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The division’s state water quality inspectors say they have observed unauthorized seeps of liquids at the toe drains of coal ash ponds in Asheville. Company officials say they believe they have complied with the plant’s environmental permit.
A complaint with the N.C. Environmental Management Commission by a collection of environmental groups -- many with offices in Asheville -- asks state ...
Inside WNC is a permanent feature from Carolina Public Press that profiles each of the 18 westernmost counties of North Carolina. This is your guide, ...
Federal legislation recently proposed in the U.S. Senate would affect the handling of coal ash, the byproduct of burning coal to create power at plant ...
A group of farmers, nonprofits, agencies and others in seven Western North Carolina counties are beginning efforts to form a regional food policy council. They're still formulating goals, but attendees listed a long list of problems residen ...
As the Western North Carolina Alliance marks 30 years of environmental advocacy, Carolina Public Press spoke with WNCA Executive Director Julie Mayfield about the nonprofit's history, current initiatives and long-term plans.
The environmental advocacy group Western North Carolina Alliance found that North Carolina had not enforced most of the penalties beyond initial fines against Travel America's Candler Travel Center for its years of pollution to a stream beh ...
Environmental advocates and government officials promote education and best management practices to lessen the negative effects sediment and stormwater runoff have on the water quality of the French Broad River.
A Carolina Public Press analysis of 18 months of data from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality showed that there were 48 permit violations by 20 different public and private entities in the Fre ...
There were 48 water quality permit violations in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties between January 2011 and May 2012, according to a review of N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources records. See and/or dow ...
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