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| 2010-06-26 | |
| At least 1500 Tar Heels drew a line in the sand against offshore drilling today as part of the Hands Across the Sand international day of action--the largest clean energy rally the world has ever seen. | |
| 2010-04-21 | |
| Representatives James Oberstar (Minn.), Vernon Ehlers (Mich.) and John Dingell (Mich.) introduced the America’s Commitment to Clean Water Act, H.R. 5088, today, a bi-partisan bill that would restore Clean Water Act protections to thousands of streams across the country and the drinking water for millions of Americans. | |
| 2009-10-22 | |
| Raleigh, NC--Industrial facilities dumped over 9 million pounds of toxic chemicals into North Carolina’s waterways in 2007, the 9th highest amount in the country, according to "Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act." The new Environment North Carolina report also found that polluters dumped more cancer-causing chemicals into the Catawba River than every other waterway in America but the Ohio River. | |
| 2009-06-22 | |
| Raleigh—The highly-controversial-turned-wildly-popular Jordan Lake cleanup bill is now headed to the Governor’s desk. Once the subject of fervent objections from local governments and developers, the Jordan Lake protection plan won approval from House lawmakers tonight by a vote of 108 to 9. | |
| 2009-06-17 | |
| Raleigh—Surviving the NC Department of Transportation’s attempts last week to stall it, the Jordan Lake Protection plan won unanimous approval from Senate lawmakers today. | |
| 2009-06-09 | |
| Raleigh—A Senate committee today approved a measure to restore and protect Jordan Lake, the drinking water reservoir that draws over a million visitors each year. | |
| 2009-05-12 | |
| Raleigh--House lawmakers voted 106-8 today for a proposal to restore and protect Jordan Lake, the drinking water reservoir in Chatham County that draws over a million visitors each year. | |
| 2008-07-02 | |
| The Division of Water Quality has closed its public comment period regarding the reclassification of the Horsepasture River as an Outstanding Resource Water. | |
| 2008-04-22 | |
| On the thirty-eighth anniversary of Earth Day, local citizens gathered at a public hearing in Cashiers to speak in support of a proposal that would give the Horsepasture River one of North Carolina’s strongest clean water protections. | |
| 2007-10-11 | |
| More than 49% percent of industrial and municipal facilities across North Carolina discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow in 2005, according to Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act compliance, a new report released today by Environment North Carolina. | |
| 2007-09-14 | |
| Apex--More than 6,500 North Carolinians are calling on state officials to restore Jordan Lake, Environment North Carolina and the Haw River Assembly said at a lakeside news conference today. Advocates delivered the thousands of postcards, emails, and petitions to state officials this afternoon, in time for the close of an official public comment period on the protection of the Triangle reservoir. | |
| 2007-01-11 | |
| Thursday, January 11, the Environmental Management Commission approved the reclassification of the North Fork First Broad River as an Outstanding Resource Water. Environment North Carolina and Concerned Citizens of Rutherford County have been working to ensure that the river remains unpolluted by seeking Outstanding Resource Water classification. This classification ensures that as growth and development occur in the watershed, the river will be protected from pollution caused by polluted runoff, wastewater discharges, and other sources. | |
| 2006-10-06 | |
| The chemical fire in Apex underscores the importance of protecting communities from releases of highly toxic chemicals. The fire at Environmental Quality, a hazardous and chemical waste disposal facility, prompted the evacuation of 17,000 residents and sent 28 people to the emergency room with respiratory problems. | |
| 2006-07-27 | |
| A Senate vote Wednesday marked final approval of rules requiring developers to protect waterways from polluted runoff. The legislation comes after years of litigation and negotiation and will require runoff controls in 123 cities and 25 counties, including some of the state’s most rapidly growing areas. The bill now awaits the Governor’s signature. | |
| 2006-05-24 | |
| Raleigh—Today North Carolinians converged on the General Assembly with one thing on their mind: clean water. As part of the 6th annual Clean Water Lobby Day, citizens from across the state are urging legislators to enact protections against the number one threat to water quality in North Carolina: polluted runoff. | |
| 2006-04-13 | |
| North Carolina taxpayers will pay more than $35.5 million to clean up after polluters at Superfund toxic waste sites in 2006, according to a new Environment North Carolina analysis. The report comes on the heels of a new fish consumption advisory for Lake Crabtree, one of North Carolina’s 31 Superfund sites. | |
| 2006-04-12 | |
| Raleigh—Many of the state’s drinking water lakes are polluted with nutrients, according to the report state officials delivered yesterday to members of the legislative Environmental Review Commission. The report, required by Senate Bill 981, the “Clean Lakes” Act, passed by the General Assembly last year, finds that pollution in three lakes—High Rock Lake, High Point Lake, and Lake Rhodhiss—is so severe that those lakes will soon join the list of impaired waters in North Carolina | |
| 2005-10-04 | |
| A new NCPIRG analysis of a proposed Bush Administration rule reveals that residents of North Carolina would lose valuable information about the amounts and type of harmful chemicals discharged by industrial facilities in their neighborhoods if the rule is finalized. | |
| 2005-07-12 | |
| North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG) has released a new report, "Our Lakes at Risk: The Impact of Growth on North Carolina's Water Quality." | |
| 2005-06-02 | |
| Late Tuesday night, on the heels of more than 2,000 public comments calling on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to protect Jordan Lake, Senators unanimously approved a bill providing protections for Jordan Lake, and drinking waters reservoirs statewide. | |
| 2005-06-01 | |
| Over Memorial Day weekend, thousands of people visited Jordan Lake. Jordan Lake is one of North Carolina's treasured resources-a favorite place for hiking, fishing, swimming and boating. | |
| 2004-07-29 | |
| Citizen groups statewide are filing petitions to protect water quality, including one to preserve the quality of the Tar River, announced today by the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG) and Pamlico-Tar River Foundation (PTRF). | |
| 2004-03-30 | |
| More than 80 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across North Carolina exceeded their Clean Water Act permit limits between January 2002 and June 2003, according to a new report, "Troubled Waters," released today by the North Carolina Public Interest Research Group (NCPIRG). | |
| 2003-09-18 | |
| As Hurricane Isabel hammers North Carolina over the next few days, it will bring a torrent of heavy rains and, quite possibly, hog waste. | |
| 2002-08-06 | |
| Nearly 1 in 3 of the nation's largest industrial, municipal, and federal facilities were in serious violation of their Clean Water Act permits at least once during a recent 15-month period. | |
| 2001-05-24 | |
| Over 1 in 5 of the state's largest industrial and municipal facilities were in serious violation of the Clean Water Act at least once during a recent 15-month period, according to a report released today by NCPIRG, Clean Water Fund of North Carolina, and Haw River Watch. | |
