Wed
Feb 4 2009
02:06 am
On January 29, 2009 Roane County community members organized the
Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network (TCASN).
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Tennesee Coal Ash Survivors Network volunteer, Diana Anderson received training and certification in Claymont, Deleware this past weekend to bring the Bucket Brigade air monitors to TN using the Mini- Volume particulate sampler made by Air Metrics, an air monitor also used by the EPA. TCASN plans to begin independent air monitoring around the TVA coal ash disaster site upon her return to TN. The Bucket Brigade was created by a non profit organization called Global Community Monitor. Check out (link...)
Contact at tennesseecoalashsurvivorsnetwork@gmail.com or tncasn@gmail.com
The next volunteer meeting will be held on Feb 10, 2009
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Eco warriors and politics
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- Trump’s Defense secretary nominee has close ties to Idaho Christian nationalists (TN Lookout)
- Top two Tennessee House Democrats retain caucus leadership (TN Lookout)
- Expecting challenges, blue states vow to create ‘firewall’ of abortion protections (TN Lookout)
- Community coalition issues demands for BlueOval City benefits, calls on Ford to negotiate (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Buy your hemp sticks before they clean the shelves (TN Lookout)
- Lawmaker accuses private-prison operator of celebrating potential boost in inmate population (TN Lookout)
- Federal agencies illegally okayed river dredging to restore railroad lost in Helene flooding (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- From electric cars to wildfires, how Trump may affect climate actions (Science News Daily)
- Dengue is classified as an urban disease. Mosquitoes don’t care (Science News Daily)
- Refurbished heart pacemakers work like new (Science News Daily)
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- Satellite space junk might wreak havoc on the stratosphere (Science News Daily)
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Discussing
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- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
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Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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