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Construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia is already under way. The company is also planning an extension to North Carolina.

A Pipeline Company Says It Will Protect the Environment in North Carolina. Its Record in Tennessee Says Otherwise

Damaged wetlands and streams, spills of drilling mud and a federal stop-work order have plagued the Ridgeline Expansion Project in Tennessee.

Energy & Environment

NC utilities to receive $47 million to keep toxic lead out of drinking water

Lisa Sorg | Inside Climate News

Beneath the yards of an untold number of homes in North Carolina lay water lines installed 100 years ago. Some of these service lines, which send drinking water from the main pipes to the houses, contain lead, a neurotoxin. Under the EPA’s proposed rule, all lead-contaminated service lines would be replaced within 10 years.

This exposed coal ash is on a steep slope that leads to the Bolin Creek greenway in Chapel Hill. Although fencing has been installed to capture any runoff and prevent people from accessing the ash, contaminants can escape through the air, presenting health risks.

Energy & Environment

Coal ash more hazardous than previously known, EPA says, could alter Chapel Hill cleanup plan

Lisa Sorg | Inside Climate News

There are at least 72 structural fill sites in North Carolina, some of them with exposed ash. Coal ash could increase a person’s cancer risk significantly more than previously estimated, according to a recent EPA report, raising questions about the safety of places where ash has been used as structural fill.