Persistent odor of rotten eggs gags NC-SC neighborhoods. Investigators sniff around. Joe Marusak, The Charlotte Observer
Mar. 13 South Carolina health officials are investigating a persistent odor that residents of York and Lancaster counties and neighboring Union County in North Carolina compare to rotten eggs.
The overpowering smell prompted State Sen. Michael Johnson, who represents York and Lancaster counties, on Friday to urge people to report the odor to state health officials every time it wafts into their neighborhoods.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is actively investigating the source or sources of strong and persistent odors in Lancaster and York counties, according to a news release by the department on Friday.
Federal court rules that DEQ acted legally in denying MVP Southgate permit, but must explain itself
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Senate confirms Michael Regan as head of Environmental Protection Agency CNN 3/10/2021 By Liz Stark, CNN © North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Michael S. Regan, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
The Senate voted to confirm Michael Regan as President Joe Biden s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, where he ll join an administration that has pledged aggressive action on tackling the climate crisis.
With a bipartisan confirmation vote of 66 to 34, Regan will become the first Black man to lead the EPA in the agency s 50-year history.
Regan has been serving as the secretary of North Carolina s Department of Environmental Quality. He previously led the Environmental Defense Fund s efforts to combat the impacts of the climate crisis and air pollution, according to the state s government website, and also worked at the EPA during the Clinton and Bush administrations.
A local couple hopes to transform an undeveloped industrial site off U.S. 1 into a destination. Army veterans Brad and Jessica Halling of Rickhouse Properties presented a conceptual development plan for a proposed distillery campus to the Southern Pines Town Council on Tuesday.
âOur intention is to create an inclusive environment,â said Jessica Halling, noting they want to use the companyâs brand to recognize and honor extraordinary service in addition to creating a gathering place that will appeal to a diverse clientele. âWe are really trying to strike a beautiful balance.â
Halling is a retired JAG officer who recently joined the Moore County Bar Association. Her husband, Brad, spent the majority of his army career serving in the Special Forces. The image of a feather which represents a âfallen eagle,â on the battlefield will be prominently displayed on the front facade of the proposed facility and other branded items, including bottle labels.
This is no time to start backsliding on the Pigeon River | Sam Venable
The Knoxville News-Sentinel 3/9/2021 Sam Venable, The Knoxville News Sentinel
Like the proverbial bad penny, Pigeon River pollution keeps turning up. Or, in this case, bubbling up.
The state of North Carolina wants to loosen regulations, including removal of a color variance, on effluent entering the Pigeon River from the Blue Ridge Paper Products plant in Canton, N.C.
If you’re confused by the Blue Ridge name and its eco-sounding nom de plume, Evergreen Packaging, let me lay two words on you.
Champion Paper.
Yep, this is the same mill that sent dark, foul-smelling, foamy wastewater into the Pigeon for much of the 20th century. Thanks to decades of hell-raising from East Tennesseans who were (and still are) on the receiving end of this filth, federal regulators ordered the plant to clean up its act in the mid-1980s.
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