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Editorial: Sign Thefts - Fear of the Opposition? October 14th, 2004
Editorial: Police Arrested a Person October 7th, 2004
Editorial: Korean Cloud on the Horizon September 14th, 2004
Editorial: Moratorium Battle Heats Up August 30th, 2004
Editorial: Orders From the Top August 12th, 2004
Editorial: On the Value of Art July 14th, 2004
Editorial: Of Voles and Men June 24th, 2004
Editorial: Clam Poaching, are We Number One? June 4th, 2004
Editorial: Leadership Overcomes Flawed Process in Missile Range Decision May 10th, 2004
Editorial: Bomb Range Inn April 25th, 2004
Editorial: Is the President Above the Law? April 8th, 2004
Editorial: The "Good Old Days" March 15th, 2004
Editorial: Access to Public Records March 1st, 2004
Editorial: Sunset Park: A Reality? February 23rd, 2004
Editorial: The "Tree Ordinance" February 9th, 2004
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Editorial: Earth Day 2010 | Editorial: Earth Day 2010Editorial Earth Day 2010 Earth Day, April 22, marks the fortieth year that people have set aside a day to recognize the need for stewardship of the communal home that we share on Earth. That stewardship was recognized by a very early tourist that arrived in Cedar Key in 1867, namely John Muir. Muir later founded the Sierra Club and persuaded Presidents to protect the natural resources and beauty of our country. The conservation movement, begun by Muir and other far-sighted souls, has expanded far beyond preservation of wild lands. We now see the need to protect our rivers and beaches from pollution. Game laws, fishing limits and endangered species legislation are now recognized as necessary to counteract selfish and thoughtless assaults on nature. Recall the whaling industry`s excesses or the pollution of an Ohio river to the point it caught fire. Both cases relate to human demand for energy, in the form of whole oil and kerosene. The conservation movement has grown to include efforts to dampen if not stop the population explosion and establish a sustainable life style. Populations have stabilized in most "developed" nations, a sign of progress. Mountains of trash in the form of sanitary land-fills demonstrate that a sustainable life style is an ideal not yet attained. The Cedar Key Commission has taken a step toward a sustainable life style, and our reputation as a green city, by voting to try once-a-week garbage collection. Once-a-week collection encourages recycling of waste. Furthermore, once-a-week collection reduces the volume of waste taken to the dump and cuts fuel consumption by lumbering garbage trucks. On April 22, Earth Day, we need to give thanks to John Muir for National Parks and wildlife refuges. We need to thank the founders of Earth Day for the expansion of the conservation ethic to the many ways to keep the Earth inhabitable. |
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