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Editorial: Endangered Species -- May We Ask Why? May 2nd, 2007
Editorial: Editorial: a Free Press April 21st, 2007
Editorial: Airboat Noise April 7th, 2007
Editorial: Another Delay in Dock Repair March 5th, 2007
Editorial: Are Some Technological Wonders Economically Impractical? February 27th, 2007
Editorial: Editorial: Weakest Tax Link Examined December 22nd, 2006
Editorial: A New Year`s Resolution -- For the Levy County Commission December 10th, 2006
Editorial: Political Tides November 17th, 2006
Editorial: Blue Pencil Needed on Levy County Budget October 30th, 2006
Editorial: Fiscal Incompetence? October 2nd, 2006
Editorial: Paddlers May Get Hit in Pocket September 18th, 2006
Editorial: Time for Another Cedar Key Tea Party? August 30th, 2006
Editorial: Automotive Turning Point August 11th, 2006
Editorial: Are There Limits to Southern Hospitality? July 24th, 2006
Editorial: Armadillos and Anthros July 9th, 2006
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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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