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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Wind Power, Solar Energy, Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems
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Sandburg Muslim students combat stereotypes
When Muslim students at Sandburg High School were brainstorming ways last year to combat negative thinking about Islam, they came up with the idea of an informal group that would nourish their culture and religion as well as combat stereotypes. Now...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Islam, Separation of Church and State, Values
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READER SUBMITTED: Common Grounds Rotary Garden Of Enfield
EnfieldCommon Grounds Rotary Garden of Enfield has officially begun its eighth year. The season kicked off on Earth Day weekend with an open event to get the garden ready for growing. A big thank you is extended to all the volunteers who came out to help on...Tags: Human Interest
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READER SUBMITTED: Earth Day Campaign Generates $1,100 For Connecticut Forest And Park Association
StatewideThere was a lot to celebrate on Earth Day at Best Cleaners this year as the environmentally-friendly drycleaning business rang up donations for the Connecticut Forest and Park Association (CFPA), the first non-profit conservation organization in the... -
6 new beers to try: Inspirations include citrus, Armenian coffee and ... wood
Summer's coming up quick, and the Southland's craft breweries are preparing a varied slate of new brews to bottle (or can) for your summertime celebrations. Summer Ale and IPAs Golden Road Brewing has begun to can a new seasonal beer for the warmer...
Tags: Ceremonies, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Coffee, Whole Foods Market
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READER SUBMITTED: East Catholic High School Students Win Local ACS Illustrated Poem Contest
ManchesterEast Catholic High School in Manchester, is pleased to announce that Junior Melissa DeBella and Sophomore Alex Wing placed first and second place respectively in the Connecticut Valley section of the ACS (America Chemistry Society) Illustrated Poem...Tags: Science and Technology
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LETTER: Why Landscape Butchery Along Highways?
For months now, I have watched the edges of roads and highways become more and more depleted of the beautiful trees that line them. While I understand that, in some cases, branches hanging too low over roads or select old trees perhaps leaning too...Tags: Middletown, John James Audubon
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Living Green Initiative at Bucklin Park
Staff WriterSaige Mayfield, 11, from Imperial, said she loves the environment and felt the best way to learn more about preserving our environment was by attending Earth Day at Bucklin Park. On Saturday hundreds of families and children learned green conservation...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Science and Technology, Healthy Diet, Diets and Dieting, Agriculture
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Forgotten waterway at Lauderdale park to be restored
The concrete-walled moat winds through Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, an overgrown waterway passed unnoticed every day by paddlers guiding canoes through the adjacent lagoon. But its anonymity will be shattered next weekend as hundreds of volunteers clear...
Tags: Bayview Elementary School, Canoeing and Kayaking, New River Middle School, Sports, Whole Foods Market
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READER SUBMITTED: Seeds Of Knowledge Sown For Budding Gardeners At CREC's Discovery Academy
HartfordThe CREC Discovery Academy is certainly a curious place. Each day, its young students are encouraged to explore the school's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)-based curriculum through inquiry-based discovery learning. The Academy's...Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Schools, Preschools
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Cleaning up shows us at our best, and worst [Commentary]
Spring cleaning has taken on a new aspect in Harford County in recent years, as volunteers take on the of picking up litter. The recent Earth Day-oriented Susquehanna River Sweep is one such event. A few weeks before that there was a cleanup along Otter...Tags: Edgewood, Havre de Grace
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