The House Select Committee on North Carolina River Quality met on the morning of January 4th, 2018. If you missed it, here is a quick overview: The proposed draft discussed…
Again, research confirms that fracking is an intrinsically safe process. Avner Vengosh, professor of geochemistry and water quality at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment, has released a new study of…
Got my water bill yesterday and it also contained the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility Department’s 2013 water quality report. And there is something of interest in there: For lead, the EPA has…
How many teachers would $16.2 million a year pay? More importantly, would children be able to learn if fishies got silted for want of man-controlled stream buffers? During its Dec.…
The N&R’s Travis Fain reports Guilford County Rep. Marcus Brandon’s break with Democrats on the House vote to delay the Jordan Lake Rules. Brandon’s statement, and note the interesting development:…
A headline in the Hendersonville Times-News proclaims, “State Budget Cuts Could Impact Dana Residents with Tainted Wells.” Really? Is the legislature so warped they would rather fund diversity centers than…
Ed Cone inquires about today’s N&R above-the-fold story on Greensboro’s opposition to the Jordan Lake Rules. Here’s then-city water resources director Allan Williams explanation of the the Jordan Lake Rules…
Asheville currently owns 22,000 acres of pristine watershed, much of which is protected by a conservation easement. Some dufusi like me had supposed that the land and water were off-limits…
The High Rock Lake Association unanimously passed a resolution supporting Alcoa’s control over four hydroelectric dams on the Yadkin River: “We feel the Division of Water Quality withdrew that water…
The Lexington Dispatch editorializes on state DWQ’s revocation of Alcoa’s water quality certification: Reaction to the Division of Water Quality’s decision was predictable. Alcoa opponents, including the Yadkin Riverkeeper and…
I first read about it over at Capital Beat; the Winston-Salem Journal reports: The state’s water quality division is revoking a key certificate for Alcoa Power Generating Inc., saying the…
CJ editor Rick Henderson —- who’s dominated coverage of the Alcoa-Yadkin River Trust story, makes an appearance in this Winston-Salem Journal write-up as the hearing to renew Alcoa’s dam permit…