Environment
The rumors and conspiracy theories that are being spread on social media are actively hurting Helene response efforts in WNC and will have real-life consequences for people who buy into them.
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It’s often a helpless feeling seeing people suffering, especially when it’s so close to home. While authorities are currently advising that no one travel to any of the impacted areas so that much-needed resources can be brought in as quickly as possible, there are still things we can do to help from a distance.
Read MoreSince 2019, Chemours has been under a consent order to address the release of forever chemicals that have been emitted from the Fayetteville Works plant, into the Cape Fear River and local communities.
Read MoreWhile many critical investments are needed, this bill marks one of the many steps to tackle climate change, make health care affordable and ensure corporations are paying their fair share.
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On Monday, faith leaders and community activists in Raleigh gathered together to push lawmakers to enact policies that center the demands of poor and low-wealth North Carolinians. The Moral Monday revival is part of a national movement leading up to a major march in the nation’s capital on June 18, the “Mass Poor People’s and…
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The Biden Administration’s recent infrastructure law could help communities across the state address drinking water contamination, including from contaminants like GenX and PFAS. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law marks the single largest investment in water the federal government has ever made. In North Carolina, the infrastructure law delivers funds to help wastewater utilities prevent PFAS discharges…
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Less than one week after President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal into law, the U.S. House passed President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, moving the bill one step closer to becoming law. The Build Back Better Act currently moving through Congress boasts an array of historic investments into child care, home care, affordable housing,…
Read MoreOn Monday, President Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law, a bipartisan victory that will deliver a once-in-a-generation investment into the nation’s roads, broadband, utilities and more. In North Carolina specifically, this historic deal pours funding into our state’s roads and bridges, improves ports and airports, and ensures every North Carolinian has…
Read MoreNothing says openness and transparency like a last minute midnight vote on a controversial energy bill that Duke Energy has been the driving force for with some legislators for months. A 57- 49 vote came just after midnight last week for the Republican-backed House Bill 951. HB 951 is legislation that would deliver a number…
Read MoreOn Friday, the N.C. Utilities Commission approved two orders involving Duke Energy’s two electric subsidiaries in the state over rate increases requested back in 2019 and a settlement announced in January by Duke Energy, Attorney General Josh Stein and a conservation group over how coal ash clean-up cost. According to the Triad Business Journal, the…
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