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Nov 2 2019
08:04 am
By: SMH
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Other RoaneViews blogs
- Smoke On The Mountain - Friday - Saturday - Sunday (mushy)
- KISS Tribute Band - Saturday August 3rd! (mushy)
- NEW COMMUNITY THEATRE SETS UP SHOP IN ROANE COUNTY (mushy)
- Two new music shows annouced at the Princess: Kiss Tribute and The Tams (mushy)
- Final Edition (Badtaxman)
- The continuing Tax Assessor saga (Badtaxman)
- Bad Tax Man (Badtaxman)
- Belated (chelsea)
- The 3rd Annual Tennessee Pirate Fest is on the Horizon! (mushy)
- Tennessee Medieval Faire Kicks Off With Free Movie! (mushy)
Eco Warriors and Politics
- Company tweet causes tempest in Tennessee Senate race (Tom Humphrey)
- Company tweet causes tempest in Tennessee Senate race (TN Journal)
- Family of senator who led effort to place Forrest bust in Capitol supports its removal (Tom Humphrey)
- Family of senator who led effort to place Forrest bust in Capitol supports its removal (TN Journal)
- Protesters Reflect on Arrests, Occupation After Vote to Move Forrest Bust (Nashville Scene)
- Capitol Commission Votes to Move Forrest Bust (Nashville Scene)
- Metro Council Votes to Allow Clients at Home-Based Businesses (Nashville Scene)
- Metro to Offer Hotel Rooms, Cash Assistance to Immigrant Community During Pandemic (Nashville Scene)
- Dave Ramsey to Host Business Conference in Franklin as COVID-19 Cases Rise (Nashville Scene)
- Metro Council Defers Bill to End CoreCivic Contract Amid Uncertainty (Nashville Scene)
Science and Stuff
- Scientists propose plan to determine if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole (Science News Daily)
- Study links abnormally high blood sugar with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes (Science News Daily)
- Couldn't socially distance? Blame your working memory (Science News Daily)
- Physicians give first comprehensive review of COVID-19's effects outside the lung (Science News Daily)
- Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties (Science News Daily)
- Extraordinary regeneration of neurons in zebrafish (Science News Daily)
- Study pinpoints brain cells that trigger sugar cravings and consumption (Science News Daily)
- Arctic Ocean changes driven by sub-Arctic seas (Science News Daily)
- Fast-spreading mutation helps common flu subtype escape immune response (Science News Daily)
- Invention: 'Nanocage' tool untangles (molecular) spaghetti (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- Your Bandana or Cloth Mask Won't Really Protect You Much if Other Folks don't Wear Theirs (1 reply)
- Requirements for Absentee Ballot in TN (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
- Toons! (1 reply)
- Winter Solstice is at 9:21 PM EST Today...Alban Arthan (2 replies)
- Text of the Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump (1 reply)
- what makes coal so dirty (1 reply)
- Duh...Abandoning Processed Foods Helps Depression (1 reply)
- Morgan County One Doctor for 21k People (1 reply)
- "Acting" National Intelligence Director Withholding Whistleblower Claim Trump Sold Out USA (1 reply)
- TVA Types With Forked Keyboard (2 replies)
- Effectively Combating Global Warming Will Ruin Fossil Fuel Industry...Bonus! (1 reply)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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EPA to scale back federal rules restricting waste from coal-fire
And with that background . . .
EPA to scale back federal rules restricting waste from coal-fired power plants
"The proposals, which scale back two rules adopted in 2015, affect the disposal of fine powder and sludge known as coal ash, as well as contaminated water that power plants produce while burning coal. Both forms of waste can contain mercury, arsenic and other heavy metals that pose risks to human health and the environment."