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Celebrate Freedom on Juneteenth: Community Events Near You!
Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Freedom Day or Jubilee Day commemorates June 19, 1865, as the day enslaved African Americans in Galveston, TX learned they were free. […]
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Your Utility’s Annual Water Quality Report is on the Way!
Can you believe we’re already heading into the summer months?! Summer is the time for cookouts, family gatherings, and taking advantage of NC’s beautiful swimming holes. It’s also the period […]
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The Lithium War Next Door
By: Alexander C. Kaufman, The Huffington Post May 22, 2022 This story was published in collaboration with The Assembly, a digital magazine about the people, institutions and ideas that shape North […]
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Air Monitors Alone Won’t Save Communities From Toxic Industrial Air Pollution
By: Lisa Song and Lylla Younes, ProPublica May 18, 2022 One summer night last year, air began flowing into a steel canister across the street from the Little Bo Peep Child Development […]
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NC leaders plan to test for lead and asbestos in drinking water at schools
By: Lora Lavigne, WRAL May 5, 2022 Experts say lead or asbestos contamination in drinking water at public schools could be making your child sick. The state’s top education leaders […]
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Thank You For Inviting Our Team Into Your Communities!
It’s been an exciting few months! After over two years of remote Environmental Justice organizing, the Clean Water team is finally back on the road traveling the state to meet with different […]
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Climate Change is Pushing Toxic Chemicals into Drinking Wells
By: Erika Bolstad, Pew Charitable Trust April 28, 2022 Don Myron is probably best known as the guy who survived one of the deadliest fires in Oregon’s history by sheltering […]
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Coal ash sparks concern for potential Chapel Hill housing development
By: Ian Walniuk, The Daily Tar Heel April 19, 2022 Residents, Chapel Hill Town Council members and lawyers are raising concern over ongoing plans to develop the Chapel Hill Police […]
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Developing the Community Toolkit: A Grassroots Approach to Meaningful Environmental Advocacy
Last chance to participate in giving feedback on your needs and interests as we build our Community Toolkit! We will not be having the virtual session, so please make sure […]
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Contaminated wells prompt NC county to seek state grant
By: Ben Sessoms, Common Dreams April 19, 2022 The Gray’s Creek community in Cumberland County could receive federal funding to help address the GenX contamination of some residential wells. The […]
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