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<div>Happy Earth Day! Today, Smithsonian Magazine published an online article, "<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fifty-things-weve-learned-about-earth-first-earth-day-180974716/?no-cache">Fifty
Things We’ve Learned About the Earth Since the First Earth Day</a></span>". In this piece you'll see that pollinators are a critical part of our ecosystems.
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<div>And don't forget to join us today through Friday for the <a href="https://earthoptimism.si.edu/calendar/2020-dc-summit/" title="https://earthoptimism.si.edu/calendar/2020-dc-summit/">
Earth Optimism 2020 Digital Summit</a>. <br>
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