Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10trees if they want to graduate

Ballot Access News - The bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to make the District of Columbia a state, HR 51, now has 218 co-sponsors in addition to its lead sponsor, Eleanor Holmes Norton. The voting membership of the U.S. House (which does not include Delegate Norton) is 435. However, two of the co-sponsors are from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and they can’t vote, so the bill still is two short of having a majority of the voting members. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not one of the co-sponsors.

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Anonymous said...: I hope they prioritize planting mangrove with the Philippine's graduation tree planting law. Mangrove forests defend islands from storm surges and rising sea levels, shelter young fish, and are giant carbon sinks.; August 25, 2019 at 11:04 AM

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