Lisa Sorg, a reporter for Inside Climate News, joins 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey for another edition of “Climate Thursday” on June 27. She details a recent report about the restoration of the Bynum water town in Chatham County — and how the community effort ended up leading to significant environmental issues. Find her full report here. Plus, Sorg shares details about the state Department of Environmental Quality’s Brownfields program and previews a story she is writing on Chapel Hill’s project site going through the Brownfields process.

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