The CHIEF October 2021

The Chief Staff

PTHS Students Write “Thirty-by- Thirty” Task Force Act

Ava Nollen: Editor-in-Chief

By Olivia Schickel

Aubreigh Carmack Mason Christianson Jack Demopoulos Brieaunna Duck Lydia Grampp Vanessa Kapper Sam Kelly Zoe Noles Emma O'Lone Paige Olson Olivia Schickel Conrad Skryzpiec Jasmine White

In late August of this year, the governor signed into law HB3928, marking one of the quietest yet biggest achievements for PTHS. Written by Pontiac Alumni Emilie Collins and Keagan Hall during the 2020-2021 school year, the bill creates the Thirty-by-Thirty Task Force Act, where environmentalists and legislators will collaborate alongside students to conserve Illinois’s natural beauty. This year, PTHS seniors Ava Nollen, Emma O’Lone, and Olivia Schickel have taken over their peers' successes and have the responsibility of providing the momentum for the task force, continuing their predecessors’ mission. The task force’s goal is aligned with the UN’s and other institutions' intentions to conserve 30% of the world’s land and water by 2030. The alarming global trend of losing nature is harrowing and despairing for our youth, but these students have made the choice to take ownership of their generation’s future, and serve their community in their own way.

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