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At 2:31pm on March 7, 2010, Kathy Holian said… Hi Staci, I would like to update your audience on the Renewable Energy Finance District. We are making some important decisions at the BCC meeting this coming Tuesday. By the way, the name is now RENEW Santa Fe. I am not sure how to start a forum.

At 9:10am on January 09, 2010, Robert Griego gave Staci Matlock a gift… Thank You! Thank You! From the Gift Store

At 8:14am on September 17, 2009, Alan Gregory said… Here's a photo of the infamous Jeddo Mine Tunnel in Luzerne County, Pa., per my earlier blog note. Abandoned mine drainage is one of the most challenging environmental problems that we face in Pennsylvania and our neighboring states, particularly West Virginia. The Jeddo is one of the largest of these drainage areas and is located near the sprawl town of Drums. This amazing tunnel was developed between 1891 and 1934 to drain water-filled underground anthracite coal mines (see http://www.standardspeaker.com/History/jmarkle.htm for an interesting history of this tunnel) and now puts out around 40,000 gallons per minute of polluted water that kills Little Nescopeck Creek. Ultimately, the polluted water enters Chesapeake Bay where it contributes to this estuary's declining biological health. Above where the mine water enters, the Little Nescopeck is a high-quality, cold water fishery, below it is dead. The challenge here is the magnitude of flow. This volume of water can’t be treated by the relatively cheap passive treatment. It needs a more expensive, active water treatment facility. Plans are underway to implement such a project, but the cost is significant, not just for building a facility, but also its annual operation and maintenance. Heavy metals in the water include selenium, all byproducts of our society's appetite for dirty coal. For those interested, the early 70s movie "The Molly Maguires" starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris, was filmed in an around a nearby historic mining village known as Eckley (long a state historic site). All for now. Enjoy your blog.

At 9:07pm on August 26, 2009, Eric Perramond said… Staci - Yep, acequias, and here in S.Fe for 6 months (well, 5+ mos now). So if you hear of anything interesting on the adjudications or acequias, please keep sharing on the blog. Interesting piece today on the Elephant Butte/Mesilla Valley farmers controversy -- I'll follow this as it evolves...best, Eric Perramond

At 8:20pm on May 2, 2008, erika said… Staci Thanks for the feed back...I am currently living in Rio Rancho so the community college is not an option for now. Thanks for opening the dialog Erika

At 6:54pm on April 22, 2008, erika said… Staci That would be awesome...thats what I was hoping for. I am completely clueless on how to start. Erika

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billp37 and Albo P. Fossa might attend Staci Matlock's event Meander: Plein Aire painters at SF River at Santa Fe River May 22, 2010 from 12pm to 4pm 20 plein aire painters will be creating new works along the Santa Fe River on May 22 and May 29 from noon to 4 p.m. Visit with the painters and enjoy a walk along the river. 1 hour ago Staci Matlock added 2 events Fishing clinic on May 22, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm Meander: Plein Aire painters at SF River on May 22, 2010 from 12pm to 4pm 18 hours ago Staci Matlock added 2 videos 21 hours ago Staci Matlock added 2 discussions More climate change proof Push back against climate bill 21 hours ago Staci Matlock added a discussion The iPhone of nuclear reactors OK, so environmentalists are split on whether or not nuclear constitutes "green energy", but I don't have another category where this interesting story in the Bloomberg Report can go. A Santa Fe-based company is working with a Japanese company to "d… on Monday Staci Matlock added 3 discussions Mine tailings go solar Oil clean up effort before Senate committee Salazar in enviro deepwater on Friday Staci Matlock added 2 discussions climate bill fight begins Climate bill begins uphill climb May 13 Staci Matlock added 2 discussions Oil leak could stall climate bill Oil leaks and a climate bill May 6

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WWhat does 'sustainability' mean to you? Living well without detracting from the ability of future generations to live well by protecting and supporting healthy land, water, wildlife and communities. What do you do to try and live green and what would you like to learn more about? I live in the country in a stick-built home made with thermal windows and top insulation and situated for solar gain. I don't have to use lights most of the day. My daughter and I try to conserve water, recycle, etc. What I really is need is a big truck converted to run on greasel and would like to learn how to do that. Also still dream of building a strawbale/adobe off grid home - a little jewel box of a house, comfortable and self-sustaining. What concerns you most about the issues facing the environment, whether locally or globally? Locally - that NNM has all the ingredients to create a model, self-sustaining region but lacks the right social/economic structure to make it happen. Too many hardworking people can't afford to live decently in SF, meaning they spend all their time trying to pay bills instead of having time to learn about living lighter on the planet. Globally - that for all our human savvy (space exploration, bigger weapons, faster computers) we still haven't figure out how to get along well enough to feed everyone, house everyone and stop killing each other. So essentially, we haven't progressed a whole lot further from where we were 4,000 years ago.

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Who's owns the spigot? You water geeky attorneys already know this, but for the rest of you H2O geeks the Feb. 17-19 ABA water law conference will focus on the "changing values for water use in the first year of the Obama Administration." Hope they put out videos or papers for the rest of us non-attorney water geeks to peruse. Here's info from PR: "At a Feb. 18 luncheon David J. Hayes, deputy secretary of the Department of Inter… Continue Posted on February 11, 2010 at 10:36am — Tree rings and My venerable colleague at The Albuquerque Journal, John Fleck, has a new book out, his first. "The Tree Rings' Tale - Understanding Our Changing Climate" explores dendroclimatology and what it tells us about water in the Southwest. It is written for middle schoolers, with plenty of photos, graphics and short, readable chapters. I suspect a lot of adults could learn a thing or two by reading it as well. Published as part of the Worlds of Wonder Science Series for Young Readers, the book starts wi… Continue Posted on January 13, 2010 at 11:12am — 2 Comments Unhealthy, legal tap water? In mid-December I posted a link to what I erroneously said was an LA Times article regarding contaminants in tap water. It was a New York Times article reviewing a national report by the Environmental Working Group that reviewed data from thousands of water systems across the country. The report noted many water systems met legal water quality standards but not more restrictive health guidelines for contaminants rang… Continue Posted on January 7, 2010 at 10:29am — Tap water contaminants Check out the LA Times story regarding contaminants in tap water. Posted on December 17, 2009 at 10:04am — 4 Comments A flood's lasting impacts Ten years ago a flood and mudslides devastated Vargas state in Venezuela. A decade later, a whole lot of devastation remains and reconstruction projects remain unfinished according to the BBC. An estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people were killed, some buried in the mudslides. the Latin American Herald Tribune reports the same… Continue Posted on December 17, 2009 at 10:02am —

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