Dr. Pearl Ponce, an Ithaca native, was selected to oversee national documents of immense historical value. Ponce was recently named director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas, where she’ll lead the planning, directing, and administration of the library’s programming and activities starting June 2, according to a statement. The Bush Library is […]
The Ithaca Rotary Club recently awarded two $5,000 to nonprofit groups in Kenya and Costa Rica for their projects tackling climate change, according to a Friday statement from the club. Science Centre Kenya used the grant to plant 1,250 fruit trees at 10 school and teach nearly 2,500 children about agriculture and climate change, helping […]
Amidst a state push for clean energy, the city of Ithaca has announced a $1.9 million suite of electrification projects poised to push the city’s reliance on fossil fuels even closer to being a thing of the past. Plans for building electrification and other environmental initiatives have been outlined in the city’s Green New Deal, […]