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A new report says North Carolina had the fourth highest budget cuts in the country over the last decade when it comes to environmental protection.Between…
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People who live near Duke Energy's North Carolina coal ash dumps on Thursday marked 1,000 days of living on bottled water, amid fears that their wells are…
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Duke Energy has agreed to pay an $84,000 fine and will speed up coal ash cleanups at three coal-fired power plants in western North Carolina. The proposed…
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Former state environmental secretary Donald van der Vaart has resigned from the Department of Environmental Quality, amid an investigation. A DEQ…
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After Democrat Roy Cooper defeated Republican Governor Pat McCrory a year ago, state environmental secretary Donald van der Vaart gave up his office.…
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A federal appeals court has granted a request by the state Department of Environmental Quality to withdraw its legal challenge to former President Barack…
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Contractors have finished installing a plastic liner, fresh earth and a fiber mat over an asbestos site at the Metrolina Warehouse near downtown Davidson.…
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Updated Friday, Jan. 27, 2017Despite the Trump administration's freeze on new Environmental Protection Agency contracts, a federal cleanup of asbestos…
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A plan to redevelop an old mill in downtown Davidson has led to the discovery - or re-discovery - of disease-causing asbestos on the site and around the…
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Forty-eight counties have seen flooding from Hurricane Matthew, and waters are still rising in some areas. State officials are watching dams, checking…