North Carolina

How will key senators vote on a climate bill?

Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) 0
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago Sen. Kay Hagan is not a shoo-in on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, but she appears to be leaning toward supporting it.
You're not from around here, are you?

‘Localwashing’ in pictures—bogus marketing at its finest 32
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
"Local" is hot, so big businesses are muscling into the game. Citgo, Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble, and Starbucks are just a few of the giants caught "localwashing."
Politics Gone Hog Wild

Boss Hog’s attempted regulatory coup in North Carolina 1
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
For the past two years, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission has been crafting new rules to require water monitoring at factory hog farms, a significant source of pollution in the state. But last week, even with concerns growing over the environmental impacts of hog farms, the North Carolina Senate unanimously passed a bill that puts the rules process on hold until 2011 -- a display of the mighty political power Boss Hog holds in the state.
ashes to ashes

Crackdown on coal ash 0
Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago
The crazy quilt of regulations governing coal ash disposal across the United States got a new patch this week when North Carolina lawmakers passed a law requiring stricter regulation of coal ash impoundments.
A Burning Concern

North Carolina governor calls for better regulation of coal ash dumps 0
Posted 4 months ago
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue (D) has endorsed legislation that would increase oversight of the state's coal ash dumps, the massive surface impoundments that power companies use to store the toxic waste left over after burning coal.
North Carolina governor asked to address hog industry’s health impacts 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
Environmental advocates gathered at the North Carolina legislature yesterday for a press conference and prayer vigil asking the governor to create a task force to study and take action on health problems associated with industrial hog farms.
Virginia OKs uranium mining study 29
Posted 6 months ago
A proposal to mine uranium in south-central Virginia advanced this week when a key state body approved a study of the matter. Virginia has banned uranium mining for the past 25 years.
Littler kids, bigger risks

New report details pesticide over-use in child care centers 0
Posted 6 months ago
You make your home as green as you can -- but what happens when Jr. heads off to daycare? Fawn Pattison explains the risks, and what you can do.
Serena‘s cautionary tale 2
Posted 11 months, 1 week ago
Senate race in North Carolina finds both candidates slinging oil 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
If you can’t stand the smell, tough luck 2
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Thoughts on an ‘urban farm tour’ in Carrboro, N.C. 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
In eastern North Carolina, citizens and students rise up for environmental justice 4
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago By David Hamilton, Jordan Treakle
An NC farmer makes the radio 0
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
North Carolina bill would ban burning of coal from mountaintop-removal mining 7
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
High-end use for urban trees saves landfill space 5
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago
Don't Tase Me, Man!

Protesters arrested outside N.C. coal plant 7
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago
Defying conventional wisdom, NC residents express desire for public transport 27
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago
Pushing for ‘fair food’ on campus in the land of hog factories 22
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago
An honest, interesting statement from Piedmont Biofuels of North Carolina 6
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago