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		<title>Southern Water, Southern Power</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2016 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am not one to toot my own horn.  Unless, perhaps we are talking about my family.  As some of my readers know, I have children.  I also wrote a book, and it’s not uncommon for authors to say the process of writing a book is like raising a child. There is some truth to &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/southern-water-southern-power/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The State of Georgia’s Rivers, or Why Buffers Matter</title>
		<link>https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/the-state-of-georgias-rivers-or-why-buffers-matter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2016 18:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are more than 70,000 miles of streams, 425,000 acres of reservoirs and lakes, 400,000 acres of coastal marshlands, and 4.5 million acres of freshwater wetlands in Georgia.  The Environmental Protection Division (EPD) assesses those waters every two years as required by the federal Clean Water Act (1972). The Clean Water Act’s goal is “to restore and &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/the-state-of-georgias-rivers-or-why-buffers-matter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rise of the Zombies: Reservoirs on Hold</title>
		<link>https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/rise-of-the-zombies-reservoirs-on-hold/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; As already covered by the Gainesville Times, Hall County hit “pause” on Glades Reservoir about two weeks ago. The project was “administratively withdrawn” on April 15, 2016.  You can read Hall County’s letter explaining why, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ response.  Glades joins four other reservoir projects—in Dawson, Carroll, Fulton and Newton &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/rise-of-the-zombies-reservoirs-on-hold/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tale of Two Pipelines: You Can’t Take My Land</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the closing days of Georgia’s 2016 General Assembly session, two very different pipeline proposals were widely rebuked by legislators.  The reason, however, was the same: property rights are more valuable than anything else. When the Georgia General Assembly adjourned at the end of March, it was Governor Nathan Deal’s announcement to veto a so-called &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/the-tale-of-two-pipelines-you-cant-take-my-land/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Legislative Wrap-Up: Sine die comes, goes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For the last three months, Georgia River Network devoted time, energy and resources to work on numerous legislative projects as a member of the Georgia Water Coalition.  During the 2016 General Assembly session, GRN worked intensively on HB 966, SB 36, SB 346 and SR 954.  While we did not witness positive movement on two &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/legislative-wrap-up-sine-die-comes-goes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>More Nuclear on Lower Chattahoochee?</title>
		<link>https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/more-nuclear-on-lower-chattahoochee/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[April Fools Day is still a little ways off, so it must be true that Georgia Power is considering a new nuclear reactor complex.  On the Chattahoochee River.  Read more in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. This sounds crazy for many reasons. First, the so-called nuclear renaissance ended for the same reason the nuclear boom of &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/more-nuclear-on-lower-chattahoochee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Legislative Update: Crossover Day 2016</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Crossover Day has come and gone. Monday, February 29, also known as Crossover Day, was a big day at the General Assembly.  Any bill number that failed to pass either the House or the Senate chamber by Crossover Day, Day 30 of the 40-day session, is now a dead bill number for the reminder of &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/legislative-update-crossover-day-2016/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glades: “no longer reasonable…viable”</title>
		<link>https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/glades-no-longer-reasonableviable/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Cook]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today is the deadline for submitting comments regarding Hall County’s proposed Glades Reservoir.  The project has a long history. Given the state of Georgia’s recent statements about the project, it’s hard to see how this project moves forward.  Then again, if Hall County agrees with the state that Glades could function as a flow &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/glades-no-longer-reasonableviable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Clean Water For All</title>
		<link>https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/clean-water-for-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every day I work for Georgia’s rivers because I know the value of clean water. Wherever I hike or bike for long distances, where I decide to go is dictated by where I will find water to drink.  I have traveled all over the country, and beyond its borders, and carried water from streams dirty &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/clean-water-for-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>2016 Legislative Priorities</title>
		<link>https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/2016-legislative-priorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Georgia’s General Assembly session will begin on Monday, January 11, 2016.  This is the second year of a two-year legislative cycle.  And according to many legislators and observers, the 40-day session will be quick.  Why?  It’s an election year, and sitting legislators cannot raise campaign cash while the session is, well, in session.  So, the &#8230; &#8230; <a href="https://gawaterwire.wordpress.com/2015/12/21/2016-legislative-priorities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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