🌱 Houston student sets sights on shaping environmental policy in Congress
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- Houston student sets sights on shaping environmental policy in Congress
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Susquehanna University Hosts First Chesapeake Bay Advocacy Institute In Snyder County (blogspot.com) — Houston’s Erin Bevan hopes to draft environmental legislation for Congress, and a new program at Susquehanna University offered an early step toward that goal. The environmental studies and public policy student joined about 20 students at the university’s first Bay Advocacy Institute, learning how small civic actions can support environmental causes. 
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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