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Unseen, deep oil may harm sea life
- News & Observer (new window)
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2010-08-18 |
| Researchers are warning that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a bigger mess than the government claims and that a lot of crude is lurking deep below the surface, some of it settling perhaps in an undersea canyon off the Florida Panhandle. The evidence of microscopic amounts of oil mixing into the soil of the canyon was gathered by scientists at the University of South Florida, who also found poisoned plant plankton - the vital base of the ocean food web - which they blamed on a toxic brew of oil and dispersants. | |
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Coal Ash Editorial
- Winston-Salem Journal (new window)
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2010-08-17 |
| North Carolina cannot allow the state's electrical utilities to walk away from the coal-ash ponds they have produced at some of their generating plants. | |
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Comments sought on sewer discharge location
- Sun Journal (new window)
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2010-08-15 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments on an environmental assessment on the city’s proposal to relocate its treated wastewater discharge pipe from Slocum Creek to the Neuse River. | |
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Farmers Lean to Truce on Animals’ Close Quarters
- New York Times (new window)
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2010-08-11 |
| Concessions by farmers in Ohio to sharply restrict the close confinement of hens, hogs and veal calves are the latest sign that so-called factory farming — a staple of modern agriculture that is seen by critics as inhumane and a threat to the environment and health — is on the verge of significant change. | |
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Journalism experts criticize UNC-TV's Alcoa reports
- WRAL.com (new window)
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2010-08-04 |
| RALEIGH, N.C. — Three UNC-TV news reports about one of the world's largest producers of aluminum was "a series of stories proffering an apparent point of view unsupported by the facts." | |
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Once all but dead, creek lives again
- Charlotte Observer (new window)
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2010-08-03 |
| Forty years ago, Little Sugar Creek was pretty much given up for dead. A scientist in 1969 visited almost the entire creek and found virtually no fish. | |
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Worries about water continue
- Charlotte Observer (new window)
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2010-08-02 |
| Former Marine Sgt. David Jackson said his doctor was stumped. He couldn't find a reason behind a series of health ailments that had plagued Jackson, including a weight gain of more than 100 pounds. The doctor, Jackson said, had also treated other Marines for various conditions. | |
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Volunteers fish out trash in Eno River cleanup
- The Herald Sun (new window)
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2010-08-01 |
| HILLSBOROUGH -- Soaked and muddy, a bedraggled Chris Kaminski emerged from the forest enshrouding the Eno River just east of the downtown area of the county seat, a discarded tire in each hand that had been submerged and embedded in the waterway just minutes earlier. | |
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Public meeting held on license for Yadkin River dams
- WRAL.com (new window)
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2010-07-30 |
| LEXINGTON, N.C. — MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED A PUBLIC MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT IN DAVIDSON COUNTY ABOUT ALUMINUM COMPANY ALCOA INC., WHICH OPERATES FOUR HYDROELECTRIC DAMS ALONG THE YADKIN RIVER. | |
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Speakers: Yadkin should benefit Carolinians, not Alcoa
- Salisburypost.com (new window)
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2010-07-30 |
| More than 200 people gathered to hear state and local officials speak out against Alcoa’s relicensing effort Thursday evening. | |
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Alcoa opponents meeting Thursday
- Salisburypost.com (new window)
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2010-07-28 |
| Several elected officials and community leaders will gather at a public meeting Thursday to speak out against Alcoa’s relicensing efforts. | |
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Advocates share data on water at Camp Lejeune
- Charlotte Observer (new window)
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2010-07-14 |
| ROANOKE, Va. Advocates pushing for answers about water contamination at North Carolina's Camp Lejeune Marine base have taken their documents on the road, and they'll come soon to Charlotte. | |
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Meeting to help plan future of Tar-Pamlico River basin
- The Daily Reflector (new window)
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2010-07-13 |
| People will get a chance to discuss their thoughts on the Tar-Pamlico River’s future on Thursday during a public meeting hosted by the N.C. Division of Water Resources. | |
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Show and tell on the Yadkin
- News & Observer (new window)
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2010-07-04 |
| RALEIGH -- State Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, backed by the Senate leadership, has done something both appalling and brilliant. | |
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Alcoa Dispute Has UNC-TV At Dual Purposes
- Carolina Journal Online (new window)
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2010-07-02 |
| RALEIGH — A showdown between UNC-TV and state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell, R-Cabarrus, has the legislative and executive branches of state government at a standoff and the editorial independence of the state-run public television network at risk. | |
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Water system on way as pollution moves toward Atkinson wells
- Star News Online (new window)
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2010-07-01 |
| A water project is under way in the Pender County town of Atkinson to provide a safe water source after tests found chemical byproducts of gasoline in groundwater. | |
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Falls Lake pollution plan up for public discussion
- The Daily Tar Heel (new window)
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2010-06-17 |
| The plan is nearly complete to stem the extended degradation of the lake that provides about 600,000 people in the Triangle with drinking water and draws in 750,000 annual visitors. | |
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EPA tests soil, water around Navassa chemical plant
- Star News Online (new window)
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2010-06-17 |
| Soil and well sampling is under way this week at the former Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. operation in Navassa and on some nearby properties. | |
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Riverkeeper warns us to protect our own water
- Charlotte Observer (new window)
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2010-06-16 |
| Anyone recoiling over the BP fiasco should spend some time talking to David Merryman, the wily, 27-year-old watchdog of the Catawba River. | |
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Asheville City Council: In the buff(er)
- Mountain Xpress (new window)
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2010-06-16 |
| By the end of their June 8 meeting, Asheville City Council members may have grown tired of hearing the word "buffer." The city's ad hoc Watershed Committee, which had drafted a new storm-water ordinance, was divided over the appropriate size of these required strips of undeveloped land along streams, intended to protect water quality. Instead, committee members settled on a formula for determining the width of buffers, which would vary depending on the land use. City staff, however, worried that this change would prove too difficult to apply; two alternatives proposed by staff called for 30-foot protective strips in most cases, increased to 50 feet in intensely developed or steeply sloping areas. Meanwhile, the city's Planning and Zoning Commission proposed more bare-bones guidelines closer to the state minimum requirements. | |
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Fort Bragg cleaning up contaminated water at base
- WRAL.com (new window)
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2010-06-14 |
| FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Fort Bragg officials are investigating the cause of a fuel leak from an out-of-service military truck at Camp MacKall. | |
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Cleanup of Raleigh-area lake could cost $1.5 billion
- Winston-Salem Journal (new window)
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2010-06-11 |
| RALEIGH Pollution threatening the water supply for one of North Carolina's largest metropolitan areas could cost $1.5 billion to clean. | |
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Burr, Hagan up pressure on Camp Lejeune water study
- WRAL.com (new window)
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2010-06-09 |
| RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's U.S. senators said Wednesday it's impossible to know whether past water pollution at Camp Lejeune is responsible for contemporary health problems until researchers know exactly what information the military has on the contamination. | |
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Plan for Little River dam sets up a fight
- News & Observer (new window)
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2010-06-02 |
| ZEBULON -- Environmental groups are readying for a regulatory battle this fall on the Little River's tranquil banks as they try to stop the city of Raleigh and Wake County from damming the river a decade from now. | |
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Opinions vary over management of Falls Lake
- WRAL.com (new window)
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2010-05-31 |
| Raleigh, N.C. — Falls Lake is more than the primary source of drinking water for Raleigh and several Wake County towns, it is also a popular recreation area. However, some people believe the way the Army Corps of Engineers regulates the water creates usage problems. | |
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Decision will make or break port plan; backers, foes anxious
- News & Observer (new window)
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2010-05-30 |
| Plans to build the state's biggest shipping port have reached a crucial point as Gov. Bev Perdue's administration nears a decision on whether to commit state money to help pay for the project. | |
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Advisories dropped at three Oak Island sites
- Star News Online (new window)
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2010-05-27 |
| A trio of swimming advisories on Oak Island have been lifted just before the start of the busy Memorial Day weekend. | |
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Murky water in Asheville area community termed 'safe'
- Asheville Citizen Times (new window)
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2010-05-26 |
| WEAVERVILLE — North Carolina's Democratic Party chairman said Tuesday that murky water used by residents at a mobile home park he owns is “drinkable,” but he stopped short of saying whether he would be willing to take a sip. | |
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EPA takes aim at Canton Paper Mill
- Smoky Mountain News (new window)
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2010-03-03 |
| A water pollution permit for the Canton paper mill has come under fire by the Environmental Protection Agency. The pollution permit is up for a periodic review by the state. The EPA isn’t pleased with the standards the state has proposed and is calling for tougher limits. | |
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Time for faster action on coal ash handling: New report suggests broader problems with groundwater
- The Charlotte Observer (new window)
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2010-03-01 |
| Until little more than a year ago, most people had no idea that storage of coal ash left over from generating power might become a big environment and public health problem. That was before a dam burst in Tennessee that allowed toxic sludge to flood the countryside near Kingston, Tenn., ruining the nearby landscape and prompting reviews by state and federal regulators and environmental advocacy groups of the potential danger elsewhere. | |
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