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NC reporter @insideclimate Geeks out on haz waste, water & air pollution, energy, weather. Loves ants not the fiery kind Signal: 919-536-2341 Threads @lisarsorg
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Joined November 2008
Estate sale find this weekend: vintage dental kit. Asheboro never disappoints. Lotta weird stuff lurking in houses in that town ...
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Update! NC 12 from Marc Basnight Bridge to Rodanthe is now closed. The storm breached a dune late this morning & the highway is covered in overwash. Please don't try to travel in this area. For travel updates, stay tuned to @NCDOT social media or visit https://t.co/QO3Vrvj1kk.
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"Scientists found PFAS in fresh vegetables and fish, eggs and beer. Pine needles, honey and house dust. Landfills, compost and sewage sludge. Blood of horses. Blood of dogs. Their own blood" 1st in a series about NC's PFAS crisis during the Trump era https://t.co/oCm0ZyQ15Z
insideclimatenews.org
For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on...
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New paper from our team in The Lancet Planetary Health! In collaboration with the #FinnBrain birth cohort, we show that prenatal #PFAS exposure is linked to structural and functional brain changes (#MRI) in children. https://t.co/RbJbmJcLHY Part of the EU funded project
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A judge has set bond at $1,050,000 for Rep. Cecil Brockman during a Friday court appearance after he was charged with multiple sex crimes against a minor. #ncpol
https://t.co/uC1B8o3nZD
ncnewsline.com
Brockman was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child and two counts of statutory rape of a 15-year-old victim.
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In Charlotte for a conference. Took No 21 bus downtown > Amtrak. The bus goes to places that serve unhoused and v. poor. I never felt unsafe. But as the bus passed skyscrapers occupied by the v. rich I felt sick about how little we care for people who have absolutely nothing
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My 7700-word story on PFAS has been cut to a manageable and readable 5350. This is why writers need editors
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More coal-- yes coal--nukes, gas and less solar, no wind. If you're a greenhouse gas, you had a banner week. Inside Duke Energy's carbon plan
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Wolves are back in the political spotlight, but now, so is the Endangered Species Act: “Wolves are going to be around in 10 years,” a source told me. “I don’t think the Endangered Species Act is if this keeps up.” This person isn't alone:
insideclimatenews.org
After a judge lamented the “political yo-yo” process embroiling wolf management in the Northern Rockies, no one appears to know how to deescalate the debate.
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NEW: Jeremy Carl, top Trump State Dept. nominee, deleted 1000s of social media posts, many with inflammatory commentary, including incendiary posts about race, claims that “peaceful coexistence” with Democrats is impossible, even a call for Randi Weingarten to be executed.
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The heart of the issue: Should a jury hear a case alleging that Duke Energy is responsible for lying about the link between climate change and extreme weather that has inflicted millions of dollars of property damage on the Town of Carrboro?
insideclimatenews.org
Attorneys for the town of Carrboro and Duke Energy sparred in court for hours over this question before a judge, who asked them for more information. Carrboro says it sustained $20 million in...
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Never been told I'm on the spectrum, but at one time I had memorized every area code and corresponding major city/state. Recently, I wrote down the full names of 107 of my 124 high school classmates for fun. Into trains. My mom didn't take Tylenol, but she did smoke Winstons.
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Scoop: Republicans have used Iryna Zarutska’s killing as a political cudgel. The Assembly obtained a draft bill that sends a tough-on-crime message. But critics say it reflects political posturing more than real solutions. By Jeffrey Billman and me: https://t.co/ffHIGSGY5O
theassemblync.com
Republicans have made a political cudgel of Iryna Zarutska’s killing. A draft crime bill expected this week may be more posturing than solutions.
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The damage to the mountain streams was so severe that Wildlife Resources had to conduct an emergency rescue of a fragile species of brook trout. After a 4-yr legal battle, @ncdeq reduced the fine on Bottomley from $263K to $92K @MtAiryNews
https://t.co/kxZjGglokt
insideclimatenews.org
Wildlife officials had to rescue, relocate brook trout after Bottomley Properties cleared hundreds of acres of mountain forest for grazing.
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Great story in @TheAssemblyNC by my friend and former research assistant @AhmedJallow about Freddie Wayne Huff, the NC state trooper who, with the help of soldiers from Fort Bragg, became one of the biggest drug kingpins in the country. https://t.co/DtB64iGtbs
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Feds canceled a crucial grant about the health, economic, enviro impacts of industrialized hog farms that produce biogas, esp on Black, Indigenous, Latino folks #environmentaljustice @NCConservation
insideclimatenews.org
N.C. research would have provided crucial data on understudied effects of the burgeoning industry on predominantly Black, Indigenous and Latino residents.
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Durham County residents: Don’t forget to stop by the Southwest Regional Library tomorrow from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
We will be at the Southwest Regional Library THIS SATURDAY, September 6, from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m., answering voter photo ID questions and issuing NC Voter Photo IDs for registered Durham County voters! Details on Voter Photo IDs can be found on our website ➡️ https://t.co/IrnU6VVmCz
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