“It’s going to turn into the Hunger Games. Like, a scrambling-for-your-toilet-water-every-month kind of thing.”
Climate Change
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Wake County Opens Cooling Stations for Residents to Beat the Heat
With heat index values in and expected to remain in triple digits, indoor spaces are already open and operational during the day—they’re safe, air-conditioned havens to escape from the outdoors.
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A New Public Art Project Brings Awareness to the Ghosts of Storms Past and the Creeping Effects of Climate Change
“Part of what we learned was many of the largest flooding events were not tropical storms or hurricanes that had names people remembered—they were just times it rained a lot.”
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Advocates Say Duke Energy’s North Carolina Climate Plan Relies Too Heavily on Fossil Fuels
The company floated four possible pathways for curbing emissions: All include small nuclear, over 3 gigawatts of new natural gas plants, and little indication that it is preparing for offshore wind growth.
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What’s New with North Carolina’s Sweeping Climate Order?
How much has been achieved so far under Executive Order 246?
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PFAS, Climate Change, Mining, and Hazardous Waste: 2022 Will Be Another Critical Year for the Environment in North Carolina
In addition to climate change, North Carolina faces several environmental crises: Perfluorinated compounds in drinking water. The proliferation of the mining industry. Hazardous waste, air pollution, environmental justice.
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Backtalk: Oil and gas giants must help pay for climate costs in North Carolina
And other things our readers told us this week.
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15 Minutes: Ashley Ward, 49, Candidate for the New 6th Congressional District
Ward is also the senior policy associate for engagement and outreach for the Internet of Water at Duke’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy.
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Quickbait: Hurricane Season
Global warming is making storms wetter, more intense, and more frequent and keeping towns constantly on the brink of recovery.
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Summers Are Getting Hotter, Winters Drier, and North Carolina is Spending Millions to Address the Impacts of Climate Change
In the past five years, Wake County has sustained about $188 million in property damage. Much of that damage came from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and a series of severe thunderstorms in May 2019.