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Action: The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act
"The Forest Service dropped sacks full of rattlesnakes into the Crawfish! From helicopters!" Everybody on the Board of Supervisors and half the people in the room gasped. The Forest Service person...
View ArticleOpen Thread. Just Because.
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View ArticleUpdate! Pimping Ron Shepston + Open Thread
One of our own. With a kick-ass logo, and a wonderful voice. Go, Rec. Donate. Ask him questions, lend your support however you can.Update: Ron's diary has slid off the list, with 19 comments. What a...
View ArticleGWB Legacy; Leaving No Good Law Behind. NEPA
One of the hallmarks and harms of the Bush Administration has been to eliminate or weaken our most bedrock laws. NEPA, or the National Environmental Policy Act is one that has been attacked on a...
View ArticleTop Comment: Thank You, Markos.
seesdifferent said it right here: Thank you, Markos, thank you so much. I break the rules below the fold.Not a diary, so sue me. Virginia is BLUE! You all rock, every last one of you.No, I didn't check...
View ArticleThank You, Scott Kleeb!
Well, it's rule breaking time again. I promise I will stop tomorrow. I hope.But as I scanned the FP, I suddenly wondered at my lack of knowledge about what happened in his race was a black hole in my...
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Omnibus Public Lands Bill- Action Alert
It's a big thing. Omnibus. Your help is needed.For all the diaries on Climate Change, we rarely see the very base of Carbon Sequestration mentioned. Trees. Big, mature trees. Intact forest.Here's a...
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Our help needed in coal disaster area! Updated x3
Once Upon A Time, life was good in Harriman Tennessee. Oh sure, there were some bad air days, but sometimes a young couple would sit on the swing, courtin' and sparkin'.... After a day's work,...
View ArticleCat treat recall
Catswell, due to propylene glycol. So far, they say, no illness reported.Particulars below the Itzl.Catswell chicken treats: propylene glycol SEW12CH032701/03c and SEW12CH032702/03c with a best before...
View ArticleAction! Farm Bill could turn Nat.Forests into logging jobs.
The short and the bitter of it is: On January 29, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of the Farm Bill that includes language that would be disastrous for all National Forests :...
View ArticleEPA Coal Ash meeting in Danville, Va.
Got an e-mail this morning from "Keep The Ban" about a meeting with EPA over the coal ash leak in Eden, NC that has polluted the Dan River and environs, including drinking water of municipalities...
View ArticlePlease Help West Va. Water Hub
This is a follow up on Meteor Blade's OT last night on the dire situation in West Virginia. People are still without potable water, and many without the funds to buy it. The West Virginia Clean Water...
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