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by Christine Maccabee heart when I heard this news, and they can come up with solutions
this is just the beginning of a process of their own rather than relying
On The Wild Side of deregulation, which will certainly on governmental regulations or
be continuing over the next number deregulations, as the case may be. Or,
The Politics of Pollution of years. Unfortunately, the bottom perhaps, it is time someone knocked
line is no longer purity of water and on their door.
It’s the inside work that’s most important. air, but money and convenience.
— George Drexel As a friend of mine said recently,
The way I see it, pollution is “this is the inside work we all must
I am certain most people would political but did not know how to not really a political problem. do, whether it be in our homes, at
agree with me when I say that clean get my voice heard, so I wrote songs. It is actually a human problem. our jobs, or in our relationships
water and air are precious resources I am in good company as a nature We contemporary humans have with others.” Outside will be fine so
for us, and we must protect them for lover/song writer. Jean Ritchie, a every opportunity to help with long as we all do the inside work.
future generations. As far as I can songstress who grew up in Eastern the pollution problems by using First, we must examine our spiritual
tell, clean water is as important as Kentucky, wrote a song called “The less energy in our homes and callings to be caretakers of this
money, if not more important. So, for Last Old Train’s a Leavin,’” which businesses. We can learn to use less planet, and of each other, and then
me, when I consider my political and spoke of the mountaintop removal electricity by using energy efficient we must learn, teach, and act.
economic priorities, my bottom line that tore up her grandfather’s land. light bulbs; turning off unnecessary
is always the water and the air. How Jean chose to stay, and fight, and sing lights; keeping temperatures a bit So, the true politics of pollution
there can be any debate about this, I her songs. lower during the winter; using air resides in the human heart. That may
am not sure. Perhaps people would conditioners only as needed; and yes, be our only hope.
have to have seen what I saw years While living in Frostburg, using solar energy, which people are
ago to begin to feel as I do. Maryland, I, too, witnessed a starting to do more. All of this, and Christine is a Master Wildlife Habitat
mountaintop removal and, in the more, is the inside work. Naturalist in the state of Maryland.
I lived in Western Maryland and aftermath, felt like I was walking She is also a member of the Green
West Virginia in the 1970s. Being the through the end times of utter I recently watched a Maryland Team in Thurmont. She would be
nature lover that I am, I took long devastation. A group of students Public TV film, Keeping the glad to help you with habitat on
walks in places most people never and community members like me Potomac: the Politics of Water,” your property and can be reached by
go. One day, I heard the sound of attempted to plant saplings on the and was sickened when I saw a email at: [email protected].
rushing water and, thinking that it rocky mountaintop, but many of paper mill along the upper Potomac
was a stream, I ran to see it. What I the trees died. Unlike Jean, I did constantly spewing its waste into
witnessed startled and shocked me not stay and have not been back the river, killing off all aquatic life
beyond belief. I saw a swift stream since. However, I took away with below the issuance point. It is beyond
running bright orange in color. I me a desire to rectify environmental disheartening to see the brown gunk
stood there transfixed, thinking it problems wherever I live. coming out of the pipes and the harm
was just a temporary problem, but it is doing downstream. Regulations
the orange water just kept coming. Recently, I heard that an are and have been needed there,
At the time, I could not figure out important Stream Protections Rule, badly. Question is: Why are there
why it was orange, but knowing I which had finally been put in place no regulations to control such a
was in coal country, it soon became seven years ago, is being abolished. travesty?
clear to me that it must have been Now coal companies will once again
due to the waste dumped into it by be permitted to discharge their toxic Fortunately, as humans, we have
the coal company upstream. waste into the nearest streams as they built in problem-solving skills. We
were doing during the 1970s and can recycle our waste paper and buy
Ever since that day, I have not before. This will save the companies more recycled paper products. Also,
been the same. I became semi- money, they say. I became sick at perhaps coal and paper company
managers need to do more problem
solving on their own, do more inside
work, and some real soul searching
regarding their priorities. That way,
When I want to deposit checks,
transfer funds, pay bills or
balance my checking account…
here’s the app for that.
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Deposit checks, transfer funds,
view past statements and cancelled
checks, pay bills, get account alerts and
more with the latest release of our mobile
app that redefines banking convenience.
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Woodsboro Bank
Customer Since 1999
www.woodsborobank.com
by Christine Maccabee heart when I heard this news, and they can come up with solutions
this is just the beginning of a process of their own rather than relying
On The Wild Side of deregulation, which will certainly on governmental regulations or
be continuing over the next number deregulations, as the case may be. Or,
The Politics of Pollution of years. Unfortunately, the bottom perhaps, it is time someone knocked
line is no longer purity of water and on their door.
It’s the inside work that’s most important. air, but money and convenience.
— George Drexel As a friend of mine said recently,
The way I see it, pollution is “this is the inside work we all must
I am certain most people would political but did not know how to not really a political problem. do, whether it be in our homes, at
agree with me when I say that clean get my voice heard, so I wrote songs. It is actually a human problem. our jobs, or in our relationships
water and air are precious resources I am in good company as a nature We contemporary humans have with others.” Outside will be fine so
for us, and we must protect them for lover/song writer. Jean Ritchie, a every opportunity to help with long as we all do the inside work.
future generations. As far as I can songstress who grew up in Eastern the pollution problems by using First, we must examine our spiritual
tell, clean water is as important as Kentucky, wrote a song called “The less energy in our homes and callings to be caretakers of this
money, if not more important. So, for Last Old Train’s a Leavin,’” which businesses. We can learn to use less planet, and of each other, and then
me, when I consider my political and spoke of the mountaintop removal electricity by using energy efficient we must learn, teach, and act.
economic priorities, my bottom line that tore up her grandfather’s land. light bulbs; turning off unnecessary
is always the water and the air. How Jean chose to stay, and fight, and sing lights; keeping temperatures a bit So, the true politics of pollution
there can be any debate about this, I her songs. lower during the winter; using air resides in the human heart. That may
am not sure. Perhaps people would conditioners only as needed; and yes, be our only hope.
have to have seen what I saw years While living in Frostburg, using solar energy, which people are
ago to begin to feel as I do. Maryland, I, too, witnessed a starting to do more. All of this, and Christine is a Master Wildlife Habitat
mountaintop removal and, in the more, is the inside work. Naturalist in the state of Maryland.
I lived in Western Maryland and aftermath, felt like I was walking She is also a member of the Green
West Virginia in the 1970s. Being the through the end times of utter I recently watched a Maryland Team in Thurmont. She would be
nature lover that I am, I took long devastation. A group of students Public TV film, Keeping the glad to help you with habitat on
walks in places most people never and community members like me Potomac: the Politics of Water,” your property and can be reached by
go. One day, I heard the sound of attempted to plant saplings on the and was sickened when I saw a email at: [email protected].
rushing water and, thinking that it rocky mountaintop, but many of paper mill along the upper Potomac
was a stream, I ran to see it. What I the trees died. Unlike Jean, I did constantly spewing its waste into
witnessed startled and shocked me not stay and have not been back the river, killing off all aquatic life
beyond belief. I saw a swift stream since. However, I took away with below the issuance point. It is beyond
running bright orange in color. I me a desire to rectify environmental disheartening to see the brown gunk
stood there transfixed, thinking it problems wherever I live. coming out of the pipes and the harm
was just a temporary problem, but it is doing downstream. Regulations
the orange water just kept coming. Recently, I heard that an are and have been needed there,
At the time, I could not figure out important Stream Protections Rule, badly. Question is: Why are there
why it was orange, but knowing I which had finally been put in place no regulations to control such a
was in coal country, it soon became seven years ago, is being abolished. travesty?
clear to me that it must have been Now coal companies will once again
due to the waste dumped into it by be permitted to discharge their toxic Fortunately, as humans, we have
the coal company upstream. waste into the nearest streams as they built in problem-solving skills. We
were doing during the 1970s and can recycle our waste paper and buy
Ever since that day, I have not before. This will save the companies more recycled paper products. Also,
been the same. I became semi- money, they say. I became sick at perhaps coal and paper company
managers need to do more problem
solving on their own, do more inside
work, and some real soul searching
regarding their priorities. That way,
When I want to deposit checks,
transfer funds, pay bills or
balance my checking account…
here’s the app for that.
WB Mobile Banking App
Deposit checks, transfer funds,
view past statements and cancelled
checks, pay bills, get account alerts and
more with the latest release of our mobile
app that redefines banking convenience.
7 convenient locations 301-898-4000 Tony Checchia
Woodsboro Bank
Customer Since 1999
www.woodsborobank.com
