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Category: Environmental Health

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
Posted inEnvironmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Panel Cites NC Health Benefits of Federal Carbon Plan

by Gabe Rivin September 21, 2014April 7, 2017
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
Posted inChronic Disease, Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

North Carolina Comes Up to Federal Standards for Fine Particle Air Pollution

by Gabe Rivin September 10, 2014April 7, 2017
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health, Rural Health, Uncategorized

Residents Urge Stronger Health Protections from Fracking

by Gabe Rivin August 25, 2014April 7, 2017
Coal ash at the Dan River Steam Station
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health, Rural Health, State Health Policy, Uncategorized

Senate, House Pass Final Coal Ash Bill

by Gabe Rivin August 22, 2014April 7, 2017
Storage tanks at fracking site near Mainesburg, PA. Photo courtesy Gerry Dincher, flickr creative commons
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

New Fracking Law Allows Stricter Environmental Rules, Though Action is Uncertain

by Gabe Rivin August 15, 2014April 7, 2017
Staff from the U.S. Fish and WIldlife Service take core samples following the spill of coal ash into the Dan River. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Posted inEnvironmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health, State Health Policy

Legislature Will Hold Coal Ash Bill Until November

by Gabe Rivin August 1, 2014April 7, 2017

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