Environment

Laura Leslie, WRAL — Environmental groups on Tuesday called for state leaders to do more to address air pollution in North Carolina. More than 70 percent of the U.S. population was …
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AP – A proposed extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline from Virginia into North Carolina has gained new life in an ongoing court battle. The Roanoke Times reported Thursday that the 4th …
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AP – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has again picked a veteran leader from the Environmental Defense Fund to become his environment secretary. Cooper announced on Tuesday that Dionne Delli-Gatti will replace …
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FOX 46 – Deer hunting season may have just ended, but lawmakers in Raleigh are getting a head start for next season with a bill in the North Carolina Senate. …
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ENR – Speaking at his Senate confirmation hearing, Michael Regan, President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, sought to alleviate Republican senators’ concerns about the president’s …
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BusinessNC – Duke Energy says it reached a settlement resolving the debate over how to pay for more than $8 billion of coal ash management in North Carolina, citing an …
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AP/WNCN – The Dupont and Chemours companies have agreed to resolve legal disputes over liabilities for pollution from man-made chemicals associated with cancer. The binding agreement announced Friday comes after …
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Bill Fisher, GBR / High Country Public Radio –  Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on her introduction of the Protecting American Resources, Innovation and Sovereignty (PARIS) …
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer – A crack in the wall of a pipeline caused nearly 1.2 million gallons of gasoline to spill in Mecklenburg County’s Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville’s …
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Kristen Johnson, The Fayetteville Observer – The N.C. Division of Air Quality granted Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy one of the permits they need to move forward in completing a …
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