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Gov. Cooper calls for wetlands, forest restoration, rebuffs lawmakers’...
Pine flats in the Croatan National Forest like this are in the coastal areas targeted for conservation as part of new grant funding announced on Monday by Gov. Roy Cooper. (Photo: Lisa Sorg)A new...
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Chemours asks federal appeals court to negate EPA health goal for GenX
An aerial view of the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant in northern Bladen County. (Photo: Chemours)Chemours, the company responsible for polluting the drinking water of 800,000 people in the Lower...
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U.S. House passes bill to reverse Biden pause of some liquified natural gas...
Nine Democrats voted with every Republican in favor of legislation that would remove the federal requirement that the Department of Energy considers an LNG export permit in the public interest before...
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Pittsboro suing Apollo Chemical over toxic 1,4-Dioxane in drinking water
Pittsboro's advanced granular activated carbon filtration system reduces the amount of PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane in the drinking water by more than 90%. (Photo: Lisa Sorg)Two silver tanks towering three...
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Dominion plans new natural gas pipeline between Eden and Roxboro
This is a developing story. Dominion Energy North Carolina plans to build a 45-mile pipeline between Eden and Roxboro connecting the controversial MVP Southgate project with Duke Energy’s planned new...
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City of Southport advances plan to sell habitat-rich acreage to state
The federal government has placed restrictive uses on the city-owned parcel, shown here in the purple-shaded area, because of its proximity to Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. Map: Brunswick County...
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Only 10% of eligible residents near Weaver Fertilizer fire received city...
The Weaver Fertilizer plant was destroyed by the blaze. (Photo: NC DOL)This story originally appeared in the Old Gold & Black, the student newspaper for Wake Forest University. In February 2022, a...
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Chemours places three top officials on leave, citing “material weaknesses in...
File photoChemours has placed its CEO, chief financial officer and controller on administrative leave over financial reporting issues, prompting an internal review by the Audit Committee of the...
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Three large natural gas pipeline projects are proposed for NC: where they are...
Screenshot from "These Are My People," a 1959 promotional film about natural gas.They have sunny, optimistic names: MVP Southgate. T15 Reliability Project. Southeast Supply Enhancement. Three companies...
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Clean up begins at Navassa Superfund site; learn more at public meeting next...
The cleanup of contaminated surface soil at the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp – Navassa Superfund site started Monday, March 4. The cleanup is expected to take four months. (Photo: Multistate Trust)Federal...
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This winter is packing heat, and climate change is the reason
Daffodils bloomed on Jan. 26 in Durham (Photo: Lisa Sorg)The winter that barely was: Daffodils bloomed in late January, followed shortly afterward by a stray honeybee. People opened the moonroofs in...
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Head of Strategic Buyout Program resigns, yet another high-profile departure...
Damage from Hurricane Florence (Photo: NC Emergency Management)Maggie Battaglin, the director of mitigation at ReBuild NC and who oversaw the chronically underfunded Strategic Buyout Program, resigned...
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Enviva declares bankruptcy, operates four wood pellet plants in NC
The Raging Grannies were among about 30 protesters outside Enviva's office in Raleigh. (Photo: Lisa Sorg)Enviva, the world’s largest manufacturer of wood pellet fuel with plants in North Carolina,...
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Coastal Resources Commission adopts 16 rules to keep natural resources protected
The sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park in Dare County are 80 to 100 feet tall. (Photo: State Parks)More than a dozen rules state coastal management officials say are crucial to day-to-day...
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Duke Energy unveils plans for new natural gas plant in Catawba County
The current Marshall Steam Station in Catawba County will eventually be replaced by a new natural gas plant nearby on Duke Energy property. (Photo: Duke Energy)Duke Energy has unveiled its plans for a...
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Troubled waters: DEQ proposes adding 400+ miles of streams, rivers to...
Portions of Stocking Head Creek are on the federal impaired list because of high levels of fecal bacteria. (File photo: Lisa Sorg)By all appearances, the Bogue Sound, a serene, 25-mile stretch of water...
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Energy regulator nominees face Senate committee
Judy Chang, David Rosner and Lindsay See, nominees to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, are sworn in Thursday at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. (Senate Energy and...
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Superfund decision for Tarheel Army Missile Plant relied on incomplete data
Illustration by Lisa Sorg (Document sources: DEQ and US Army historical files. Photos: City of Burlington presentation, DEQ, US Army historical files, Lisa Sorg)The former Tarheel Army Missile Plant in...
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Proposed permit allows Lear Corp. to discharge high levels of PFAS into NE...
A map showing the location of Lear, near Kenansville in Duplin County, and the Northeast Cape Fear River, which receives the company's PFAS-contaminated discharge. (Map: DEQ files)This story has been...
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U.S. losing valuable wetlands at alarming rate, threatening flood control,...
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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