Nebraska environmentalist starts petition to stop release of Husker balloons

Nebraska environmentalist starts petition to stop release of Husker balloons « Watchdog.org: "LINCOLN, Neb. – A Nebraska environmentalist has started a petition on change.org urging University of Nebraska officials to end the tradition of releasing thousands of red Husker balloons after the first touchdown of every Husker football game.
“Releasing balloons to celebrate the first touchdown at Husker football games is nothing short of mass littering — punishable by fines most everywhere else — and the practice kills wildlife while polluting Nebraska and states thousands of miles away,” petition promoter Benjamin Vogt wrote on his blog Tuesday.
“This is not a tradition worth keeping if we love Nebraska, our home.”
Vogt teaches English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and owns a native plant garden coaching and design business....."