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Earth Day is Friday. Those acting locally include the Skagit Valley Food Co-op, which will give away tree saplings, and Kelly Harper, who is organizing a Snee Oosh beach cleanup. Heavens knows, more trees need to be planted and more debris removed from beaches. But local actions need to advance beyond individual acts to governmental, institutional and corporate policies that bring decisions that greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The La Conner Regional Library committing to getting 100% of its electricity from solar panels is exactly the larger scale action every organization needs to be...