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Black History Month

Take a look at black history in America and it

doesnrsquot take much to find links to conservation

From Dr Martin Luther King Jr to George Wash-

ington Carver African Americans have played a key

role in our environmental history

Did you know

Did you know that African American Buf-

falo Soldiers were some of the earliest

defenders of our national parks Or the

hit song ldquoMercy Mercy Merdquo was inspired

by nature Take a ldquoGreen Momentrdquo today

and learn more about black history and

environmental history

Polar Bear FAQs Environmental

Chemists

S I M P L I F Y I N G C O M P L I A N C E L I V I N G G R E E N E R C E R T I F Y I N G P R O F E S S I O N A L S

D I V I S I O N O F C O M P L I A N C E A S S I S T A N C E

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Pharmaceutical

Waste at Work

Dr Robert Bullard

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Facts

Polar Bears and

Pollution

The Origins of the

EPA and Nixon

Buffalo Soldiers

Hazardous Air

Pollutants Carterrsquos Environmental

Message

Intrsquol Polar Bear Day Presidentsrsquo Day

ldquoGreenrdquo Seasonal PreparationsmdashSpring

Periodic Table Day

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Polar Bears and

Climate Change

Teddy and

Conservation

OrsquoNeil Ray Collins

February 2017

Feb 7 Feb 20 Feb 2 Feb 27

ldquoGreenrdquo Seasonal PreparationsmdashWinter

Eco-Quiz

1 Diana Ross penned the tune ldquoMercy Mercy Me

(The Ecology)rdquo a song of sorrow about the environ-

ment Ture or False

2 Known as the ldquoPlantwalkerrdquo John Francis boycotted

motorized vehicles for 22 years He opted to walk every-

where instead True or False

3 George Washington Carver famous for inventing

hundreds of uses for the peanut was a fan of sustainable

agriculture True or False

4 Lisa Perz Jackson was named the first African

American Administrator of the EPA in 1995

True or False