Chapel Hill Council Members Want Climate Plan Sooner
The Town of Chapel Hill took more steps toward creating a climate action plan at a meeting earlier...
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Environment
UN: Environment is Deadly, Worsening Mess, but Not Hopeless
Earth is sick with multiple and worsening environmental ills killing millions of people yearly, a...
Read MoreDrilling Opponents Converge on N Carolina Federal Meeting
Hundreds of environmentalists opposed to the Trump administration proposal to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic and other ocean waters converged Monday to press their case at the federal government’s only public meeting...
Read MoreFederal Gov’t Holds N Carolina Meeting on Drilling Proposal
The federal government’s only scheduled public meeting in North Carolina to discuss expanding oil and gas exploration off the Atlantic coast and in other waters is expected to attract busloads of people opposing the idea. The...
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UNC Receives National, International Recognition for Sustainability Efforts
UNC has improved its sustainability efforts in the past two years, and it seems to be paying off....
Read MoreCoal Ash is Focus in Duke Energy’s $478M Rate Increase Bid
The nation’s largest electric company is fighting to persuade regulators that North Carolina consumers should pay 15 percent more on average, including nearly $200 million a year to clean up the toxic byproducts of burning coal...
Read MoreChatham County Officials Review Environmental Study on Fracking
The petroleum extraction technique known as fracking is boring into the meeting agendas of officials in Chatham County as they prepare to review new research on oil development activity. A temporary moratorium on that activity...
Read MoreFight For The Planet, Dine With A Stranger: Two Easy Ways To Make A Difference
The League of Women Voters is holding an environmental-advocacy event, and you’re also invited to the 20th annual Community Dinner.
Read MoreHillsborough Officials Issue Open Letter to Residents
An open letter to residents in Hillsborough was disseminated on Monday in a news release from town officials. Those officials are Tom Stevens, the mayor of Hillsborough, and all five members of the Hillsborough Board of...
Read MoreCarrboro Seeking Citizen Input on Climate Change
A new climate survey could lead to less greenhouse gas emissions and a big, green thumb for Carrboro. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen passed an initiative in 2009 to take steps in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Seven years...
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