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Raleigh Jan 10, 2020 In conjunction with National Radon Action Month, the North Carolina Radon Program is distributing 3,000 radon test kits at no charge this month. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that is invisible, odorless and tasteless. It is…Read More »
By Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH The Division of Air Quality installed three air monitors, shown here in green, to measure ambient air quality in Duplin County. The red dots represent industrialized hog farms, of which there are more than 500 in…Read More »
January 23, 2020 RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s mountains and coasts are teeming with biodiversity that conservationists say is under threat from global warming. As ecosystems adapt to a changing climate, it’s becoming harder to predict which species will survive and which…Read More »
BY FRANK TAYLOR Editor, Carolina Public Press Duke Energy’s Cliffside Steam Station, located in Cleveland County, is pictured here in an archive photo from 2011. Coal ash stored at the site will be relocated to a lined basin, according to a settlement…Read More »
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – In 2019, more than 30,000 acres in Western North Carolina became protected from development, according to Blue Ridge Forever, a coalition of land-trust organizations across the region. Elsea Brown is executive director of the coalition. She said advocates mainly work…Read More »
RUTHERFORDTON — The Town will collect all trash routes on Monday, December 23rd and we collect all Recycling routes on Friday the 27th. The Town is also providing a dumpster this year in the Town Hall Parking lot to help with all…Read More »
“People have the right to float any river in North Carolina,” Colburn said. “It’s part of an incredible water system that reaches almost everyone’s backyard.”
By Rob Schofield, NC POLICY WATCH In case you missed it, a new report released earlier this week by the good people at Environment North Carolina confirms once again the utter folly of the Trump administration’s plan to bring offshore oil drilling to…Read More »
Republicans who raided economic development fund for Eastern NC release report based on inaccuracies and bad facts Governor Roy Cooper Press Release Raleigh — After two years of baseless political accusations and wasted taxpayer money, Republican conspiracy theories about the Atlantic Coast…Read More »
ELLENBORO — Many Rutherford County residents have been puzzled once again by a mysterious “loud boom” that reportedly shook several homes and rattled windows earlier this week. People were blowing up Facebook that they heard a very loud boom or explosion or…Read More »
