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Environmental Regulations In Question

瓜神app | By Will Michaels,

Frank Stasio

Published November 5, 2015 at 12:15 PM EST

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State regulators meet this week to decide whether to expedite the implementation of a new law that would change environmental standards.

It includes a cut to the number of air quality monitors in the state and allows companies to avoid fines if they self-report an environmental violation.

Meanwhile, Duke Energy has filed a complaint against NC WARN, an environmental group, for in Greensboro. Duke Energy says state law prohibits third-party sales.

Host Frank Stasio talks with 瓜神app environment reporter about the latest in environmental news.

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's 瓜神app Director.

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