Tag: Earth Day
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Undiscovered New Paltz: The Biology Club’s “Butterfly Effect” Project
This Earth Day, butterflies are expected to emerge from their cocoons in Coykendall Science Building’s greenhouse through the Biology Club’s “Butterfly Effect” project. The project begins when numerous caterpillars are captured and brought to the greenhouse. They are cocooned now. But in a few weeks, butterflies will be flying around the inside of the plant…
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Lawmakers Seek to Limit Pesticide Use
New York environmentalists may be cheering louder than usual this coming Earth Day as proposed legislation could ban pesticide use on school grounds. The legislation, which would make the use of certain pesticides illegal on K-12 school and daycare grounds in the state, is getting ready to come to a vote on both the Assembly and…