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Channel 5 has a good write up on UB's Earth Day Fair. The theme was, "A New Wave of Green Energy."  They interview Joaquin Magana, the coordinator of the event.

 

"Earth day is celebrated here at the university, it’s an annual event and this is the sixth annual event that we are celebrating.  The concept is about, this year, is about trying to move from fossil fuels and to use alternative energy.  So that is why as you can see our theme is a new wave of green energy.  Fossil fuels on the longer run is having a great impact on us in terms of global warming and global climate changes will affect us directly, particularly Belize City because global warming caused by the increase of carbon dioxide which is one of the gases that is emitted from burning of fossil fuels and this will cause increase in temperatures, the polls will melt and then the sea level is expected to rise.  Belize City runs the risk of being under water."