/tags/environmental-protection-agency Environmental Protection Agency en-US Copyright Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:08:31 GMT /environment/2024-01-26/environmental-protection-agency-epa-add-chapel-hill-coal-ash-site-superfund-list Federal officials will consider adding the site at 828 Martin Luther King Fr. Blvd to the national Superfund program. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:08:31 GMT /environment/2024-01-26/environmental-protection-agency-epa-add-chapel-hill-coal-ash-site-superfund-list Celeste Gracia /education/2024-01-10/nc-schools-receive-27-million-buy-electric-school-buses The federal funding will go to school districts and charter schools across 13 North Carolina counties, with priority given to schools that serve low-income, rural or tribal communities. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:34:44 GMT /education/2024-01-10/nc-schools-receive-27-million-buy-electric-school-buses Liz Schlemmer /politics/2021-02-09/senate-panel-advances-north-carolinas-regan-as-epa-nominee A Senate committee has endorsed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, setting up a vote in the full Senate. Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:52:42 GMT /politics/2021-02-09/senate-panel-advances-north-carolinas-regan-as-epa-nominee Associated Press /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement The Environmental Protection Agency relaxed environmental standards during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency says it is suspending civil penalties… Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:54:24 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement The Environmental Protection Agency relaxed environmental standards during the coronavirus pandemic. The agency says it is suspending civil penalties… Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:54:24 GMT /environment/2020-04-07/relaxed-epa-rules-will-not-affect-nc-environmental-enforcement Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /politics/2019-01-08/furloughed-epa-workers-volunteer-during-shutdown The partial government shutdown is in its third week. While thousands of furloughed federal workers are affected in North Carolina, some from the… Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:49:59 GMT /politics/2019-01-08/furloughed-epa-workers-volunteer-during-shutdown Leoneda Inge /show/the-state-of-things/2018-11-16/new-compounds-found-in-blood-of-those-near-cape-fear-river Blood tests of New Hanover County residents showed no GenX, but they did reveal several newly-identified perfluorinated compounds. On Tuesday officials… Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:20:21 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-11-16/new-compounds-found-in-blood-of-those-near-cape-fear-river Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /environment/2018-11-16/new-compounds-found-in-blood-of-those-near-cape-fear-river Blood tests of New Hanover County residents showed no GenX, but they did reveal several newly-identified perfluorinated compounds. On Tuesday officials… Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:20:21 GMT /environment/2018-11-16/new-compounds-found-in-blood-of-those-near-cape-fear-river Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-28/van-der-vaart-returns Donald van der Vaart was North Carolina’s top environmental official under former Gov. Pat McCrory. When Gov. Roy Cooper took office, Van der Vaart… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:01:13 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-02-28/van-der-vaart-returns Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /politics/2018-02-28/van-der-vaart-returns Donald van der Vaart was North Carolina’s top environmental official under former Gov. Pat McCrory. When Gov. Roy Cooper took office, Van der Vaart… Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:01:13 GMT /politics/2018-02-28/van-der-vaart-returns Frank Stasio, Dana Terry