April 22nd, 2010 Earth Day
I just read a short retrospective of the original Earth Day 40 years ago. I did not fully realize that it spurred on events that culminated in the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Fast forward to 2010, and a couple days ago the front page of the Seattle Times ran a story about a beached whale. The story reported what they found in the whale’s stomach: 20 plastic bags, a pair of sweat pants, etc. The writer said the whale took seriously the mantra to eat locally.
A whale is dead and someone is making a joke about it. That makes me sick.
‘Nuf said.
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