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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