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Thursday, April 05, 2012  Green tea, other food could complicate doping tests; Olympic officials may need to fix tests

Tuesday, September 07, 2010  Federal health regulators have issued warnings to the makers of Canada Dry ginger ale and Lipton tea for making unsubstantiated nutritional claims.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010  As part of Global Youth Service Day, on Saturday, April 27, 2010, the Travis Middle School Green Team, rolled up their sleeves and went to school on a Saturday.

Thursday, April 22, 2010  32 students from Travid Middle School will be setting out more than 150 plants.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009  The city commission held another meeting Tuesday with citizens desiring a more environmentally conscious city. The group presented the city with a petition including over 7 hundred signatures supporting a greener Amarillo.

Monday, February 02, 2009  The Amarillo resident is traveling to Washington D.C. to attend a conference on green jobs, workshops and lectures. The goal of the trip is to learn new information on going green and bringing that back to Amarillo.

Monday, February 02, 2009  The Amarillo Green Team is ready to turn in its petition to city commissioners Tuesday. The local group has collected more than 600 signatures to show city officials it means business.

Saturday, December 20, 2008  Green Team petition will be handed in on Monday, close to 400 signatures have been gathered.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008  The Amarillo green team is currently circulating a petition that they will turn into the city of Amarillo.  The petition is not an attempt to change a city ordinance or to bring an issue to an upcoming ballot.  Instead, with the City updating the comprhensive master plan this coming year, the green team wanted as many green initiatives as possible in that plan.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008  Amarillo City commissioners hosted a discussion on green initiatives.  Amarillo's green team asked for expansion of the current recycling programs, the addition of curbside recycling, more green collar jobs, and the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to focus on green initiatives for Amarillo.