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Coal ash remaining at the Dan River Steam Station, after the power plant's pond spilled 39,000 tons of ash into the Dan River in February. Photo courtesy N.C. DENR

Environmental Health, Featured, Rural Health

NC to Mandate ‘Environmental Justice Reviews’ of New Coal Ash Dumps

by Catherine Clabby April 14, 2016January 9, 2017

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

Environmental Health, Featured

DEQ Pushes to Categorize N.C.’s Coal Ash Ponds

by Catherine Clabby March 1, 2016January 9, 2017

A concrete batch plant. Concrete plants can produce low levels of emissions, and my be exempt from permits under DENR's proposal. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Environmental Health, Featured, State Health Policy

DENR Requests Exemptions for Smaller-Scale Air Polluters

by Gabe Rivin September 25, 2015May 7, 2018

Wet coal ash left over from last February's spill into the Dan River. Photo courtesy N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. photo shows a large mass of grey, mushy ash

What to Do with 264 Billion Pounds of Coal Ash

by Gabe Rivin August 10, 2015July 25, 2024

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, 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

Chronic 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