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Scott backs environmentally dubious pipeline from firm he invested in –Miami New Times
Adding
a video from the Arkansas River pipeline geyser,
another
Miami
paper picked up
last week’s Florida Bulldog story.
Tim Elfrink, Miami New Times, 17 August 2015, Scott backs environmentally dubious pipeline from firm he invested in, Continue reading
WWALS hopes to block Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline –Ocala StarBanner
Add that many WWALS members, some pictured here on the Suwannee River
at the proposed Sabal Trail crossing, live in Florida,
and this article from that same day is a good summary of the situation a week ago.
It was also picked up by
Bakken.com, “Powered by Shale Plays Media”.
Christopher Curry, Ocala StarBanner, 15 August 2015, Georgia-based group hopes to block natural gas pipeline, Continue reading
Chattahoochee River Polluter Fined $10 Million
A big win from a Waterkeeper member in Georgia! CRK Press Release 17 August 2015:
Atlanta — US District Court Judge Orinda Evans levied a $10 million penalty on American Sealcoat Manufacturing LLC (Sealcoat) for unlawful discharge of toxic pollutants into the Chattahoochee River near Fulton Industrial Park. The Judge ruled in a Clean Water Act complaint brought by Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK), which discovered and reported the dumping.
CRK filed its lawsuit against Continue reading
FL Gov. Scott’s blind trust isn’t opaque
Federal disclosure laws require revealing some information Florida’s
blind trust law supposedly hides, and there are other cracks
in that state law that let a reporter see some of what’s in
Florida Governor Rick Scott’s blind trust, including last year
that he owned stock in Spectra Energy and its subsidiary DCP Midstream Partners LP,
as well as in Williams Co. and a flock of other pipeline and fossil fuel companies.
Dan Christensen, FloridaBulldog.org, 19 August 2015, You don’t need X-ray vision to see through Gov. Rick Scott’s blind trust, Continue reading
Video: Steam engine, bridges, trees, beaches, and trash: Alapaha River by Diane Shearer
Also boating, deadfalls, steam engine, and rapids. Diane Shearer presented slides about the Alapaha River of her homeland, 31 March 2012 at Georgia River Network Weekend for Rivers, and said:
Right there at Alapaha, where it’s been clearcut behind it. This is one of the main problems of the river: there used to be nothing on that shore there but huge cypress trees and tupelo trees, and that’s almost gone everywhere. And that’s one of the great dangers to this river, is agricultural runoff, the fact that people can suck all the water out of it they want to, for irrigation and those sorts of things.
The video starts Continue reading
Back in Douglas: Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Council 2015-08-31
According to GA-DNR, 17 August 2015,
The Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Council will meet on Monday, August 31, 2015 at 10:00am in the meeting room of
Aniston’s Restaurant, located at 1404 W. Baker Highway, Douglas, GA. Registration begins at 9:30am. The Council will be hearing presentations on surface water supply and agricultural water-use forecasting. The Council will also be discussing items for consideration in the revision and update of the 2011 Regional Water Plan.
Here are the LAKE videos of their June meeting and here is the announcement for their July meeting; the LAKE videos for that last one will be available soon.
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Miami Herald picked up Spectra accidents and ties to FL Gov. Scott
From Florida Bulldog to a daily with more than 140,000 circulation.
Dan Christensen, Miami Herald, 16 August 2015,
Pipeline company with tie to Gov. Scott and state backing, has history of accidents,
Spectra Energy, the company that state environmental regulators say should be allowed to construct a 267-mile-long natural gas pipeline in North Florida, has a checkered history of accidents and violations of federal safety rules in the U.S. and Canada dating back decades.
Pictures and videos from Alapaha Rise, Sabal Trail pipeline, Five Holes, and Alapaha and Withlacoochee Confluences on the Suwannee River 2015-08-15
From Douglas and Tifton, Georgia through Florida to South America and South Africa,
they ate bon-bons and floated and climbed to see springs, caves at Five Holes, and said what they thought about the
Sabal Trail pipeline proposing to gouge across the Suwannee River,
on the
WWALS Outing Saturday August 15th 2015.
Update 2018-02-12: 5 Holes (also known as Hamilton Seven Sisters Spring) is on Suwannee River State Park (SRSP) land, and is normally closed to the public. We did have permission for this outing, thanks to Park Manager Craig Liney, as well as for the later Five Holes Cleanup and Site Exploration.
Preparing at Gibson Park 30.4374065, -83.0932236
Banks Lake Full Moon Paddle: bring bon-bons! 2015-08-29
Bring bon-bons, lights, and boats to
Banks Lake, just west of Lakeland, Georgia,
7PM Saturday
August 29th 2015
for the first WWALS Moonlight Paddle and Bon-Bon Eating Contest. Your host, Chris Mericle, has arranged a special after-hours permit for this outing. Join us at
Banks Lake Outdoors,
1099 W Main St.,
Lakeland, GA 31635.
This is part of our continuing exploration of the Alapaha River Water Trail. Printable PDF flyer. facebook event.
Strictly speaking, a bon-bon is Continue reading