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Perspective

Apr. 23, 2010

Earth Day, It's All About Choices!

In celebration of Earth Day, while we point with pride and view with alarm, we should recognize that choices about how to protect environmental values have consequences, writes George Mannina Jr. of Nossaman.

By George J. Mannina Jr.

Earth Day! A day to point with pride at how far we have come, at how aware we are of the importance of conservation. It is also a time to view with alarm the multitude of problems we still confront. In 2010, Earth Day should also be a day to think about choices.

We awoke on March 28, 1979 to news of an accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middleton, Pa. The nuclear core was melting and people fe...

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