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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/zefy8n8hlbdjrjkr09iwzgtm784a3a</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/zfe6cxnr5z36jx1wbvqz5kcy4ka0vj-2yhw8</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/zfe6cxnr5z36jx1wbvqz5kcy4ka0vj</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/4th-annual-haw-river-island-ramble</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/water-wonders-with-haw-river-assembly</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/n57vi1543pt77ydwpvk6whwc4958mp-twrnz</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/2025-chatham-county-spring-ag-fest</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/haw-river-clean-up-a-thon</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/river-watch-training</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/hra-board-meeting</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/heron-circle-party</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-13</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/2w70q0160md29ojdydu9zxt3nxu87l</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-12</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm-3afpc-kjwlf-5kkcr-c8yhy-9px7j-tg44c</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-23</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm-3afpc-kjwlf-5kkcr-c8yhy-9px7j</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-07</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-21</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm-3afpc-kjwlf-5kkcr-c8yhy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-15</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm-3afpc-kjwlf-5kkcr</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-07</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm-3afpc-kjwlf</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - Trash Trap Clean-Out! - Come volunteer to help us remove trash from our litter traps! These traps sit in urban creeks and streams, keeping manmade trash from entering main waterways. These devices are built to withstand the rigors of flashy rain events yet are passive enough not to harm the local fauna. Roadside littering accounts for approximately 75% of the trash in our nation’s waterways. Each time it rains, trash is funneled through our storm drain systems directly into our creeks. No filters or other mechanisms are in place to keep the trash from entering our waterways. We have multiple trash trap locations in the watershed, so please check out our form below to find the one closest to you!</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm-3afpc</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-07</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w-ctlpm</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-11</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d-62e7w</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-02-28</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out-dr97d</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trash-trap-clean-out</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/n57vi1543pt77ydwpvk6whwc4958mp</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/b5ahv3q5oxylgf5wfa8rkigkrnnt2y</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/state-of-the-haw-chapel-hill</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-07</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/winterhike</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/holiday-sale-at-haw-river-assemblys-office-9rrcb</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - Holiday Sale at Haw River Assembly's Office - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/novmemberdrive</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - November Membership Drive - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/sothpresentation</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/holiday-sale-at-haw-river-assemblys-office</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-03</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - Holiday Sale at Haw River Assembly's Office - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/tshirtcontest</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - T-shirt Art Contest - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/advocacydec7</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - Advocacy Training in Carrboro - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/riverwatchnov9</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Events Calendar - River Watch Training - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/events/trashtrapnov30</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/1730839197047-9I5C19MJ0ECNRPVNI4LU/Trash+Trap+11_30.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Events Calendar - Trash Trap Cleanout (multiple sites) - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-27</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/building-power-across-lines-climate-advocacy-training-ssep-watch-and-how-you-can-help</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-27</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/2653c6cc-6cf4-464b-a424-37bfa205cf5a/Aidan%27s+travel+team.jpeg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Building Power Across Lines: Climate Advocacy Training, SSEP Watch, and How You Can Help - From left to right: Juhi Modi (Appalachain Voices), Lief Hurt, Dan Ideozu (POWHR), &amp; Aidan Loretz (me! Haw River Assembly &amp; 7 Directions of Service)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Now, more than ever, it is essential that we organize horizontally across lines of difference to be able to usher in the transition to an environmentally-just society that we all so desperately need. I look forward to committing the next 5 months to covering essential concepts around: How to identify common goals,     How to establish internal decision-making processes,     How to maintain momentum and cohesion, and     How to navigate conflict while maintaining relationships.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/pfas-and-1-4dioxane-public-hearings-across-north-carolina-speak-up-for-clean-water</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - PFAS and 1-4,dioxane Public Hearings Across North Carolina: Speak Up For Clean Water! - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/aa414409-5da7-4726-984d-af9fc7f7f4fc/2.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - PFAS and 1-4,dioxane Public Hearings Across North Carolina: Speak Up For Clean Water! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/water-power-profit-the-true-cost-of-data-center-expansion-in-nc</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Water, Power, Profit: The True Cost of Data Center Expansion in NC - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/peoplepowerfeb27</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-27</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/478350d7-1fd9-4e81-925e-4a4d27df341a/1.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power in Action: Task Force Report Revealed, SSEP-Watch Needs You, and Solidarity Is Coming - Haw River Assembly is providing essential support by aiding in and conducting initial water testing. This is necessary to have baseline data to compare potential construction violations to. Interested in taking part in these efforts? Are you a landowner along the Right-of-Way (ROW) or near the route who can allow members of our SSEP-Watch to go on your property to take photos and samples? Please fill out this form to demonstrate your interest: https://forms.gle/s1Q36vp5MyT3xCmd7</image:title>
      <image:caption>It doesn’t take much to help, and you don’t need to be in the field! We need volunteers to submit data, amplify stories, and track violations. And if you do wanna be out in the field, it’s not as overwhelming as you think! We’ll equip you with the proper tools, a partner (monitoring never occurs alone), and you gotta snap a picture and take a quick pH test. We give you all the training and tools you need!</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/77ff272e-3780-4563-977f-db4e5d59da92/NC+Energy+Policy+Task+Force+Onepager.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power in Action: Task Force Report Revealed, SSEP-Watch Needs You, and Solidarity Is Coming - The Task Force’s report warns that rapid electricity demand growth - projected at 16% to nearly 60% by 2040 driven by data centers - threatens affordability and reliability. The report outlines the following nine key recommendations:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Develop options for large-load tariffs Develop options for “bring your own capacity” and alternative capacity procurement methods Develop options to encourage load flexibility Explore reforms to large-load and generation interconnection processes Assess the dollar and strategic value of existing sales and use tax exemptions for data centers Explore evaluation process for advanced transmission technologies and grid-enhancing technologies Explore residential and small business incentives for energy efficiency improvements Explore development of a third-party load forecasting process Explore energy and water usage reporting for data centers</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/0436acdf-5ab2-4da7-8fcc-ebdff540fd6c/Climate+Resiliency.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power in Action: Task Force Report Revealed, SSEP-Watch Needs You, and Solidarity Is Coming - This two-to-three-day lesson plan supports students in: 1. Determining and clearly articulating their climate advocacy goals and concerns 2. Learning how to research climate change effectively and identify credible resources 3. Taking direct action by engaging with local systems of power to achieve actionable change</image:title>
      <image:caption>Do you know a student in high school or college feeling overwhelmed or powerless in the face of the climate crisis? Are you a teacher/professor with students curious about how to make an effective change in our community? Email aidan@hawriver.org to learn more and register.</image:caption>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/84677561-d82d-4c7c-a953-62baa578a048/FLYEREnfield+event.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power in Action: Task Force Report Revealed, SSEP-Watch Needs You, and Solidarity Is Coming - This is an event focused on: sharing the collective successes of our movements in the past year, celebrating the communities who are building power in NC, equipping people to replicate ongoing initiatives in their own communities!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Here’s what you need to know: When: March 8 2026, 12-3pm Where Durham Central Park Pavilion, 501 Foster Street , Durham, NC 27701 What: music, art with Paperhand Puppet Project, participatory group activities, keynote speakers, networking opportunities, and so much more! Family friendly / kid friendly art welcomed and encouraged!</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/no401formvporssep</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power: Tell the Army Corps NO MVP and NO SSEP TODAY! Keep our water clean and say no to the 404 permit for both! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power: Tell the Army Corps NO MVP and NO SSEP TODAY! Keep our water clean and say no to the 404 permit for both! - How do we equip individuals with the tools, knowledge, and resources to build resilient communities in the face of climate change?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Haw River Assembly is excited to offer a hands-on training program designed to build climate resilience through education, research, and action. Research and education must be paired with action and advocacy. By the end of our Climate Resiliency Curriculum, students will be prepared to engage directly in their community on a local issue.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power: Tell the Army Corps NO MVP and NO SSEP TODAY! Keep our water clean and say no to the 404 permit for both! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/pfas-detected-in-eli-whitney-fire-station-well-what-you-need-to-know</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - PFAS Detected in Eli Whitney Fire Station Well: What You Need to Know - On Tuesday, February 10*, PFAS experts from NC DEQ (Department of Environmental Quality), NCDHHS (Department of Health and Human Services), the NC Collaboratory and Alamance County Health Department spoke with community members in Eli Whitney (Southern Alamance) after finding highly elevated levels of PFAS at the local fire station well.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Properties with blue dots are the first to be contacted about well-testing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - PFAS Detected in Eli Whitney Fire Station Well: What You Need to Know - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>https://www.srbc.gov/our-work/pamphlets/pfas-chemicals.html</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - PFAS Detected in Eli Whitney Fire Station Well: What You Need to Know - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - PFAS Detected in Eli Whitney Fire Station Well: What You Need to Know - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/people-power-moving-forward-with-our-energy-and-climate-work</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-06</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/0436acdf-5ab2-4da7-8fcc-ebdff540fd6c/Climate+Resiliency.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - People Power: Moving Forward With Our Energy and Climate Work - Climate Resiliency Curriculum How do we equip individuals with the tools, knowledge, and resources to build resilient communities in the face of climate change?</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Haw River Assembly is excited to offer a hands-on training program designed to build climate resilience through education, research, and action. Research and education must be paired with action and advocacy. By the end of our Climate Resiliency Curriculum, students will be prepared to engage directly in their community on a local issues. This two-to-three-day lesson plan supports students in: 1. Determining and clearly articulating their climate advocacy goals and concerns 2. Learning how to research climate change effectively and identify credible resources 3. Taking direct action by engaging with local systems of power to achieve actionable change</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/finding-strength-in-community-ssep-has-been-authorized</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-01-30</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/4039e9c4-1e99-4f05-82eb-2517d86a0733/IMG_7660.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Finding Strength in Community: SSEP has Been Authorized - Yesterday evening, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. You can read the press release from the NoSSEP Coalition through the Sierra Club here.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our fight doesn't stop. Haw River Assembly will continue to support efforts to keep frontline communities safe. The coalition's next steps involve organizing communities to prepare for construction monitoring, and HRA can play an essential role in training folks to know what to look for, how to look for it, and how to document it to keep our Waters safe.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/stayingresilient</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Staying Resilient in the Fight for Our Water - Climate Resiliency Curriculum</image:title>
      <image:caption>How do we give young people the tools and knowledge to build resilient communities in the face of climate change?</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/2026-haw-river-assembly-policy-goals</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 2026 Haw River Assembly Policy Goals - North Carolina’s surface water resources are in peril.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In the Haw River watershed, a lack of protective water quality regulations have degraded our rivers and inhibited our rights to fishable, swimmable, drinkable waters. The following policy goals seek to address these sources of pollution and provide support to communities and enforcement agencies to protect our limited resources. (Pictured right: Red Slide Park in Alamance County, Photo from Alamance Parks)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/some-pipeline-permits-have-been-approved-the-fight-isnt-over</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Some Pipeline Permits Have Been Approved: The Fight Isn’t Over! - Lee Co. Community Meeting: Fracking, Drilling, &amp; Data Centers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Thursday, January 22 at 7pm on ZOOM Register at bit.ly/nofracklee Did you know that developers are hoping to drill for gas and power an AI data center in Lee County? The abandoned gas well they want to use is located near the Lee-Chatham county line, south of U.S. Highway 421, close to Cumnock &amp; Sanford, NC. It is unlikely this well will produce any usable amount of gas without hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). Fracking has never been used in North Carolina.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/saplawsuit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-22</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/protectandmobilize2026</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-09</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/b31a1719-840c-43d8-a900-a17f78b2aef4/Aidan+Governor+award.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Standing Strong: Protecting Our Waters in 2026 - Happy New Year to all, forward in strength and solidarity in 2026... every year, with every scary new thing that happens in this country, I'm more and more grateful for those of us fighting the good fight, however we can. Peace and love to you all.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Update on the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Standing Strong: Protecting Our Waters in 2026 - Upcoming Events to Oppose Fossil Fuels</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mark your calendars:</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/boldmoonpreserve</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Discover Beautiful, New Places in the Haw: Bold Moon Preserve - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Discover Beautiful, New Places in the Haw: Bold Moon Preserve - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Discover Beautiful, New Places in the Haw: Bold Moon Preserve - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Discover Beautiful, New Places in the Haw: Bold Moon Preserve - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/ssepnewsandmvpapproval</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Embracing Cycles of Grief and Joy: Your Final 2025 Pipeline Update - Happy Winter Holiday, everyone. This will be my final big blog post of 2025. And with it, I want to express the utmost gratitude for each and every single one of you involved in the fight against new pipelines and fossil fuel projects through and near our beautiful watershed. Today’s message comes with the dichotomy of radical grief and radical joy.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Embracing Cycles of Grief and Joy: Your Final 2025 Pipeline Update - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Tuesday's Pipeline Fighters’ Celebration listening to speaker.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/annariverwatch</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Finding Her Flow: Anna Pederson Shares Her River Watch Internship Experience - As HRA's Riverwatch intern, Anna collected water quality data at sites throughout the watershed, with a focus on macroinvertebrates. These small aquatic insects are excellent indicators of stream health. If you find 11 different types in one spot, that's a good sign. If you come up empty-handed just a few hundred yards downstream? Something's going on and needs investigation.</image:title>
      <image:caption>"That was the most surprising thing to me," Anna says. "How different the water could be upstream and downstream. You could go to a site upstream and it would be incredibly healthy and then go downstream and you really can't find much at all."</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Finding Her Flow: Anna Pederson Shares Her River Watch Internship Experience - Her work included testing pH, temperature and macroinvertebrate surveys. She'd collect samples, identify what she found, input the data into Google Forms, and she also helped to create Instagram posts for Macro Monday, HRA's social media series introducing people to these water quality indicator critters. Her favorite finds? Water pennies, caddisflies, and the occasional crayfish. She even witnessed a deer jumping over the river during one quiet monitoring session near Saxapahaw, a reminder that clean water matters for all the watershed's residents, not just humans.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The work also opened her eyes about localized pollution. While monitoring multiple sites on Bolin Creek in Chapel Hill, Anna noticed significant differences in water quality over short distances. Sites near the former coal ash dump showed particular degradation. "That stuff doesn't go away overnight at all," she notes. "It stays in the water."</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Finding Her Flow: Anna Pederson Shares Her River Watch Internship Experience - Anna credits Haw River Assembly's 43-year track record of protecting the watershed and supporting the community. "Not everybody needs to make it a career," she says, "but if everybody were to think about it a little more each day, then I think it could have a really big impact if everybody is concerned about water quality, concerned about air quality and thinking about that a lot more and making decisions based off of that."</image:title>
      <image:caption>As for those Chapel Hill stream sites where she spent so much time during her undergraduate years, Anna feels particularly invested in keeping them clean. "Especially the ones with the trails that people run on and walk on every day," she says. “After all, the health of those streams affects everyone who lives, works, and plays in the watershed, whether they're thinking about it or not.”</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/wotusproposedrules</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Proposed Rule Would Strip Clean Water Act Protections from Millions of Acres: Your Comments Needed by January 5, 2026 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wetlands protecting neighborhoods during Chantal flooding event. Photo: Anita Moore from volunteer SouthWings flight</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Proposed Rule Would Strip Clean Water Act Protections from Millions of Acres: Your Comments Needed by January 5, 2026 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wetlands doing what wetlands do. Photo: Anita Moore from volunteer SouthWings flight.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/leftbank2025</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - From Pasture to Plate: How a Whole-Animal Butcher Shop Protects the Haw River - Why do we need more whole-animal butcher shops? When butcheries work together with local farmers to provide meat to the community, every ribeye has a story, every pork chop supports a local farmer, and every transaction flows back into the community instead of going to industrial meat producers using CAFOs that pollute our waterways.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jason Powers, who co-runs Left Bank Butchery with Ross Flynn, doesn't mince words when it comes to how most meat is produced in this country. "If you're not buying it directly from a smaller farm or from a high-quality grocer, if you're just going to the grocery store and buying meat, that’s almost certainly coming from a CAFO."</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/decemberadvocacyguide</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-12</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Communities Over Pipelines: Your December Action Guide - Good News! After previously passing a resolution supporting the project, the Davidson County Board of Commissioners has reversed course and listened to the concerns of the people! Learn more about the Davidson Resolution of Concern Against the SSEP from our friends at Appalachian Voices, here!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mark the Date: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has pushed back its date for final decision on SSEP to February 5th  A Call to Action: The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) will release decisions on BOTH the Water and Air Permits on Friday, December 19th  ⬇️</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/savethedates</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Save the DateS! Pipeline updates and upcoming events. - Hi folks! WOW! What a year this has been! With the winter weather, I am feeling ready to slow down and rest. I hope we all can connect with Nature showing us we must balance expending the energy needed for these fights against fossil fuels and taking the dedicated time for respite. So ahead of the weekend, let's jump right into the many updates and important information I have to share regarding the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) and other issues connected to the unjust fossil fuel buildout happening across our home state.</image:title>
      <image:caption>SSEP Updates The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) will release decisions on BOTH the Water and Air Permits on Friday, December 19th.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Save the DateS! Pipeline updates and upcoming events. - Communities Over Pipelines! Join us for the Pipeline Fighters' Celebration Located at: etc.gso community collective, 1333 Grove St, Greensboro, NC 27403 Date: Tuesday, December 16th From: 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/3s23b2bj On Tuesday, December 16th, the NoSSEP Coalition will be hosting a gathering for all those who have been involved in the collective efforts to keep the SSEP and MVP Southgate pipelines out of our state. Meet impacted landowners, organizers from across the state, and other community members who are plugged in as we reflect on the victories of the past year and discuss our next moves as a coalition. Potluck style! In the spirit of the season as we gather together, feel free to bring a sweet treat or other snack to share with others!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Make sure to check nossep.org to get the latest and greatest!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/ssepdec2update</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - We have submitted our comments to FERC, now we wait.  On the16th, join us for a community gathering! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/ssepferccomments</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-02</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/dukeresearchburlington</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-02</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/dec1commentsdue</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-12-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 150+ Streams at Risk — Will You Comment? FERC comments due Dec 1st - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/timetoact</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-14</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Time to Act: SSEP Comment Periods Closing Soon - 2 &amp; 3) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Environmental Assesment on SSEP</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hundreds of people have spoken out across North Carolina and Virginia on Williams Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) — a 55-mile, high-pressure methane gas pipeline that’s part of a huge expansion of fossil fuels in the Southeast.  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released an Environmental Assessment for the SSEP methane gas pipeline, proposed for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. The assessment claims to analyze the environmental impacts of the SSEP’s multiple sections of pipeline, massive gas compressor station expansions, and additional infrastructure modifications. With the release of the assessment, FERC has announced a 30-day public comment period, closing on Dec. 1.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Opportunities Abound Against Pipelines in NC! - Ever wondered how many stream crossings or drinking water supplies the SSEP will be attempting to cross? Look no further. Click on the map (LEFT) to see an interactive map of stream crossings along the proposed route. You can literally SEE what our fight is so important.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hi all you Fabulous Fossil Fuel Foes! Aidan back again this week, wishing you a Happy November! I have several urgent calls to action to oppose the development of a new fossil fuel project in our state - the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. Make sure to get these actions in before the Winter holidays send your schedule into a frenzy! Or, be like me and add some spice to the holidays by making your family members and other loved ones take these actions too!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Opportunities Abound Against Pipelines in NC! - 3)  Say “No SSEP” and Add Your Voice to Oppose the Air Permits SSEP Needs!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Between now and Nov 19: Submit Your Comment to North Carolina DEQ for SSEP Air Permits The SSEP will need to get air permits approved for the two Compressor Stations proposed as part of the project. Compressor Stations add pressure to the gas and push it through the pipe. Stations that are powered by gas produce harmful pollution as a result. Toxic air pollutants like formaldehyde and fine particulate matter (tiny fragments of pollution that are harmful when inhaled) can cause or make worse asthma, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular issues like arrhythmia and heart attacks. Click here for more info on Compressor Stations.  Want to show up in-person to give your comment? There are two dates available!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Opportunities Abound Against Pipelines in NC! - Wow wow wow! So many actions and opportunities for solidarity! Feeling overwhelmed? Choose just one! It’s better than nothing :)  And remember, I’m always here to provide any type of support related to Environmental Justice and our Climate Crisis. As always, this is Aidan wishing community care, light, and love.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Take care of yourselves and each other,  ~ Aidan Loretz (they/them, she/her)  aidan@hawriver.org</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Halloween Action Alert: MVP Southgate Action You Can Take Today &amp;amp; More - I've included links below to participate in the three actions. Please reach out if you're struggling or have any questions :)</image:title>
      <image:caption>By end of day (TODAY!) Friday, October 31st, help oppose another proposed fracked-gas pipeline, the MVP Southgate! For individuals: Sign on here  By Monday, November 10th, support our neighbors in the fight against SSEP in Virginia with their Water Permit ~ talking points and comment guide (there will be a link to a petition to easily sign and a document explaining how to send more detailed written comments via email)  By Wednesday, November 19th, submit comments to oppose the Air Permits for SSEP in North Carolina ~ talking points and comment guide (this is a document explaining the steps to send comments via email)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/fridayoct24aidan</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Don't Miss Sunday's Rally: Stop Pipelines &amp;amp; Protect Our Communities - Come on out Sunday to Freedom Park in Raleigh! Carpool with your friends and family and come stand in solidarity with your greater NC community! There will be tons of fun activities and learning opportunities. Plus, you can come hear me speak on how North Carolina’s water is impacted by the Natural Gas Buildout.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Can’t attend on Sunday? Wanna add your voice? Share the information and sign this petition!  Petition for Governor Stein- chance for anyone in North Carolina to ask Governor Stein to: Reject new permits for fossil fuel pipelines &amp; gas power plants (including MVP Southgate &amp; SSEP Pipeline) Raise wages, not electric bills Make big tech and gas giants pay, and give communities the final say Protect workers &amp; communities from heat, disasters, and a rigged economy Communities Over Corporate Profits:  We Won’t Pay for Pipelines and Data Centers! Sunday, October 26, 2025  2-4pm NC Freedom Park 218 N. Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601 RSVP here!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/volunteer-highlight-regina-baratta</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Volunteer Highlight: Regina Baratta - When a former middle school science teacher discovered she could reignite her passion for education—this time outdoors and in wading boots—she knew she'd found the perfect volunteer opportunity.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Regina Baratta spent 27 years in the classroom, teaching middle school science and bringing students to local streams to discover the wonders of aquatic life. After leaving the profession, she might have left that chapter behind entirely. But when Emily Sutton from Haw River Assembly visited her Master Naturalist certification class to discuss volunteer opportunities, something clicked. "She mentioned they were trying to get their stream investigation program up and running again," Regina recalls. "That kind of rang a few bells with me." Those bells were the echoes of countless successful field trips, of students' faces lighting up at their first glimpse of life beneath the water's surface, of the joy that comes from learning outside the confines of a classroom.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/nossepgsosucess</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Victory in Greensboro: City Council Passes Pipeline Resolution! Events coming up! - Thanks to grassroots pressure, the Greensboro City Council has passed a unanimous resolution of concern over the proposed Transco-Williams Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) methane gas pipeline. The original proposed resolution from Mayor Vaughan was much weaker, but thanks to public pressure through your mobilization, your calls and emails to the Mayor and Mayor Pro Temp last weekend, and the energy we all maintained over these past 9 months, we got some more meat added to the resolution!  Re-committing to the City of Greensboro's Strategic Energy Plan, showing that the project conflicts with the overall goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2040 Acknowledges the Silver LEED designation from the U.S. Green Building Council, received in 2020, which includes standards of reducing environmental harm and enhancing human health Asks that FERC "evaluates all potential risks and alternatives to the proposed pipeline expansion" Guilford County, Forsyth County, and the Town of Midway have passed similar unanimous, bipartisan resolutions expressing concerns and opposition to the proposed SSEP.  You can find a copy of Greensboro's full resolution HERE.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Watch the Greensboro City Council pass the resolution (and hear public comments from Margaret Rowlett and yours truly) by visiting this link for a recording of the October 8th meeting (timestamp: 8:16)  Read my full blog at 7 Directions with highlights and photos of the evening here. Find other coverage from WFDD here and News &amp; Record here (may be paywalled).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Victory in Greensboro: City Council Passes Pipeline Resolution! Events coming up! - SUN Oct 19 ~ Bundle of Arrows: Art &amp; Concert to Stop the Pipelines! – register</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lumbee/Tuscarora singer-songwriter Charly Lowry will perform her unique blend of Americana, folk, rock, blues, and soul. Talk by Guatemalan Water Defender Sheny Lemus - sharing stories of her experiences leading Indigenous youth and grassroots resistance to the violently imposed Escobal silver mine All ages hands-on art-builds - materials provided! Spoken word performances Art gallery and installations No pipelines postcard writing to key targets Local food vendor</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Victory in Greensboro: City Council Passes Pipeline Resolution! Events coming up! - SUN Oct 26 ~ Communities Over Corporate Profit: We Won't Pay for Pipelines and Data Centers!  RSVP HERE Join us for a community gathering at NC Freedom Park for an afternoon of music, art, and power-building! Why? — We’re facing higher electric bills, climate disasters, and a rising cost of living. Our workers and communities deserve higher wages and healthy communities.  We won’t pay for pipelines and data centers! TUES Oct 28 ~ Guilford NoSSEP Gathering at Oak Ridge Town Hall, 6 pm - 7:30 pm (a reminder email will be sent out a week before with additional information)  TBD November ~ End of Year Guilford NoSSEP Virtual Meeting  How do we participate in the federal permitting process?  How do we continue to build resiliency to nonrenewable energy projects in NC? What are our coalition's next action steps and goals?</image:title>
      <image:caption>As always, this is Aidan wishing community care, light, and love. Take care of yourselves and each other, ~ Aidan Loretz (they/them, she/her) aidan@hawriver.org</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October Action Calendar: Stand Up for North Carolina's Water and Communities - 10/6 ~ NCDEQ 401 Permit Comments are DUE SOON!  Speak out against the SSEP pipeline! Tell regulators to protect our streams, wetlands, and communities!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dozens of people spoke out at the public hearings earlier this month on Williams Transco’s request for a water quality permit to try to move forward with its proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project — a 55-mile, high-pressure methane gas pipeline that’s part of a huge expansion of fossil fuels in North Carolina.  You can still weigh in on this project before the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality decides whether or not to grant Transco this permit. The SSEP project cannot move forward without this permit. Your voice is important and will make a difference in the fight against this pipeline! Submit your e-comment at this link with “No. 20240801; version 2” in the ID # field, by October 6th, 2025. Sign the petition telling the NCDEQ to deny this permit! Add your voice!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October Action Calendar: Stand Up for North Carolina's Water and Communities - The SSEP pipeline would cross more than 150 streams and wetlands in North Carolina, including watersheds that supply drinking water for more than one million residents. Transco plans to use a highly disruptive construction method for almost all of its water crossings. This method can degrade water quality and disrupt key wildlife habitats, such as these more-than-human relatives:</image:title>
      <image:caption>Wanna get involved? Check out nossep.org for the latest actions and community meetings!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October Action Calendar: Stand Up for North Carolina's Water and Communities - 10/8 ~ Art Build with League of Conservation Voters in North Carolina</image:title>
      <image:caption>Join the League of Conservation Voters for a night of creating signs, banners, and costumes in preparation for upcoming events</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October Action Calendar: Stand Up for North Carolina's Water and Communities - 10/19 ~ Bundle of Arrows with 7 Directions of Service</image:title>
      <image:caption>Join 7 Directions of Service for Bundle of Arrows, an activation of grassroots power and solidarity through art – including musical performances by Lumbee/Tuscarora singer-songwriter Charly Lowry (check out this music video featuring Charly Lowry and Rhiannon Giddens), and more! As regulators determine whether to allow the proposed MVP Southgate and Transco SSEP methane gas pipelines to move forward in North Carolina, 7 Directions of Service will host grassroots leaders and impacted communities for Bundle of Arrows: an afternoon of education, art and musical performances on Sunday October 19th from 2pm-5pm in Mebane, NC. RSVP at bit.ly/bundleofarrows Both pipelines are part of a regional rush to build unnecessary and destructive fossil fuel infrastructure across the Southeast that would line the pockets of gas corporations, while raising everyone’s electric bills, harming community health and Sacred Waters, and blocking our path to renewable energy independence. As Indigenous communities experience disproportionate harm from extractive industries, Bundle of Arrows calls for justice, stronger protections for cultural landscapes, and an end to the era of sacrifice zones. Let’s stand together for water, land, and future generations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October Action Calendar: Stand Up for North Carolina's Water and Communities - And a little follow-up from last week. I’m honored to have been awarded the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Environmental Work in Guilford County over this past weekend! Thank you to all of my 7DS and HRA colleagues and mentors who consistently support, guide, and shape the work I do and the person I am. I truly wouldn’t be where I am now without you.</image:title>
      <image:caption>As always, this is Aidan wishing community care, light, and love.  Take care of yourselves and each other,  ~ Aidan Loretz (they/them, she/her)  aidan@hawriver.org</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Hooray for Solar Power and Advocacy, Amidst News Drudgery - Thanks to our friends at Triad Third Act for organizing an incredible celebration, our event was one of over 440 across the country (including rallies, fairs, art displays, EV parades, and houses with solar installations) showing people’s determination to enable the clean power of the sun to become the dominating, affordable, and liberating source of energy for the world. Our Triad event highlighted the interconnection of actions around justice, fossil fuels, voting, public lands, planting gardens, personal well-being, poetry, intergenerational solidarity, and much more.</image:title>
      <image:caption>I was proud to stand in solidarity with Margaret Rowlett (above, second from left), who is the lead organizer for Guilford Clean Power Now! Haw River Assembly joins the call for Guilford County to adopt a plan for the county to transition to 100% renewable energy!  (From left to right: Rep. Pricey Harrison, Margaret Rowlett, April Parker, &amp; Aidan Loretz (me) photo by Guilford Clean Power Now!)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Hooray for Solar Power and Advocacy, Amidst News Drudgery - Candidates for public office, like April Parker (above, second from right), give me hope for our local future. Running for a nonpartisan city council seat in District 3 of Greensboro, April has been committed to learning all she can about environmental justice issues in her community. I’m grateful to work with all types of community leaders to keep our most vulnerable neighbors (human animals, nonhuman animals, and the more-than-human natural world) safe and healthy.</image:title>
      <image:caption>And an EVEN BIGGER shoutout to Haw River Assembly’s valuable volunteer: Courtenay Vass! I wouldn’t have been able to table successfully if it weren’t for her incredible knowledge and experience as a longtime Haw River Assembly community member. Thanks, Courtenay! You rock!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Hooray for Solar Power and Advocacy, Amidst News Drudgery - Dozens of people spoke out at the public hearings earlier this month on Williams Transco’s request for a water quality permit to try to move forward its proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project — a 55-mile, high-pressure methane gas pipeline that’s part of a huge expansion of fossil fuels in North Carolina.</image:title>
      <image:caption>You can still weigh in on this project before the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality decides whether or not to grant Transco this permit. The SSEP project cannot move forward without this permit. Your voice is important and will make a difference in the fight against this pipeline!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Hooray for Solar Power and Advocacy, Amidst News Drudgery - I’d also like to take a moment to congratulate a pretty incredible human who, for a long time, was purely volunteering in the climate justice scene before it became their full-time job.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Surprise! I’m giving myself a shoutout this week. I’m honored to have been awarded the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Environmental Stewardship in Guilford County! :D  Aidan Loretz, of Greensboro, is honored for exceptional commitment to environmental stewardship through their work with 7 Directions of Service. “Aidan hosts informational workshops and meetings that empower neighbors to participate in their impacted community. They have a passion for environmental justice and community participation as well as front facing leadership skills that inspire and enthusiastically spread awareness.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/october22hearing</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October 22: A Hearing in Asheboro to Save NC’s Drinking Water - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/nossepbyoct6</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Fight the SSEP: Easy Action to Protect Communities by Oct 6 - What better way to keep our state’s water safe than by getting up and taking action? We have an action for you today that doesn’t even require standing up!</image:title>
      <image:caption>What I Ask of You: Please take a few moments to submit a comment asking The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to deny the 401 permit for SSEP if you haven't already. Visit this document for a comment guide.  Comments can be made by anyone in NC  They can be as simple as "Please deny the 401 permit to the SSEP", "I oppose the SSEP because of negative impacts on our state's water", etc. Comments are due by 5pm on Monday, October 6th  Why Does This Matter? This is a CRITICAL moment of public engagement! Recently, NCDEQ’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) has approved the 401 water quality certification for the proposed T-15 Reliability Project proposed by Public Services Company of North Carolina (PSNC), which is doing business in North Carolina as Enbridge Gas North Carolina. The pipeline is expected to cross over 100 waterways within the state, connecting the MVP Southgate pipeline – that does not yet have authorization to be built – to Duke Energy’s proposed gas plants on Hyco Lake. (Check out Clean Water for NC’s awesome maps here to see specific, easy-to-read, water crossings).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - October 6th: Final Days to Submit Comments Against SSEP - Exciting News!!! If you didn’t catch last week, Thursday, September 4th, was the Rally to Protect Water in Kernersville! We had about 40 folks in attendance, 22 of whom gave public comments to our state's environmental department (NCDEQ), urging them to deny the 401 permit to the SSEP!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Read a wonderful article from WUNC environmental reporter Celeste Gracia: Environmental advocates ask state officials to deny permit for proposed gas pipeline Reminder: we have until October 6th to submit written/emailed/called-in comments on SSEP’s water impacts to NCDEQ. A permit decision is expected to be made later this fall.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Brenntag: Durham Water Contamination Information Updates - 1/29/26: Updated information can be found HERE. September 11, 2025: Brenntag Mid-South, located in Durham, North Carolina, is a regional distributor of chemicals and other industrial products. The facility supplies chemicals to various industries, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. However, the plant has been involved in several water quality violations impacting the surrounding community, raising concerns regarding public health and environmental safety. Investigations have found high concentrations of chemicals, including toluene, acetone, and ethanol, in water draining from Brenntag's property. Learn more about the Brenntag facility here: City of Durham fact sheet:  https://www.durhamnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/60991/Burton-Park-Water-Quality-Notice-Fact-Sheet?bidId= We are working with community members to track pollutants and document water quality violations. Check back here for lab results as soon as they are available.  Do you have concerns about the site or have information to share with us about the site and its history? Google form - https://forms.gle/PQNPYga7Ym4XPPCL8</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Community Rallies to Speak Against Proposed SSEP Pipeline: An update from Aidan! - KERNERSVILLE, NC — September 4, 2025</image:title>
      <image:caption>Yesterday, 7 Directions of Service and the NoSSEP Coalition held a Rally to Protect Water to uplift the voices of those directly impacted by the proposed Transco-Williams Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) methane gas pipeline, and to urge NCDEQ (North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality) to deny the project’s key 401 water quality permit.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Protecting Our Watersheds: The Case Against the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project - September 4, 2025 -</image:title>
      <image:caption>Emily Sutton and over 50 other concerned neighbors gathered at the 401 permit hearing in Kernersville. Emily’s comments are below; they express the many reasons why this 401 permit should NOT be granted to Transco.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - tell NCDEQ to deny the 401 permit for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project - 2 Important Upcoming Opportunities to Speak Out Against NCSSEP: tell NCDEQ to deny the 401 permit for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. September 2nd and 4th!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Free Webinar 8/26 and 9/4 rally details! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Free webinar: We Pay, They Profit: Fighting North Carolina’s Methane Gas Plan Tuesday, August 26, 6:30-8 p.m. Online - Register HERE! Hosted by Clean Water for NC, Appalachian Voices, NC League of Conservation Voters, 7 Directions of Service and Haw River Assembly</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Free Webinar 8/26 and 9/4 rally details! - Hey, all you active allies! Aidan here with exciting news! There are TWO unique upcoming opportunities to learn and take action to protect our Water.</image:title>
      <image:caption>You may have seen on Haw River Assembly's socials: we are cohosting a FREE Webinar next Tuesday evening. Join organizers from across the state - we will be connecting the narratives of the Gas Build-Out happening across North Carolina. Come learn from Clean Water for NC, NC League of Conservation Voters, Appalachian Voices, and more! You can register here (all registrants will receive a recording of the webinar).  Want to do something off-screen?! Come join your community to speak out against the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project at the Rally to Protect Water on September 4th in Kernersville. Click here for more info!  North Carolina's Direct Risks: “The SSEP pipeline poses serious local dangers to North Carolina communities, including a "42-inch pipeline with a blast zone that includes hundreds of homes, businesses, schools, day cares, parks and recreation centers…” “Transco has an alarming safety record - over the past decade, its pipelines and compressor stations have exploded or caught fire ten times, causing six deaths and 103 injuries” https://wfuogb.com/26552/environment/community-pushes-back-against-natural-gas-pipeline-expansion/</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Free Webinar 8/26 and 9/4 rally details! - What happens next? After extraction, which has shown to pose TERRIBLE consequences to the health and safety of our neighbors, (https://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking and https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30112022/fracking-pennslyvania-settlement-shapiro/ ), that fracked methane gas is then sent south via pipelines (like the one proposed by Transco). Food for thought: Our Responsibility to Northern Communities While North Carolina would bear further transportation risks, we must also recognize that approving this pipeline expansion directly fuels the continued environmental devastation of fracking in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. These communities already face the severe health impacts, water contamination, air pollution and seismic activity caused by hydraulic fracturing operations depicted in the above diagram.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/sept4thnossep</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Very important September 4th event! - Hi Folks!</image:title>
      <image:caption>This is Aidan writing to say thank you for any amount of involvement (even just staying up-to-date on info) in the community efforts to slow down and stop the proposed Transco-Williams Southeast Supply Enhancement Project. I am reaching out now with details on a very important in-person event coming up in a few weeks!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Very important September 4th event! - For more information, please visit nossep.org. In addition, if you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to aidan@hawriver.org. Thank you very much! We Will Win!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Public Hearing with NCDEQ: Water Quality Impacts of SSEP The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources (DWR) will hold public hearings on Sept. 2 and Sept. 4 to accept public comments on water quality impacts from Transco SSEP. Join your fellow community members to hear from impacted landowners, local environmental leaders, and other opponents of the project at the Rally to Protect Clean Water!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/nopipelines</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Two Pipelines, One Clear Outcome: Trapping Our State with Dirty Energy&amp;nbsp; - Come Speak Out Against MVP Southgate at the Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 12! (flyer below)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Press conference at 5:15 p.m., public hearing begins at 6 p.m. Eden City Hall Council Chambers - 308 E. Stadium Drive, Eden, NC 27288 Carpooling from the Triangle and surrounding areas available Register and find more details online at bit.ly/southgate-water</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/weekend-ssep-ask</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 15 Minutes for Clean Water: How You Can Stop Pipeline Permits This Weekend - Hi you powerful people! I have a couple weekend asks in our fight to keep clean water in North Carolina. There are two upcoming permits to be approved by two separate governing bodies. Both are open for public comments from now until July 28th! Want to voice your opposition? Take about fifteen-twenty minutes, follow the steps below and add your voice.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our friends at Appalachian Voices have put together a great Toolkit for submitting comments to the Army Corps. They are responsible for approving or denying a 404 permit under the Clean Water Act. There’s a clear guide on what to include in your comment on the Toolkit. Writing not for you? Then give this petition a quick sign! AV’s petition already has 2500 signatures - we’re trying to at least double that number by Monday. Tell your friends and family! …</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/after-tropical-storm-chantal-building-resilience-not-more-pipelines</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-07-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - After Tropical Storm Chantal: Building Resilience, Not More Pipelines</image:title>
      <image:caption>07/18/25, Aidan Loretz</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/anactionforsummer</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - No SSEP: An Action for Summer! - An Action for Summer!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Please reach out to the elected officials in the NC General Assembly (State Senate &amp; State House of Representatives) listed below. *Please prioritize contacting the GUILFORD Officials.* If you are feeling ambitious, I have included Forsyth officials to reach out to as well. These officials have not made their stance on SSEP public and known. It is our job to convince them that they should oppose the project.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/waterkeeperstudy</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Waterkeeper Study: Widespread PFAS Contamination in our Waters - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/how-to-keep-pipelines-out-of-our-communities</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - How to keep pipelines out of our communities - Community members continue to hold the Oak Ridge town council accountable for representing their community's voice, as well as pressuring elected officials throughout Guilford County to stay informed and active regarding this proposed project. Meet others in your community who are concerned about the proposed Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP) methane gas pipeline in Oak Ridge, and take steps to prevent the project from moving forward.</image:title>
      <image:caption>This meeting will be focused on reorganizing and redirecting our efforts for next steps in Guilford County for the remainder of the year. Hope to see you there!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/weslinfarms4thjuly</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - From Dung Beetles to Clean Streams: Weslin Farms Works to Heal the Land and Protect the Soil - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/guilford-county-board-of-commissioners-passed-a-resolution-on-ssep-9-0</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-06</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Guilford County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution on SSEP 9-0! - “We have presented to you a diverse range of folks who are concerned across Guilford County, more than 1,000 different voices have voiced their opposition to the project, representing different ages, political backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, and yes, even folks with conflicting views on renewable energy.</image:title>
      <image:caption>… But we have one thing in common: demanding action from our elected officials to protect us from corporate greed for unnecessary and dangerous projects like SSEP. So, thank you for taking action tonight. We appreciate you listening to us.” - Aidan Loretz</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Guilford County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution on SSEP 9-0! - In response, the Sierra Club, 7 Directions of Service, Haw River Assembly, and Mothers Out Front released the following statements:</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Transco cannot continue to claim this proposed project is in the public interest when so much of the public opposes it. First, Midway, now Guilford County– the tide is turning on support for dirty methane gas infrastructure. The public, and now elected officials, are seeing through corporate greenwashing and projects that don't benefit local residents,” said Caroline Hansley, Campaign Organizing Strategist with the Sierra Club. “The proposed SSEP project is dangerous and unnecessary. We hope other communities continue this trend of taking action to protect and defend their residents.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/we-are-all-downstream-and-upstream-of-somewhere-protecting-drinking-water-in-the-haw-river-watershed-and-a-timeline-of-hras-work-on-14-dioxane-in-asheboro</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - We are all downstream and upstream of somewhere: Protecting Drinking Water in the Haw River Watershed and A Timeline of HRA's Work on 1,4-Dioxane in Asheboro - In Case You Missed It: Here's a comprehensive look at the ongoing efforts to address 1,4-dioxane contamination from Asheboro's wastewater treatment plant and what it means for downstream communities.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Who Is Impacted? It's important to understand the geography: Asheboro's wastewater treatment plant discharges into the Deep River, not directly into the Haw River. However, this impacts our watershed and our communities because: Currently affected: Communities, including HRA members in these communities, in the Deep River and Cape Fear watersheds downstream of Asheboro Sanford, Fayetteville, Wilmington, and surrounding counties: Currently draw water that is affected by these discharges Future impact to Haw River communities: When Sanford expands its drinking water utility (expected in 5-10 years), it will supply water to dozens of communities throughout the region, including Pittsboro This is why HRA, as the organization protecting the Haw River watershed, has been actively involved in this issue - both to help our neighboring communities and to prevent precedent that could affect all North Carolina waterways.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - We are all downstream and upstream of somewhere: Protecting Drinking Water in the Haw River Watershed and A Timeline of HRA's Work on 1,4-Dioxane in Asheboro - Recent Contamination Levels The severity of this issue is clear when we look at recent discharge levels from Asheboro's wastewater treatment plant: January 2024: 3,520 parts per billion (ppb) of 1,4-dioxane detected May 2024: 824 ppb of 1,4-dioxane detected</image:title>
      <image:caption>To put this in perspective, the January reading was more than 10,000 times higher than the state's health-based standard of 0.35 ppb. DEQ Press Release on January 2024 Levels</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/hb694-why-this-bill-threatens-our-water-supply</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - HB694: Why This Bill Threatens Our Water Supply - The Current Situation (That Actually Works)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Right now, Sanford and Pittsboro have a smart water-sharing agreement. Sanford (in the Cape Fear watershed) will send drinking water to Pittsboro (in the Haw River watershed), and in return, Pittsboro will send all their wastewater back to Sanford. This keeps water balanced between the two river systems and follows current Interbasin Transfer (IBT) rules that protect our watersheds.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - HB694: Why This Bill Threatens Our Water Supply - The Pollution Problem Gets Worse</image:title>
      <image:caption>Here's the scary math: With lower levels of clean water flowing in the Haw and Jordan Lake, polluting industries create a more concentrated pollution problem. Wastewater treatment plants are discharging the same amount of effluent every day, regardless of receiving flow. At times of low flow, the Haw has been documented to be as high as 85% wastewater effluent dominated in stretches near Greensboro's wastewater outfall.  Removing more clean water and our rivers become more contaminated.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - HB694: Why This Bill Threatens Our Water Supply - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/toxic-pollution-federal-lawsuit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 1,4-dioxane pollution federal lawsuit against asheboro and starpet - On behalf of Haw River Assembly and Cape Fear River Watch, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city of Asheboro and PET plastics manufacturer, StarPet Inc., to stop their discharges of toxic 1,4-dioxane into the Cape Fear River basin, a violation of the Clean Water Act. “With the lack of regulatory enforcement at the state level, the City of Asheboro and their industrial dischargers have actually increased the levels of toxins going into our rivers. This is a blatant disregard of the Clean Water Act and the health and safety of the communities in our state. We have a commitment to protect the Haw River watershed and the communities who depend on it. Asheboro's discharges pose a direct threat to our mission.” - Emily Sutton, Haw Riverkeeper and Executive Director at Haw River Assembly.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/support-the-2025-water-safety-act-sb666</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Support the 2025 Water Safety Act! (SB666)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Our state's waterways are under threat from dangerous chemicals and Senate Bill 666 (the 2025 Water Safety Act) is our chance to protect them. This critical legislation needs your voice of support NOW.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/community-rallies-against-ssep</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Community Rallies Against Pipeline After Transco's "Unsatisfactory" Answers to County Commissioners - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Community Rallies Against Pipeline After Transco's "Unsatisfactory" Answers to County Commissioners - As always, this is Aidan wishing community care, light, and love.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Take care of yourselves and each other,  ~ Aidan Loretz (they/them, she/her)  aidan@hawriver.org</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/no-ssep-guilford</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-16</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/4422cb6c-0db8-4f48-89ca-7564b2b64496/NO+SSEP+meeting</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - NO SSEP! Guilford county community meeting review - We are at a critical moment in this stage of this proposed project. You have the authority to pass a resolution to oppose this project, which will speak loudly to regulators and legislators in our state. Right now, there is a Senate bill proposed that would limit Our state agencies review. Time from 60 days to just five days. This is an impossible timeline to evaluate risk associated with these projects. We need you as commissioners to voice your concern and stand up for the communities you represent Thank you for listening to your constituents, impacted landowners, and concerned citizens. We look forward to working with you to pass a resolution against this project at your next meeting.”</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/when-nutrients-overflow-understanding-algal-blooms</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-15</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - When Nutrients Overflow: Understanding Algal Blooms - Spring is full of yard waste, lawn fertilizer and rainfall. This combination, along with wastewater treatment effluent, can introduce excess nutrients to our streams and lakes.</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Jordan Lake and other areas near dams, water flow is altered and slowed, which can lead to a build up of nutrients.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - When Nutrients Overflow: Understanding Algal Blooms</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - When Nutrients Overflow: Understanding Algal Blooms</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - When Nutrients Overflow: Understanding Algal Blooms</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/say-no-to-sb472</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Say NO to SB472! Actions you can take today - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Say NO to SB472! Actions you can take today - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/a-mothers-mission-angela-whites-story-and-the-importance-of-water-safety</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - A Mother's Mission: Angela White's Story and the Importance of Water Safety - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/industrial-contaminant-protection-plan-denied-after-public-protest-over-weak-protections-and-missing-cost-analysis</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - NC's Draft Industrial Contaminant "Protection" Plan Denied After Public Protest Over Weak Protections and Missing Cost Analysis - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - NC's Draft Industrial Contaminant "Protection" Plan Denied After Public Protest Over Weak Protections and Missing Cost Analysis - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/urgent-pittsboro-climate-action-alert-</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-08</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - URGENT: PITTSBORO CLIMATE ACTION ALERT  - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/urgent-action-say-no-to-sb472</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-05</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/pipeline-news-with-aidan-nossep</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Pipeline News with Aidan! #NOSSEP - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Over two dozen community members show up to voice their opposition to the proposed Transco SSEP!</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/5-things-you-can-do-to-help-the-haw-river-this-month</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-02</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 5 things you can do to help the haw river this month - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/earth-week-community-updates-and-ssep-information</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-25</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/red-tail-grains-cultivating-local-grain-with-water-and-soil-stewardship-in-mind</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - ﻿River-Friendly Farming: Red Tail Grains Protects Our Watershed Through Sustainable, Local Grain Cultivation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/organizing-against-pipeline-threats-and-building-environmental-justice</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Organizing Against Pipeline Threats and Building Environmental Justice: - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/holding-asheboro-accountable-press-release-march-26</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Holding Asheboro accountable: Press Release, March 26 - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/north-carolina-water-standards-triennial-review-this-is-our-chance-to-push-ncdeq-for-stronger-water-protections-your-voice-is-needed</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-04-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - North Carolina Water Standards Triennial Review: This is our chance to push NCDEQ for stronger water protections. Your voice is needed! - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/haw-riverkeeper-and-executive-director-emily-sutton-addresses-science-rally-in-raleigh</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Haw Riverkeeper and executive director Emily Sutton addresses science rally in Raleigh - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Emily Sutton addresses crowd on behalf of the Haw River and clean water for NC.</image:caption>
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  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/ncwrcproposals</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Submit a FERC Comment opposing the SSEP Pipeline - Make it stand out</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/the-haw-river-assemblys-2025-legislative-blueprint-paving-the-way-for-watershed-protection-pfas-regulation-pollution-prevention-and-environmental-justice</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - The Haw River Assembly’s 2025 Legislative Blueprint: Paving the Way for Watershed Protection, PFAS Regulation, Pollution Prevention, and Environmental Justice - Make it stand out</image:title>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Exposing the Pipeline Company’s Deceptive Tactics: Fossil Fuel Profits at the Expense of Public Safety and Climate Change - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Exposing the Pipeline Company’s Deceptive Tactics: Fossil Fuel Profits at the Expense of Public Safety and Climate Change - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/problemswithpfas</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Public Hearing Notice: Nov 21, Dec 2 &amp;amp; 3 - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Exposure to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a class of more than 4,700 widely-used synthetic chemicals, constitutes a global threat to public and environmental health. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) and the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) have joined forces to call for immediate action against these “forever chemicals”, to protect reproductive health, fertility and human development.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Riverkeepers Unite: Strength, Resilience, and Dedication to Their Communities</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - NCDEQ strengthens temporary standards for PFAS to protect public health.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Community Action Spurs Rulemaking Petition: NC Water Resources to Consider Groundwater Standards for All 8 PFAS</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/guardians-of-the-haw-haw-river-assembly-supporters-speak-with-dr-maja-kricker</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Guardians of the Haw: Haw River Assembly Supporters Speak!  The Learning Celebration with Dr. Maja Kricker</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/research-study-finds-very-high-levels-of-pfas-in-haw-river-fish</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Research study finds very high levels of PFAS in Haw River fish</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Do you eat fish from the Haw River, Jordan Lake or other local waters? ¿Come pescado del río Haw, del lago Jordán o de otras aguas locales?</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/unearthing-the-toxic-legacy-chapel-hills-coal-ash-dilemma-and-the-fight-for-a-safe-future-for-bolin-creek</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Environmental Management Commission Faces Criticism for Siding with Polluters</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/guardians-of-the-haw-haw-river-assembly-supporters-speak</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - ‼️Tell NCDEQ we need to secure North Carolina's Water Quality: Renewal of NCG01 Permit ‼️</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/ripple-effects-your-vote-our-waters-a-2024-voter-education-series-from-the-haw-river-assembly</loc>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/1730826918370-384FOL5RBXBADY24RB43/Ripple-Effect-2024-Voter-Education-poster.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Ripple Effects: Your Vote, Our Waters - A 2024 Voter Education Series from the Haw River Assembly</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2024-01-26</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/hra-in-the-news-news-and-observer-by-adam-wagner-disney-and-our-open-letter-calling-for-more-environmentally-friendly-building-practices</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - HRA in the News: News and Observer by Adam Wagner - Disney and our Open Letter calling for more environmentally friendly building practices</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/hra-in-the-news-times-news-burlinton-nc-state-of-the-haw-speaker-series</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-01-26</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/hra-in-the-news-times-news-burlington-nc-burlingtons-14-dioxane-into-the-haw-river</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-01-26</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/open-letter-to-disney-will-disney-make-protection-of-the-haw-river-and-natural-environment-a-priority</loc>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/1730826972933-2FJJ33ZNTG467KUGWV9W/Disney-Letter-flyer.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Open Letter to Disney: Will Disney Make Protection of the Haw River and Natural Environment a Priority?</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/14-dioxane-environmental-management-commission-ruled-8-7-dismissing-a-key-14-dioxane-standard</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 1,4-dioxane: Environmental Management Commission ruled 8-7 dismissing a key 1,4-dioxane standard.</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/buc-ees-hearing-in-mebane-ends-in-approval</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/1730826914137-E8HKUWNSHF9JU2XPCM5V/Screenshot-2024-01-04-at-2.06.12%E2%80%AFPM.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Buc-ee's Hearing in Mebane Ends in Approval.</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/proposal-of-buc-ees-in-mebane-draws-considerable-opposition</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/1730826912557-JK0LJVOOZ6R80J86YSSX/Bucees-opposition-signs-scaled.jpg</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Proposal of Buc-ees in Mebane draws considerable opposition:</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/public-statement-major-changes-to-the-proposed-mvp-southgate-route-would-exclude-alamance-and-much-of-rockingham</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Public Statement: Major Changes to the proposed MVP Southgate Route Would Exclude Alamance and much of Rockingham</image:title>
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  <url>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Profits Over People: FERC grants MVP Southgate the Certificate of Public Convenience &amp; Necessity</image:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/be-on-the-lookout-ferc-decision-comes-out-this-week</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Be on the lookout! FERC Decision comes out this week.</image:title>
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  <url>
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    <lastmod>2023-11-22</lastmod>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/2023-state-of-the-haw-report</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/asheboro-and-reidsville-have-challenged-the-authority-of-north-carolinas-environmental-regulators-to-regulate-toxic-water-pollution</loc>
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      <image:loc>https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65cbc49e6ad38a3e47880f32/1730826906888-C7JZO1AFUQ7D7UP9VRIN/Screenshot-2023-10-25-at-5.29.48%E2%80%AFPM.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Asheboro and Reidsville have challenged the authority of North Carolina’s  Environmental Regulators to regulate toxic water pollution</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/toxic-chemical-discharge-threatens-the-safety-of-pittsboros-drinking-water-published-by-wral-9-25-23</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Toxic chemical discharge threatens the safety of Pittsboro's drinking water - published by WRAL, 9/25/23</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Septic system fail in Swepsonville leads to high levels of E. Coli</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - ATTN: Residents of Alamance County - The Stericycle plant poses major risks to air quality to water quality.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/groundbreaking-pfas-settlement-our-thoughts</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - Groundbreaking PFAS Settlement w/City of Burlington: Our Thoughts</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/something-to-talk-about-hra-celebrates-huge-win-with-selc-with-burlington-settlement</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/environmental-injustice-dozens-of-democratic-nc-lawmakers-urge-feds-to-block-triad-pipeline-greensboro-news-and-record-article-about-the-monumental-mvp-pushback</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog: From The River - 'Environmental injustice': Dozens of Democratic NC lawmakers urge feds to block Triad pipeline - Greensboro News and Record article about the monumental MVP pushback</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.hawriver.org/news/alamance-county-sediment-impact-report</loc>
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