Drew Ball
@DrewBaller
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Buncombe County NC Commissioner. I play music, organize for a better world, and prefer to be outside. RTs≠endorsment. Opinions=mine.
Western NC
Joined September 2010
And I'm out. I appreciated the discourse that Twitter once provided, but it's getting weird in here, and at the highest level of the company✌️.
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RT @AndrewBatesNC: Western NC is still fighting hard to recover from Hellene. They need more funding from Congress & the NCGA, who should….
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With uncertainty in WNC, Raleigh and especially DC, our hard-hit county has to manage our finances carefully & thoughtfully in the wake of Helene. We advocate for and await state & federal assistance. A hard lesson on storm impacts to county revenues.
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RT @CCE_NC: "The more we can diversify our energy mix with technologies that come with no-fuel-cost sources like onshore and offshore wind,….
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RT @NRDC: Good news! There's great opportunity in the Southeast for clean energy, economic development, and job growth. But there's bad ne….
nrdc.org
The Southeast is facing a spike in electric load growth projections. Utilities are proposing a massive gas buildout to meet it—we can do better....
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"Blake Plateau . is a foundation upon which the Southeast Coast’s marine ecosystem rests — and it, in turn, supports the fishermen who depend on the Atlantic to make their living." #BlakePlateau.
postandcourier.com
A deep sea coral province off the southeast coast of Charleston was recently confirmed as the largest known reef of its kind. Warming oceans could damage its ecosystem.
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Lead-contaminated drinking water puts our hearts & kids’ brain health at risk. Read more in @washingtonpost on why it’s critical that @EPA finalize the strongest possible rule to #GetTheLeadOut 🚿→
washingtonpost.com
Eliminating lead pipes could be one of the president’s greatest legacies. First, there are some loopholes to plug.
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RT @NRDC: The company behind Mountain Valley Pipeline cut its planned extension into NC in half. But any pipeline is still dangerous for co….
cardinalnews.org
The proposed extension from Pittsylvania County into North Carolina would be less than half the originally proposed length and would no longer require a new compressor station.
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. Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water #breakfreefromplastic.
apnews.com
New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics.
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Call on US EPA to protect NC and all communities from dangerous GenX Waste. We deserve strong protections from forever chemicals. #GenX #PFAS .Sign here:
actionnetwork.org
Hi Friends, Through investigative reporting by Lisa Sorg, we learned the US EPA re-authorized Chemours to import GenX waste from its Netherlands facility to Fayetteville Works in North Carolina....
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Mountain Valley Pipeline partner charged in house gas explosion. Another sad story that illustrates the dangers of over-reliance on dangerous and dirty fracked gas. #NoMVP #NoSouthgate via @GoDanRiver.
godanriver.com
The company that is leading construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline was charged this week with failing to fix a natural gas leak that caused an explosion of an occupied
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RT @NRDC_Action: .@NC_Governor Roy Cooper is spot on: @DukeEnergy "needs to do more to make sure that we get to our goals" for reducing car….
charlotteobserver.com
Gov. Roy Cooper wants Duke Energy to put more renewable energy resources like solar and wind into its plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
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RT @KaylaCalkin: "After 32 years of routine, large-scale exposures to lead in water without our knowledge or consent, we need a regulation….
captimes.com
New proposed regulations should finally prioritize public health and communication over ease of water utility compliance.
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9 million U.S. homes & businesses get their water through lead pipes. There's no safe level of lead exposure. It's National Lead Poisoning Prevention week & we’re urging @EPA to #GetTheLeadOut. Protect communities by proposing the strongest possible Lead+Copper Rule Improvements.
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RT @NRDC_Action: Building the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate extension would put North Carolinians at risk for water contamination, exp….
action.nrdc.org
North Carolina’s legislature tried to rubber stamp this dirty gas pipeline, and we need you to urge them to knock it off.
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RT @KaylaCalkin: It's time to #GettheLeadOut! October is Lead Prevention month and this fall the @EPA will release an updated Lead and Copp….
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RT @NRDC: UAW members and auto workers across the country deserve fair pay, benefits, and a high-quality job. Along with the cars many of u….
nbcnews.com
The United Auto Workers and the three big U.S. car companies are trying to hash out new contract agreements by Thursday, with up to 146,000 workers set to walk out if they can’t come to terms by then.
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RT @WhatsNYourPapr: We've been saying this for over a decade and a new @WRIClimate report confirms - harvesting wood products (including pa….
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‘The fire equivalent of an ice age’: Humanity enters a new era of fire - the pyrocene #ClimateEmergency.#ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow.
washingtonpost.com
Humanity has changed its relationship to fire. We may never be the same.
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