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The state Senate passed a bill Thursday designed to protect Jockey's Ridge on the Outer Banks from damaging development projects.
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The state Groundwater and Waste Management Committee did not take up a vote during Wednesday's meeting to move forward with groundwater standards for PFAS. This comes after the North Carolina Chamber asked state officials to delay action on adopting these standards.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited Raleigh on Friday to announce $18.3 million in funding to support Siemens Energy as the company plans to produce equipment needed to integrate more renewable energy into the grid.
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A video of people pulling bear cubs from a tree in North Carolina has prompted an investigation, but a state official says no charges will be filed. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission says staff responded to a report of people harassing bear cubs at an Asheville apartment complex on Tuesday.
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A deadly fungus could destroy most of the world’s supply of Cavendish bananas, but a company in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park is trying to save the banana through gene editing.
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Raleigh officials stated the new TRAC bins will serve as a way to keep city sidewalks clear and clean.
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Finding Joy: What happens to orphaned owls? The Carolina Raptor Center has a foster program for thatWhen baby owls are abandoned or their nests destroyed, the Carolina Raptor Center swoops in to rescue them. They provide the chicks with food, shelter and a foster family of sorts.
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Controlled burns create habitat, promote native plant growth and reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. But most of N.C.’s forests are privately owned, which means landowners must reconnect with the land they purchased through fire.
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At a public hearing in Asheville, two dozen people sounded off about Duke’s plan for natural gas generation instead of relying more heavily on renewables.
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The new rules establish legally enforceable levels for six kinds of PFAS. Levels range from four-to-10 parts per trillion. Public water systems across the country have until 2029 to meet these standards.
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Duke’s collection of more than 800,000 specimens of fungi, plants and algae makes the herbarium one of the largest in the country. The move to close it has drawn criticism from faculty and researchers nationwide.
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Is Duke Energy on a path to carbon neutrality? State regulators to review emission, generation plansThe North Carolina Utilities Commission will host public hearings on Duke Energy’s updated Carbon Plan and Integrated Resources Plan starting next week. The plans include three pathways to meeting emissions reduction goals and more wind energy sooner.