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Sen. Klobuchar Visits Local Schools to Launch "Carbon Buster" Student Awards on Global Warming

November 12, 2007

Minnesota – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar visited schools in Elk River, Minneapolis and Apple Valley to launch her “Carbon Buster Awards of Excellence” competition to honor students who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.
 
Klobuchar met with students at the schools to hear what they have already learned about climate change and to encourage them – and students statewide – to submit Carbon Buster entries.
 
Awards will go to top entries in four categories:  Essay for grades K-6; multimedia project for grades K-6; essay for grades 7-12; and multimedia project for grades 7-12.  Arctic explorer Will Steger is among the judges. 

The deadline for students to submit their entries is December 14, 2007.

Nominations can be emailed to carbonbuster@klobuchar.senate.gov or mailed to:

Carbon Buster Nominations
1 Federal Drive
Whipple Federal Building, Suite 298
Fort Snelling, MN 55111

For more information click here

This summer, Klobuchar initiated the Carbon Buster Awards to showcase local efforts to combat global warming. 
 
The first awards went to: QBP, a Bloomington-based bicycle parts company employing 400 people that built a new high-efficiency 135,000-square-foot distribution center; and the Center for Energy and Environment, a nonprofit organization that sponsors the “Minnesota Energy Challenge” to empower Minnesotans to take simple steps to reduce their energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
 
In her first year as Senator, Klobuchar is already a national leader on global warming.  She serves on three Senate committees involved with the issue:  Environment, Agriculture and Commerce.  She recently visited Greenland to observe firsthand the dramatic effects of climate change already evident there.
 
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