Florida College Republicans Show Commitment To Environment By Holding A One-Hour Beach Cleanup

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A group of students at UCF hope to show Orlando that taking environmental responsibility doesn't have to be a partisan issue. The College Republicans at UCF are hosting their very first beach cleanup on Saturday, Nov. 9, from 9 to 10 a.m. at New Smryna Beach.

Even though the hour spent picking up trash will do little to address water pollution from the deregulation of septic tanks – or from Republican preemption laws, which prohibit cities from banning the plastic and styrofoam containers that contribute to beach pollution – the group hopes to increase awareness and participation in climate-change conversations. "We hope to use this event to promote environmental awareness and encourage college students to become more engaged and active on these issues," said chairman Luke Strominger in a press release.

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The event is in coordination with the American Conservation Coalition, an organization founded by a Wisconsin college student. In an email, communications director Bethany Bowra says the ACC is a millennial-led environmental group that is "working to bring conservatives back into the environmental conversation." Even though conservative newspaper the Washington Examiner has called the ACC "liberal environmental activists" in March who "infiltrated" the Conservative Political Action Conference, they have quite a few conservative leaders on board, and publish blog posts like "Elizabeth Warren’s War on Oil Would Harm American Consumers."

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Even though the beach cleanup event event does not appear to have a social media event page, we will update the story as links are published.

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https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2019/10/25/ucf-college-republicans-host-hour-long-new-smyrna-beach-cleanup-to-save-the-planet