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shows a coal plant with steam puffing from one of the smokestacks, a concern in the fight against climate change, air pollution
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. House energy bill still stirring debate

by Greg Barnes August 3, 2021August 2, 2021

By Greg Barnes On a recent morning when a voluminous energy bill hit the N.C. House floor for a vote, Democrats remained confident that it would be defeated. And then, from their view at least, everything unraveled. By the evening of July 14 the House had voted 57-50 to approve the 49-page bill. State law […]

shows a coal plant with steam puffing from one of the smokestacks, a concern in the fight against climate change, air pollution
Posted inEnvironmental Health

North Carolina petition to curb carbon dioxide emissions advances

by Greg Barnes June 21, 2021July 13, 2021
Shows a long, wide trench in the earth, with a large diameter pipeline in the muddy bottom
Posted inEnvironmental Health

New N.C. State study finds socially vulnerable communities bear brunt of pipelines

by Greg Barnes June 2, 2021August 31, 2022
shows a coal plant with steam puffing from one of the smokestacks, a concern in the fight against climate change, air pollution
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. environmental groups file petition to join other states in combating climate change

by Greg Barnes February 25, 2021February 24, 2021
shows a large coal ash landfill with a dressed surface
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Duke Energy’s N.C. customers to see $1.1 billion energy savings this decade

by Greg Barnes February 1, 2021January 31, 2021
A sign for Grays' Creek Elementary, in an area that
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Local governments, residents having to foot bill for industrial contamination

by Greg Barnes January 7, 2020January 6, 2020

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