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Students tell Congress to ‘Step It Up’

News / By Lisa Curtis / April 19, 2007

Campus Climate Challenge in cooperation with Walla Walla College organized Step It Up, a nationwide event on Saturday, April 14 to tell Congress to “Step it Up” and reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050.Photo by Lisa Curtis

Approximately 100 people gathered in Pioneer Park for the event. Community members and students made personal pledges to reduce carbon emissions in their personal lives and received a raffle ticket.

The event hosted several speakers, music and much information about all aspects of global warming, including policy, science and social implications.Photo by Daniel Bachhuber

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Students tell Congress to ‘Step It Up’ was published on April 19, 2007 in News

About Lisa Curtis
Lisa Curtis

Lisa Curtis is a senior Environmental Studies/Politics major from Alameda, California. She is Whitman's Sustainability Coordinator and works with the United Nations Environment Programme. Lisa is interested in writing about how the world can transition to a greener and more equitable economy, starting right here in our own backyard.

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