Martin Marietta Update!

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For those of you who have been keeping up with the Martin Marietta Rock Quarry issue (and those who haven’t), the Jacksonville Daily News reported last Friday that Martin Marietta had pulled its application for a special use permit one day after its public information...

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Martin Marietta, Round 2

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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. presented their new and "improved" site plan for their rock quarry proposal yesterday evening. To update those who have not followed along: the mining company did not get enough of the votes they needed back in November 2010 to obtain a...

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Did you see it?

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Last Friday, MSNBC aired the award-winning documentary Semper Fi: Always Faithful. I was so excited to watch it; however I can hardly stay past 10pm on most nights, so I DVR'd it just in case. I finally got around to watching it and was so glad I did. It was the documentary...

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Save your gas, your money, & your waters!

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I woke up this morning and saw the headline covering the front page of the Jacksonville Daily News in big bold letters: "Going up" I knew exactly what the headline was referring to: gas prices. I am very aware of the gas prices, as I drive often back and forth from Wilmington...

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Beware the "Methane-Trapping-Hog Farm-Exploding Mystery Foam!" Seriously, no joke!

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The Midwest produces a lot of hogs. Iowa is the top leading state in hog production and Minnesota is the third. A few years ago, a mysterious foam had been discovered growing in Midwestern hog farms. Weird, right? Well, just wait--it gets weirder. Take a look at the...

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First in Flight, so why not Wind?

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This graph shows the total offshore wind capacity of the Eastern Seaboard,state by state. Way on the top is our Tarheel state, leading the way by more than 54 GW. After reading this graph it is dumbfounding why our state hasn't pushed for wind more strongly. Now, here...

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The 1% -- water, that is.

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While collecting samples for water quality monitoring Tuesday along the White Oak River I began to think of how scarce our freshwater resources actually are.  We know that the planet we live on is 70% water. But, most of that water is salt, actually 97% of it is. Out...

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Cease the Grease!

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All of the "gunk" pictured above is one of the leading causes for sewage spills. Grease and oil that we put into our sinks. I visited the City of Jacksonville's Land Application Site where all of our water we use in our homes "flushes" to get treated. The grease gets...

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A farm near you!

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Hello from Wilmington! I just spent all of the mid-morning and afternoon meeting with fellow Riverkeepers discussing the important issue of factory farms to our state's watersheds. The White Oak and New Rivers are indeed affected by hog and poultry farm waste that runs...

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