Really nice current TIME article on the Heinz awards, with some very nice comments on John Heinz

karynnj

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Wed Sep-29-10 10:18 AM
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Really nice current TIME article on the Heinz awards, with some very nice comments on John Heinz

The Heinz Awards offer much-needed recognition�and cash�to those toiling away in toxicology, climate science or oceanography. But the announcement caught my eye for another reason. The late Sen. John Heinz�a Pittsburgh native who was born into the Heinz company fortune�built his political reputation in part on his passion for the environment. The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Pennsylvania�which preserves the state's largest freshwater tidal marsh�is named for him. He was the author of the Pennsylvania Wilderness Act, and helped craft the Superfund and Clean Water Act programs in Congress. He fought deforestation in the Amazon. And he was a Republican.

Read more: http://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2010/09/21/honoring-green-heroes%E2%80%94and-a-republican-environmentalist/#ixzz10vqDtmdx

The article then makes the sad point that not a single Republican was willing to help on climate change.

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Wed Sep-29-10 11:08 AM
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1. Good piece.

Time has been better in recently in reporting on Democrats and Democrat issues.

And, yes, it is very sad that the Republicans have demonized this issue to the point that Republicans are fearful of voting for anything associated with it.

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karynnj

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Wed Sep-29-10 11:39 AM
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2. I hadn't stop to think that he was your and MH1's Senator

One that you could have been proud of.

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wisteria

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Wed Sep-29-10 12:54 PM
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3. He was a good man and his death came as a shock to many in PA.

Edited on Wed Sep-29-10 01:13 PM by wisteria

It was so unfortunate.

http://www.internetpirate.com/heinz.htm

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karynnj

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Wed Sep-29-10 10:55 PM
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5. Teresa has good taste in husbands - both men of integrity

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wisteria

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Thu Sep-30-10 11:40 AM
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6. I agree. n/t

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Democrafty

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Wed Sep-29-10 05:27 PM
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4. Really nice to see that on the TIME site.

Usually, I have to read a Pittsburgh paper to find out who won!

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