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A trifecta of hazards — water, electricity and ammonium nitrate — likely...
Portions of the roof at the Weaver Fertilizer plant were caving in before the fire. The current owners had paid $800,000 to repair the building, but more work needed done. (Photo: NC Department of...
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Siler City cited another $28K for water quality violations; public can...
An aerial view of the wastewater treatment plant in Siler City (Photo: Town of Siler City) Siler City’s wastewater treatment plant continued to violate the Clean Water Act last year, bringing total...
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U.S. Senate panel probes how crypto mining increases energy consumption
A U.S. Senate panel heard how cryptocurrency “mining” consumers tremendous amounts of energy at a Tuesday hearing. Image: Adobe Stock. WASHINGTON — The so-called mining for digital assets, or...
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Dudley railroad tie fire was arson; DEQ requiring soil, ash sampling
Photo: Lisa Sorg Arson was the cause of a blaze that burned nearly 2 million creosote-treated railroad ties last month in Dudley, a fire that smoldered for nearly a week and spewed plumes of purple...
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U.S. House votes to roll back Biden’s WOTUS rule
Ducks swimming in wetlands near the Potomac River in Alexandria, Va. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) The U.S. House voted Thursday to undo a Biden administration definition of wetlands that allows...
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Duke Energy Progress is asking for a 18.9% rate hike. Here’s how to comment...
Duke Energy says a portion of the revenue from a proposed 18.9% rate hike will pay for upkeep of its nuclear plants, like Shearon Harris, pictured here. (Photo: Lisa Sorg via Southwings flight) The...
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EPA proposes new rules for toxic pollutants discharged from coal-fired power...
Duke Energy’s remaining coal-fired electric plants: Rogers, west of Shelby; Allen, near Gastonia; Marshall, on Lake Norman; Belews Creek in Stokes County; and Roxboro and Mayo, both in Person County....
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EPA proposes new rule to crack down on PFAS, forever chemicals in our water
Image: Adobe Stock This is a developing story. The EPA today announced its proposed maximum contaminant levels — MCLs — for six types of toxic PFAS in drinking water and acknowledged that no amount of...
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States to receive $2.5B from feds for electric vehicle charging infrastructure
(Photo: NC Department of Transportation) The federal government will send $2.5 billion over the next five years to states, local governments and tribes to build electric vehicle charging...
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Gov. Cooper asks for 23% increase in DEQ budget to help cash-strapped agency
This photo shows the VinFast site, where the Vietnamese company plants to build an electric car and battery factory. Land clearing has caused sediment to enter a nearby stream, indicated by the red...
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EPA asks for feedback on shipping waste to Sampson County, then admits it’s...
Sampson County Commission Thaddeus Godwin (front) is concerned about the effects of the landfill on the community. The Rev. Jimmy Melvin, with his hand raised, has long advocated for environmental...
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Feds to send nearly $200 million to help communities prepare for wildfires
An Idaho firefighter cuts up a dead, smoldering tree in September 2022. (Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service) North Carolina to be among the recipient states The Biden administration will send $197...
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Neighbors of abandoned Wake Forest golf course want to know what chemicals...
The swimming pool at the former Wake Forest Golf Course & Country Club, which closed in 2007. (Photo: Lisa Sorg) Nature — and spray paint — are reclaiming the old Wake Forest Golf Course &...
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DOT allegedly failed to set targets to reduce driving, required as part of...
Sections of the Complete 540 toll road are under construction in southern Wake County. This is a portion near Apex of Rhodes Road, at the edge of the Blue Skies mobile home park. (Photo: Lisa Sorg)...
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Chemours blew deadline to build an underground wall to keep GenX out of Cape...
(Illustration DEQ) Chemours missed a key deadline in building a subsurface wall at its Fayetteville Works plant that would prevent GenX and other types of toxic PFAS from entering the Cape Fear River,...
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U.S. Senate clears measure to undo Biden WOTUS rule on wetlands
Ducks swimming in wetlands near the Potomac River in Alexandria, Va. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Presidential veto could still preserve controversial environmental protections WASHINGTON —...
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Federal judge rules for EPA, against enviro, public health advocates over...
Crystal Cavalier of Toxic Free NC after the February 21 hearing in US District Court in Wilmington. (Photo: Lisa Sorg) US District Court Judge Richard Myers II ruled in favor of the EPA today,...
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Wind and whales: ‘No evidence’ links projects to deaths
Whales have washed ashore up and down the East Coast since 2016, when the only U.S. wind project in operation was the five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island. Scientists say...
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Monday numbers: We can’t drive our way out of climate change
Transportation accounts for more than a third of NC’s greenhouse gases. (Photo: NCDOT) A half dozen modular homes are crammed in the elbow of the offramp from I-785 to US 70 on the fringes of...
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The nation’s biggest electric capacity market needs fixing, critics say
PJM, which coordinates the flow of electricity from power generators to utility companies in 13 states and the District of Columbia, is facing complaints about how it ensures it will have enough...
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