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State Health Policy

Epidemiologist Resignation Points to Bigger Problem in State Departments

by Rose Hoban August 12, 2016April 16, 2021

Duke Energy's Asheville Steam Electric Generating Plant coal ash ponds. The DEQ has ranked the ponds as risk.

Environmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Sparks Flew Early Over Well-Water Letters

by Catherine Clabby August 5, 2016September 7, 2016

At the height of the tourism season in North Carolina, the state Division of Air Quality published this image online to celebrate improvements in North Carolina’s air quality. A deciview is a unit used to measure differences in visibility. Photo credit: NC Department of Environmental Quality / National Park Service

Cleaner Air, For Now?

by Catherine Clabby August 1, 2016November 17, 2022

wind turbine

Environmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

Wind Farm Regulations Meet Turbulent Response at General Assembly

by Rose Hoban June 23, 2016September 7, 2016

Environmental Health, Featured, Public Health

For Drinking Water Warnings, Lawmakers Debate Which Standard To Use

by Catherine Clabby May 6, 2016July 14, 2017

A cross-section illustration shows the relationship of the aquifer systems between Hampstead, at left, and Bald Head Island. Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Environmental Health, NC Health Briefs, Public Health

Researchers Focus on Groundwater

by Editor February 2, 2016February 2, 2016