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Coal ash spill shows how watchdog was defanged

Posted by greenmonkey on Saturday, 01 March 2014 in Fossil Fuels

RALEIGH, N.C. - In June, state employees in charge of stopping water pollution were given updated marching orders on behalf of North Carolina’s new Republican governor and conservative lawmakers. “The General Assembly doesn’t like you,” an official in the Department of Environment and Natural Resou...

North Carolina Officials Following Coal Ash Spill

Posted by brian carter on Saturday, 15 February 2014 in Fossil Fuels

Federal authorities have initiated an investigation into the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources following last week's coal ash spill in the Dan River. The Associated Press first obtained a copy of a grand jury subpoena that the U.S. attorney’s office in Ra...

Relax, Outer Banks: NC state legislature outlaws sea level rise

Posted by henryfool on Monday, 09 July 2012 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

by Kaid Benfield Sometimes, you just can’t make this stuff up. It’s really embarrassing for me to write this, but the legislature of my native North Carolina has made it illegal for public officials to consider current rates of sea level rise as they plan for the future. And, no, I did no...