Carolinians Must Wait for Flood Waters to Recede to Assess Florence’s Damage September 17, 2018 By Mark Niquette, Rachel Adams-Heard and Olivia Carville Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, 9:55 am — Record-setting, still-rising floods covering much of eastern North Carolina are preventing companies, regulators...
Company Wants Appeals Court to Lift Halt in Louisiana Oil Pipeline Work March 5, 2018 By Michael Kunzelman A company building a crude oil pipeline in Louisiana has asked a federal appeals court to lift a judge’s order...
North Carolina Environmental Groups, Regulators Spar Over Coal Ash Spill October 21, 2016 Conservationists and regulators are at odds over how much coal ash was swept away by flooding during Hurricane Matthew –...
Railroad Bridge Safety, Inspection System Questioned in Report November 12, 2015 Two environmental groups say they are worried about the safety of railroad bridges because inspection reports generally aren’t public, and...
New Orleans Firm Settles Suit Over Decade-Old Gulf Oil Leak August 28, 2015 Environmental groups and a New Orleans company that failed to end a decade-old oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico...
Citizens Near North Carolina Coal Ash Sites Fear Health Effects June 18, 2014 By Michael Biesecker and Mitch Weiss The sweet tea served in the tidy kitchen of Joanne Thomas’ antebellum home in Dukeville, North Carolina, comes with an...