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Ratepayers plead with NC Utilities Commission to reject Duke Energy’s carbon...
A member of the Ragin' Grannies, an environmental advocacy group, sings "No Frackin' Way," outside the Durham County Courthouse, where the NC Utilities Commission was holding a public hearing about...
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North Carolina to receive $76m to replace drinking water lines that contain lead
An advertisement placed by the National Lead Company in National Geographic magazine in 1923. (Photo courtesy U.S. National Library of Medicine)North Carolina will receive an additional $76 million for...
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Person County residents suing commissioners over rezoning for Dominion LNG plant
Dominion Energy provided this photo illustration of the proposed liquified natural gas facility -- LNG, for short -- in southeastern Person County. The large tank can hold 25 million gallons of LNG.The...
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At urging of NC Chamber, some environmental commission members want to delay...
This pipe carries water from upstream and discharges into the Cape Fear River in Wilmington. Before Chemours stopped discharging GenX into the river, this pipe was a source of the contamination,...
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Proposed billboard measure would “uglify” North Carolina, opponents say
(Getty images)Redbuds must die so drivers can see billboards for the Elevate Wellness Group. Rising above the freeway, over 500 square feet are plastered photos of an attractive woman, a deflated...
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In some parts of the U.S., the grid of the future might be closer than you think
Southwest Power Pool runs a portion of the American electric grid that runs from the Canadian border to Texas and includes all or part of 17 central and western states. The organization has...
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High costs, interconnection obstacles killed a swine gas-to-electricity...
Piedmont is upgrading a natural gas pipeline system in front of the ZNC facility in Turkey, in Sampson County. It is independent of the ZNC project, but the company has granted a permanent easement on...
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In Forsyth County, community gardens fill the nutrition gap, while serving as...
The Rural Hall Community Garden rents 4-foot-by-8-foot beds for $10 a year. However, the fee can be waived for people who can't afford the cost. (Photo: Shaila Prasad)This story is part of a series on...
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NC environmental regulators at war over water rules for ‘forever chemicals’
This pipe carries water from upstream and discharges into the Cape Fear River in Wilmington. Before Chemours stopped discharging GenX into the river, this pipe was a source of the contamination,...
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Dozens testify against large liquified natural gas facility in Person County
Dozens testified against the Moriah Energy Center at a public hearing on Aug. 1, 2024. (Christine Zhu/NC Newsline)Each morning, Jill Hoffman and her husband wake up to the sound of Dominion Energy’s...
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Read Gov. Cooper’s state of emergency declaration in anticipation of Debby
Image: National Weather ServiceOn Monday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order declaring a “state of emergency” in anticipation of the effects of Tropical Storm Debby, which will...
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Debby drenched the southeast: Climate change is making storms like this even...
The construction site for the city of Raleigh's new municipal building bears the signs of Tropical Storm Debby's heavy rainfall on the morning of August 8, 2024. (Photo: Rob Schofield/NC...
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Big Duke Energy dollars are flowing to attacks in the NC governor’s race
Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein (L) and Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R) (File photos)North Carolina’s largest energy provider has a long record of making campaign contributions to politicians of...
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Too popular for its own good? NC national park struggles with sometimes...
View of Western North Carolina from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Photo: Jim Renfro, NPS)Perhaps more than any other national park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park...
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Facing natural disasters, more lawmakers look to make oil companies pay for...
Severe flooding struck Chester and other parts of Vermont in 2023. The state enacted a law this year that seeks to charge fossil fuel companies for the damages caused by climate change. Scott...
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U.S. Interior Secretary Haaland, Gov. Cooper highlight new investments in NC...
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland - Photo: Department of the InteriorU.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday announced more than $16 million in federal grants to build new urban...
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Biden’s clean energy plan: Pro-worker, pro-consumer, pro-planet
Image: U.S. Department of EnergyAs a union member of LU 553 for 30 years, I know the difference a good-paying, pro-worker job can make. I am proud to be a member of the International Brotherhood of...
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Public interest nonprofit asks EPA to take over water permitting in N.C.
The Cape Fear River has been contaminated with forever chemicals, such as PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane from industrial dischargers. This pipe carries water from upstream and discharges into the Cape Fear River...
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NC environmental officials petition EPA to classify four PFAS as hazardous
A diagram shows how environmental regulations seek to address PFAS pollution - Source: NCDEQThe North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality joined two other states in asking the U.S....
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Some parts of western North Carolina to see higher utility bills
The TVA board meets in Norris, Tennessee in May 2023. Katie Myers / BPRThis report is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Residents...
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