A Total Solar Eclipse Recap + Earth Day 🌎

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Today on The Ten News: 🌎 Earth Day 2024 is Monday, April 22nd! Let's celebrate with some fun facts about the day and great things happening with the planet! 🌗 Plus, Bridget Todd stops by to share a totally awesome recap of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse 🌳 And, on the trivia throne: how many trees are there for each person on Earth? ❤️ Love the Ten News? Support the show here. ✔️ Sign up for the: Ten News-letter 📧 Email us your fun facts, stories, and eye-rolling jokes at: [email protected] 📱 Follow the show on Instagram: @thetennews 🖱️ Visit our website for resources and a transcript of today's episode at: www.thetennews.com

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0:00.0	Hey Ryan, happy almost Earth Day.
0:05.0	What up Pam, La La La ma la ma la ma.
0:08.0	Whoa! Ryan, are you okay?
0:10.0	I'm good. It's just hard to see you.
0:13.0	Why are you wearing eclipse glasses?
0:16.0	Because I miss the total eclipse and I refuse to miss it again.
0:20.0	Um, right.
0:22.5	I'm fine. Totally fine. So fine that we should start the show. I'm Ryan Willard.
0:28.1	And I'm Pamela Kirkland. It's Thursday, April 18th.
0:31.6	This is the 10 News.
0:33.5	10. 9. 8, 7, 6. five, four, three, two, one.
0:41.7	So if you just sit still and don't move, you won't crash into anything.
0:46.7	I can sit still, but I cannot promise to not crash into anything.
0:51.1	Aren't we celebrating Earth Day today?
0:53.0	We are. Earth Day,24 is on April 22nd.
0:57.0	It's a day for humans to raise awareness of environmental issues and to promote eco-friendly practices.
1:03.0	Do you know how it started?
1:05.0	Earth Day started in the U.S. in 1970 when Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator, and John McConnell, a San Francisco
1:12.9	activist, encouraged Americans to join a grassroots demonstration to raise awareness about
1:17.8	air pollution, pesticides, and toxic drinking water.
1:20.9	Yep, and it worked.
1:23.2	More than 20 million Americans participated, and as a result, the U.S. government created
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