/Montpelier Times-Argus
2020-01-15Time to Re-imagine Capitalism
Green Energy Times
2019-11-30Time to re-imagine capitalism
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-11-27The Global Rebellion is underway
Green Energy Times
2019-10-12The Global Rebellion starts
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-09-24Floods, Ice, Fires and Drought
Green Energy Times
2019-09-07Floods, ice, fires and drought
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-07-20The Climate Catastrophe is coming
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-07-15Rebellion to save the Earth (V2)
Green Energy Times
2019-06-01Rebellion to save the Earth
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-05-15Saving our children
Green Energy Times
2019-04-13Saving our children
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-03-15The clash between oil and the future
Green Energy Times
2019-02-23The clash between oil and the future
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2019-01-15Looking back; looking ahead
Green Energy Times
2019-01-05Time to Face the Future
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2018-12-01The Climate Endgame is Coming
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2018-10-28Time for real change
Green Energy Times: P24
2018-10-27Faith, hope and the creation
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
2018-09-08Climate Change is on a roll
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2018-08-21What kind of America do we want? (GET)
Green Energy Times
2018-06-02Our responsibility to the Earth
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2018-04-07Lessons from winter
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2018-02-10Intelligence and Resilience
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-12-23The weather listens to no man
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-11-04Robbing Our Children's Future
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-10-07Surviving Maria in Puerto Rico
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-09-16From Inside the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Irma)
Rutland Herald
2017-09-16Biblical floods and storms
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Time-Argus
2017-07-29Be Grateful For Global Society
Rutland Herald
2017-04-22Getting there more efficiently
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2017-04-21Tacking transport this spring
Green Energy Times
2017-02-18Gulf between Science and Politics
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2016-10-21Libertarian Ideology Alleges that Climate Change Is a Hoax
Green Energy Times
2016-09-25Science versus libertarian billionaires - Getting right with the planet
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
2016-08-18Please tell me the weather next month!
Green Energy Times
2016-06-22End of the Field of Dreams
Rutland Herald
2016-06-19Earth ignores politics
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2016-06-18Transforming Energy Use in New England
Green Energy Times
2016-05-08Embrace Change this Spring
Rutland Herald
2016-04-15Welcome This Early Spring
Green Energy Times
2016-03-06Transforming transport in Vermont
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2016-02-15Climate Reflections on 2015
Green Energy Times
2016-01-20Energy credits are a diversion
Rutland Herald
2016-01-10Reflections on a hot year
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-12-15The Challenge of Stabilizing CO2
Green Energy Times
2015-11-22Warming world challenges ideology
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-10-04Warm Fall Brings Hope
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-08-29Science and Spirit
Rutland Herald editorial, adapted from Time-Argus, Aug. 27
2015-08-27Pointing to Hope
Editorial by Steven Pappas, The Times Argus
2015-08-16Caring for our common home
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-06-21Reality and fantasy diverge
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-05-03Late spring after extreme winter
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-03-15Working with the Earth
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2015-01-25The transformation ahead
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-11-30US-China pact is a step forward
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-10-05Marching toward our climate future
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-08-17A radical alternative to a carbon tax
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-06-29Costs of severe storms require a fossil carbon tax
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-06-05Vermont among States warming the most
Seth Borenstein (Associated Press and Rutland Herald)
2014-05-11Celebrate Mother Earth today
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-03-23Gov’t secrecy impedes understanding of climate change
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2014-01-26The courage to challenge the status quo
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-12-15Climate Change is a moral issue
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-10-27Collaboration can solve our Environmental Challenges
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-07-21Extreme weather, climate change and the future of our planet
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-06-02Spring resilience and fossil carbon taxes
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-04-14Climate change brings many surprises
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-02-24Accelerating climate change brings more extreme weather
Rutland Herald
2013-01-20Reflections on our environment, five years later
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2013-01-06The price we pay for ignoring climate change
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-11-25Water plays key role in weather and our lives
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-11-11Extreme weather and climate change
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-10-07The leaders we have been waiting for
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-08-19Finding our way to a sustainable future
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-07-22Down to earth: Vt. scientist gauges climate from his garden - Kevin O'Connor
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-07-08Vermonters debate wind energy: Public input is part of the process
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-07-01A lost generation: No progress on reducing climate change
Rutland Herald/Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-06-30What’s In Store For Vermont - Washington Electric Coop Annual Meeting 2012
WEC Coop Currents - June 2012 Newsletter
2012-05-20Climate change requires us to become an energy-efficient society
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-04-08A glimpse into the future of our Vermont climate
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-02-26Vermont winters are changing rapidly
Rutland Herald/Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2012-01-15A year of weather disasters and climate inaction
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-12-04A miraculous protocol saved the ozone layer
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-10-23Understanding and dealing with a changing world
Rutland Herald
2011-07-31Our children’s future is a changing natural world
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-06-19Floods and more floods get our attention
Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-05-08Real power lies in resilience, not risk
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-04-03Let’s be honest about our global interdependence
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2011-02-13Winter reflections on more signs of climate change
Rutland Herald
2011-01-02New Year’s reflections on our responsibility for the Earth
Rutland Herald
2010-11-21What to do with all this rain!
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2010-11-07Climate change affects fall and winter transitions in Vermont
Rutland Herald
2010-10-10Today is a day of climate action around the world
Rutland Herald
2010-07-18Human actions have local and global impacts
Rutland Herald
2010-07-04Lilacs grow green earlier ... and winter shrinks
Rutland Herald
2010-06-06Oil disasters and the transition to sustainability
Rutland Herald
2010-02-11Real science, real world
Rutland Herald
2010-01-31Earth science and society
Rutland Herald
2009-12-06The Copenhagen Challenge
Rutland Herald
2009-10-25Climate limits are closing in
Rutland Herald
2009-09-13The Transition into Fall
Rutland Herald
2009-08-02The choices we face
Rutland Herald
2009-06-21Protecting our forests
Rutland Herald
2009-04-05Envisioning a sustainable energy future
Rutland Herald
2009-03-01Snow’s Global Impact
Rutland Herald
2009-01-18Winter reflections, one year on
Rutland Herald
2008-10-05Care for our forests
Rutland Herald
2008-07-06Water can’t be separated from life
Rutland Herald
2008-05-11The Spring Transition
Rutland Herald
2008-04-13Spring green marks the return of life
Rutland Herald
2008-03-23A challenge we all face
Rutland Herald
2008-03-02The integrity of science
Rutland Herald
2008-02-10A look back, a look ahead
Rutland Herald
2008-01-20Welcome to the planet
Rutland Herald
2007-06-24Growing Pains: How global warming helps and hurts Vt. agriculture
Rutland Herald
2007-04-01Earth in the Balance.
Sojourners
2007-03-11Report is a landmark for humanity
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
2007-03-08Why Climate Change Report matters
Burlington Free Press
2007-02-04The real science of climate change
Rutland Herald & Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

Yearly Collections of my newspaper articles

These collections of articles blend science and opinion with a systems perspective as they go through the seasons, dealing with weather, climate, energy and policy issues. They encourage the reader to explore alternative and hopeful paths for themselves, their families and society. I have written them so that a scientist will perceive them as accurate (although simplified); while the public can relate their tangible experience of the weather to the much broader issues of climate and climate change. As political attacks on climate science have increased in recent years, I have expanded my social and political commentary, since earth scientists share responsibility for the future of the Earth!

Here is a citable reference list for the Climate, Energy and Community, 'Planet' series with DOIs till 2017; continuing through 2023. My Green Energy Times annual collections run from 2016 to present.