“Ohio’s nine of the top ten warmest and eight of its top ten wettest years have all occurred since 1990,” said OSU’s Vice President of Agricultural Administration, Cathann Kress.

Kress was speaking at OSU’s Earth Day event back in April, aptly named “Time to Act on Climate Change.”

“Climate is not just about the environment, it’s about everything,” continued Kress.

The year 2022 is on track to be one of the state’s hottest and wettest. Ohio’s farmers are witnessing this firsthand as they run state’s $90 billion farming industry. The Ohio Farm Bureau says higher average nighttime temperatures and more intense rains results in more agricultural bugs and fungus, among other challenges.

During the OSU Earth Day event, Kress introduced the recipient of the 2022 Chadwick Award for “an outstanding character who has boldly chosen to speak for the trees.”

In a blog entry, reflecting on the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Bali, Indonesia on July 7-8, the High Representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell, seems to have accepted the painful truth that the West is losing what he termed “the global battle of narratives”. 

“The global battle of narratives is in full swing and, for now, we are not winning,” Borrell admitted. The solution: “As the EU, we have to engage further to refute Russian lies and war propaganda,” the EU’s top diplomat added. 

In a blog entry, reflecting on the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 7-8 July, the High Representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell, seems to have accepted the painful truth that the West is losing what he termed "the global battle of narratives".

"The global battle of narratives is in full swing and, for now, we are not winning," Borrell admitted. The solution: "As the EU, we have to engage further to refute Russian lies and war propaganda," the EU's top diplomat added.

Borrell's piece is a testimony to the very erroneous logic that led to the so-called 'battle of narratives' to be lost in the first place.

You may find this shocking, but a little over a decade ago I spent a weekend learning how to shoot a handgun — under the auspices of the NRA. I wound up earning myself an NRA “personal protection in the home” certificate.

For years I have pondered writing about this weekend, but never found quite the right context for doing so. But the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen — declaring that the possession of pistols in public is a constitutional right — has pulled that weekend up from my memory (as well as from the pages of the journal entry I made afterwards, on May 2, 2011).

The ruling, as Karrie Jacobs has written, intensifies the danger we all face simply by being out in public, noting that in its wake “our sense of security in crowded places may be more permanently damaged than it was by the pandemic.

She adds: “It advances a perception of the United States as a dystopian nation where day-to-day survival depends on being armed.”

As people around the world take to the streets to protest against human rights violations such as police brutality and restrictions on reproductive rights, they’re frequently met with violent crackdowns by law enforcement firing tear gas and other crowd-control weapons.  

Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. PHR has conducted numerous investigations into governments’ disproportionate and indiscriminate use of CCWs and other forms of excessive force in many countries, including in the United States during nationwide protests for racial justice after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd.  

Crowd-control weapons can cause serious injury, disability, and even death. That’s why it’s so critical that you and your family, loved ones, and community members know what to prepare for, what precautions to take, and how to treat tear gas and other chemical irritants (e.g., pepper spray) before participating in any rally or demonstration.