Posts Tagged ‘North Carolina’
Protect our communities. Stop the MVP Southgate fracked-gas pipeline
The developers behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline will host meetings on June 25-28 to get local feedback in some of the communities the 72-mile proposed MVP Southgate extension would traverse.
Read MoreDuke Energy’s grid modernization pilot still shortchanges ratepayers
Appalachian Voices and our allies are raising concerns related to the process and substance behind Duke Energy’s grid modernization pilot.
Read MoreRising resistance to pipelines
Resistance to the fracked-gas Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines is growing, crossing all sorts of divides. Government agencies and officials supporting the projects are on the wrong side of history.
Read MorePipeline Resistance Grows on Multiple Fronts
Tree-sits, legal battles and more have sprung up in response to the natural gas pipelines being proposed and built across the region.
Read MoreOne Neighborhood’s Fight for Representation
How the predominately African-American neighborhood of Walnut Tree in Stokes County, N.C., won clean water and local voting rights.
Read MoreEnvironmental Protection Agency Aims to Deregulate Coal Ash
The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back federal coal ash safeguards gives more leeway to states — and advocates worry that would put drinking water at risk.
Read MoreConservation Groups Purchase Land in Western North Carolina
This spring, two land trust groups purchased a total of 190 acres of unprotected land in North Carolina’s Buncombe, Henderson and Caldwell counties.
Read MoreFifth Grader Spurs Change at WCU
Cullowhee Valley School fifth-grader Liam Tormey’s testing of the Tuckasegee River led to Western Carolina University staff taking steps to reduce future sediment pollution.
Read MoreManaging GenX Contamination
In May, the North Carolina House and Senate passed separate bills to grant the state Department of Environmental Quality more funding to address GenX contamination.
Read MoreSolar Advocates Lose N.C. Court Case
In May, the North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a Duke Energy-backed ruling that nonprofit group NC WARN violated the law by installing solar panels on and selling power to a Greensboro church.
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