Environmental /tags/environmental Environmental en-US Copyright Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:05:21 GMT NC, Colonial Pipeline reach agreement on handling fuel spill /news/2022-06-30/nc-colonial-pipeline-reach-agreement-on-handling-fuel-spill Colonial Pipeline will pay almost $5 million for a gasoline spill that occurred in August 2020 outside of Charlotte. Over a million gallons of petroleum were spilled in Oehler Nature Preserve. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:05:21 GMT /news/2022-06-30/nc-colonial-pipeline-reach-agreement-on-handling-fuel-spill Associated Press How planting trees fostered a sense of belonging and changed this filmmaker's life /news/2022-04-22/how-planting-trees-fostered-a-sense-of-belonging-and-changed-this-filmmakers-life Cinematographer Luc Forsyth documents the back-breaking manual labor and niche community of tree planting. Fri, 22 Apr 2022 16:22:38 GMT /news/2022-04-22/how-planting-trees-fostered-a-sense-of-belonging-and-changed-this-filmmakers-life Grace Widyatmadja Active Energy abandons plans for biomass plant in Lumberton /news/2022-04-06/active-energy-abandons-plans-for-biomass-plant-in-lumberton The facility was going to produce and export wood pellets for other countries to burn for energy. Local advocates said the plant would've brought more pollution to the area. Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:56:06 GMT /news/2022-04-06/active-energy-abandons-plans-for-biomass-plant-in-lumberton Celeste Gracia North Carolina is getting its first car manufacturing plant. Here's what you need to know /news/2022-03-29/north-carolina-is-getting-its-first-car-manufacturing-plant-heres-what-you-need-to-know A Vietnamese automaker has chosen to open its first U.S. plant in Chatham County and is planning to pump out as many as 150,000 electric vehicles starting in 2024. Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:41:27 GMT /news/2022-03-29/north-carolina-is-getting-its-first-car-manufacturing-plant-heres-what-you-need-to-know Rusty Jacobs NC environmental panel votes to study transition to statewide E.coli standard for recreational waters /2022-03-16/nc-environmental-panel-votes-to-adopt-statewide-e-coli-standard-for-recreational-waters Recreational waters are currently tested for fecal coliform. Some critics say that's an outdated policy, and adopting E. coli standards will help ensure the safety of people using these waters. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:51:54 GMT /2022-03-16/nc-environmental-panel-votes-to-adopt-statewide-e-coli-standard-for-recreational-waters Celeste Gracia New Economic Measurement Highlights North Carolina's Growing Wealth Gap /business-economy/2020-12-04/new-economic-measurement-highlights-north-carolinas-growing-wealth-gap The inventor of gross domestic product — the sum of all goods and services of a particular nation — warned that it was not a good measurement of human… Fri, 04 Dec 2020 16:54:13 GMT /business-economy/2020-12-04/new-economic-measurement-highlights-north-carolinas-growing-wealth-gap Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao