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Governor visits Weed and Seed Office for Earth Day
Tina FourWinds with Sisters of the Heart performs "We Will Defend This Land" during the Huntington Community Garden's 1st Annual Earth day event at Huntington's Weed and Seed Office on 10th Avenue Wednesday.
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HUNTINGTON -- West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin urged residents to take responsibility for the environment Wednesday during an Earth Day observance.
"Helping the environment doesn't take a great deal of effort, but it takes participation by all of us," Manchin said. "You can start in your own homes. We can all do something."
Manchin helped plant a tree at the city's Weed and Seed Office on 10th Avenue, the center of a neighborhood redevelopment project.
It was one of many Earth Day events across the country, including a speech by President Barack Obama, in Newton, Iowa, where noted the importance of wind energy for the future and set a goal for wind to generate as much as 20 percent of the U.S. electricity demand by 2030.
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