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State High Goes Green: Growing Responsibility for the Environment

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Kaylee Johnson, Staff Writer
March 28, 2025
Guest speaker Dr. Richard Alley, geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at the Pennsylvania State University, speaks about solar energy and the importance of avoiding global warming consequences. Alley answered the question, “How can we contribute to promoting positive climate effects?” with the response, “I think you’re already doing it, it is talk, it is share, it is using this towards your career, you’re thinking, you’re doing, we need a few of you who can be professionals, the inventors, but most of you just have to contribute to the vote, to the discussion."
Guest speaker Dr. Richard Alley, geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at the Pennsylvania State University, speaks about solar energy and the importance of avoiding global warming consequences. Alley answered the question, “How can we contribute to promoting positive climate effects?” with the response, “I think you’re already doing it, it is talk, it is share, it is using this towards your career, you’re thinking, you’re doing, we need a few of you who can be professionals, the inventors, but most of you just have to contribute to the vote, to the discussion.”
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Students gather around a trifold in the CEGL for the G.R.E.E.N day event (Growing Responsibility for Earth's Environment and Nature), showcasing the impressiveness of mosquitos in the environment and what important jobs they do.
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