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No Data Centers in Northampton County!
Continue readingBelinda Joyner, our Northeastern organizer, with other community members at the April 1, 2026, commissioners meeting. Residents of Northampton County want transparency and answers on whether or not a proposed […]
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Person County Residents Demand Answers from Microsoft
Continue readingA photo of County Club Rd. in Person County. Microsoft required the county to close this road to make way for a data center, over the objections of local residents.
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Build Before the Bubble Bursts: Understanding the Business Model Behind the Data Center Boom in North Carolina
Continue readingSanford, NC- Clean Water for North Carolina is releasing a new report ahead of a key presentation in Lee County, where a developer wants to open a commercial gas well […]
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Lee County: No Fracking Data Center
Continue readingA photo of the Simpson well in Lee County, also now abandoned. Butler Well #3 is in the same county, and is abandoned, at least for now. Deep River Data […]
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No Data Centers in Stokes County- Updates Below!
Continue readingProject Delta is a data center complex proposed by Engineered Land Solutions. Where would it be? 1800 acres of land on the Dan River, where highway 311 crosses the Dan. […]
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Global Ramifications, Local Impact – Microsoft’s AI Pollution Footprint
Continue readingOur friends at STAND have released a new report looking Microsoft’s AI pollution footprint. Clean Water for North Carolina was glad to help out, by highlighting the impact that Microsoft […]
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PRESS RELEASE: New Maps Show Transco & Other Proposed Pipelines’ Threat to Drinking Water in North Carolina and Virginia
Continue readingCONTACT Stephanie Gans, Assistant Director, steph@cwfnc.org Kernersville, N.C. — On Wednesday, August 27, Clean Water for North Carolina released new, interactive maps highlighting drinking water sources threatened by three […]
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After Chantal: Taking Action in North Durham & Person Counties
Continue readingFlooding from Tropical Storm Chantal in North Durham County Join us for a virtual meeting on what we can do this JULY to protect ourselves from climate disasters & higher […]
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PFAS Water Protections Facing Threat Under New EPA Head
Continue readingThe Cape Fear River is one of the best known drinking water sources contaminated with PFAS. However, it is far from the only groundwater or surface water in NC that […]
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Stop Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate!
Continue readingSediment pollution washes into a river along the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s route in Virginia. The developer has 350 water quality violations & $2.5 million in fines from building the MVP. […]
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Stop SB 472! Bill Would Endanger Every NC River, Lake, Aquifer & More
Continue readingSediment pollution washes into a river along the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s route in Virginia. SB 472 would gut North Carolina regulators’ ability to protect us from this type of dangerous […]
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Say no to Duke Energy’s plans for a methane gas power plant near the Triangle!
Continue readingThe NC Utilities Commission is holding a public meeting on whether to approve a second methane gas powerplant in Person County. Join us at the hearing May 5, Roxboro NC […]
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Stop the T-15 Pipeline!
Continue readingThe T-15 pipeline is 45-mile long, 30 & 36in-wide high-pressure methane gas pipeline. It’s proposed by Enbridge, a Canadian corporation with a history of violations. It would cross through Rockingham, […]
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Press Release: Person Co. Commission Puts Gas Plant Rezoning Back on Agenda, Without Public Comment or Response to Concerns
Continue readingFebruary 13, 2025 CONTACT Steph Gans, Communications Manager, Clean Water for NC, (609) 802-4126, steph@cwfnc.org ROXBORO, N.C. — On Feb. 3, The Person County Board of Commissioners voted to table […]
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TODAY- Call or Email Person County Commissioners to Delay Rezoning for Hyco Gas Plants
Continue readingA rainbow above Woodland Elementary School. One concern from community members is that the pipeline for the gas plants runs too close to the school, potentially endangering students. On Feb. […]
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Tell Person County Commissioners to Delay Rezoning Land for Hyco Gas Plants
Continue readingThe meeting location in the Person Co. Office Building The Person Co. Board of Commissioners will consider Duke’s request to rezone the land for the Hyco Gas Plants, that would […]
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Microplastics Found Even in Remote Areas of NC, in WCU Study
Continue readingBy: Jonathan Poston Microplastics pollution in Western North Carolina’s waterways, is an environmental challenge that extends even to remote, seemingly untouched regions. New research, led by Jerry Miller, professor in […]
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Two Decades of Fighting to Protect NC from “Forever Chemicals”
Continue readingGuest article by: Madeline Jones, author of “All About Water” Blog, student at Southlake Christian Academy Is there a local environmental issue you care about? Consider writing about it for […]
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PFAS don’t HAVE to be forever, IF we stand up. Here’s how:
Continue readingPFAS seep into groundwater when they are manufactured, used in products or agriculture, and through the landfills where they are disposed PFAS are known as “forever chemicals” because they last […]
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Air Permit Hearing Tonight on Gas Power Plants in Person County
Continue readingA combined cycle methane gas power plant. Duke Energy wants to build two new methane gas power plants in Person County (north of Durham). What we know: Investing in fossil […]
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Coal Ash in NC and in the Triangle
Continue readingCoal ash community advocates & CWFNC staff in 2019. CWFNC has been involved in the environmental justice fight for coal ash clean-up for over a decade. Thank you to Jonathan […]
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Decades of Challenging the Wood Pellet Industry’s Harms to Communities
Continue reading20 years ago, at a time when few in NC were aware of the rapidly growing wood pellet industry, CWFNC’s Northeast Organizer, Belinda Joyner, got word from a contact in […]
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Moriah Energy Center (MEC)—Big Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Coming to SE Person County
Continue readingDominion Energy is proposing to build the Moriah Energy Center (MEC). MEC would liquefy and store natural gas for when demand is high. The MEC would be a major investment […]
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Clean Water for NC to Carry on Our Mission, Hope Taylor Returns
Continue readingThe Board of Directors of Clean Water for NC continues to evaluate various options for carrying out our mission with a smaller staff, and we have enlisted the help of […]
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ACT Against Coal Ash: We Want Answers
Continue readingPress Release 828 Martin Luther King Boulevard is the location of a police station and 60,000 cubic yards of coal ash waste in Chapel Hill. The Town acquired the property […]
