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“It is shameful to sign away public trust while residents are left to ask basic questions about our energy, wells, water, wildlife, and our health." Richmond County officials secretly crafted the deal w Amazon then sprang it on an area burdened by pollution insideclimatenews.org/news/0408202...

Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina - Inside Climate NewsResidents say they were left out of the decision-making process for a project that includes hundreds of polluting diesel generators.insideclimatenews.org

Time to build an ark in Durham. Rain is unreal

This just happened: I was standing on a public thoroughfare (airport road in Hamlet) photographing the @amazon data center when the site manager approached me and said I could not take photos, citing “policy” 1/2

On 7/10 Asheboro discharged **high**levels of a carcinogen 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water supply for 100K+ people: Sanford, Fayetteville, Brunswick Cty, Wilmington +more How high? 5,700 x the standard NC Enviro Mgmt Comm approved in '22 but never implemented for legal reasons 1/2

Facing $1.1 billion in federal penalties Durham company American Efficient declares bankruptcy. Feds alleged AE defrauded energy markets & ratepayers. Top official is Ben Abram, spouse of state Sen. Sophia Chitlik insideclimatenews.org/news/2107202...

North Carolina Energy Company Accused of Fraud Files for Bankruptcy - Inside Climate NewsIn April, federal regulators fined American Efficient $1.1 billion for perpetuating “a scam” they said cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars.insideclimatenews.org

The State Auditor's report on the Town of Cary is worth multiple tubs of popcorn ... including the fact the former Town Manager "lost the receipt" to his hotel penthouse booking ... plus $1600 on 10 pairs of Ray Ban sunglasses www.auditor.nc.gov/documents/re...

Because of current weather, public health and geo-political events, my hatred of summer has reached another level

After 8 yrs, 2600 plaintiffs were ready for a jury trial but the case vs Chemours and DuPont was settled out of court before opening arguments insideclimatenews.org/news/1307202...

A Key Forever Chemicals Lawsuit Settles Out of Court in North Carolina - Inside Climate NewsMore than 2,600 people sued Chemours and DuPont over PFAS contamination. After eight years, the trial won’t move forward.insideclimatenews.org

Chemours just settled a class action suit of 2600 plaintiffs re PFAS contaminated drinking water wells, soil, etc from Fayetteville Works. Trial was to start in fed ct this morning Stand by for details

Shipping haz waste thru downtown Zebulon to a warehouse w/o a permit. Spilled petroleum products. Open barrels of sludge. Lauren Dalban & I wrote about the chronic haz waste violations at Braven Environmental, now closed & 1/4 mile from East Wake Academy insideclimatenews.org/news/1007202...

A Chemical Plant Mishandled Hazardous Waste for Years, Then Quietly Shuttered - Inside Climate NewsQuestions remain about cleanup at the North Carolina site, which had been hailed as a solution for dealing with plastic waste.insideclimatenews.org

Chatham Co. residents in NC have valid reasons to be concerned re: Enbridge's proposed nat gas pipeline: In Tennessee, the company damaged wetlands & streams, encroached on private property + feds issued a stop-work order on one segment of its Ridgeline project insideclimatenews.org/news/2506202...

A Pipeline Company Says It Will Protect the Environment in North Carolina. Its Record in Tennessee Says Otherwise. - Inside Climate NewsDamaged wetlands and streams, spills of drilling mud and a federal stop-work order have plagued the Ridgeline Expansion Project in Tennessee.insideclimatenews.org

It's raining in Durham. Halla-effin-lujah

This is incredible journalism by the INDY Every Durhamites' blood should boil: corporate landlords getting major property tax breaks + county tax office incompetence = big budget holes for the city indyweek.com/news/durham-...

How $4 Billion Came Off Durham’s Tax Rolls Last Year, Mostly Benefiting Corporate Landlords—and Blowing a Hole in the City BudgetLandlords and national companies won billions in property tax reductions. City leadership, banking on the revenue, didn’t know until April.indyweek.com

“How do we solve the moral dilemma of my possibly directing the pipeline away from my property and then destroying my neighbors’ land? That’s the position you’ve put us in” says Chatham resident to Enbridge nat gas reps

Another Chatham resident to Enbridge nat gas pipeline reps “We are all united against you and this pipeline”

85 year old widow in Chatham County tells Enbridge nat gas pipeline reps “I’m usually a courteous person but you bring the worst in me. I’m going to fight you to the death”

Census bureau says 115k NC households don't have A/C of any type. Some are in the mountains (where it still gets hot) but Guilford, Forsyth & Mecklenburg are in Top 10. Looking for NCians who are without this essential service, for a story lisa.sorg@insideclimatenews.org

First time I've ever used the term "mucilaginous goo" in a story. DEQ is suing Brenntag over pollution in an East Durham creek, aka the "Creek That Reeks" or the "Creek That Smells Like Death"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10062026/north-carolina-sues-brenntag-for-water-contamination/

North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek - Inside Climate NewsSince 2023, the city of Durham has fined Brenntag $157,000 for violations related to water contamination.insideclimatenews.org

My dreams for a slow news day? Dashed by the Trump adm announcing it plans to award $28m to Duke Energy to upgrade its coal-fired power plant in Roxboro/Hyco Lake; a $44m match would come from ratepayers insideclimatenews.org/news/0506202...

Trump Administration Doubles Down on Coal Power in North Carolina - Inside Climate NewsDuke Energy could receive $28.4 million in federal grants for upgrades, matched by $44 million in ratepayer funds.insideclimatenews.org

This PFAS presentation by the NC Water Quality Assn is professional malpractice. So many inaccurate statements backed by science