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Advocates: Climate change, pollution imperil Cape Fear
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Advocates: Climate change, pollution imperil Cape Fear

The Cape Fear River supplies drinking water to tens of thousands of state residents. It's also an ecosystem under pressure.
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Chemours claims PFAS chemical GenX protects the climate
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Chemours claims PFAS chemical GenX protects the climate

The DuPont spinoff claims that the transition away from fossil fuels depends on its cancer-causing PFAS chemical GenX.
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Environmentalists battle lawmakers, pork industry on biogas
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Environmentalists battle lawmakers, pork industry on biogas

Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy are eager to turn hog waste into "biogas," but activists are trying to block the NC Farm Act.
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In fight against PFAS, some say Trump’s EPA fell short

In fight against PFAS, some say Trump’s EPA fell short

Environmentalists dispute glowing 11th hour statements from Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency on successes in fight against PFAS.
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Researcher weighs in on coal ash rule redo
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Researcher weighs in on coal ash rule redo

Duke University researcher Avner Vengosh says the Trump administration's proposed rewrite of coal ash disposal rules shifts the burden from utilities to the public.
Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill
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Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill

Florence's floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant Friday, and coal ash from an adjacent dump could be flowing into the Cape Fear River.

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Florence has made Wilmington, N.C., an island cut off from the rest of the world

Florence has made Wilmington, N.C., an island cut off from the rest of the world

There are no roadways open to the city, the airports and port are closed.
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Flooding in Nepal leaves over 190 dead

Flooding in Nepal leaves over 190 dead

Britain shuts down its last coal power plant, ending an era

Britain shuts down its last coal power plant, ending an era

Bottled water threatens health and the environment, experts say

Bottled water threatens health and the environment, experts say

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