#reclamation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #reclamation, aggregated by home.social.
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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Canada Energy Regulator says it will hold Imperial Oil accountable for proper cleanup of Norman Wells oilfield
#Indigenous #MackenzieValley #Canada #NormanWells #ImperialOil #CER #Regulator #OilCleanup #Mining #IndigenousRights #Reclamation #Environment
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Canada Energy Regulator says it will hold Imperial Oil accountable for proper cleanup of Norman Wells oilfield
#Indigenous #MackenzieValley #Canada #NormanWells #ImperialOil #CER #Regulator #OilCleanup #Mining #IndigenousRights #Reclamation #Environment
https://the-14.com/canada-energy-regulator-says-it-will-hold-imperial-oil-accountable-for-proper-cleanup-of-norman-wells-oilfield/ -
Canada Energy Regulator says it will hold Imperial Oil accountable for proper cleanup of Norman Wells oilfield
#Indigenous #MackenzieValley #Canada #NormanWells #ImperialOil #CER #Regulator #OilCleanup #Mining #IndigenousRights #Reclamation #Environment
https://the-14.com/canada-energy-regulator-says-it-will-hold-imperial-oil-accountable-for-proper-cleanup-of-norman-wells-oilfield/ -
Canada Energy Regulator says it will hold Imperial Oil accountable for proper cleanup of Norman Wells oilfield
#Indigenous #MackenzieValley #Canada #NormanWells #ImperialOil #CER #Regulator #OilCleanup #Mining #IndigenousRights #Reclamation #Environment
https://the-14.com/canada-energy-regulator-says-it-will-hold-imperial-oil-accountable-for-proper-cleanup-of-norman-wells-oilfield/ -
Canada Energy Regulator says it will hold Imperial Oil accountable for proper cleanup of Norman Wells oilfield
#Indigenous #MackenzieValley #Canada #NormanWells #ImperialOil #CER #Regulator #OilCleanup #Mining #IndigenousRights #Reclamation #Environment
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Descanso Gardens Breaks Ground on Water Reclamation Project https://www.allforgardening.com/1777594/descanso-gardens-breaks-ground-on-water-reclamation-project/ #Break #Descanso #garden #gardening #gardens #Ground #project #Reclamation #water
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Descanso Gardens Breaks Ground on Water Reclamation Project https://www.allforgardening.com/1777594/descanso-gardens-breaks-ground-on-water-reclamation-project/ #Break #Descanso #garden #gardening #gardens #Ground #project #Reclamation #water
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #America #conservation #federalgovernment #landmanagement #naturalresources #porkbarrel #reclamation
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #America #conservation #federalgovernment #landmanagement #naturalresources #porkbarrel #reclamation
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #America #conservation #federalgovernment #landmanagement #naturalresources #porkbarrel #reclamation
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #America #conservation #federalgovernment #landmanagement #naturalresources #porkbarrel #reclamation
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A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt
The idea that our natural resources were inexhaustible still obtained, and there was as yet no real knowledge of their extent and condition. The relation of the conservation of natural resources to the problems of National welfare and National efficiency had not yet dawned on the public mind. The reclamation of arid public lands in the West was still a matter for private enterprise alone; and our magnificent river system, with its superb possibilities for public usefulness, was dealt with by the National Government not as a unit, but as a disconnected series of pork-barrel problems, whose only real interest was in their effect on the reëlection or defeat of a Congressman here and there — a theory which, I regret to say, still obtains.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 11 “The Natural Resources of the Nation” (1913)More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/5…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #America #conservation #federalgovenrment #landmanagement #naturalresources #porkbarrel #reclamation
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How pit lakes are helping reclamation in Alberta’s oil sands
In the heart of Alberta’s oil sands region, a lake sits next to Suncor Energy’s Mildred Lake operation. …
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #CA #Canada #CanadianEnergy #Innovation #latest #Oilsands #reclamation #Science #tailings
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/281877/ Trump administration’s Colorado River options could hit California hard #Agreement #Alternative #California #ColoradoRiverWaterShortage #Éire #Environment #IE #importance #Ireland #JbHamby #official #OtherState #reclamation #reservoir #Science #ScottCameron #State #TrumpAdministration #WaterCrisis #year
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Trump administration’s Colorado River options could hit California hard
The Trump administration has released an outline of four new options for dealing with the Colorado River’s deepening…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #agreement #alternative #California #coloradoriverwatershortage #importance #jbhamby #official #otherstate #reclamation #reservoir #scottcameron #state #theWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration #WaterCrisis #year
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Aktualizacja #Reclamation do #Warhammer40000: #SpaceMarine2 wprowadza nową misję, darmowe dodatki i rozszerzone opcje personalizacji.
https://cat5.pl/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-z-aktualizacja-reclamation/
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#Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone
"According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.
According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:
In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.
Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:
Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.
Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.
The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."
#JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism
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#Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone
"According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.
According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:
In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.
Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:
Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.
Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.
The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."
#JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism
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#Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone
"According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.
According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:
In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.
Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:
Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.
Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.
The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."
#JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism
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#Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone
"According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.
According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:
In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.
Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:
Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.
Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.
The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."
#JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism
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#Wikipedia - Origin of the concept of a #SacrificeZone
"According to the United Nations Human Rights Council [#UNHRC], the term Sacrifice zone emerged in the #ColdWar period when #NuclearTesting, conducted by #colonial powers, such as the #UnitedStates, #France, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #SovietUnion transformed sections of land into #uninhabitable and highly #radioactive areas. Sacrifice zones can be defined as communities that experience dangerous levels of hazardous contamination and waste exposure. Sacrifice zones are linked to #racism, #oppression, #patriarchy, and #colonialism, as they are hubs of #pollution that disproportionately target and harm the physical and mental health of marginalized groups who face overlapping forms of #oppressions.
According to Helen Huntington Smith, the term was first used in the U.S. discussing the long-term effects of #StripMining #coal in the American West in the 1970s. The National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of Engineering Study Committee on the Potential for Rehabilitating Lands Surface Mined for Coal in the Western United States produced a 1973 report that introduced the term, finding:
In each zone the probability of rehabilitating an area depends upon the land use objectives, the characteristics of the site, the technology available, and the skill with which this technology is applied. At the extremes, if surface mined lands are declared national sacrifice areas, all ecological zones have a high probability of being successfully rehabilitated. If, however, complete restoration is the objective, rehabilitation in each zone has no probability of success.
Similarly in 1975, Genevieve Atwood wrote in Scientific American:
Surface mining without #reclamation removes the land forever from #productive use; such land can best be classified as a #NationalSacrifice area. With successful reclamation, however, surface mining can become just one of a series of land uses that merely interrupt a current use and then return the land to an equivalent potential productivity or an even higher one.
Huntington Smith wrote in 1975, "The Panel that issued the cautious and scholarly National Academy of Sciences report unwittingly touched off a verbal bombshell" with the phrase National Sacrifice Area; "The words exploded in the Western press overnight. Seized upon by a people who felt themselves being served up as 'national sacrifices', they became a watchword and a rallying cry." The term sparked public debate, including among #environmentalists and politicians such as future Colorado governor Richard Lamm.
The term continued to be used in the context of strip mining until at least 1999: '#WestVirginia has become an environmental sacrifice zone'."
#JoeManchin #BigOil #BigCoal #StripMining #EnvironmentalRacism #CoalMining #Appalachia #PollutionSacrificeZones #CorporateColonialism
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Comedy, especially in satire, relies on a delicate balance between intent and interpretation. The intent behind a joke matters deeply, more than most people give credit for. In the case of MeatCanyon, his work thrives on exaggeration and absurdity, not cruelty.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/im-queer-and-i-don-t-care-if-meatcanyon-says-queer-slurs-6fa1b69a777c?sk=0e7d3f6468ab47c298a452ea7f2f4333 -
Comedy, especially in satire, relies on a delicate balance between intent and interpretation. The intent behind a joke matters deeply, more than most people give credit for. In the case of MeatCanyon, his work thrives on exaggeration and absurdity, not cruelty.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/im-queer-and-i-don-t-care-if-meatcanyon-says-queer-slurs-6fa1b69a777c?sk=0e7d3f6468ab47c298a452ea7f2f4333 -
Comedy, especially in satire, relies on a delicate balance between intent and interpretation. The intent behind a joke matters deeply, more than most people give credit for. In the case of MeatCanyon, his work thrives on exaggeration and absurdity, not cruelty.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/im-queer-and-i-don-t-care-if-meatcanyon-says-queer-slurs-6fa1b69a777c?sk=0e7d3f6468ab47c298a452ea7f2f4333 -
Comedy, especially in satire, relies on a delicate balance between intent and interpretation. The intent behind a joke matters deeply, more than most people give credit for. In the case of MeatCanyon, his work thrives on exaggeration and absurdity, not cruelty.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/im-queer-and-i-don-t-care-if-meatcanyon-says-queer-slurs-6fa1b69a777c?sk=0e7d3f6468ab47c298a452ea7f2f4333 -
Comedy, especially in satire, relies on a delicate balance between intent and interpretation. The intent behind a joke matters deeply, more than most people give credit for. In the case of MeatCanyon, his work thrives on exaggeration and absurdity, not cruelty.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/im-queer-and-i-don-t-care-if-meatcanyon-says-queer-slurs-6fa1b69a777c?sk=0e7d3f6468ab47c298a452ea7f2f4333 -
https://www.europesays.com/fr/419223/ La Russie Nordwind règle la réclamation d’assurance sur cinq avions aercap loués #Actualités #AerCap #avions #cinq #dassurance #FédérationDeRussie #loués #News #Nordwind #réclamation #Règle #Russia #RussianFederation #Russie #sur
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"This marks the first time that Singapore has reclaimed land below the average sea level.
The plot, measuring around 800ha, was reclaimed at the north-western tip of Pulau Tekong, Singapore’s largest offshore island where many national service recruits are initiated into army life."
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Kehlani’s use of nigga opens up the fault lines between reclamation, appropriation, and ambiguity. Is it solidarity, self-expression, or a lyrical dodge that leaves stereotypes to fill the gaps?
#LanguageAndPower #Reclamation #Kehlani #HipHopCulture #AAVE #RaceAndRepresentation #Linguistics #PopCultureCritique #WordsMatter
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/the-reappropriation-of-kehlanis-niggas/ -
Kehlani’s use of nigga opens up the fault lines between reclamation, appropriation, and ambiguity. Is it solidarity, self-expression, or a lyrical dodge that leaves stereotypes to fill the gaps?
#LanguageAndPower #Reclamation #Kehlani #HipHopCulture #AAVE #RaceAndRepresentation #Linguistics #PopCultureCritique #WordsMatter
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/the-reappropriation-of-kehlanis-niggas/ -
Kehlani’s use of nigga opens up the fault lines between reclamation, appropriation, and ambiguity. Is it solidarity, self-expression, or a lyrical dodge that leaves stereotypes to fill the gaps?
#LanguageAndPower #Reclamation #Kehlani #HipHopCulture #AAVE #RaceAndRepresentation #Linguistics #PopCultureCritique #WordsMatter
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/the-reappropriation-of-kehlanis-niggas/ -
Kehlani’s use of nigga opens up the fault lines between reclamation, appropriation, and ambiguity. Is it solidarity, self-expression, or a lyrical dodge that leaves stereotypes to fill the gaps?
#LanguageAndPower #Reclamation #Kehlani #HipHopCulture #AAVE #RaceAndRepresentation #Linguistics #PopCultureCritique #WordsMatter
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/the-reappropriation-of-kehlanis-niggas/ -
Kehlani’s use of nigga opens up the fault lines between reclamation, appropriation, and ambiguity. Is it solidarity, self-expression, or a lyrical dodge that leaves stereotypes to fill the gaps?
#LanguageAndPower #Reclamation #Kehlani #HipHopCulture #AAVE #RaceAndRepresentation #Linguistics #PopCultureCritique #WordsMatter
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/08/28/the-reappropriation-of-kehlanis-niggas/ -
Salut, c’est Stéphane !Merci de me suivre, ça me fait vraiment plaisir. Ces derniers jours,
#abonnement #probleme #video #telechargement #bloque #chargement #erreur #bug #support #aide #client #payant #service #application #technologie #internet #utilisateur #creation #contenu #streaming #videoediting #blocage #solution #supporttechnique #sav #assistance #problematique #reclamation #abonne #plateforme
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So, some communities in #Maine were like, #NIMBY when a #TrashToEnergy plant was proposed. After all, folks had to deal with air quality issues with the old paper mill in Westbrook for many years (it was still belching smelly shit when I worked at a local library). However, #EcoMaine built the plant, and from what I can tell, they are doing it the right way. Our community signed up for participating in their program years ago, and now there are 20 communities participating. ecomaine has even upgraded their facility to be able to retrieve even more usable metal from the resultant ashes. And they are implementing programs based on Maine policy change, which requires businesses that do a lot of shipping (like Amazon) to make their packaging recyclable and to pay for communities to deal with packaging waste (more about that in another post).
Anyhow, here is more information about ecomaine's #WasteToEnergy plant...
ecomaine’s Waste-to-Energy Power Plant
"Our waste-to-energy #(WTE) plant receives trash identified as #unrecyclable and converts it at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to energy in the form of electricity. The ecomaine WTE plant processes about 175,000 tons of trash a year and, from that process, generates enough steam to create about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
"That’s enough electricity to power our WTE and recycling facilities, our company’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year!
"Converting the trash to energy also benefits the communities we serve by reducing its volume by 90 percent, leaving only inert ash to be stored at the landfill site. (There are also statewide economic benefits from WTE plants; read the results of a Maine study -- linked below).
"By reducing the volume of trash by 90%, controlling #pollution, and generating #electricity, waste-to-energy clearly has many benefits. These and more are outlined in a 2021 study by Dr. Marco Castaldi, The Scientific Truth about Waste to Energy Facilities and Quantifiable Benefits They Provide. (Sneak Peek: did you know that areas in the U.S. with waste-to-energy have higher #recycling rates than those without?) "
Source:
https://www.ecomaine.org/our-facility/waste-to-energy-plant/Maine study:
https://www.ecomaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WTE-econ-benefits.pdf
#SolarPunkSunday #Recycling #Reclamation #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine -
So, some communities in #Maine were like, #NIMBY when a #TrashToEnergy plant was proposed. After all, folks had to deal with air quality issues with the old paper mill in Westbrook for many years (it was still belching smelly shit when I worked at a local library). However, #EcoMaine built the plant, and from what I can tell, they are doing it the right way. Our community signed up for participating in their program years ago, and now there are 20 communities participating. ecomaine has even upgraded their facility to be able to retrieve even more usable metal from the resultant ashes. And they are implementing programs based on Maine policy change, which requires businesses that do a lot of shipping (like Amazon) to make their packaging recyclable and to pay for communities to deal with packaging waste (more about that in another post).
Anyhow, here is more information about ecomaine's #WasteToEnergy plant...
ecomaine’s Waste-to-Energy Power Plant
"Our waste-to-energy #(WTE) plant receives trash identified as #unrecyclable and converts it at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to energy in the form of electricity. The ecomaine WTE plant processes about 175,000 tons of trash a year and, from that process, generates enough steam to create about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
"That’s enough electricity to power our WTE and recycling facilities, our company’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year!
"Converting the trash to energy also benefits the communities we serve by reducing its volume by 90 percent, leaving only inert ash to be stored at the landfill site. (There are also statewide economic benefits from WTE plants; read the results of a Maine study -- linked below).
"By reducing the volume of trash by 90%, controlling #pollution, and generating #electricity, waste-to-energy clearly has many benefits. These and more are outlined in a 2021 study by Dr. Marco Castaldi, The Scientific Truth about Waste to Energy Facilities and Quantifiable Benefits They Provide. (Sneak Peek: did you know that areas in the U.S. with waste-to-energy have higher #recycling rates than those without?) "
Source:
https://www.ecomaine.org/our-facility/waste-to-energy-plant/Maine study:
https://www.ecomaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WTE-econ-benefits.pdf
#SolarPunkSunday #Recycling #Reclamation #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine -
So, some communities in #Maine were like, #NIMBY when a #TrashToEnergy plant was proposed. After all, folks had to deal with air quality issues with the old paper mill in Westbrook for many years (it was still belching smelly shit when I worked at a local library). However, #EcoMaine built the plant, and from what I can tell, they are doing it the right way. Our community signed up for participating in their program years ago, and now there are 20 communities participating. ecomaine has even upgraded their facility to be able to retrieve even more usable metal from the resultant ashes. And they are implementing programs based on Maine policy change, which requires businesses that do a lot of shipping (like Amazon) to make their packaging recyclable and to pay for communities to deal with packaging waste (more about that in another post).
Anyhow, here is more information about ecomaine's #WasteToEnergy plant...
ecomaine’s Waste-to-Energy Power Plant
"Our waste-to-energy #(WTE) plant receives trash identified as #unrecyclable and converts it at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to energy in the form of electricity. The ecomaine WTE plant processes about 175,000 tons of trash a year and, from that process, generates enough steam to create about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
"That’s enough electricity to power our WTE and recycling facilities, our company’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year!
"Converting the trash to energy also benefits the communities we serve by reducing its volume by 90 percent, leaving only inert ash to be stored at the landfill site. (There are also statewide economic benefits from WTE plants; read the results of a Maine study -- linked below).
"By reducing the volume of trash by 90%, controlling #pollution, and generating #electricity, waste-to-energy clearly has many benefits. These and more are outlined in a 2021 study by Dr. Marco Castaldi, The Scientific Truth about Waste to Energy Facilities and Quantifiable Benefits They Provide. (Sneak Peek: did you know that areas in the U.S. with waste-to-energy have higher #recycling rates than those without?) "
Source:
https://www.ecomaine.org/our-facility/waste-to-energy-plant/Maine study:
https://www.ecomaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WTE-econ-benefits.pdf
#SolarPunkSunday #Recycling #Reclamation #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine -
So, some communities in #Maine were like, #NIMBY when a #TrashToEnergy plant was proposed. After all, folks had to deal with air quality issues with the old paper mill in Westbrook for many years (it was still belching smelly shit when I worked at a local library). However, #EcoMaine built the plant, and from what I can tell, they are doing it the right way. Our community signed up for participating in their program years ago, and now there are 20 communities participating. ecomaine has even upgraded their facility to be able to retrieve even more usable metal from the resultant ashes. And they are implementing programs based on Maine policy change, which requires businesses that do a lot of shipping (like Amazon) to make their packaging recyclable and to pay for communities to deal with packaging waste (more about that in another post).
Anyhow, here is more information about ecomaine's #WasteToEnergy plant...
ecomaine’s Waste-to-Energy Power Plant
"Our waste-to-energy #(WTE) plant receives trash identified as #unrecyclable and converts it at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to energy in the form of electricity. The ecomaine WTE plant processes about 175,000 tons of trash a year and, from that process, generates enough steam to create about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
"That’s enough electricity to power our WTE and recycling facilities, our company’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year!
"Converting the trash to energy also benefits the communities we serve by reducing its volume by 90 percent, leaving only inert ash to be stored at the landfill site. (There are also statewide economic benefits from WTE plants; read the results of a Maine study -- linked below).
"By reducing the volume of trash by 90%, controlling #pollution, and generating #electricity, waste-to-energy clearly has many benefits. These and more are outlined in a 2021 study by Dr. Marco Castaldi, The Scientific Truth about Waste to Energy Facilities and Quantifiable Benefits They Provide. (Sneak Peek: did you know that areas in the U.S. with waste-to-energy have higher #recycling rates than those without?) "
Source:
https://www.ecomaine.org/our-facility/waste-to-energy-plant/Maine study:
https://www.ecomaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WTE-econ-benefits.pdf
#SolarPunkSunday #Recycling #Reclamation #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine -
So, some communities in #Maine were like, #NIMBY when a #TrashToEnergy plant was proposed. After all, folks had to deal with air quality issues with the old paper mill in Westbrook for many years (it was still belching smelly shit when I worked at a local library). However, #EcoMaine built the plant, and from what I can tell, they are doing it the right way. Our community signed up for participating in their program years ago, and now there are 20 communities participating. ecomaine has even upgraded their facility to be able to retrieve even more usable metal from the resultant ashes. And they are implementing programs based on Maine policy change, which requires businesses that do a lot of shipping (like Amazon) to make their packaging recyclable and to pay for communities to deal with packaging waste (more about that in another post).
Anyhow, here is more information about ecomaine's #WasteToEnergy plant...
ecomaine’s Waste-to-Energy Power Plant
"Our waste-to-energy #(WTE) plant receives trash identified as #unrecyclable and converts it at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit to energy in the form of electricity. The ecomaine WTE plant processes about 175,000 tons of trash a year and, from that process, generates enough steam to create about 100,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
"That’s enough electricity to power our WTE and recycling facilities, our company’s electric vehicles, plus about 15,000 homes for a year!
"Converting the trash to energy also benefits the communities we serve by reducing its volume by 90 percent, leaving only inert ash to be stored at the landfill site. (There are also statewide economic benefits from WTE plants; read the results of a Maine study -- linked below).
"By reducing the volume of trash by 90%, controlling #pollution, and generating #electricity, waste-to-energy clearly has many benefits. These and more are outlined in a 2021 study by Dr. Marco Castaldi, The Scientific Truth about Waste to Energy Facilities and Quantifiable Benefits They Provide. (Sneak Peek: did you know that areas in the U.S. with waste-to-energy have higher #recycling rates than those without?) "
Source:
https://www.ecomaine.org/our-facility/waste-to-energy-plant/Maine study:
https://www.ecomaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WTE-econ-benefits.pdf
#SolarPunkSunday #Recycling #Reclamation #ReducingWaste #Landfills #Maine -
Urban Reclamation
"Futuristic ruined city partially submerged in water, buildings wrapped in massive tree roots and ivy, moss-covered glass towers reflecting overgrown nature, birds flying between crumbling structures, soft mist, post-human serenity, photorealistic with fantasy elements"
#urban #reclamation #futuristiccity #ruins #water #nature #digitalart #imagine #aiart #aiartwork #aigenerated #aigenerator #aigeneratedart
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New Zealand's Major Cities Are Sinking
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2025/04/16/new-zealands-major-cities-are-sinking/ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2025.2470435 <-- shared paper
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https://www.searise.nz/ <-- linked to NZ SeaRise project page
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https://searise.takiwa.co/map/6233f47872b8190018373db9/embed <-- NZ SeaRise web map
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NewZealand #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #impacts #humanimpacts #land #subsidence #sinking #population #growth #risk #hazard #global #GMSL #coast #coastal #planning #management #mitigation #extremeweather #climatechange #cost #economics #infrastructure #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #remotesensing #earthobservation #sentinel #InSAR #urban #city #cities #reclamation #cut #fill #Holocene #engineeringgeology #kiwi #k1w1 #NZ #stormsurge -
The Great Dismal Swamp Has Released Millions Of Tons Of Carbon Since The Colonial Era, Research Finds
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https://www.whro.org/environment/2024-11-08/the-great-dismal-swamp-has-released-millions-of-tons-of-carbon-since-the-colonial-era-research-finds <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008137 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #GreatDismalSwamp #carbon #NorthCarolina #Virginia #USA #engineering #water #hydrology #swamp #habitat #biodiversity #humanimpacts #carbondioxide #landuse #change #wetlands #peatlands #carbonsink #methane #model #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #research #peat #peatswamp #drainage #ditches #engineering #reclamation #peatfire #mitigation #ecosystem #carbonloss #hydrospatial
