Two days after contentious court hearing, Dominion asks FERC for more time to...
The trees had to be cut down immediately. In fact, it should have been done yesterday. There was no wiggle room, attorneys for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline argued to a federal judge on Wednesday, and...
View ArticleBREAKING: Federal judge rules in favor of two landowners in Atlantic Coast...
Marvin Winstead Jr.’s pine tree will survive another day. US District Court Judge Terence Boyle ruled today that Winstead and fellow defendant Ron Locke do not have to allow Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
View ArticleIn groundwater wells near the Dan River plant, arsenic is a culprit
Policy Watch recently reviewed more than 20,000 pages of data and published a story about groundwater contamination in wells around four of Duke Energy’s coal ash ponds. We covered Marshall and...
View ArticleGo Backstage: How I reported the complex 540 toll road story. (BTW, deadline...
Go Backstage is an occasional series explaining to readers the process of reporting and writing stories. The purpose of the series is to help readers understand the nuances of journalism and to add...
View ArticleLow levels of perfluorinated compounds detected in Durham drinking water; new...
In early spring, Lake Michie stirs to life, with fishers and the Duke University women’s rowing team taking to the water at dawn. The 480-acre reservoir near Bahama is not only a source of largemouth...
View ArticleIn a setback for utilities, FERC denies Atlantic Coast Pipeline request for...
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy, co-owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, will miss the spring deadline to begin treecutting in eastern North Carolina because a federal agency has denied their request...
View ArticlePublic can still comment on DEQ’s draft coal ash rules, but EPA proposal...
Yesterday Policy Watch published the final story in a series about groundwater contamination near Duke Energy coal ash basins and landfills. That piece included an explanation of the EPA’s proposed...
View ArticleThe jury selected (no vegetarians), trial begins today in nuisance suit...
Selected from a pool of 50 people, six women and six men will decide a pivotal, high-profile — and possibly historic — federal case that pits rural neighbors of an industrialized hog farm against...
View ArticleNC appellate judges send Chatham, Lee coal ash case back to lower courts; new...
Chatham County Superior Court Judge Carl Fox and Administrative Law Judge Melissa Lassiter both made legal errors in separate decisions on a coal ash case, prolonging the matter into its third year. A...
View ArticleChemours emitted nearly 40 times GenX-related compounds into the air than...
Chemours is emitting roughly 2,700 pounds — more than a ton — of GenX into the air each year, the Division of Air Quality announced today. That amount is 40 times higher than originally reported in...
View ArticleMurphy-Brown destroyed samples, and other tidbits from Week 1 of the hog...
[This is one of several stories and blog posts that will cover the hog nuisance trial in federal court in Raleigh. Check the Progressive Pulse blog for updates and analysis. Neighbors of the farm begin...
View ArticleDEQ asks judge to stop Chemours from discharging all GenX-related compounds,...
Chemours was so blatant in discharging GenX-related compounds from its Fayetteville Works plant that one of its disposal routes had a name: the Nafion Ditch. Nafion, which is used to manufacture...
View ArticleGov. Cooper proposes $14 million for DEQ, $536,000 for DHHS to tackle...
The NC Department of Environmental Quality would add 45 jobs, primarily in water resources, and upgrade its outdated lab to address the statewide problem of emerging contaminants, according a portion...
View ArticleA second natural gas pipeline proposed for NC would run through Rockingham,...
This is a developing story and will be updated this afternoon. An extension of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline has been proposed for North Carolina, potentially opening the door for fracking...
View ArticleStudy finds GenX, other fluorinated compounds still in tap water; NC State...
GenX and other fluorinated chemicals have been found in most tap water samples collected from 198 homes served by the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, according to results from a study conducted in...
View ArticleBefore state Supreme Court, Duke Energy lawyer calls NC WARN’s solar...
The sun has risen and set nearly 1,100 times since NC WARN installed a small solar power system on the roof of Faith Community Church in Greensboro. And since that time in May 2015, the Durham-based...
View ArticleComplete 540 gets go-ahead from Fish and Wildlife despite likely death of...
By their nature, mussels are the couch potatoes of bivalve world. Sedentary and sluggish, they muddle through life in silt sand, and are slow to elude danger. Among the predators imperiling the mussels...
View ArticleNationwide, Chemours has paid $28 million in fines since 2000, including...
Got a tip? If you or someone you know works or has worked at the Chemours plant in Fayetteville, and has health issues possibly related to chemical exposure, we’d like to hear from you. Send a...
View ArticleNew federal report: Red wolves in northeastern NC could become extinct in...
A red wolf pup born in the wilderness of northeastern North Carolina today would probably die before finishing its natural lifespan, according to a five-year status review issued by the US Fish and...
View ArticleJury awards plaintiffs more than $50 million in historic hog nuisance lawsuit
This is a developing story and will be updated tomorrow. This post has been updated with more information about the law regarding punitive damages. A jury deliberated for less than two days before...
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