Noah catalogued every living animal in pairs and was hyperfocused on boats. Don’t tell me autism started with Tylenol.

The heart of the issue: Should a jury hear a case alleging that Duke Energy is responsible for lying about the link between climate change and extreme weather that has inflicted millions of dollars of property damage on the Town of Carrboro? insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. With @theassemblync.bsky.social

Interesting chat about climate disinformation coming from the top levels of the U.S. government with my @insideclimatenews.org colleagues, @vernonloeb.bsky.social and @mlavelle.bsky.social.

As we mark the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene's destructive arrival in western North Carolina, we are pleased to share a series of videos on Helene by NCICS' Dr. Carl Schreck.

New research suggests that exposure to high heat and air pollution in the womb is altering brain development, affecting mental health and behavior years down the road.

You may have noticed your electricity bills are going up by a lot. Here’s a look at how much household electricity prices have risen nationally and in each state.

Just endured six hrs of court arguments in the case Carrboro v Duke Energy and that should qualify for hazard pay

I've never been told I'm on the spectrum, but at one time I had memorized every area code and corresponding major city/state. And just recently, I wrote down the full names of 107 of my 124 high school classmates. Really dig trains, too. My mom didn't take Tylenol, but she did smoke Winstons.

breaking news from unc: former provost chris clemens is suing the university for open meetings and public records violations during their discussion about delaying tenure votes www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

Great reporting from ICN on energy industry lobbying expenditures and political influence: insideclimatenews.org/news/0809202...

Pregnant women who lived closest to the Aliso Canyon disaster near Los Angeles during their final trimester were twice as likely to have low birth weight babies, a risk factor for childhood and adult disease, new research found.

The damage to the mountain streams was so severe that Wildlife Resources had to conduct an emergency rescue of a fragile species of brook trout. After a 4-yr legal battle, fine reduced from $263K to $92K. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...

Smoke from climate-driven wildfires will kill nearly 2 million Americans by 2055, a new study concludes.

Chinese miners are illegally plundering gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing vast environmental destruction and endangering human health, a new report says.

the turmoil at the school of civic life and leadership has gotten bad enough that the university hired a law firm to investigate www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

Disinformation, which climate deniers perfected over decades, is now at the heart of U.S. energy and climate policy and on show in Europe, where top government officials are once again lobbying for American fossil fuel companies.

In case yr wondering how it's going in #NC w #PFAS, I just learned at an Env Mgmt Commission mtg that it's been detected 400 feet below ground, basically bedrock

When science meets environmental justice, you know the Trump administration will squelch it... Feds canceled a crucial grant about the health, economic, enviro impacts of industrialized hog farms that produce biogas, esp on Black, Indigenous, Latino folks insideclimatenews.org/news/0609202...

1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C. We’ve got the records 👇 Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

NC DEQ released its draft Climate Action Plan today for public comment. 260 pages, but there is key info and cool tables. (PS Don't let AI rob you of your critical thinking skills by summarizing it.) deq.nc.gov/state-energy...

From the ProPublica piece cataloging high Trump administration officials who have done exactly what DOJ alleges that Lisa Cook did, yet who are not facing calls for removal or prosecution.

I wonder if the smoke I'm smelling in Durham is from the fire in northern Chatham County near Jordan Lake. The NC Forest Service map shows 253-acre fire, 0% contained

i joined my friends at @wunc.org's the broadside to talk about bill belichick and the impact college football finances have on the rest of the university www.wunc.org/podcast/the-...

EPA hosting a public hearing on Asheboro's die-on-this-hill discharge of a likely carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane into the drinking water supply: 10/22, 6pm, Randolph Community College. Also a virtual option 🍿 www.epa.gov/publicnotice...

My Labor Day/Katrina anniversary listening is the first episodes of this new podcast from @barryyeoman.com, the master of reporting on the Louisiana coast apeaceofmymind.org/2025/08/21/s...

Reading @dgraham.bsky.social “The Project” over dinner and I’ve now ordered a second glass of wine. And not because I’m feeling optimistic

A great primer from veteran journalist Phoebe Zerwick on go-to North Carolina news sources, including @bradydennis.bsky.social @lisasorg.bsky.social @byjordangreen.bsky.social @theassemblync.bsky.social @nchealthnews.bsky.social @ncnewsline.com @ncrabbithole.com @bryanranderson.bsky.social #ncpol

So relieved the MSM is covering the most pressing issues of our time.

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New fear unlocked: “As the smoldering area spread, geysers of toxic liquid waste shot out of the ground.” Folks sickened by a ginormous landfill are getting 0 help from regulators. Infuriating. By my colleague @lizagross.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1808202...

The elderly, hikers and migrants are among those most vulnerable to the heat in El Paso.

Two workers were killed this week in an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works outside Pittsburgh. For local advocates who have monitored the plant for years, the accident was no surprise.

The Trump administration changed U.S. human rights reports to gut them of sections dedicated to Indigenous peoples’ rights and all mentions of climate change.

This describes most of my relationships I had in my 20s.

Hey Dominion, it's time to stop your fossil foolishness and get on with the business of producing the healthy clean energy we need here in VA. @virginiaclinicians.bsky.social @vacleancities.bsky.social

"'I am surprised by the extent of the removal of information about environmental justice,' says Gretchen Gehrke, co-founder of EDGI. 'That level of total erasure we didn't see with any topic under the first-term administration.'" www.npr.org/2025/08/08/n...

"Smells have been so bad at times that Durham police have been called in to look for dead bodies.” This is the story of Brenntag, a chemical packaging co, a polluted creek that runs thru an Eastside Black community & DEQ 's failure to regulate for ~30 yrs insideclimatenews.org/news/1308202...

Thousands are being forced to evacuate in Southern California as the Canyon Fire grows rapidly, fueled by extreme heat and dry conditions.

A developer wants to build 270 homes next to the Black Run Reserve in New Jersey, but coalitions of young residents concerned about protecting fresh drinking water and unique animal habitats are pushing back.

EPA killed Solar for All & NC is out ~$155m to provide solar to low-income folks, to launch a pilot program pairing solar and battery power for people who use medical devices, like electric oxygen tanks. You know, so they don't die during a power outage. insideclimatenews.org/news/0708202...

insideclimatenews.org/news/3007202... trump admin argues that human-caused climate change “appears to be less damaging economically than commonly believed,” and “aggressive mitigation strategies could be more harmful than beneficial.”

NC utilities nerds: Today Duke Energy Carolinas and DE Progress filed a notice of intent to merge. This has been planned for a while to make rates more equitable between territories: DE Carolinas customers currently pay less per kWh on avg than DE Progress

#durhamnc folks, someone in the city/county has been infected w the West Nile virus, which transmitted by mosquitoes. Important: It's not transmitted between people. DEET is gross, but right now it needs to be your friend. @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social dconc.gov/DurhamCo-New...

The apocalypse doesn't disappoint: Radioactive wasps www.wyff4.com/article/radi...

It's official: Duke Energy can sleep on its (previously) legally required interim carbon reduction benchmark. Meanwhile, Raleigh and central NC are having the hottest summer on record and unprecedented flooding -- in large part, driven by climate change. insideclimatenews.org/news/2907202...

As heat grips Illinois this summer, one group is more vulnerable to extreme heat than any other: Those incarcerated inside the state’s decaying prisons and jails.

The treatment system to remove PFAS from Durham's drinking water will cost ~$15m. That amount will be passed on to the ratepayers.

The source of PFAS in Durham's water supply (Lake Michie, Little River Reservoir) is unknown, no "smoking gun," says water department. It's likely background levels from years of forever chemicals in the environment (via the air, for example)

The source of PFAS in Durham's water supply (Lake Michie, Little River Reservoir) is unknown, no "smoking gun," says water department. It's likely background levels from years of forever chemicals in the environment (via the air, for example)