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A group of Dream.Org Green Reentry participants, who were involved in the criminal justice systen and instructors, wearing matching blue “everblue” shirts pose together inside a training space next to HVAC and insulation equipment, with one person in front holding up an everblue T‑shirt.

Environmental Health

Second chances bloom in Charlotte’s clean‑energy boom

by Will Atwater May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

A crowd of Northampton County residents fills the commissioners’ meeting room as a speaker addresses the board from a podium during a public hearing on the proposed data center moratorium.

Environmental Health

Northampton residents win 32‑month pause on data centers

by Will Atwater May 8, 2026May 8, 2026

A person wearing clear disposable gloves holds a handful of small, colorful plastic fragments and sand-sized debris, illustrating microplastic pollution collected from a beach or shoreline.

Environmental Health

Living with microplastics, and finding ways to reduce exposure

by Will Atwater April 24, 2026April 23, 2026

A woman stands at a microphone reading from a paper during a public meeting, while three officials sit at a table facing the audience; several attendees are seated in the foreground, and a row of international flags lines the wall behind the panel.

Proposed industrial wastewater rules ‘completely inadequate’

by Coastal Review Online April 19, 2026May 6, 2026

Environmental Health

Helene exposed cracks in western NC’s health care safety net

by Will Atwater April 15, 2026April 16, 2026

Two water utility workers in safety gear stand on a platform at a treatment facility, reviewing information on a laptop.

EPA launches a ‘back-to-basics’ blueprint to help rural drinking water systems

by Daily Yonder April 11, 2026April 9, 2026