In the last decade, school nutrition has become a political battleground and a huge part of the presidential administration’s health initiatives. But as evident at a Durham event last week, parents, nutritionists, and school management are frustrated with current standards. Powe Nutrition Working Group held a panel discussion last Wednesday that was open to the […]
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UNC and N.C. State Scientists Find a Way to Make Off-the-Grid Greenhouses Viable
In many ways, greenhouses are not all that green. Plants require only certain wavelengths of light to grow, which means the sunlight the plants don’t use ends up lingering around inside greenhouses and driving up the temperature, which in turn means greenhouse keepers must expend time and energy keeping the temperature down at more ideal […]
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Following a Federal Settlement, Duke Energy Is Funding Solar Schools across N.C.—Including in Durham
NC Green Power, a Raleigh nonprofit, is partnering with Duke Energy to provide 100 percent of the cost of solar for ten schools in the Duke Energy Carolinas territory—essentially, from Durham to west of Charlotte along I-85. The program stems from a September 2015 settlement between Duke and the federal government over the energy giant’s […]