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CYPRESS ACTION IN BEAUMONT, TX

View full size Vivian Todd, Magnolia Garden Club (Zone IX) and members of the Conservation Committee visit Lowe’s in Beaumont, TX on November 17, 2007 during the CYPRESS CALL FOR ACTION DAY. Unfortunately, we found lots of bags of cypress mulch from Ruston, Louisiana. They were asking Lowe’s to stop selling cypress mulch and to […]

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GIVING THANKS FOR VOODOO

I intended to write this a while ago, but I’ve been ludicrously busy lately – and well, sometimes things just don’t get done as intended. Mea culpa aside, I wanted to make sure our blog-reading supporters know that back in October, GRN was the official non-profit partner of the Voodoo Music Experience, one of the

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THE MIGHTY ORPHAN

The conclusion of a recent National Research Council report is that the Mighty Mississippi is an “orphan.” To those of us who live in the Gulf and know of the impact a polluted Mississippi River has in creating the Dead Zone, this finding is no surprise. The EPA has neglected its duty to set limits

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The Boondoogle of All Boondoogles

Corps Resurrecting Destructive World War II Era ProjectPosted on October 17, 2007 | Filed Under River Renewal, Government Affairs, Flood ProtectionJoyce Wu, Program AssociateNatural Flood ProtectionSixty-six years of opposition have not been enough for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to give up on a flood control project that won’t actually protect homes. Over

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