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In October, the Trump administration repealed 2015 regulations that protected streams, wetlands and rivers from polluting chemicals. (Adobe Stock) RALEIGH, N.C. — Conservation groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers over the Trump administration’s rollback of Clean…Read More »
A coal-ash site and a coal-fired power plant both sit on Lake Norman. (Adobe Stock) MOORESVILLE, N.C. — During a recent public hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed loosening of coal-ash disposal regulations, Mooresville resident Susan Wind told agency officials she believes…Read More »
On Saturday, September 28th, ROC members and others from the community came together for the ROC Broad River Fall Sweep river clean-up. Thanks to their efforts,1,180 pounds of trash and 46 tires were removed from the river. Sections 2, 3, 4, and…Read More »
LAKE LURE DAM BRIDGE The Lake Lure Dam Bridge is owned by the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The Town of Lake Lure requested a copy of the latest safety inspection report from NCDOT. Please click here to read this report. Town leaders are…Read More »
By Dr. Walter Robinson, NC Policy Watch On September 23rd, leaders from around the world met in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit. Four years ago, in Paris, it was agreed to limit global warming to less than two degrees…Read More »
The Town of Lake Lure, NC proactively lowers the lake on a three-year cycle to allow lakefront property owners to maintain their lake structures. The Marine Commission held a special public forum on 8/13/19 to discuss and gather input on the cycle…Read More »
By Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATCH Duke Energy calls its new net-zero carbon emissions plan a “directional beacon,” but for critics of the utility, the proposal is blind to the drivers of climate change. Tuesday’s announcement from the energy titan offered no hard-and-fast…Read More »
Current Conditions as of September 24, 2019 at 8am ET US Drought Monitor of North Carolina Drought Classifications D0 – Abnormally Dry D1 – Moderate Drought D2 – Severe Drought D3 – Extreme Drought D4 – Exceptional Drought S – Short-Term impacts, typically…Read More »
Yesterday at approximately 6:45 a.m. Broad River Fire & Rescue personnel were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving a gasoline tanker in the area of 35 Cedar Creek Rd. Upon arrival Broad River Fire & Rescue found a gasoline tanker on…Read More »
By Lisa Sorg North Topsail Beach, two days before Hurricane Dorian (Photo: Lisa Sorg) Forty-eight hours before the arms of Hurricane Dorian locked on the coast, North Topsail Beach in Onslow County sounded like an untuned symphony. The roar of the…Read More »
