DEQ proposes permanent regulations for “forever chemicals” PFOA, PFOS
North Carolina could enact stronger environmental standards for one type of PFAS, also known as perfluorinated compounds, toxic chemicals that are widespread not only statewide but throughout the...
View ArticleUS House passes bill regulating PFAS; Dan Bishop, Mark Meadows among the no...
The US House this morning passed the PFAS Action Act, 247-159, which would strengthen the nearly non-existent regulations for toxic perfluorinated compounds. PFAS are widespread in the environment,...
View Article2019 warmest on record in North Carolina (and so far, 2020 is no slouch)
The average temperature in 2019 not only set a record as the warmest in North Carolina in more than 120 years years, but it blew that benchmark out of the water. The statewide average temperature was...
View ArticleFence at Umstead would be “permanent eyesore,” says NC Parks to RDU Airport...
The RDU Airport Authority today delayed a vote on an 8-foot high, 8.3-mile fence that would cut through parts of Umstead Park, after meeting with state parks officials who have serious reservations...
View ArticleTrump administration narrows clean water protections, NC wetlands likely to...
In case you missed it on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a new rule that environmentalists say will gut long-established clean water protections. Announced at a national home...
View ArticleWhy NEPA matters and why the public should speak-up to protect this bedrock...
The Trump administration’s move to narrow clean water protections is not the only policy maneuver this month that has North Carolina environmentalists worried. Earlier this month the administration...
View ArticleLeak in pipe at Chemours plant emitted a type of PFAS into air; amount not...
Fifty pounds? Or less than half a pound? Last fall, Chemours workers discovered a pinhole leak in a pipe at the Fayetteville Works facility that was emitting a type of PFAS, perfluoropropionyl...
View ArticleReverse osmosis removes PFAS better than filtration pitchers — for a price
Drinking water filters in pitchers and refrigerators reduce levels of perfluorinated compounds — PFAS — less effectively than reverse osmosis and two-stage filtration systems, according to a new study...
View ArticleWhere are the floods? State mapping and alert network will tell you.
Waters are rising along the Neuse River in Smithfield, with peak flooding of 20.3 feet forecast to occur at 1 a.m. tomorrow, according to the NC Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network. Flood stage...
View ArticleRecord rainfall causes major sewage spill in Greensboro; equivalent to...
Click on a yellow icon to see the address and amount of sewage spilled. The City of Greensboro discharged 675,450 gallons of untreated sewage into parts of Buffalo Creek, a tributary of the Cape Fear...
View ArticleThe NC Oil and Gas Commission: Pointless, obsolete and often surreal
Out in the woods in far northern Lee County, two natural gas wells have been idling, under pressure as much as 900 pounds per square inch, for nearly 22 years. Over several days in September 1998,...
View ArticleNew wood pellet plant proposed for Lumberton, area already home to multiple...
Note: There have been questions about the difference between company’s projected tonnage of 400,000 tons per year by 2021 and the amount listed in the article. The 39,420 figure came from the best...
View ArticleIn contract negotiations, EPA employees demand right to scientific integrity
Several EPA workers, their advocates and union representatives with the American Federation of Government Employees demonstrated outside the agency’s Research Triangle Park offices Tuesday, the first...
View ArticleCitizen sleuths, here’s how to sniff out air polluters before they come to...
When a polluting industry wants to locate in a neighborhood, residents often learn about the plan when it’s too late, or nearly so. For example, recently, Active Energy has applied to build and operate...
View ArticleNot-so-clean North Carolina generated 501.4 million pounds of chemical waste...
North Carolina’s industrial facilities emit or discharge an average of more than a half-ton of pollution per square mile, which places the state among the top third nationwide based on that...
View ArticleComments due today on proposed state rule to loosen regulations on digital...
North Carolina environmental advocacy groups are calling on concerned groups and individuals to weigh in by today’s deadline in opposition to a proposal from the state Department of Transportation to...
View ArticleFDA says chemical replacements for PFOA, PFOS more toxic than thought
In 2006, when 3M and DuPont, under legal and regulatory pressure, began phasing out their production of two types of perfluorinated compounds — PFOA and PFOS — the companies had a backup plan: By...
View ArticleFour legs good, two legs bad: How the wildlife trade contributed to the...
A stool made from an elephant’s foot, another from a bear’s paw. A giraffe, missing its body, leaned in a corner. Dozens of jaguar heads, tagged and wrapped in plastic, lined a 20-foot-long shelf....
View ArticlePoll: North Carolinians say feds must address climate change, unhappy with...
More than 60 percent of North Carolinians surveyed said they think elected leaders — particularly the federal government — must act urgently to protect communities from the worst impacts of climate...
View ArticleHere’s another unexpected fallout from COVID-19: More trash, recyclables and...
The broken coffee pot. The mound of take-out containers. The lawn chair with the missing leg. As more North Carolinians are forced to stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they are also...
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