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Former GOP congresswoman: Republicans vote against our children’s future with...
Image: AdobeStock Congratulations to Democrats in the Senate for voting to restore American leadership on the defining threat of our time: climate change. Now, attention shifts to the upcoming House...
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Biden’s bill to combat climate change advances as NC breaks new heat records
Graphic: NOAA It’s been another hot summer for the Northern Hemisphere, the U.S., and in North Carolina. According to the North Carolina State Climate Office, it was the driest June in over three...
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Proposed changes would allow Enviva wood pellet plant to emit 238,000 tons of...
From cradle to grave, the wood pellet industry is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions, a driver of climate change. (Creative Commons) As climate change pushed July temperatures in the U.S. to...
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A lovely snail, the Magnificent Ramshorn proposed for Endangered Species...
The Magnificent Ramshorn snail is extinct in the wild. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to place it on the endangered species list and to reintroduce the snail in Brunswick County. (Photo:...
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Legislative committee on hurricane recovery to meet Sept. 14 to probe reasons...
(Photos: Lisa Sorg) Thousands of survivors of Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence remain out of their homes — some for nearly three years — prompting lawmakers to investigate why disaster relief...
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EPA proposes to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances, putting onus...
The chemical structure of PFOA: It contains molecules of carbon (black), hydrogen (white), oxygen (red), fluorine (yellow-green) and sulfur (yellow). (Creative Commons) PFOA and PFOS, two types of...
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Weekend reads: Election officials seek more funding for security, a charter...
1. NC charter school managed by national for-profit firm cited for failure to serve students with disabilities State says Cary’s Cardinal Charter Academy must offer compensatory education to children...
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California’s 2035 ban on new gas-powered cars set to apply to Virginia
(Photo: NC Department of Transportation) Many states, including NC’s neighbor to the north, have linked their laws to California’s clean car standards California’s decision to ban the sale of new...
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Bipartisan bill would invest in the future of America’s great wildlife legacy
Red wolves are a federally protected endangered species. In the wild they are found in northeastern North Carolina, part of their historical range. (Photo: USFWS) Congress is on the verge of passing a...
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Chemours plans to expand its Fayetteville Works site, public info sessions...
Chemours plans to expand its Fayetteville Works plant in northern Bladen County, where the company would ramp up production of PFA, a type of perfluorinated compound. PFA belongs to the larger family...
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U.S. House members raise doubts about Manchin environmental permitting deal
A large group of U.S. House Democrats has expressed opposition to a section of the Inflation Reduction Act that would loosen some environmental permitting rules and require completion of the Mountain...
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A third of U.S. House Democrats oppose Manchin permitting deal in stopgap...
Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) joined dozens of House Democrats in opposing a proposal to loosen environmental permitting. WASHINGTON – The group of U.S. House Democrats asking the chamber’s leaders not to...
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Siler City wastewater treatment plant racks up more fines, files for Special...
An aerial view of the Siler City wastewater treatment plant (Photo: Town of Siler City) The NC Department of Environmental Quality has fined the Siler City wastewater treatment plant another $36,000...
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PR work for ‘Big Oil’ helped stymie climate action, U.S. House Democrats say
Image: AdobeStock NC-based John Locke Foundation defends oil and gas industry WASHINGTON – Public relations firms aligned with oil and gas companies have tested the limits of their industry ethics and...
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Biden administration targets deep waters near Oregon, Maine for new offshore...
A European offshore wind farm (Photo:Creative Commons via Andreas Klinke Johannsen on Flickr) WASHINGTON—The Biden administration will seek to add deep-water offshore wind energy, a developing...
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Clash over climate change funding emerging in farm bill debate
Image: U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — As lawmakers begin envisioning the next farm bill, some U.S. House Republicans are wary of making climate change a priority for farmers and...
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Compute North, which planned to build a cryptomining center in Greenville,...
(Adobe Stock) Compute North, which had planned to build a large cryptomining facility in Greenville, has declared bankruptcy, according to court documents dated Sept. 22. Filed in the Southern...
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Floods? Landslides? Before the remnants of Hurricane Ian arrive, find out if...
Graphic: National Hurricane Center Just two weeks ago, Col. J. R. Sanderson, a senior government advisor for a SBP, a disaster management consulting firm, warned state lawmakers to pay attention to...
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Billions for natural disasters, home energy included in stopgap spending bill...
View from above New Mexico’s Black Fire on May 16, 2022 (Public domain photo via the National Wildfire Coordinating Group and Source New Mexico) WASHINGTON — Congress is on track to approve billions...
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Manchin seeks bipartisan ‘sweet spot’ for a new try at his energy permitting...
U.S. senators from both parties say they hope to negotiate an energy permitting bill yet this year, after Sen. Joe Manchin’s bill was removed from a stopgap spending measure (Photo by Drew...
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