/tags/north-carolina-department-of-environmental-quality North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality en-US Copyright Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:57:38 GMT /politics/2024-01-23/nc-looks-to-reduce-the-impacts-future-floods North Carolina is developing a new flood data program that will help guide future infrastructure projects. A legislative oversight committee got an update Tuesday about the Flood Resiliency Blueprint. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:57:38 GMT /politics/2024-01-23/nc-looks-to-reduce-the-impacts-future-floods Colin Campbell /environment/2019-08-13/a-rise-of-toxic-algae-blooms Toxic algae are increasingly showing up in lakes across the country. A new study from the Environmental Working Group examines how state and federal… Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:11:24 GMT /environment/2019-08-13/a-rise-of-toxic-algae-blooms Elizabeth Friend /environment/2019-07-18/nc-deq-avoid-algae-blooms-in-albemarle-sound-and-nearby-rivers Large-scale algae blooms in the Albemarle Sound and its tributaries are prompting water quality experts to remind the public to avoid contact with green… Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:16:43 GMT /environment/2019-07-18/nc-deq-avoid-algae-blooms-in-albemarle-sound-and-nearby-rivers Elizabeth Friend /environment/2018-06-22/more-than-100-000-fish-die-off-in-massive-white-lake-fish-kill There is plenty of debate over whether an algae bloom, or chemicals, or a combination of the two led to the devastating fish kill on White Lake in Bladen… Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:45:50 GMT /environment/2018-06-22/more-than-100-000-fish-die-off-in-massive-white-lake-fish-kill Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-06-22/more-than-100-000-fish-die-off-in-massive-white-lake-fish-kill There is plenty of debate over whether an algae bloom, or chemicals, or a combination of the two led to the devastating fish kill on White Lake in Bladen… Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:45:50 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-06-22/more-than-100-000-fish-die-off-in-massive-white-lake-fish-kill Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio