State officials and an environmental group have successfully settled a legal challenge involving a property in Asheville that is being transformed into a public park.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Secretary Michael S. Regan announced today several key appointments to his leadership team.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Secretary Michael S. Regan announced today several key appointments to his leadership team.
State officials say work has been completed to protect a community from possible exposure to asbestos that was discovered on an exposed slope in Davidson.
The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Hilton Double Tree, 2717 West Fort Macon Road in Atlantic Beach. The meeting is open to the public.
Items on the commission’s agenda include:
State environmental and public health officials will oversee work this week in Davidson to protect people from potential exposure after asbestos materials were identified coming from an exposed slope in the Mecklenburg County community.
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, or DEQ, has given preliminary approval to Duke Energy’s plans to provide permanent alternate water supplies to homes near coal ash facilities.
North Carolina has taken a series of steps to meet the more stringent sulfur dioxide standard that the federal government adopted in 2010 and maintain its full compliance with federal air quality standards, state environmental officials said today.
Local advisory committees for three coastal reserve sites will meet in January. The meetings are open to the public.