Friday, April 13, 2007

The Orange Bulletin - Earth Day celebrations take on urgent call

The Orange Bulletin - Earth Day celebrations take on urgent call: "BETHANY - The town will host an Earth Day extravaganza next week that includes an Academy Award-winning movie, eco-friendly homes and automobiles and a whole lot more. While Earth Day has become an annual event since 1970, recent announcements by the United Nations regarding global warming has reawakened the call for extreme measures. Mike Okrent, co-chairman of the town's Clean Energy Task Force explained.

"Just recently the United Nations scientists said global warming will have a significant impact or catastrophic events could occur such as areas of the country experiencing drought, hurricane/tornadoes with 10 times the devastation ability. ..."