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Wetlands are the “memory” of the landscape. When they are lost, so are our...
This appears to be an isolated wetland in the Croatan National Forest. Currents and ripples forming on the surface indicate that is connected to another waterway, such as a spring, underground. (Photo:...
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Landfills, hazardous waste, hog farms: what lies in the path of Hurricane...
Note the green squares signify public/government lands, which were present in the National Weather Service map; these are different from the green circles, showing petroleum sites. (Flood risk overlay,...
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It may have just gotten harder to protect minority communities from pollution
Activism in North Carolina's Warren County helped launch the environmental justice movement that some experts worry could now be in jeopardy thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Photo: NC...
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New federal water pollution rule draws mixed reaction
A Lesser Golden Plover sits in a section of wetland in Barrow, Alaska. Federal officials have released new rules for applying the Clean Water Act to wetlands after a Supreme Court decision limited its...
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After lead found in several city parks, Durham offers free blood tests for...
After lead was detected in several city parks, Durham will offer free blood tests for kids and pregnant people. (Photo: Getty Images) People who are pregnant and young children can have their blood...
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New federal dashboard tracks heat-related health emergencies
U.S. heat-related illness emergency response. Source: National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS)(Image: NEMSIS) More than a third of North Carolina’s 100 counties are experiencing...
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Over the past decade, Wake County lost 11,120 acres of trees — equivalent to...
Some of Wake County's oldest oak trees provide a canopy over Nash Square in downtown Raleigh (Photo: Clayton Henkel) On the northern edge of downtown Raleigh, Capital Boulevard is a parched and...
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DEQ fights back against ruling in favor of Wake Stone mine near Umstead State...
A bridge spans a creek in Umstead State Park. Opponents of a proposal for adjacent mine say the operation will harm waterways leading to and within the park. (Photo: NC Parks)Administrative Law Judge...
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Durham housing developer allegedly violating Clean Water Act, jeopardizing...
Runoff in Martin Branch, allegedly from the Sweetbrier development site (Photo: Court filings)Falls Lake is going through some things. Fertilizer is running off from farm fields, entering its...
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Keep North Carolina filthy: Proposed budget could limit cities, counties from...
The proposed state budget contains language that could constrain local governments from enforcing littering ordinances. (File photo: Lisa Sorg)This story has been updated with comments from Scott...
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State budget includes money for PFAS, higher fees for electric cars, DEQ...
Firefighting foam, used at airports and military bases, has been identified as a source of toxic PFAS chemicals. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fire Administration)More than $55 million is included in the...
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For the second time in two months, Burlington discharged toxic 1,4-Dioxane...
(Creative Commons)Update at 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26.: The Town of Pittsboro released the first sampling results for 1,4-Dioxane: Raw Grab from Intake – 6.77 parts per billion Finished Water Grab –...
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Ratified and en route to the governor, House Bill 600 defangs state...
Two hog lagoons and a spray field (File photo: Lisa Sorg)It began as benign, but over the summer House Bill 600, the Regulatory Reform Act, transmogrified into a Medusa of environmental rollbacks and...
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In the shadow of Alcoa, West Badin residents want you to visit their town to...
The former Alcoa plant, now the Badin Business Park (File photo: Lisa Sorg)The hulking metal shell of the former Alcoa plant in Badin, in Stanly County, is roughly a half-mile long and severs the west...
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Battery storage seen as ‘backbone’ of reliable electric grid but adoption...
Tracy Anthony, site lead for Depcom, an Entergy contractor, stands in front of a row of solar panels at Entergy Arkansas’ 100 megawatt solar and storage plant in Searcy, Arkansas. Anthony said...
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How a looming government shutdown could hit national parks
Officials say North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway may be among the few National Park Service properties that could remain open during a federal government shutdown. Image: U.S. National Park Service...
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More NC utilities are detecting PFAS in drinking water, but some aren’t...
Photo: Cavan Images/Getty ImagesNearly a dozen public water systems in North Carolina, including four that had never previously reported PFAS in their drinking water, have detected levels of the toxic...
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US Fish and Wildlife Service plans to chemically treat part of Lake Mattamuskeet
Waterfowl flocks on Lake Mattamuskeet. Photo: Allie Stewart/USFWSSWAN QUARTER — Officials at Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge are considering permitting a relatively new pesticide in a trial...
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As consumers flock to organic foods, lawmakers urge more federal grants for...
Katy Rogers, the farm manager at Teter Organic Farm and Retreat Center in Noblesville, Indiana, inspects produce growing in one of the high tunnels at the farm on June 21, 2022. Members of Congress are...
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Overriding Gov. Cooper’s vetoes, the NC legislature makes it harder to vote,...
Speaker Tim Moore presides over the House for the marathon session of veto overrides. (Photo: NCGA video stream) The state legislature voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of bills on elections,...
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