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Active Energy selling Lumberton wood pellet site
CoalSwitch pellets (Photo: Allenby Capital) Active Energy Group is selling its failed wood pellet facility in Lumberton to Phoenix Investors, a Wisconsin-based commercial real estate firm, according to...
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Chemours settles with DEQ over GenX emmissions
Chemours will pay a $305,000 penalty for air permit violations, as part of a settlement agreement with the NC Department of Environmental Quality that was announced late yesterday. The Division of Air...
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Chemical facility reports it’s the source of latest 1,4-Dioxane spike in...
This story has been updated with information from Pittsboro. The City of Greensboro again violated the terms of a Special Order by Consent this week after reporting elevated levels of 1,4-Dioxane had...
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This week in pollution: Another violation for Winston Weaver fertilizer...
The Winston Weaver Fertilizer plant, 4440 N. Cherry St., Winston-Salem, fire burned for more than four days in early February. The NC Department of Environmental Quality recently cited the company for...
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Discharged from Greensboro, toxic chemical 1,4-Dioxane has arrived...
The Haw River at Bynum Bridge, near Pittsboro’s drinking water intake (Photo: Lisa Sorg) Levels of 1,4-Dioxane, a likely carcinogen, have increased in Pittsboro’s drinking water over the past week, as...
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State audit blasts Department of Public Safety’s handling of Hurricane...
Hurricane Florence caused $22 billion in property damage and killed 30 people in North Carolina. Afterward, the state legislature appropriated recovery funds to the NC Department of Public Safety. A...
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NC Policy Watch investigative reporter Lisa Sorg claims prestigious national...
NC Policy Watch investigative reporter Lisa Sorg is a 2021 winner of the National Press Foundation’s Thomas L. Stokes Award for excellence in reporting on energy and the environment. The National Press...
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On Earth Day, Biden signs order to catalog and conserve old-growth forests
President Biden took action on Friday to help preserve old growth forests – Photo: Getty Images President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday to establish a federal strategy to protect...
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The Week in Pollution: Chemours says toxic GenX helps fight climate change
GenX — a toxic compound scientifically linked to several cancers, high cholesterol, thyroid disorders, reproductive issues, fetal development problems and a depressed immune system — is … ahem,...
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For ‘egregious’ violations that damaged mountain streams, DEQ fines Bottomley...
Southern Appalachian Brook Trout, also known as “brookies.” They are the official freshwater fish of North Carolina. (Photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service) The NC Department of Environmental Quality...
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U.S. Interior secretary to promote big spending jump for tribal, climate...
Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will ask a U.S. House spending panel to increase funding for the department’s tribal programs...
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EPA issues waiver for sales of 15 percent ethanol blend during summer driving...
Drivers will be able to purchase 15% ethanol blended fuel this summer after action April 29, 2022, by the EPA. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The EPA issued a fuel waiver Friday...
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Biden administration vows to speed up environmental permits needed for...
The Biden administration will seek to streamline environmental permitting to speed infrastructure work. Photo: AdobeStock President Joe Biden’s administration will seek to hasten construction of...
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Democrats from the West push update of 150-year-old federal mining law
Photo by Dominik Vanyi | Unsplash Democrats in Congress are hoping to overhaul the nation’s 150-year-old system for mining the elements needed for battery manufacturing, as high gas prices and...
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Gov. Cooper’s budget on environmental issues: what it contains and why it...
Gov. Cooper’s recommended budget, apportioned by topic area (Source: Governor’s Office) Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled his $29.3 billion budget yesterday, 3% of which is devoted to natural and economic...
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Red wolf illegally killed in Tyrrell County, federal officials offer $5,000...
Red wolves are federal protected. In the wild they are found in northeastern North Carolina, part of their historical range. (Photo: Leigh Gill/USFWS) In a muddy farm field south of Newlands Road, the...
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“No one tells me what to do”: Meeting notes reveal favored contractors,...
The Zerbys’ home in Craven County, damaged during Hurricane Matthew. It was scheduled to be finished April 29. This photo was taken on April 28. (Photo: Lisa Sorg) In response to a Policy Watch...
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Compute North’s cryptofarm on hold in Greenville, citing uncertainty of...
Cryptofarms “mine” cryptocurrency using hundreds of high-powered computers. These operations consume enormous amounts of energy, both because of the need for computing power and fans to cool the...
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DEQ approves permit for NC Renewable Power, a chronic violator of the Clean...
The colored dots represent facilities that have permits to discharge or emit pollution near the NC Renewable Power facility. In greater Lumberton, there are 40 facilities that emit air pollution, 15...
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NOAA forecasts busy Atlantic hurricane season, with at least 3 major storms
Damage from Hurricane Florence (Photo: NC Emergency Management) WASHINGTON — The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be the seventh in a row with an above-normal number of storms, according...
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