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Where 'green' began
MONTELLO, Wis. — When walking in the footsteps of greatness, it is of equal importance to follow where they lead and to discover where they began. In celebration of the life of the fervent conservationist John Muir in the year of his 175th...
Tags: Yosemite National Park, Farms, National Parks, Theodore Roosevelt, Memorial Day
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Voice of the People, May. 01
Fresh water threat The Tribune's prominent April 22 editorial urging the Illinois Legislature to hurry up and allow fracking could not have been more heavily spun nor more badly timed ("Put Illinois to work; The stall on fracking is a job-killer")....Tags: Global Change, Environmental Pollution, Conservation, Water Pollution, Water
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EDITORIAL: Pint-sized public servant
The York Dispatch, Pa.Thumbs up: Seven-year-old Mateo Amil Maldonado has this community service thing in the bag. The York Country Day School first-grader organized Mateo's Litter Critters, a volunteer group that so far has collected 78 bags of garbage in York City --...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Abraham Lincoln, Labor Day, York (York, Pennsylvania)
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Signs of grown-ups in charge
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Barack Obama used a recess...
Tags: Ron Wyden, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senate, Max Baucus, Finance
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E D U C AT I O N F O C U S
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.With Wednesday's sun warming their backs, students from Anacortes Middle School gently separated carrot, radish and chard seedlings they had nurtured themselves in a garden they built themselves. Since September, the students in the school's Garden to...Tags: Plant Openings, Teaching and Learning, Mount Vernon, Kale, Students
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Hamilton honors its volunteers
Hamilton JournalNews, OhioThe City of Hamilton paid tribute to its many volunteers last week with its first-ever Volunteer Recognition Dinner. "Volunteers make a city healthy," said Mayor Pat Moeller. "Volunteers make a city breathe. Volunteers make a city smile." "Volunteers,...Tags: Fine Artists, Elections, Artists, Local Government, Marketing
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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: Lois Capps, Jan Schakowsky, Global Change, Conservation, Carolyn B. Maloney
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City Council Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from the April 23 City Council meeting. All council members were present. * PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS The public is allowed to speak on any subject not on the agenda. Speakers generally are limited to three minutes, but the time can...Tags: Entertainment Events, Festive Events, Petroleum Industry, Arts, Broadway Theater
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READER SUBMITTED: The Town Of Enfield Earth Day Celebration; Announces Contest Winners
EnfieldThe Town of Enfield celebrated Earth Day on April 26 at the Town Green with entertainment by Renee Coro, a variety of activities, a tree planting and the announcement of the Town's elementary school Name the Recycling Mascot and the Trex contest winners....Tags: Elementary Schools, Trex Company Incorporated, Schools, Music, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Pork producers demonstrate Earth Day principles
As the world celebrated another Earth Day on April 26, research shows that America's pork producers have made huge improvements in environmental management over the last 50 years. The research, titled "A 50-Year Comparison of the Carbon Footprint and...Tags: Research, Conservation
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Astronaut to speak at "Lynchburg Goes Global" this weekend
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.For William Readdy, Jan. 22, 1992 was his personal Earth Day. As an astronaut on the first of his three space shuttle missions, Readdy had the rare privilege of seeing what only about 100 human beings have seen -- the earth as a globe, viewed from...Tags: NASA, IMAX, Artspace
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READER SUBMITTED: Kindergarten Students Celebrate Earth Day
SimsburyKindergarten students at Saint Mary's School in Simsbury celebrated Earth Day with their Prekindergarten buddies with a little spring planting. They also learned about the importance of recycling and spent some time sorting recyclable items into various...Tags: Preschools, Schools, Simsbury
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