Community speaks out after Moriah Energy Center issued air quality permit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 11, 2024 CONTACTJuhi Modi, North Carolina Field Coordinator, juhi@appvoices.orgDan Radmacher, Media Specialist, dan@appvoices.org ROUGEMONT, N.C.  — On Thursday, Oct. 10, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality approved an air quality permit for the Moriah Energy Center, a proposed liquefied methane gas facility in Rougemont, N.C., that would…

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Vested Power: State-Level Legislative Agendas in 2013

By Brian Sewell, J.W. Randolph and Nathan Jenkins At the state level, the public often has greater access and input on decisions and the processes of their governments. But so do special interests — especially campaign funders and industries that play a significant role in state and large-scale economies. State governments in Appalachia create their…

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