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	<description>News and updates from the Tennessee Clean Water Network</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>TCWN attends River Action Day in DC</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/06/tcwn-attends-river-action-day-in-dc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone,
Last week while in DC, I and about 10 other organizations met with the EPA to talk about the fallout from Rapanos, the new wetlands mitigation rule, TMDLs, and nutrient standards. The experience was largely typical. They talked about what they were doing and answered questions vaguely.  They received many 1,000s of comments on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marshall County Landfill - Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/05/marshall-county-landfill-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/05/marshall-county-landfill-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Building the River Movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone! 
Here is a great example of a community working together to defeat a landfill. 1,000 people protested by attending a county commission meeting wearing green shirts that said &#34;Stop the Landfill&#34;, the created a motorcade over a mile long to lead everyone to the meeting and used lawn signs to express their dismay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Joe McCord attempts to humiliate the Executive Director of TCWN</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/05/rep-joe-mccord-attempts-to-humiliate-the-executive-director-of-tcwn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/05/rep-joe-mccord-attempts-to-humiliate-the-executive-director-of-tcwn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is what happens when you take a stand for clean water and fight to keep developers from being allowed to pave, culvert and bury streams at the state Legislature.
On April 9, the Stop Work Order bill was up in the House Environment Committee for a vote.  During discussion, Rep. McCord asked me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seymour High School Earth Day Clean Up of Dudley Creek</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/05/seymour-high-school-earth-day-clean-up-of-dudley-creek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/05/seymour-high-school-earth-day-clean-up-of-dudley-creek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 18:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent Earth Day with Science Clubbers from Seymour High School. They wanted to do some service learning on Earth Day and approached the network about a river clean up. With generous support from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, we were able to use a Clean Streams Grant to get the students out into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Update 4/16/08</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/legislative-update-41608/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/legislative-update-41608/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This week was pretty exciting at the Senate and House Environment Committees
In the Senate:
The Scenic Vista&#8217;s Act was revisited in the Senate.  Last week the Senate Committee Chair deferred to the House Subcommittee&#8217;s decision not to pass it out of the House Committee. This week the Senate sponsor and Sen. Jackson, rallied the other senators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watauga Watershed Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/watauga-river-watershed-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/watauga-river-watershed-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tues night I had the great pleasure to visit the Watauga River Watershed Alliance and talk to them about what we do and how we can work together.  While there I visited the Radford Quarry that this group has recently filed a 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue for polluting Doe Creek - a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TCWN&#8217;s newest member!</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/tcwns-newest-member/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We were treated to a visit by Jennifer Gerbasi who was our Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs for almost two years.  She left us for Houma Louisiana and motherhood.  We also got to meet Sophia, Jennifer&#8217;s daughter. Awwww&#8230;&#8230;  she&#8217;s so sweet!

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		<title>Legislative Update 4/10/08</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/legislative-update-41008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/legislative-update-41008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an update of the bills that we are watching:
Stop Work Order. This bill is dead  for lack of a second in the House SubCommittee on Environment. 
Limited Resources bill: There were  some negotiations that took place on the Senate side. Sen. Southerland  introduced an amendment to this bill that wipes out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilma Dykeman Prize for Tennessee Nature Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/wilma-dykeman-prize-for-tennessee-nature-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/wilma-dykeman-prize-for-tennessee-nature-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone,
The Tennessee Clean Water Network sponsors an annual essay contest with prizes for essays about Tennessee water.  	 The prizes are awarded in honor of the late Wilma Dykeman, the 2007 recipient of the Bill Russell River Hero Award.  Wilma Dykeman’s  	 legacy includes being the writer of 16 books, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TCWN legislative updates</title>
		<link>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/tcwn-legislative-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tcwn.org/blog/2008/04/tcwn-legislative-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renée Hoyos</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This year we decided that we wanted a greater presence at the legislature, so we are working our bills and also assisting the Tennessee Conservation Voters. We have been following a number of bills. Some needed to be killed and others passed. Here is a quick summary of what we've found.]]></description>
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