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CNN founder Ted Turner leaves a legacy of fighting for environmental causes

Ted Turner is being remembered as the founder of CNN, but he was also someone who used his wealth for environmental stewardship.

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Molly Samuel joined WABE as a reporter in November 2014. Before coming on board, she was a science producer and reporter at KQED in San Francisco, where she won awards for her reporting on hydropower and on crude oil.
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