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High school senior Lily Andrews wants to improve the environment and the economy, so she and her friends gathered to write letters to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty to ask him to create green jobs.

by CarissaJ on Jul 27,2008

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kristendeptula 339 days ago

Hey Carissa,
That was really interesting and informative, did they get any response from the governor?

David_Whiteside 328 days ago

great story Carissa! it's cool that Mayor Rybak of Minneapolis came to party too:)

I'm interested in Governor Pawlenty's response as well....

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