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Heat delays fall color in North Carolina (opens the original)
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North Carolina’s fall color show is running behind after one of the warmest Septembers on record, and the outlook depends heavily on where you live. In the mountains, persistent heat could delay peak color by at least a week. Around the Triangle, the combination of heat and drought could leave some trees bare before the usual early-November peak arrives. “This year the colors are way behind,” said Howard Neufeld, an Appalachian State University professor emeritus known as North Carolina’s “Fall
What’s in your food packaging? Study finds thousands of chemicals, major unknowns (opens the original)
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Parents can check the sugar in their kids’ yogurt, the sodium in their snacks and every ingredient in a box of cereal. But figuring out what chemicals are in the packaging touching that food can be far more difficult. A new peer-reviewed study identified more than 1,200 chemicals used in or detected in food-contact materials that researchers say have known human health hazards, highlighting what scientists describe as significant gaps in understanding the thousands of chemicals that can come int
What does years of PFAS exposure do to your health? NC study seeks answers (opens the original)
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For years, John Bonitz drank Pittsboro’s tap water without knowing it was contaminated with PFAS. Then a blood test showed just how heavily he had been exposed. Bonitz had the highest combined concentration of seven PFAS among 206 Pittsboro participants in an NC State University study, putting him in the 99th percentile across the broader study population. PFAS, often called “forever chemicals” because they persist in the environment, are a large class of synthetic chemicals that have contaminat
NC regulators deny Duke Energy’s $584 million gas turbine proposal near Amazon data center (opens the original)
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North Carolina regulators have denied Duke Energy’s request to build a $584 million natural gas turbine near Hamlet, saying the utility has not shown that the project is needed or adequately explained how customers would be protected from its costs. The decision blocks the proposed expansion of Duke’s Sherwood H. Smith Energy Complex for now. Duke can reapply, but the North Carolina Utilities Commission said it must provide more evidence about its forecast for electricity demand, the project’s c
Eight automakers bet better charging can help revive EV growth (opens the original)
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Representatives from eight of the world’s largest automakers gathered in Durham on Wednesday to recognize their shared electric vehicle charging network, a show of confidence in the industry’s future as EV sales decline and federal support recedes. IONNA, the Durham-based network owned by Toyota, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis, received a J.D. Power award for ranking highest among public DC fast-charging networks. The ceremony comes during a difficult stre
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