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U.S. Forest Service Defies Public Comments, Closes Lake Chinnabee Campground Permanently

Glynn Wilson — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:42:22 +0000

U.S. Attorney Dismisses Charges Against Editor Glynn Wilson for Allegedly Entering Posted Area By Glynn Wilson – After considering public comments, mostly against the closing of one of the best little primitive campgrounds in the state and the country, the Talladega Alabama division of the U.S. Forest Service has made the decision to close the…

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Contemplating Hunger and Nature in the Jefferson National Forest

Glynn Wilson — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 16:44:02 +0000

Secret Vistas By Glynn Wilson MARION, Va. – Listening to a babbling brook and watching the snow flakes gently fall in one of Mother Nature’s most beautiful acts, I am pondering the legend of the hungry mother who inspired the name of this place along the Hungry Mother Creek. As the story goes, back during…

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A Foot of Snow Blankets East Coast After Hammering the American South

Glynn Wilson — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 02:09:33 +0000

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A foot of snow blanketed the East Coast this week, stranding passengers in many major cities and knocking out power and Internet access for many. But being snowed in just north of Washington, D.C. in a media camper van, a WiFi Hotspot, we took a little time off to have some…

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Reflections in the Snow From the Nation’s Capital

Glynn Wilson — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 17:58:15 +0000

The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – TACOMA PARK, Md. — Camped out in the media van surrounded by a foot of snow, there’s finally time and space in the schedule to reflect a little on the events of the past week and look ahead for a few minutes at the future. The plan…

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Obama Administration Responds to Pressure on Fracking, Revises Permitting Rules on Using Diesel Fuel in Gas Drilling

Glynn Wilson — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:05:18 +0000

EPA to Decide Legality of Mines on a 'Case-by-Case Basis'By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON. D.C. — Too clear up a legal controversy about diesel fuel in methane gas mining, the Obama administration released revised rules on underground injection wells that use diesel fuels in hydraulic fracturing operations, commonly referred to as the controversial method of…

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EPA’s Gina McCarthy Delivers Obama Administration Position on Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure With Green Jobs

Glynn Wilson — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:21:51 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The EPA’s Gina McCarthy, a teacher from Boston, delivered one of the keynote addresses on repairing America’s infrastructure with green jobs Monday afternoon at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs annual conference, delivering the Obama administrations position before a new and powerful coalition of unions and environmentalists under the umbrella of the Blue…

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Sierra Club’s Michael Brune Delivers Keynote Address at Green Jobs Conference

Glynn Wilson — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 03:19:53 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Sierra Club’s Michael Brune delivered one of the keynote addresses on repairing America’s infrastructure with green jobs Monday afternoon at the Good Jobs, Green Jobs annual conference, put on by the Blue Green Alliance, a coalition of unions and environmental non-profit groups. With more than 15 million members through 14 affiliated…

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Mobile Water Board Withdraws Into Executive Session: No Decision Announced on Watershed Pipeline

Glynn Wilson — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 03:14:03 +0000

The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System Board may have decided to continue opposing a crude oil pipeline through the watershed of its reservoir, or it may not have, according to Mobile Bay Sierra Club Conservation Chair David Underhill. At the end of its meeting on Feb. 10, the board and its lawyers withdrew into…

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How Unions and Environmentalists Might Build a Political Coalition to Save American Democracy

Glynn Wilson — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 04:35:45 +0000

Stop the Koch Brothers BSBy Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – If only we could stop the bullshit, maybe unions and environmentalists could build a coalition to save American democracy. That was the view of labor union leaders and environmentalists this week at a national conference designed to build a sustainable future for good jobs…

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Mobile Water Board Faces Final Decision on Crude Oil Pipeline Through Critical Water Supply

Glynn Wilson — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:53:11 +0000

By David Underhill – For months the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System board and community groups have been resisting an attempt by Plains company to run a crude oil pipeline through the watershed of the reservoir supplying metro Mobile’s water. A recent defeat in the county courthouse confronts MAWSS with a choice about continuing…

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