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Environmentalism

French Ski Resort to Ban Smoking on the Slopes

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Les Gets, a ski resort located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France, has elected to ban smoking on its slopes. The decision takes effect on December 17th and will make the French resort the first European ski area to enact a ban on smoking. This decision is primarily motivated by environmental factors. Over 3,000 cigarette butts were found scattered across […]

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Matt Scribner | December 16, 2022
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Environmentalism Loses a Key Supporter as Ruth Bader Ginsburg Passes Away

Supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18th, 2020 from complications due to her fight with cancer. RBG became one of the most iconic figures to grace the Supreme Court of the United States. Serving from 1993-2020, she was a champion of equality, civil rights, and environmentalism. Her rulings on environmental topics were instrumental in helping bring […]

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London Named the World’s First National Park City

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The city of London was recently named a National Park City.  If this doesn’t sound like a familiar concept, that’s because it isn’t. London is the first city to ever be given this title. The brainchild of geography teacher Daniel Raven-Ellison, the National Park City Foundation is a nonprofit that aims to make cities greener, cleaner and wilder. Thus far, this […]

Jack Conroy | August 2, 2019
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Costa Rica Heading Towards Carbon Neutrality with Renewable Energy and Plastic Efforts

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Costa Rica is setting the example for environmental sustainability, aiming to be the first carbon-free plastic-free country.  By the year 2021, just two years away now, Costa Rica hopes to rid itself of all single-use plastics as well as eliminate the use of fossil fuels in their public transport system, and they’re not messing around. In the last 5 years, […]

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Jack Conroy | July 28, 2019
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