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The main entrance to the EPA Headquarters in Washington DC

Environmental Health

Closures of EPA’s Regional Environmental Justice offices will hurt rural America

by Daily Yonder April 5, 2025April 5, 2025

Industrial smokestacks directly emit particle pollution, but they also emit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which react in the atmosphere to form fine particle pollution. Photo courtesy U.S. EPA

Environmental Health

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy — here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

by The Conversation March 15, 2025March 15, 2025

A group of protesters display colorful signs as they march.

Environmental Health

Trump’s proposed budget cuts to EPA and NIH spark alarm in NC

by Will Atwater March 10, 2025March 31, 2025

It's a sunny day, and a large white commercial truck with the words Stericycle in green is parked in a loaded dock in the back of a multi-story brick building. The word Stericycle, written in green, appears on the door panel and the trailer the truck is hauling.

Environmental Health

As hospital systems begin to grapple with medical waste, environmentalists call for tighter regulations

by Will Atwater October 27, 2023June 26, 2026

Chris Frey, an engineering researcher at N.C. State University, has measured high levels of nitrogen oxides in Volkswagen's newer diesel cars.

Environmental Health

Who Will Steer Volkswagen Settlement Spending in NC?

by Catherine Clabby May 22, 2017May 22, 2017

North Carolina is home to roughly 8.6 million farmed pigs, on hog farm such as this. Many of the pigs are kept in confined shelters, producing malodorous waste that can harm nearby residents. Photo courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Data-Driven Environmental Detective

by Catherine Clabby December 9, 2016January 9, 2017