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CBC Political Cartoons | Cartoons this Week WRAL's Opinion section was launched in 2016 by Capitol Broadcasting Company to raise awareness of important statewide issues, fostering meaningful discussions and encouraging civic engagement to drive...

Playing the grinch this year: Duke Energy.

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Experts blame dredging, sea levels for spread of 'ghost forests' in the Cape Fear - WWAYTV3 A June study done by UNCW faculty member, Monica Rother found that dredging in 1946, 1970 and 2000 were consistent with growth suppression events in bald cypress after sampling the rings of these tree...

"They look like bone, and that’s kind of an unnerving situation and sight to see cause we’re used to seeing things that are thriving"

Northern Lights may become visible across Carolinas: Here’s when Several viewers around the Charlotte area captured stunning photos of the aurora on Tuesday night.

Who's ready?

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North Carolina Zoo welcomes endangered red wolf Meet the three-year-old red wolf now at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro.

Some good news to start off your Monday!

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Wilmington City Council rejects Chemours expansion amid PFAS fears Chemours recently applied to the state to expand production at the facility.

This is great news! Other cities and counties should follow suit.

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Local elections are happening in many towns and cities across NC today!

Look up your voter record at myNCvote.com to find your polling place and view your sample ballot (if your record says "no eligible ballots" then there is not an election in your area at this time).

Your fall leaf forecast is here. 🍂 North Carolina, you never disappoint. Explore a digital map here: www.explorefall.com/fall-foliage...

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A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to get the EPA to regulate PFAS. Now the Trump administration is reversing progress.

With @insideclimatenews.org & @whqr.bsky.social | For seven years, N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to regulate PFAS in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success.
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Duke Energy has released its new carbon-reduction plan. Here's how 2025 NC legislation shaped it. The NC General Assembly overrode Gov. Josh Stein's veto to pass a bill removing an interim carbon reduction target.

"Unfortunately, what removing the target is going to allow Duke to do is run its aging, inefficient, dirty coal plants for longer."

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Duke Energy has released its new carbon-reduction plan. Here's how 2025 NC legislation shaped it. The NC General Assembly overrode Gov. Josh Stein's veto to pass a bill removing an interim carbon reduction target.

"Unfortunately, what removing the target is going to allow Duke to do is run its aging, inefficient, dirty coal plants for longer."

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Data center uncertainty looms large over inaugural state energy task force meeting Over the next decade, utilities are predicting that data centers, manufacturing and electrification will drive up energy demand at an unprecedented rate. Gov. Stein has tasked a group of experts and w...

"the group should be “thinking about how we can maintain affordability for the individuals who can least afford to manage large rate increases over the next three or four years.”

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Damage from Helene creates conservation headaches for crucial highland spruce-fir forest Roan Highlands in NC are home to rare spruce-fir habitat and many unique species. A year after Helene, they are at increased risk.

"Now, one year after Helene, partners are focused on long-range plans to restore and protect the forest transformed by the storm."

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CAFO Country: As hog and poultry operations spread, so do concerns In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these conc...

“This is a huge source of nitrogen, phosphorus, pathogens, and it is under-regulated and really unmonitored in a way that we don't see for any other type of industry”

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CAFO Country: As hog and poultry operations spread, so do concerns In 2007, North Carolina permanently banned new or expanded hog farms that collect waste in lagoons and spray it on fields as fertilizer. The idea was to shift to cleaner disposal methods at these conc...

“This is a huge source of nitrogen, phosphorus, pathogens, and it is under-regulated and really unmonitored in a way that we don't see for any other type of industry”

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"Forever chemicals" found in Chapel Hill well as county studies sludge’s role PFAS detected in a Chapel Hill family’s well are prompting Orange Water and Sewer Authority to launch private well testing near historic sludge fields as state regulators study potential contamination...

“We shouldn’t have to fight this hard for clean drinking water,” Meeker said. “Somebody needs to take responsibility.”

Chemours pushes to increase PFAS production at Fayetteville Works Plant Environmental advocates say they're concerned increasing production could increase pollution levels downstream.

"The threat that this river, which is our drinking water supply, is gonna get even more contaminated with PFAS, is very real"

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Our Organizer, Kristen, was recently invited to join The Backyard Naturalists, a podcast hosted by one of our amazing volunteers! 🎙️ Listen on Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/6eCC...

"Forever chemicals" found in Chapel Hill well as county studies sludge’s role PFAS detected in a Chapel Hill family’s well are prompting Orange Water and Sewer Authority to launch private well testing near historic sludge fields as state regulators study potential contamination...

“We shouldn’t have to fight this hard for clean drinking water,” Meeker said. “Somebody needs to take responsibility.”

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Local officials, advocates ask NC health officials for guidance to regulate 1,4 dioxane 1,4 dioxane is a toxic, man-made chemical. It's different than PFAS, another type of chemical commonly found in drinking water sources.

"the state establishing a preliminary health goal is only the first step of many."

With Latest Round of Terminations, Trump Administration Continues Dismantling EPA’s Environmental Justice Portfolio - Inside Climate News “Without EPA staff on the job, the air we breathe and the water we drink will be at greater risk from toxic pollution that causes cancer, asthma attacks, lung disease and other health threats,” one fo...

“What EPA is doing is systematically putting the interest of corporate polluters and political ideology ahead of EPA’s mission of protecting public health and the environment.”

Climate and environmental legislation to watch in Raleigh The 2025 legislation session resumes in Raleigh this week, though no votes are currently expected, and environmental and climate advocates are eyeing a number of key bills that could help or hinder th...

“To me, the scariest bill that passed this session was House Bill 402,” said Brooks Rainey, a lobbyist for the Southern Environmental Law Center, or SELC. “It makes it very difficult for agency boards and commissions to pass rules.”

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Climate and environmental legislation to watch in Raleigh The 2025 legislation session resumes in Raleigh this week, though no votes are currently expected, and environmental and climate advocates are eyeing a number of key bills that could help or hinder th...

“To me, the scariest bill that passed this session was House Bill 402,” said Brooks Rainey, a lobbyist for the Southern Environmental Law Center, or SELC. “It makes it very difficult for agency boards and commissions to pass rules.”

www.publicradioeast.org/2025-08-25/c...

🐂 HELLO BULL CITY FRIENDS! 🐂Come join us at Hi-Wire Brewing in Durham on Thursday (8/21, 6pm) for Trivia Night! Test your knowledge of NC’s plants, animals, geography, & environmental issues. We’ve got some cool prizes for the winners + infinite bragging rights!