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When finished, Kitty Hawk offshore wind project could power up to 700,000 homes
Video by: Claire Galt Graphics by: Kendal Orrantia Photos by: Elise Mahon Offshore wind — clean renewable energy produced by turbines taking advantage of wind speeds — has recently seen an uptake...
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EPA notifies three NC facilities they could be required to report use of...
Sterigenics, represented by the purple cross on this map, is within one mile of Winget Park Elementary School. (Map: EPA EJ Screening Tool) Three facilities in North Carolina could be required to...
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PFAS-contaminated foam found at Caswell Beach, Oak Island
PFAS-contaminated foam washed ashore near the Ocean Island Fishing Pier this past spring. Although not all foams contain PFAS, state environmental and health officials caution people not to touch the...
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‘Climate change is fundamentally altering the Colorado River’: States, tribes...
A park visitor stands on a rock above the Colorado River as it flows around Horseshoe Bend on June 23, 2021 in Page, Arizona. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) States in the Colorado River Basin...
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Biden’s national parks nominee pledges to ramp up workforce, improve staff...
President Joe Biden’s choice to lead the National Park Service told a U.S. Senate panel Tuesday he would work to rebuild the agency’s workforce, which has shrunk even as park attendance hits new...
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DEQ cites Colonial Pipeline for continuing violations regarding Huntersville...
The NC Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Notice of Continuing Violation to Colonial Pipeline regarding with ongoing contamination from a major gasoline spill in Huntersville. The spill,...
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Wildfire responders urge Congress to improve disaster aid process for at-risk...
Image: AdobeStock WASHINGTON — The federal government should re-examine its emergency response systems to better assist communities at risk from the growing threats of wildfire, state and local...
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What’s in—and out—of Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending and climate bill
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s sprawling social spending and climate package has been slimmed down into a still-massive $1.75 trillion plan that he and top congressional Democrats are attempting...
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No climate deal yet for Biden as he joins global allies at critical UN...
Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images) President Joe Biden will arrive at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, without new federal programs in hand to fight climate change,...
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Biden to outline major methane reduction strategy at UN climate conference
Plan to be unveiled a day after President calls for ‘decade of action,’ issues apology for Trump exit from Paris accord The Biden administration plans to release a comprehensive methane reduction plan...
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Assistant Director of NC State Environmental Health & Safety resigns as...
The assistant director and lab safety manager of N.C. State University’s Environmental Health and Safety office, has resigned. In an e-mail last week to Chemistry department professors and lab safety...
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DEQ takes legal action against Colonial Pipeline over Huntersville gasoline...
The NC Department of Environmental Quality is taking Colonial Pipeline to court for allegedly “failing to meet their obligations” in its clean up of a 1.29-million gallon gasoline spill in...
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DEQ directs Chemours to expand PFAS well sampling downstream, plus prepare...
This is a developing story and will be updated. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced today it is requiring Chemours to expand the sampling area for GenX and PFAS...
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Sports world pledges to cut climate-fueling emissions by half this decade
The National Basketball Association, professional baseball, hockey and soccer teams, international motor sports, tennis pros, surfers, runners and wrestlers are accelerating their campaign to fight...
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Over 30 air pollution “hotspots” in North Carolina have elevated cancer...
A neighborhood in Morganton is among more than 30 hotspots in North Carolina where air toxics contribute to elevated cancer risks for neighboring residents. Roughly 33,000 people live in the hotspot....
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Climate proposal aims to reduce stormwater pollution from military bases
Lawmakers from Chesapeake Bay states are looking to attach a climate-related provision to the must-pass annual defense bill. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, (D-Va.), introduced Thursday legislation that would...
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Colonial Pipeline buying more land near massive gasoline spill in Huntersville
Colonial Pipeline has bought yet more property in Huntersville, near the site of North Carolina’s largest gasoline spill in history — 25.8 acres for nearly $1.7 million, according to Mecklenburg County...
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Greensboro releases yet another slug of 1,4-Dioxane into Haw River,...
Greensboro’s wastewater treatment plant illegally discharged high levels of the likely carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane into the Haw River, the drinking water supply for the Town of Pittsboro and other...
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U.S. House to vote next week on expanding PFAS regulation, backers say
EPA Administrator Michael Regan WASHINGTON—Members of Congress and Biden administration officials at a conference on Wednesday outlined how they’re attempting to regulate toxic chemicals found in...
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Controversial energy legislation narrowly passes NC House despite widespread...
Among the many unsupported, if downright bizarre, statements uttered about House Bill 951, Rep. Larry Pittman’s bested them all. Solar farms, he announced on the House floor yesterday, make deer meat...
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