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US Nitrogen Under a Cloud of Smoke

October 22, 2016

The Newport Plain Talk

Andrew Suggs

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Photo: Credit Chris McCloud

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CWEET undertaking testing on the Nolichucky

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Weak Broadband Access Slows Rural Tennessee's Economy

September 30, 2016

The Tennessean

Jamie McGee

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Amanda Hamilton is enrolled in adult education classes at Workforce Essentials in Houston County. Her teacher, Howard Spurgeon, says his students can get frustrated with the slow connection speeds of the internet in the area. (Photo: Ayrika Whitney / The Leaf-Chronicle)

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Xavier Arrant, a student enrolled in Workforce Essential's adult education program, gets assistance with an assignment from his teacher Howard Spurgeon. Spurgeon's students cannot efficiently access all the resources available to them due to slow internet connections in Houston County. (Photo: Ayrika Whitney / The Leaf-Chronicle)

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Weak Broadband Access Slows Rural Tennessee's Economy

September 30, 2016

The Tennessean

Jamie McGee

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Amanda Hamilton is enrolled in adult education classes at Workforce Essentials in Houston County. Her teacher, Howard Spurgeon, says his students can get frustrated with the slow connection speeds of the internet in the area. (Photo: Ayrika Whitney / The Leaf-Chronicle)

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Xavier Arrant, a student enrolled in Workforce Essential's adult education program, gets assistance with an assignment from his teacher Howard Spurgeon. Spurgeon's students cannot efficiently access all the resources available to them due to slow internet connections in Houston County. (Photo: Ayrika Whitney / The Leaf-Chronicle)

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Weak Broadband Access Slows Rural Tennessee's Economy

September 30, 2016

The Tennessean

Jamie McGee

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Amanda Hamilton is enrolled in adult education classes at Workforce Essentials in Houston County. Her teacher, Howard Spurgeon, says his students can get frustrated with the slow connection speeds of the internet in the area. (Photo: Ayrika Whitney / The Leaf-Chronicle)

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Xavier Arrant, a student enrolled in Workforce Essential's adult education program, gets assistance with an assignment from his teacher Howard Spurgeon. Spurgeon's students cannot efficiently access all the resources available to them due to slow internet connections in Houston County. (Photo: Ayrika Whitney / The Leaf-Chronicle)

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Speakers Oppose Permit Renewal

June 10, 2016

The Greeneville Sun

Brad Hicks

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Photo: Michael S. Reneau

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Activist Park Overall. Photo by Michael S. Reneau.

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Photo by Michael S. Reneau.

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Faced with Threats to Nolichucky River, Residents Unite

December 9, 2015

Appalachian Voices

Lorelei Goff

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Ann Calfee of Save the Nolichucky measures the pH of the river below a U.S. Nitrogen work site in December 2014. Photo by April Bryant, aprilbryant.com.

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Jack Renner sits in his tractor as workers with U.S. Nitrogen start digging to install the pipeline on his land against his will. Photo by April Bryant, aprilbryant.com.

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Clean Water Advocacy Group Receives Funding To Monitor Nolichucky River

February 28, 2015

The Greeneville Sun

Michael S. Reneau

Alternative Local Economy Summit held in Cocke County

December 18, 2014

The Newport Plain Talk

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Carol Judy, Maria Guzman, Adam Huges

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Ricki Drapper and Bonnie Swinford in the bunkhouse at Standing Bear Lodge.

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Dozens 'Float The Nolichucky' To Protest Pipeline Plans

August 18, 2014

The Greeneville Sun

Kristen Buckles

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Photo: O.J. Early.
Eddie Overholt speaks Sunday at a rally to oppose a proposed double-pipeline that would stretch 12 miles between the Nolichucky River and US Nitrogen's Midway plant.

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Participants in the "Float the Nolichucky" event emerge from the river Sunday evening. State Rep. Jeremy Faison, R-11th, of Cosby, stands in the foreground at right.

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Donahue Bible, who owns land on the Nolichucky River downstream from the intake and discharge site of the proposed double-pipeline between the US Nitrogen plant and the river, addresses approximately 50 people in attendance for Sunday's "Float the Nolichucky" rally at Nolichucky Vineyard, on Fish Hatchery Road. The rally Sunday evening followed the actual float on the river Sunday afternoon. The event was hosted by the environmental advocacy group CWEET (Clean Water Expected in East Tennessee.)

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Public Official Comment from CWEET on the NC Triennial Review

January 6, 2014

CWEET Board of Directors

CWEET's Efforts to Clean the Pigeon Underway

August 5, 2013

Maria Guzman

Evergreen, Environmental Groups Settle River Temperature Issue

May 9, 2012

Smoky Mountain News

Becky Johnson

Partial Settlement Offers Some Relief to Pigeon River Pollution

May 2, 2012

Press Release

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Jack Renner sits in his tractor as workers with U.S. Nitrogen start digging to install the pipeline on his land against his will. Photo by April Bryant, aprilbryant.com.