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55% of our nation’s streams& rivers are in poor condition, unfit for swimming, drinking or fishing..repost

06/13/2016 Nativegrl77

BREAKING ACTION! Clean Water Rule just released—help protect it from imminent attack! Today, President Obama finalized a strong rule making clean water a priority.

Send your thanks and urge him to stand strong against congressional attacks.

Today, after a decade of uncertainty created by the Supreme Court and the previous administration, President Obama and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy have finalized a strong, commonsense rule to make clean water a priority by protecting the sources of drinking water supplies for more than 117 million Americans.

Thank the Administration for protecting clean water!

More than 800,000 Americans like you have called on the administration to finalize the clean water rule. Now it’s time to stand up once again for strong water protections.

Over the past decade, Earthjustice has been working hard to strengthen national Clean Water Act standards, establish legal precedents that raise the bar for polluters, and close loopholes that let polluters off the hook.

The Clean Water rule will:

Reduce confusion over which waters are protected by our environmental laws
Restore key environmental protections to many waters across the country that are currently vulnerable to toxic pollution
Provide hundreds of millions of dollars in economic benefits
Ensure that our rivers, streams and wetlands are protected for future generations to enjoy

Unfortunately, Congress is determined to put the interests of polluters ahead of clean water, including the quality of the water your family drinks. Members of both chambers are doing everything they can to block this rule so their polluter friends can easily dump waste in our waterways. That’s why it’s critical that we all stand up now to protect our clean water!

Join us in thanking the President for standing up to polluters by finalizing the clean water rule, and urge him to stand strong against congressional attacks.

Sincerely,

Chris Espinosa
Legislative Representative

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2016 DNC host city

06/13/2016 Nativegrl77

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We’re ready to elect another Democrat as the 45th President of the United States in 2016, and today we’re taking a big step on our path toward doing that.

After much buildup and very careful consideration over which city will host our 2016 Democratic National Convention, I’m pleased to announce that we’ll nominate the next President of the United States in Philadelphia — the City of Brotherly Love.

We’re going to have a great time together come July 2016 in Philadelphia — and many more details are coming soon. But there’s plenty of work for us to do before we reach Philadelphia, and Democrats will need your help to keep the White House blue.

So if you’re committed to electing the Democrat we’ll nominate next July, then add your name here and I’ll make sure you stay in the loop:

http://convention.democrats.org

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Cinnamon Toast Crunch … Homemade

06/12/2016 Nativegrl77

Homemade Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Makes 5 to 6 cups

1¼ c. white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour
1¼ c. all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon

⅓ c. coconut oil, at room temperature (or room temperature butter)
⅓ c. brown sugar

2 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tbsp. vanilla extract

2 tbsp. honey
½ c. buttermilk maybe coconut milk

For the cinnamon sugar topping
1 tbsp. coconut oil, melted (or melted butter)

2 tbsp. granulated sugar
¾ tsp. cinnamon

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Homemade Tater Tots

06/12/2016 Nativegrl77

Serves 4

3 large red potatoes (1 1/2 pounds)

2 cloves of roasted garlic

1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

1 dash freshly ground sea salt

Olive oil for greasing pan

Preheat oven to 400° F.
Scrub the potatoes clean and roast until they are fork tender. Cool them rapidly by plunging them in ice water. Change the water, and repeat, until the potatoes are cool.
Shred the potatoes on the large holes of a box grater. You can peel them first; I didn’t.
Place the other ingredients into the bowl with the grated potatoes and use a fork to fully combine everything.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and rub it with a layer of olive oil.
Preheat oven to 425° F.
Using about a teaspoon of the potato mixture, form it into a cylinder about 1 inch long. Place on baking sheet and repeat until all the tots are made.
Bake about 35 to 40 minutes, turning once about 20 minutes into the cooking time.
Serve hot with ketchup.

Save and print the full recipe on Food52.

Photo by James Ransom

This recipe originally appeared on Food52.com: Hand-Formed Parmesan Tater Tots

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Rice …

06/12/2016 Nativegrl77

From Jolinda Hackett, your Guide to Vegetarian Food

Brown, Arborio, short white, basmati, instant and more! Whichever you prefer (or whichever your recipe calls for), here’s 58 ways to cook it up. Why eat rice? Besides the fact that rice has been a staple food for generations of people across the globe, it’s cheap, and, if you use a rice cooker, it’s convenient (just add water and walk away), and if you prefer instant rice, well, it’s ready in an instant! How do you like your rice?

10 ways to make fried rice

Who says fried rice needs meat? If you think it does, try adding in a meat substitute, but first, try one of these five vegetarian fried-rice recipes, including Thai-style, Chinese fried rice, a South American fried rice, cashew fried rice and spinach fried rice (you know I love getting those greens in!).