A new Wilmington, NC chapter of the Climate Reality Project aims to teach people on how to engage their neighbors and officials on important environmental issues.
A petition opposing North Carolina’s proposed PFAS plan is gaining support. The plan is drawing backlash from advocates who say it lacks enforcement and could shift cleanup costs to communities.
As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
Environmental groups are raising alarms that datacenters run by tech giants like Google and Microsoft could be releasing PFAS “forever chemicals” into air and water, compounding their climate and energy impacts as AI demand surges.
