By Theresa Opeka Moncure, NC – VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker Democrat North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper credited for leading an army of clean-energy companies coming to the state, is being criticized for polluting waterways near its $4 billion…
By: Lisa Sorg Moncure, NC – While VinFast, the Vietnamese electric vehicle company, officially broke ground on their manufacturing plant in Chatham County last Friday, for the past seven months the company has been moving mounds of dirt around —…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County is working with Triangle J Council of Governments and Alta Planning + Design to conduct a feasibility study for the Haw River Trail. This study will identify opportunities for the development of land-based trails along…
By Debbie Roos Pittsboro, NC – The January Chatham Conservation Partnership (CCP) meeting will focus on Celebrating Milestones in Conservation: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going. A few of our Chatham County conservation organizations are celebrating milestone anniversaries! Please join us on…
Chapel Hill, NC – An agreement by state regulators with the City of Greensboro allows increased discharges of cancer causing 1,4-dioxane into the drinking water source for nearly one million people in violation of the Clean Water Act and state…
Bynum, NC – On Saturday, March 20, the Haw River Assembly hosted the Haw River Clean Up A Thon. This is our 31st annual watershed wide effort to remove trash from along the river and its creeks. The event also…
Chapel Hill, NC – On behalf of the Haw River Assembly, the Southern Environmental Law Center today notified the City of Burlington of its intent to sue the city for its undisclosed and illegal per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) pollution of…
Pittsboro, NC – “Clean Jordan Lake is participating in Durham’s Creek Week this year in addition to offering our own Annual Spring cleanup as part of the Haw River Assembly’s Clean-Up-A-Thon,” said Fran DiGiano, president of Clean Jordan Lake. “Many…
by Taylor Kish Pittsboro, NC – Pittsboro Matters altruistic? Oh, give me a break! Several (now anonymous) “leaders” of Pittsboro Matters have been identified as benefiting financially and otherwise from their involvement in Pittsboro Matters. (Before they hid their membership…