Q&A: Environmental attorney Derb Carter on DEQ’s power to regulate GenX (or...
In 1973, the year that Sen. Harold “Bull” Hardison of Lenoir County sponsored the controversial amendment that bears his name, the EPA was just three years old. The Clean Water Act was in its infancy,...
View ArticleRepublic Services pulls the plug on leachate aerosolization test program
This is a developing story. There will be updates as more information becomes available. Leachate aerosolization, also known as “garbage juice in a snowblower” was not effective during a test program...
View ArticleCourt decision out of DC could portend trouble for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
During the state’s public hearings and listening sessions about the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline, many concerned citizens talked about how the $5.5 billion project would contribute to climate...
View ArticleAs Charah also discontinues leachate aerosolization, HB 576 is up for an...
This post has been updated with comments from DEQ and a correction to the use for the coal ash at Brickhaven. For months, environmental advocates, scientists and concerned citizens told lawmakers that...
View ArticleFacts, fictions and unknowns: What we learned at the legislature’s GenX hearing
NCPW covered the epic investigative hearing on GenX, held by the Environmental Review Commission yesterday, which mixed fact — “All citizens deserve clean drinking water free of contaminants,” said...
View ArticleWho’s cribbing from whom? Sen. Mike Lee and Civitas share talking points on...
Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from New Hanover County, gave an impassioned presentation about GenX to his fellow lawmakers on the Environmental Review Commission yesterday, saying, “We don’t know who to...
View ArticleNeighbors of coal ash ponds sue Duke Energy, allege $5,000 offer is “deceptive”
D eborah Graham was gulping a cup of coffee when her family, sitting at the kitchen table, opened a letter sent from state environmental officials. “Whose water is contaminated?” she asked on that...
View ArticleAnother bad actor discharging into the Cape Fear River: Cargill fined $75K
The Cape Fear River is again a casualty of industrial pollution and urban runoff, this time because of illegal and unknown discharges from Cargill, which processes and distributes soybeans and their...
View ArticleWaterkeeper Alliance sues state agriculture department over public records...
The Waterkeeper Alliance, known for its role as an environmental watchdog over industrialized hog farming practices, has filed a complaint against the NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer...
View ArticleLate addition to HB 56 gives $435K to UNC Wilmington, Cape Fear Public...
House Bill 56, already laden with the plastic bag ban and modified-but-still-controversial riparian buffer language, took on more freight Wednesday night with a $435,000 appropriation to combat GenX in...
View ArticleUpdate: DEQ Sec’y Regan says “all legal options” could be used on Chemours
NCPW reported on the EPA findings earlier today. Read the story and check back for updates. During a media call today, NC Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan said the state...
View ArticleThe hypocrisy of House Bill 56, the junk drawer of environmental laws
The final day of the legislative session felt like the end of high season at the beach. The Senate had already adjourned for the next month, so by 9:30 a.m., the halls were largely empty, with even a...
View ArticleSwine farm discharges waste into Trent River; DEQ investigating
An unknown amount of wastewater from a swine farm near the town of Comfort has spilled into the Trent River in Jones County, the NC Department of Environmental Quality announced late this afternoon. As...
View ArticleKnow how close you live to a Superfund site before Hurricane Irma heads...
The path of Hurricane Irma through the Deep South and Southeast is still uncertain, but North Carolinians living near any of the state’s 39 Superfund sites should be cautious if flooding damages those...
View ArticleDEQ files suit against Chemours, says it will suspend company’s wastewater...
The NC Department of Environmental Quality and state justice department officials filed a civil complaint against Chemours in Bladen County Court today, asking a judge to force the company to stop...
View ArticleDominion, Duke try to sweeten Atlantic Coast Pipeline deal with butterflies...
Faced with tenacious public opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the project’s owners are trying an old tactic: greenwashing. Duke Energy and Dominion Energy have announced that they will plant...
View ArticleGroundwater contaminated near Chemours plant; DEQ issues Notice of Violation
Thirteen of 14 monitoring wells near Chemours’s Fayetteville plant exceeded state groundwater standards for GenX and other perfluorinated compounds, prompting state environmental officials to issue a...
View ArticleHere’s how much climate change will cost each county in North Carolina
Climate change is not just an environmental issue, but an economic issue as well that impacts all 100 counties across North Carolina. As the country experiences an increasing number of billion-dollar...
View ArticleDuke, Dominion ask feds to fast-track Atlantic Coast Pipeline application —...
The owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have written a letter to federal regulators asking them to approve the controversial $5.5 billion project this month — at least 30 days sooner than scheduled....
View ArticleAs if GenX in the water wasn’t troubling enough, now it could be in the air
When the groundwater tests for GenX came back, DEQ staff weren’t particularly surprised that nearly every monitoring well around the Chemours plant was contaminated with high levels of the compound....
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