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  • GUEST COLUMN: Alcoa should lose control of Yadkin waters

    26-Aug-10 21:13 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from The High Point Enterprise)
    An Alcoa front group, The Water Front Sportsman Environmental Investigation Coalition, which has no website, board of directors, active membership or legitimate 501(c)3 nonprofit status, is misleading the public about the Yadkin River relicensing while spreading Alcoa propaganda to mask the company’s toxic legacy.

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  • Protecting the river

    28-May-10 21:32 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from Winston-Salem Journal:  Letters to the Editor)
    I want to set the record straight following the May 21 letter "Yadkin Riverkeeper."
    In my 18-month tenure as Yadkin Riverkeeper, we have worked to address multiple threats facing the river. I serve on the High Rock Lake Technical Advisory Committee, as well as the Winston-Salem Stormwater Appeals Board. I work with community groups to prevent industries, such as Fibrowatt, from polluting our air and water.

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  • County severs ties with Fibrowatt

    18-May-10 15:40 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (The Mount Airy News)
    In a surprise vote that took place before presentations from Fibrowatt opponents last night, the Surry County Commissioners voted unanimously to stop negotiations with Fibrowatt and pursue other businesses for the Elkin site.

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  • Brockovich to discuss Yadkin River at WFU

    18-May-10 15:38 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from The-Dispatch.com)
    Environmental activist and legal clerk Erin Brockovich will be at Wake Forest University in late June to deliver a speech about the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project. Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks said in a press release Brockovich’s presentation will back his efforts to secure passage of the Yadkin River Trust bill, currently in the North Carolina legislature, and oppose Alcoa’s efforts to sign a new relicensing deal that would allow the company to keep control of the river.
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  • Official's efforts involving Alcoa raise questions

    16-May-10 19:47 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from the Salisbury Post)
    A state senator and an advocate for the Yadkin River have requested that Larry Jones, president of the High Rock Lake Association, be investigated for possible lobbying violations.  Sen. Stan Bingham (R-Davidson) and Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks say Jones may have lobbied illegally for Alcoa in the General Assembly last year. They sent a request to N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall in March calling for an official investigation.

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  • Alcoa deal raises questions, riverkeeper says

    14-May-10 19:29 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from the Winston-Salem Journal)
    The Yadkin Riverkeeper is accusing the president of the High Rock Lake Association of potentially violating state law by illegally lobbying for Alcoa.  Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks said yesterday that the state is investigating Larry Jones, the president of the association. Jones said yesterday that he has not heard from the secretary of state, the office that would investigate such a violation. A spokeswoman for the office couldn't comment on potential lobbying violations. That information can only be made public through a court order, she said.

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  • Details fuzzy on investigation into Alcoa and president of lake group

    13-May-10 19:38 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (From the Lexington Dispatch)
    Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks has requested an investigation by the Secretary of State into what he claims have been illegal lobbying practices on behalf of Alcoa by High Rock Lake Association President Larry Jones.

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  • Questionable land transfer by Alcoa comes under attack

    09-May-10 12:37 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from Stanly News and Press)
    N.C. Senator Stan Bingham of Davidson County and Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks have asked the state to investigate the possibly illegal lobbying efforts on behalf of Alcoa in the ongoing dispute concerning the Yadkin Hydroelectric Project.

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  • Yadkin Riverkeeper completes 23-day Tour de Yadkin

    06-May-10 19:26 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (from the Courier-Tribune)
    The Yadkin Riverkeeper, Dean Naujoks, completed his 26-day, 193-mile paddle of the Yadkin River on May 1.  More than 100 people, including Sen. Stan Bingham, R-Davidson, and several members of the Stanly County Board of Commissioners, marked the official end of the “Tour de Yadkin” with a rally at the Swift Island Boat Launch on Lake Tillery.

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  • Halted development projects creating hazards for waterways as runoff clogs streams with silt

    30-Apr-10 17:41 | Janet Loew (administrator)
    (AP article in LA Times, CBS News, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune)
    Residents in a subdivision of two-story brick homes near the North Carolina state line say they were promised roads and ball fields and tennis courts. But the developer has vanished and the neighbors never came so, when the rains do, the ground crumbles.

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