An Ill Wind Continues to Blow
“Trust us.” That’s what the sponsors of the latest legislative effort to…
North Carolina Hits the Hill
Last Wednesday, citizen environmental advocates from the North Carolina…
50 States Energy Reports
How does North Carolina compare to other states in solar energy…
“High Level” No More?
The Trump Administration is fudging the books yet again: this time on the toxicity of radioactive waste. They want us to believe that much of the radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production isn’t really all that dangerous after all. Environmental watchdogs call the move “irresponsible and dangerous.” Trump Moves to Conceal Danger of Radioactive Nuclear […]
Anti-Wind Bill Back on Fast Track
The state Senate must be caught in a cyclone because terrible anti-wind…
High Costs of Demolition
Here’s another check mark on the list of “why we can’t afford more nuclear reactors”: the extremely high cost of tearing down the old ones. Disposing of a plant costs less than restoring it, but the sums are still staggering. When Duke Energy expanded into Florida, the company came into possession of the Crystal River […]
Hog Heaven
State Senate leaders want less regulation of corporate hog farms in North Carolina. Under their plan, hog farms will be exempted from new state pollution control rules. Meanwhile, the farms will also escape public scrutiny over what they dump in our water and air. Between provisions in the Senate-passed version of the budget and the […]
Mercury in the Water
New groundwater tests show mercury has entered the “witches’ brew” of…
Mapping Injustice
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) new environmental justice community map went live last week. The system combines data about facilities which DEQ permits and regulates, with census, health, and other geographic and socioeconomic data. The multi-layered results provide a snapshot of how poorer neighborhoods and communities of color tend to be disproportionately […]
EPA’s Deadly Coverup
The Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to cook the books of its health impact calculations in order to hide the deaths which will result from unchecked climate change. As part of Trump’s crusade to deny climate science and serve his fossil fuel industry sponsors, his appointees are seeking to eliminate the Clean […]
