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Spring break at the ‘Clubhouse’

About 20 school-age kids spent spring break at the NRC Clubhouse, a new program in some ways. “This is Latchkey, with a different name,” said Lindsay Jaso, NRC Clubhouse Coordinator.

Revise recycling policies

For roughly 35 years, we were in a recycling business. The last three years we were in business, we were recycling over 3 million pounds of material a year, with roughly 65% of that being recyclable PET Plastic.

Ask a fundamental question

This should make Americans ask the fundamental question: what is the difference between what a public non-profit utility company provides and what a private for-profit oil company provides? After all they both sell energy to all United States citizens. The difference is that natural gas and electricity are sold in the form of a public good whereas oil is sold in the form of a private good.

Education Frontlines: Unmasking?

On March 8, 2022, the CDC released a highly rigorous comparison study of a set of schools with universal mask requirements versus districts without mask requirements. The results were clear. The districts with mask requirements “...had a 23% lower incidence of COVID-19 among staff members and students compared with districts without mask requirements.”