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New Report and Analysis Demonstrate Dangerous Air Pollution Levels Up To 3.5 Times Safe Limits
New Report and Analysis Demonstrate Dangerous Air Pollution Levels Up To 3.5 Times Safe Limits ** Both reports available as .pdf by request and online at http://content.sierraclub.org/coal/north-carolina/asheville/new-report-toxic-pollution ** Contacts: Adam Beitman,...
Volunteer to help our Riverkeeper protect the French Broad watershed
The French Broad Watershed in North Carolina covers more than 2,800 square miles. In 2008, more than 15 percent of the streams in the watershed were impaired for bacterial pollution. While bacterial pollution in the French Broad watershed is prevalent, it is largely...
HBO’s ‘Vice News’ features Riverkeeper’s work on Cliffside coal-fired power plant
HBO’s Vice News will feature our French Broad Riverkeeper’s work concerning Duke Energy’s coal-fired power plant at Cliffside. From the Vice News website: Coal ash, which contains many of the world's worst carcinogens, is what's left over when coal is burnt for...
EPA announces first national regulations to safeguard disposal of coal ash
From EPA: Release Date: 12/19/2014 Contact Information: Press@epa.gov Release Date: 12/19/2014 Common sense, pragmatic rules to protect against structural failure, water and air pollution WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the...
USFS: ‘Partners make progress in restoring Grandfather Ranger District’
Release Date: Dec 16, 2014 Contact(s): Stevin Westcott, (828) 257-4215 NEBO, N.C., Dec. 16, 2014– The U.S. Forest Service and a spectrum of partners collaborated to help restore close to 6,000 acres in the Grandfather Ranger District, Pisgah National Forest, through...
WNCA submits comments on EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’
November 25, 2014 Re: Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602 Dear Administrator McCarthy: On behalf of the members and board of the Western North Carolina Alliance (WNCA), I [Co-Director Julie Mayfield], submit these comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean...