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RALEIGH: Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rescinded its approval for imports of waste material containing GenX from a Chemours facility in the Netherlands to the Chemours Fayetteville Works Plant in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 @ 10:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are recognizing SepticSmart Week Sept. 18-22, 2023.
Published: Sunday, October 8th, 2023 @ 1:34 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Michael Regan, June 30, 2021
Published: Thursday, July 22nd, 2021 @ 11:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) urged the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that could lead to changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Mercury Rule.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 4:37 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) within one year of enactment declare per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances.
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 @ 7:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The U.S Environmental Protection Agency must move faster to help states like North Carolina dealing with unregulated chemicals that are causing serious concerns about drinking water, Governor Roy Cooper said today.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 8:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) signed a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging the agency to develop federal drinking water standards
Published: Monday, February 4th, 2019 @ 8:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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As families button up their homes to guard against winter's chill it is an ideal time to make plans to test for radon, the odorless, colorless gas that is our nation's second leading cause of lung cancer.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 12:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Federal officials must set limits for GenX and other emerging contaminants so that North Carolina can permanently control its discharge and ensure the safety of its drinking water, Governor Roy Cooper today told the U.S Environmental Protection Agency
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2017 @ 3:47 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Republican Patrick McHenry, North Carolina’s Representative from the 10th District in the U.S. House, credits a bill he introduced with causing the Environmental Protection Agency to back off plans to penalize racecar owners when they modify the emissions systems on their former street vehicles.
Published: Thursday, April 21st, 2016 @ 5:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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What is at stake in the states' dispute with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Clean Power Plan" (CPP)? The U.S. Supreme Court just granted an emergency application from the states to stay the implementation of the CPP.
Published: Saturday, March 19th, 2016 @ 12:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory joined 28 states in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's federal power plan while a legal challenge makes its way through the lower courts.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 4:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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A recent edition of the Raleigh News and Observer featured a front-page lead story by Justin Catanoso, a Wake Forest University journalism professor.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 11:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today put on hold the federal Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule redefining Waters of the United States, or WOTUS.
Published: Saturday, October 10th, 2015 @ 1:23 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A lengthy article in Forbes details why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's unprecedented "Clean Power Plan" (CPP) is not just a destructive and likely illegal regulatory overreach, but also impossible given what the author calls the "weird" physics of electricity.
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A column this week in The News & Observer argues for the North Carolina Senate to reject a measure that would direct environmental officials to develop a state implementation plan with pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 @ 3:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study examines the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed CO2 rules and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University's proposed "Common Elements Approach" for state policymakers to address it.
Published: Monday, May 18th, 2015 @ 5:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) voted for two bills – H.R.1029, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015, and H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2015 – that would help reign in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Published: Friday, March 20th, 2015 @ 1:08 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Larry Keller, who runs a computer consulting business from his Asheville home, sent an email April 27 to the EPA in an attempt to reach Al Armendariz, EPA regional administrator for Region 6.
Published: Thursday, May 31st, 2012 @ 4:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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