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North Carolina Governor Perdue Balks on Sea Level Rise Science
It’s official: North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue will join the state’s legislature today in burying a $5 million study estimating sea level rise off the North Carolina coast due to global warming. Her...
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Sandy’s Punch Proves Truth Will Out
Sometimes it’s really difficult to accept that we’re still evolving. In the far distant past, our ancient ancestors could look about them and observe the planets and the stars and the tides. They would...
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Nuclear vs. Solar: Corporate Profits and Public Risk
In the Sunshine State (Florida) and nearby states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, proposals for new nuclear power plants stand in stark contrast to lower risk, less expensive energy...
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Renewable Electricity Standards Deliver the Goods
Recent efforts to repeal renewable electricity standards (RES) by fossil-fuel backed opponents have been thwarted in Kansas and North Carolina. The reason? As a newly released review of state RES...
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Plate of the Union—a 2016 Campaign for a Better Food and Farming System
I don’t need to tell you that 2016 hasn’t exactly been the presidential campaign year my colleagues and I imagined when we launched our “Plate of the Union” initiative last fall. The national...
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In a Warming World, Carolina CAFOs Are a Disaster for Farmers, Animals, and...
North Carolina hog CAFO in Hurricane Florence floodwaters, September 18, 2018. Photo: Larry Baldwin, Crystal Coast Waterkeeper/Waterkeeper AllianceIn the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, I’ve joined...
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Equality, More or Less: How the Supreme Court Might Fix Gerrymandering
This week the Supreme Court prepared to make voting rights history ahead of the 2020 Census redistricting cycle. Justices heard oral arguments in two partisan gerrymandering cases: a Republican...
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Hurricane Florence Lessons Underscore Need for the National Flood Insurance...
High waters surround homes and businesses in the small town of Bucksport, S.C. as rivers continue to rise and flooded areas expand as a result of Hurricane Florence, Sept. 24, 2018. Photo: US Army...
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Intense: 5 Remarkable Facts about Hurricane Dorian
The eye of Hurricane Dorian on September 3, 2019. Photo: Christina Koch/NASATragic loss of life and property is the news after Hurricane Dorian’s devastating path over the Bahamas. This record-breaking...
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